Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-12
The Army Register Of 1915.
HUMBLE POSITION OF NAMES SINCE BECOME Pa.
NOUS THE WORLD OVER.

louisville Courier Journal
Mr.. d. B. Wharton, Of the Ohio and Mis-
sissRR ralad ticket oS had II his pos
copy OF the ''Offlcial Register" for 1915. "pub-
lished by order OF the Secretary OF War, In COM
Par sGe ~5 h rhe eso,non 20 Of ene Senate Dec
1880, and Feb. 16, 1s43.n The relic Is the PROP
erty OF Mr.. Wharton's mother, whose husband
and his two brothers were in the army at the
date of its issue, preceding the Mexican war
and all Of whom participated in that contest.
There were then eight regiments OF infantry,
I'VE of artillery. and two OF dragons, by which
with small general staff and an engineers
corps. composed all the United States army.
Winfield Scott was Major General in command
Second Lieutenant I'm the Third Infantry, 50
obscure that his name was printed ''Geo. C.
Mcclellan" In the same regiment Don Carlos
Buel was also Second Lieutenant. The
Fourth Infantry contained two Second Lieu
tenants who made their names memorable in
the civil war. On opposite sides-Gen. Long
street STE and Ulysses $: Grant. Longstreet had
had Quilted West Point but year previous.
and was attached to the army as supernu-
MeraIy. with the pay and rank OF Second
Lieutenant William T. Sherman, present
general of the army, was first Lieutenant in
Ine Th1rd Artillery. as was Gen. o. c. Ord
hopeTt =. Lee was Captain Of Engineers, as
t Was George w. Cullom, while under them in
1h sn same corps were Gen: P. G. T. Beauregard-
VINO has since dropped the 'sP" In his name
Gen. N. c. Metgs, Gen. W. S. Rosecrans. and
zen ut e II: W. Halleck, the last two being ranked
as Second Lleutenants only. In the topo-
graph1cal corps were Joseph E. Johnston, First
Lieutenant, and John A. Macomb, who fought
s aoerWard on opposite sides: Gen. c. C. Augur
was Lieutenant in the Second Infantry. In
Which Simon B. Buckner and Gen r. s, Canby.
VINO was aSsaSsinated by the Modocs several
years ago. We're Second Lteutenants. Gen. Abe
Of to- day, was then Second Lieutenant of the
First dragons. OF which regiment William J,
LARGE, OF "Hardee.s Tactics and one of the
tain. Gen John Sedgwick was First Lieuten.
ant Of the Second Artillery. The Sixth In
1antry roster, however, contains more of inter-
est than any other, OF that regiment the
colonel was Zachary Taylor, who now sleeps
quietly lust outside this city, after having
been calamity amid all the glories and rigors
OF 1. The war with Mexico and occupied the
I. Dent, brother-in-law of Grant was Second
Lieutenant. The last Of the list of Second
L1eutenantS was Winfield S. Hancock who had
just graduated from West Point with Grant.
A JUDGE WHO BELIEVES IN GHosTs.-The
NeWburyport Herald says: In the police court,
THURSDAY morning Isaac Hibbs Of West New
Dury was indicted for an assault and discharged.
Inc 1acts IN the case appear to be as follows: On
the morning Of the 5th a company Of young men
thought 1t would be good joke to throw a
stone into the chamber window of one OF the
citizens OF that town. A member of the family,
however, overheard the young fellows plotting
mischief. and, hurrying home, Informed the old
gentleman of the plan, and he quickly donnipg
a portion of his undergarments only. fastened
to put himself In ambush. When the young
rioters came along he sprang out, and all ran
out one: who stood up and knocked the old gen.
tieman down couple Of times. Whereupon a
warrant warrant Ter assault was issued, and, when
brought into court, Hibbs pleaded that ''he
thought 1t was ghost, and he wasn't going to
un from it." Accordingly his honor ruled that
II the young man thought it was ga ghost" and
was struck with that idea, he committed no as
Sauit, and, consequently, Should be discharged
Such Judge as that deserves a much wider re-
putation than we are able to give him.
TROUBLE is apprehended between farmers and
the police OF Wabash, Ind. Farmers have been
cutting the dam which gives Wabash its water
supply, because 1t Increases the back water
overflow on their farms. Seven farmers were
arrested after resistance. and an extra police
force has been sent out to protect the dam.