National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-04
OTHER STATES IN LINE.
Citizen SOIdiery from ESery Quarter OF
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Citizen SoIdiery from Esery Quarter Of
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Pennsylvania grand contribution to
to-day's pageant win be supplemented by the
appearance in line of some of the most famous or
carnations from other States. Nearly every State
of the North will be represented, and the South
will send its quota.
THE FIFTH MARYLAND.
The Fifth Regiment dnfantry) Maryland Ma
tional Guard will arrive from baltimore via the
Baltimore and Ohio road at seight o'clock this
morning. This regiment, which was organized
May 10, 1867, has won great renown for its pro-
ficiency in drill and soldierly bearing. The UNI
form is of gray, with black and gold trimmings,
and white cross belts. To-day they VIII wear
blue overcoats, knapsacks, and blankets rolled
IT Is expected that the regiment will parade with
four hundred men, with band and drum corps
of fifty five pieces. The officers are Major Stew
art Brown, commanding; adjutant w. X. Whit
ing; quartermaster, r. /. Miller; commissary, E.
C. Johnson; ordnance, John Landstreet; surgeon
W. H. Grim assistant surgeon, W. F. Lockwood
paymaster, w. T. Frick; chaplain, Joseph Rey-
nolds.
Company A-Captain, E Thomas; first Ieuten-
ant, ". S. Whitley.
Company B-Captain, L. D. Hpscomb; second
lieutenant, X. Hamilton.
SOmpduy C-Odptail = DTONH IlTSt lleulGn-
ant, G. s. Nelson; second lieutenant, ]. S. German
Company D-Captain G. C. Cole first lieutenant
E. n. Spencer; second lieutenant e. E. Search.
Company E-Captain c. c. Hall.
Company F-Captain, w S. Anderson; first lieu
tenant, S. 7. Henkle.
Company G-Captain C. Fl. Reeves first lieu
tenant H. A Williams.
Company H-Captain, W. P Zollinger; first lieu
tenant, c. F. AlberS; second lieutenant, w. s.
Wood.
Company First Lieutenant n L. Goldsbor-
ough, commanding.
Company K-Captain, W. P. Herbert; second
lieutenant, F. \. Hoen.
THE ANNAPOLIS COMPANY.
The Governors Guard, Maryland National Guard,
of Annapolis, Md. is expected to arrive this morn
ing at half-past eight o'clock, and will have about
fifty OF their seventy five men in line This COM
pany will be well remembered in Washington,
having taken part in the ceremonies attending the
unwilling of the Thomas statue, in November,
1879. 1t was organized August 1877. The officers
are Captain, Louis Green; first lieutenant Edgar
Hutton; second lieutenant, John H. Wells, The
uniform of the Guards is of gray, with black trim
mings; dress hat, gray, with feather plume of
black; white cross and waist belt The company
will to-day wear knapSacks and oyereoats and
carry breech loading rifles. The Governors Guards
is composed of men whose ages range from eigh-
teen to thirty years
THE BOND GUARD INFANTRY,
of Gainesville. Md, which will arrive this morn
ing, will parade about forty-fOur strong The uni
form consists of gray swallow tail coats, trimmed
with black and gold; white epaulettes gray pants,
with two-inch black stripe; dark blue dress hats,
with white pompon; sky-blue oYercoats white
cross BELTS also waist belt of same patent leather
n e." breast plate without letters; the boxes
Portieux Barnette, captain; Abner NJ. Reed, first
lieutenant and B. B. Griswold, r., second lieuten-
ant.
THE HAMILTON LIGHT INFANTRY.
The Hamilton Light Infantry (of Cumberland)
Maryland National Guard, was organized in
june 1879, and mustered into State service for
three years fromSeptenber 3, 1873. Officers: Cap
tain, Robert H Gordon; first lieutenant James
Forsythe Harrison second lieutenant, Bolivar S.
Roger. The company is fully armed, uniformed,
and equipped. The uniform is the regular army
full-dress uniform, with the addition of the Mary
land staff buttons. The company numbers fifty
muskets and sixty rank and file, with a full drum
corps, full brass band, handsomely uniformed,
and comprising twenty pieces. Nearly half
the company were in the Union army, and several
members in the Southern army during the war.
THE NINTH NEW YORK REGIMENT.
The famous Ninth New York Regiment, the
pride of the late Jim Fisk will arrive this morn
ing, and will undoubtedly make fine display on
the Avenue. 1t was organized in June 1859, under
Colonel n. N. Van Buren,, and upon the breaking
out of the rebellion the first organization in
New York to tender its services to the National
Government, and was mustered into the United
States service, for the war, at Camp Cameron Wash
ington, D. c., on June Is, 1861, by Captain Whip
pie L. A. 1t was engaged in sixteen battles, and
suffered terribly; so much SO, that at one time its
strength was less than two hundred men but BY
active recruiting it soon numbered nine hundred
again so great was its popularity at home Finally
in 1864, when attached to the Second Brigade
Second Division, First Army Corps the bravest of
its commanders, Colonel John A. Moesch, fell
while CALAMITY leading his command in the three
days battle of the Wilderness, in Virginia
The names Of the principal battles in which the
regiment was engaged are as follows: Harper's
Ferry Va; Cedar Mountain, Va; Rappahannock
Station Va: Thoroughfare Gap, Va; Second Bull
Run, Va; Chantilly, Va; South Mountain, Nd. !;
Antietam, Nd. Mine Rum Va; first Fredericks-
burg, Va; Chancelloryille, Va; Gettysburg, Pa. !;
wilderness, Va; Laurel Hill, Va; Spotsylyania,
Va, and Cold Harbor, Va.
Its record in the Orange riots of 1871, under
Colonel James Fisk, jr speaks for ITSELF and dur
ing the gigantic railroad strikes of the summer of
1877 the Ninth was called to Albany, under the
late Colonel James R. Hitchcock, to protect the
State capital and the immense railroad interests
at West Albany.
Since the war it has been successfully commanded
by Colonel John n. Wilcox, Colonel James Fisk, jr
Colonel;Charles r. Braine, Colonel James Z. Hitch