The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-04-10
THE MILITIA.
Election and Inspection Of
the Rifles. !
REORGANIZATION of the Diff
erent Brigades.
MILIrARY MENTIoN.

Wednesday evening promises to be more
than usually interesting. On that occasion
the election of captain and first lieutenant
viii be made, and other business of impor
lance will be transacted. The person mosi
prominently spoken of for the position OF
captain is G. w. Halves, while other names
are mentioned in connection with the va
cancy. 1t is claimed that Mr.. Halves is an
excellent drill master and an efficient off
GER and his friends maintain that no better
captain can be found any where.
Major j. w. Vance inspector of the
Abel, acting commander OF
the Rifles, that he will visit this city next
Monday night, when an inspection viii
take place. It is hoped that full atten-
dance of the members of the company will
be had on Wednesday and Monday even
ings.
REoRGANIZED.
BY the following special order No.
40, just issued by Adj. Gen. Elliott q
complete reorganization of the First
Brigade, l. n G., is effected:
To promote the efficiency of the Illinois
National Guard, and to conform as nearly
as possible to the economy required by the
appropriations for the maintenance of the
militia of this state, the following is an
nounced as affecting the First Brigade;
l. The First Regiment, Infantry, Colonel
Charles Fitz Simons, Chicago; First Bat
TALON, Cavalry, Lit. Colonel D. Welter,
n ~ u d
Chicago, and Battery G, Major Mans
field Young, Joliet will be maintained in
tact.
H. The following named companies OF
the Second and Sixth Regiments, Infantry,
are hereby disbanded, and the officers and
enlisted men honorably discharged from
the service of the Illinois National Guard:
Company b, Capt. ID. j. O'Connor, I'd
Regt.
Comp C, Lieut.. ]. F. Lusk End
Regt.
Company F, Capt. John F. Donlon, and
Regt.
Company G.. Lieut.. Robert Boyle, End
Regt'
Company T, Capt. A. Rehm, 9th Regt.
Company G, Capt. John F. Raffer, 9Th
Regt.
Company H, Capt. Daniel F. Bremen,
9th Regt.
Companies A, E, FL, l and K of Second
Regiment, and Companies A, B, G, d and
of the Sixth Regiment are hereby con
solidated, and will be known as the Second
Regiment, Infantry /. n. G.
Letter of Company in the new organ
ization will be determined by date of rank
of the commanding officer of company
The enlisted men of the disbanded com
panies, in case they elect to join compa-
MES in the new regiment, will be given
credit for their term of service already ex-
pired.
The field and staff officers of the late
Second and Sixth regiments are hereby
made supernumerary.
An election of officers for the new Sec
end regiment is hereby ordered to be held
on Monday, April II, 1882, at 8 o'clock p.
M, at the armory of Battery d. Major E.
P. Tobey, of Battery D, is designated to
preside at such election.
Commanding officers of disbanded com
panles will settle their accounts with the
acknowledgement, according to section 1,
Article s, of the Military Code.
III The Sixteenth battalion, infantry,
Major Lloyd G. Wheeler, Chicago, is here
by disbanded, and the officers and men
honorably discharged from the service
The governor desires to express his APP
probation of the faithful and soldierly ser
vice of-this command, and regrets the ne
eessity which compels its disbandment.
The commanding officers of this battal-
ion viii turn over all state property in
their possession, and effect a settlement
with these headquarters according to code.
The commanding officer of the battalion
will also turn over to the Citizens asseci
alton all such property in his hands as may
belong to that association.
". Company H. Third Regiment, In
fantry Captain George H Sherry, is here
by disbanded and the officers and men hon
orably discharged from service.
Colonel C. M. Brace will detail an off
Ger of his command to make a settlement
with Captain Sherry, take possession of the
arms and aceoutrements, and transfer them
to the commanding officer of Com. T, at
Rochelle, and toward the arms and accout-
rements of that company to these headauar-
ters with full report of his proceedings.
v. The resignation of First Lieutenant
o. L. Williams, and Second Lieutenant T.
NJ Kaufman, Company G, Third Regi-
ment, are accepted, and the following
named enlisted men honorably discharged
from the service: Corp. Henry Karcher;
Privates VIM. Archer, o. Perry Arndt,
John j. Andre, Thomas j. Best, Henry
Bockman, VIM e. Beynton, Walter Brooks,
Willis Brooks, John r. Claus, Patrick Ca
rey. David E. Cross, George Dollmeyer,
Robert Dirksen, Walter G. Ford, Alexan-
der B. Forbes, James III. House, Ben. F.
Harnish. VIM. E. Hamm, James B. Kebil.
John Lohr, John Lawless, George LOWS,
james B. McCool, Thomas J. Osborn,
George Schlenk, J. Bischof Schoville, VIM.
A. Whitebecker, Nathan Yeunt Albert Ill.
Chamberlain, William Vall, A. ID. Waddell
Chas. Halves, VIM. Weishar.
Thirty days will be given this company
to recruit and organize. II a minimum is
reached an order will be given for the
election of officers.
VI. The following named companies of
the Twelfth Battalion are hereby disband-
ed. and the officers and men. honorably
from the service:
Company e, Captain j. r. Corbus, La
Sale; Company A. Captain Byron G.
Routhe, Marseilles.
Colonel John B. Fithian, will detail an
officer to effect an immediate settlement of
the affairs of these two companies; trans
hitting all funds and state property to
these headquarters.
VII The following named companies
of the Tenth Battalion are hereby disband-
ed. and the officers and men honorably dis
charged from the service:
Company G, Captain John S. De Wolf,
Fairbury, and Company d. Captain B. A.
Trowbridge, Oden