National Republican., 1883-08-18
THE BOLD SOLDIER BOYS.
Preparations for the Departure Of the Light
Infantry for Cape May Tonight
Who OF the Corps VIII Go-IIow tho
Mcsscs Have Been Named.

busy one. Boxes, trunks, and oil sorts of
military paraphanalia were piled iudiscrimi-
nately about the large hail. and the members
in their shirt sleeves were putting their traps
in order. Much fun was had by the mis-
chievous members who after getting their
possessions packed, spent the rest of the
evening in tormenting one another. In
the officers room was also motley
crowd rs well as n busy one.
Tickets wero being sold, bundles placarded
and arranged names were being registered
and innumerable other duties connected with
the arrangements for departure were being
attended TO. The officers of the company es-
timated that, including the corps, between
seven and eight hundred people would go.
OF the corps about one hundred and forty
of the members have been put down as going,
The boys were having great anxiety in re-
gard to their messes and what they should
be called out of the many names be-
ing sought for different from those
used before. Many suggestive and GU
phonious titles were hit upon, while
some took the number comprising it as the
title. Some of the messcs had not been com
pleted, but those formed last night were as
follows
"Tho Big six"-Composed of sergts. John
ston and Randall, Corp. Keough, Privates
Bauer, Suefferle, aud Moore.
Avoy, Privates Engle, Grant, Carroll, and
Pentland.
''The Owls"-Corp. Eagleston, Privatss
Fucker, DIETRICH, Linton, Bradford, and
Smith.
"The Odd Nine"-Capt b. r.. Ross, First
Lieut.. Z. II. Neumoycr, Second Lieut.. G. c.
Soan First Sergt. G. S. Boudinot, sergt
Eugene Burdine, Corp W. E.Wright, Privates
G. 4. Kinsuy, w. S. knox, w. F. Thompson
''My Dcars"-Privates Schell, Clark, Walsh,
Durand, Irwin, and McFadden,
"The Pony Mess'-Corp. Billings, Privates
Skippen, Cissell, Stearns, Shomo, and Ellis.
"The Webster Mess"-Privates Roche Cole,
Yates, Amos, Yates and Keyser.
THE Cuckoo'-Sergts. Wade and Wise,
Corp. Wise, Privates Dennis, Hewitt, George
Davis, and Murray.
"The Jumbo Mess-Privates Gregory, Whip
pie, Hall, Clarvoe, Plugge, and Corp. Robin
son.
"The Quiet Mess"-Sergt Hnle Corporals
Shaw and Lord, Privates Richmond, Turner,
and Larner.
There was also the "what- mess" the
"sketcr mess" the Maj. WillGtt mess" and
the names for the most part are very appro-
pirate. "The big six" arc big men in every
way, while "the quiet mess" drowned the
noise around them by their cnsy movements.
"The Jumbo mess" while not rs ponderous
in avOidupois MS the elephant from which
they take their name, are lin every respect
the most pompous men in the corps, one
member alone weighing as much as 119
pounds. The other messes will be completed
to-day. The tickets for tho trip will be sold
at the store of Mr.. George Brethbarth on
Seventh street, until o'clock p. M, and after
that they can be secured at the armory, The
baggage, of which there is'a great number of
pieces, will be put on the train early this
evening Members will take only their
knapsacks. Capt. Dalton, of company A,
will be tho officer of the day, and
Capt. Goddard, of company c, will relieve
him upon the arrival OF the corps at the
cape. Lieut.. Cowe will be officer of the
guard. The programme, as heretofore pub
lished in THE REpuBLlcAN, will be followed
out, the corps leaving their armory at $3.50
o'clock and starting from the depot ut IL
~, o'clock. The camp at Cape May has been
named Camp Sewoll in honor of Senator
Sewcll, of New Jersey.
The full list of mem bers of tho company
who will 20 Is rs follows: Field and staff
William q. Moore, colonel and commandant; (;
William IL. Harrison, lieutenant and adju-
tant Harrison Dingman, captain and judge
advocate; Levi Woodbury., captain and COM
missary; j. Il. Dyer, captain and paymaster
George Breitbarth, captain and quartermas-
ter; William Ackcr, captain and engineer
i. G.. Wheeler captain and chief of ordi-
nance; A. w. Kelly, captain and inspector !;
II. E. Leach, surgeon; Thomas A. McArde,
assistant surgeon.
Non commissioned GtafI-Charles Ourand,
sergeant major; Adl'ain NJ. Jones' acting
quartermaster sergeant
Company A-Capt. Dalton, Lieut.. Cowie,
Sergts. johnson, Randall and Hale, Corpls.
Shomo, Kennelly, and Lord, Privates Arnold,
Bailey, Bart, Bauer, Bradley, Daily Harting,
Kirkwoud, Larner McWorter, Maloney,
Mantz, Milligan, Moore, Prince, RChm, Rich
mond, Seufuslo, Trerheimer, and Turner.
Company B-Lieut. Newmeyer, in absence
r. Il 4 D,,l
Conrad, Burdine, and McAvoy, Corpls, J. Il.
Grant, Wright, Robinson, and Jones, Privates
Cissell, Clark, Clarvoe, Clements, Engel,
Gregory, Gennaty, Hall, Irwin, Kalbfus,
KinsCy, Knox, Leolllcr McFadden, Newton,
Ourard, Pentland pluggo, Schell, Schmidt
shelsc, Shreeve, Sinnot, Thompson, Walsh
and yYhipple.
Company Capt. Goddard. Lieut.. Ent.
wisle, Scrgts. Padget, Osborne, and Galloway
Corpls. Hullflsh, White, and GciselIing, Pri
Yates Coburn, Cole, Crowley, Davis, Dunn
Foos Grant, Gray, Hood, JOY, Korts, Mahon
Mc'Kinna, Miehalson, olliphant, Parker
Pumphrcy, L. Thomas and J. b. Thomas.
Company D-Capt. Miller, Lieut.. Duffy
Sc ts.Wadc, WISE and Beal, Corpls. Eglcston
" atz. G. Wise, and Billings, Privates Arun
dell, Bradford, Cissell, Clarvoe, Cole, G. J
Davis Dennis, Deterich, Ellis, Hewitt, Key
ser, Linton, Mattcrn, Mitchell, Murray
Roche, Thomas, SlSippon, Smith, Stevens
and w. #. Davis.
Capt. Ross of company b, is in Denver, bu
will join his company at the Cape on Monday
The Washington Light Infantry was or
ganized in 1886, when this city had onl,
10000 inhabitants, The company thon mum
bered among its members and patrons man.
prominent men, including the hero of Ney
Orleans, Andrew jackson, then president o
the United States Since the organization o
this famous company this city has increased
both In population and general improvements
and the infantry has kept pace.
1t now has an active membership of 90
and an honorary membership of over 800, in
cluding the most prominent business men
The departure OF the company tonight will
be one blaze Of fireworks and lights. Th
stay-at-home members are all on the alert Il
send the crack company Off in good STYLE an,
If the programme is carried out thoy will &c
send off long to be remembered,
Yellow Fever and Smallpox.
The surgeon general of the marine hosptl
service has been informed that there are sey
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