Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-05-08
Four Regiments of Infantry and Two
Batteries Of Artillery Summoned
TO Cincinnati
Company "a" of the seventh. Company
"B" of the Ninth Battalion. and SintI's
Battery Respond to the Gail
A Lively Time.

a report. however, "a all WAS quite IN the
Queen City.
About half-paSt 10 o'clock last night Col. !
White received further word from AdJutamt
ANlme, ordering him to have his com
mand ready to move at an
early hour this morning and toi
meet him in Dayton by II o'clock with his
fun regiment prepared for active Srrvire.
Captain SintZ. of Battery II" and Cap
tain Robert T. Rudd, of Company ''B,
Ninth Battalion. also received orders to AS
semblr their reSpe, tive commands and place
themselves in readiness to obey orders from
Col. White That meant business, and the
work of preparing t0 move began at once
and continued nearly all night The Off
GERS Of the various companies i'll this city
were busy notifying their men t" report at
the armorieS at : o'clock this morn
ing 4 thousand and one things
had 10 be done. and as the Spring
! field companies were i'll excellent con
dition and discipline. everything moved of
with promptness The explanation of the
| perrmptory orders To Col. White is given in
this mornings Columbus JoUrmdI, and is
a follows:
Several dayS ago the mayor and police
commissioners of Cincinnati wrote 10 Gov
ernor Foraker in reference to having militia
sent to Cincinnati in case the present labor
troubles should develop into something more
serious than was anticipated. The feeling
of uneaSneSS that crept over the timid part
Of the population of the city by the river
induced the mayor and police commissioners
yesterday to make rrQui>iti"n on the
governor for enough militia Ia awe
the turbulent populace into quiet
state. A> a consequence. the governor and
adutant general. after conference. had
| ColuIel freeman call the Columbus cOmpa-
nirS of the Fourteenth regiment to assemble
Il leir armOry, Ia hold themselves in readi
ur>> To move. and later, at the urgent Tt
quest of the Cincinnati authorities. sent
orders calling out the Fourteenth, Third,
! Seventh and Seventeenth regiments Of the
| Ohio National Guard. the First regiment a
| Cincinnati organization. already being under
arms at its armOry. In addition Ia these
infantry organizations, the Eighth battery
Of Columbus. Captain Gwynne Donaldson
commanding. and the Fifth battery of
| Springfield, Captain Sintz commanding,
We're ordered 10 report at the common rem
deZvOuS."
As soon aS he received the last orders
Col. White telegraphcd orders Ia the com
| manding officers of the various companies
of the Seventh regiment t0 have their com
mamdS at Dayton aS early today as possible
The companies forming the regiment are aS
follows: Company "A" Captain Smith.
Springfield: company ''B. Captain Hunter,
Hamilton; company &C, Captain B0u>-
man. Germantown; company ID" Captain
Young, MiamiSburg; company e" Cap
tain Bostwick, Mt Sterling: company Il.
Captain Price, kentom: company X" Cap
tain Clendening Celima.
1t happens that Captain Smith. of the
Springfield company. is very i'll. and of
course he could not 20. First Lieu
tenant kirkpatrick took COM
mand and made the necessary
preparations for departure as >kilfulIy as a
veteran.
As early as four o'clock this morning.
Rrgimemtal QuartrrmaSter Charles \. Smith
was flying about the city in a buggy. secur-
ing transportation and gathering together
supplies and camp equipage IranSporta-
ton as far a. Dayton was obtained on the
Bee Line, and for three hours this morning
the men were busy leading tents, tent
poles. camp furniture and supplies. At
$50 o'clock Captain Sintz. OF Battery f. =
reported his command all in readiness.
Besides himself there were three commits
stoned officers, including Surgeon Vance,
and tifty-six men He took with him only
his new Gatling guns, the ritled cannon not
yet having arrived.
Lieutenant kirkpatrick reported forty-siX
men and two commissioned officers, includ-
ing himself.
Captain Robert r. Rudd reported fifty
three men, but no commissioned officers eX-
cept himself. both of his lieutenantS being
away from the city.
Colonel White. Surgeun Hall, Adjutant
Putnam and QuartermaSter Smith COM
pleted the list from Springfield.
At 10 o'clock Captain Price with two
,other commissioned officers. a surgeon and
forty men arrived from kenton. A train
consisting of five Bee Line coaches was
made up. and at 1910 o'clock pulled out for
Dayton with all the soldier boys on board. |
The camp equipage,. cannon, etc, had been
loaded on freight cars and followed the com
panieS Immediately. The freight will arrive
at its destination about 4:5U this afternoon.
Colonel White will be in command at
Il.N ton, ba ,,fI N
with the Fourteenth regiment when he, be
ing the senior officer. will take command.
Inn order not To excite the populace of
Cincinnati by display of foreign military
in their midst and still have the troops near
enough 10 make descent upon the city as
soon As any symptoms of a riot appeared. it |
was decided to make Carthage. a station
few miles north of Cincinnati on the Gin |
cinnati. Hamilton and Dayton railroad a
rendezvous for the four regiments. and at |
that place they will 20 into camp.
The full strength of the four infantry |
regiments ordered to Cathage is 2,3115 men !
and it is estimated that LOO or l.NOO Of
these have responded Ia the call. The Cat
ling guns and the two batteries of artillery |
will make this a most formidable force.
Colonel Freeman. aS ranking officer will
will have command Of the camp.
1t is suspected that there will be- no neces-
Sity for the troops 10 remain away from
home after Monday, a. Sunday i com>id-
cred the only really dangerous time.
Go now and enjoy grand trip at pleas
ant season of the year, /" kam"p"liS and
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