St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-01-29
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Friday evening, Feb. 1, Company |,
First regiment, is going to have bene-
fit at the Hennepin Avenue theater,
minneapolis. The Peoples Theater
company of st. Paul is to furnish the
entertainment. London Assurance"
is the drama selected for the occasion.
and as this is one Of the trOupe's best
plays a pleasant evening may be eX-
pected. As this is the first time in the
history of Company [ that its members
ever came before the public asking for
assistance, a short sketch of the organ
ization may not be out of order.
Company /. First regiment, n. q. S.
NJ, during its six years of existence has
had a career not altogether devoid of
eventful experiences. Organized in the
spring of 1888, it had on its first muster
roll about sixty of the best young society
men in the city. and the idea was. as
one of the more ambitious projectors
remarked, to make Company [ such
bowling success that. when il paraded,
the streets would run with gore" 1t is
fitting to remark that the aforesaid
member served about two years and
then got tired. probably because of
scarcity of gore in the Northwest.
Its first officers were elected unani-
mously, except the ''non-comS," who
were elected by ballot. Such scram-
BILE for office had never been seen be-
fore, and each Office had many candi-
dates. They fought with persistency,
if not with consistency; one in particu
lar, running for each berth from first
sergeant down to sixth corporal, where
he finally landed, wrapped up in the
thought that he could show his manly
form in the front rank. The boys were
very green then, but after one camps
experience they knew more than a cam
paigner Of many Bull Runs.
C. Nice. Reeve was the first captain;
J. D. Osgood. first lieutenant, and f. b.
Kidder, second lieutenant; Harry Trues-
dale, first sergeant: c. A. Brown. sec
ond sergeant. Howell Young. the pride
of the company, c. s. Bartram. or
Bart" for short, and sc. A. j." Bra
chen were among the first of the ''nOn-
CONS" The first. change in the roster
brought Edgar Smith in as first ser
geant and Charley Heffelfnger
in as second sergeant. Soon after
this there came vacancy In
the majority, when Capt Reeve
received the election to the position.
This change promoted 0SgOod to the
captaincy, Kidder to first lieutenant,
and Smith to the second lieutenantcy;
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This was in 'S4: in the following spring
Lieut.. Smith was obliged to resign on
account of i'll health. He went South
trying to regain his lost energies, but
after lingering illness, died in New
Mexico. His death was a severe loss to
the company as he had been active in
its organization and chief in its councils.
He was succeeded by Charlie Heffel-
finger. Bartram soon removed to st.
Paul and became the Sergeant-maJor.
John James was then made first ser
geant, and even now Bob McMuilen
will cross the street when he sees James
coming, for fear he will be ordered to
sfalI in for roll CALL" duty Sergt.
James never failed to perform. In
March. 1883, Capt. Osgo0d and Lieut..
Heffelfnger retired after completing
five years of honorable service. Lieut..
Kidder was promoted to be captain,
Sergt. Palmer to be first lieutenant, and
Corporal Thurman to be second lieuten-
ant. These are the officers at the pres
ent time.
While the company never has made
any pretentions to be crack organiza
tion, still it has had its little experience
in that line. In the winter Of 1885 it