Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-03-02

! HE&N Y <G1%# similar service in June,
| ltT# 1876 at the Silver Creek
~Xss444$sA coal mines, west of Ak
| ron. 1t went to Woos-
| CAPT. BRYAN. ter in December, 1880.
| to scatter mob during the execution of a MUIR
| derer 1t performed guard duty with the
| eighth regiment over the remains of President
j. A. Garfield while lying in state in the public
! square III Cleveland. in 1881. 1t helped 10 hold
at bay furious mob at Ashland on the occa-
sion of a double execution there in May. 1884.
/ being on duty there two days The company
was called out during the great railroad strike
in 1877, and at the time of the Cincinnati riots.
| i'll 1854, but performed no active service at
| either of these periods. The command has
| seen service in camp every year since 1877.
| 1t furnished the first colonel of the ninth
regiment Ohio national guard. David W.
| Thomas. its first captain, and Il captain in the
| twenty-ninth regiment, Ohio volunteer infan-
| try who became colonel of the present eighth
regiment on the consolidation of the
eighth and ninth. in 1878, an ideal soldier: the
| second colonel of the eighth. A. l.. Conger.
Ohio member of the Republican national COM
mittee; the three and only adjutants of both
| regiments; the present senior and junior ma
/ jors of the eighth. and the present sergeant
major, Tracy l.. Jeffords. esq, now practicing
| law in this city.
The company has had the benefit of most ex-
| cellent and thorough instruction at the hands
| of Lieut.. A. G. Sharpe. twenty-second infantry
|
! be a ''crack company" has no superior in the
| state in its proficiency in the whole round of
soldiers duties, including guard duty, signal
| ing, skirmish drill and target practice. The
| average age of the company at date of enlist
| ment is about twenty-one. and in its ranks are
| representatives of many of the best families in
| the city of Akron.
The officers of the company are: Capt. Fred
erick G. Bryan, entered service July 81 1888
First sergeant, August H. 1885; first lieutenant
| III *. mr. Ei,.St
| Lieut.. Ira l. Morrison. entered service October
! %, 1885; second lieutenant. November 6, 1886;
| first lieutenant, April II, 1888. Second Lieut.
| VIM. A. Gostlind entered service MAY /. 1888:
| corporal. July 49, 1884, first sergeant, July a.
| 1886; second lieutenant. April II. 1888. The
non-commissioned officers are: First sergeant
George Dunn; second sergeant. Adelbert H.
Carson; third sergeant, Harry G.. Chisnel;
fourth sergeant, Charles Gostlin: fifth sergeant
Alexander W. Maynes; first corporal. Harry G.
Spidle; second corporal, Alden W. Wilcox; third
corporal. Frank E. Church; fourth corporal
Charles Way; fifth corporal. Newell L. Tibbals;
sixth corporal, Frank Z. PRIEST seventh cor
poral, Fred. II. O'Brien; quartermaster sergeant
John W: Dice: The company possesses two uni
forms, the fatigue and full dress, the regulation
state uniform corresponding TO that of the
United States army. except the buttons, which
bear the state coat of arms. The dress uniform
was purchased by the company itself last year.
and 1t Is the only command in the eighth regi-
ment so equipped
The company will be quarted at 1746 New
York avenue, and will parade Monday with As
men.
The Western Reserve Guards.
Another military company from Ohio is the
Western Reserve Guards. company G.. fifth reg
iment o. N. g., stationed at Norwalk. This is
one of the crack companies of the state 1t was
organized August Z, 1877 and first attached to
the eleventh regiment, but transferred to the
fifth in 1887. 1t was called out at the time of
the Cincinnati riot. The commissioned and
non-cOmmissioned officers are as follows: Cap
tain, 9. l.. Remnant; first lieutenant, III. l.. Ken
nan; sergeants, G. II. Ransom, c. l.. White
Frank Remington, E. G. Underhill, F. H. Howe;
corporals, George Lambert, @. E. Sutton, Allan
Simpson, jr., c. W. Beers, r. C. KEENAN,, G. E.
Smith, E. b. Thomas. and F. H. Butt. The
uniform is the United States regulation dress,
except the company wears a white summer
helmet. Capt. KEENAN, will bring about forty
five men. They will arrive tomorrow evening
The Toledo Cadets.
The Toledo Cadets are very favorably known
in Washington, having taken part in the great
national drill here two years ago, on which
occasion they attracted universal attention and
gained the highest praise for their wonderful
evolutions. They are, in fact, entitled to the
name of one Of the best-drilled commands in
the United States, and will no doubt sustain
this reputation next week. The cadets are an
unattached company of the Ohio national
guard.
This company was organized November Is.
1877, but is virtually continuation of the To-
ledo High School Cadets, organized in that city
in 1857. The company rs it now stands was
mustered into the Ohio militia March Z, 1879,
and is the only unattached company in the
state. 1t has been ordered into active service
by the governor on several occasions, the most
important OF which was four days duty at the
Cincinnati riot in 1884. The streamers which
they carry on their flag staff show that they
have taken part in eight competitive drills, hav-
ing won four first, and three second prizes, the
only competition in which they were rated
lower than second being at the National Drill in
this city in 1887. In this contest they were
relegated to seventh place and carry a black
streamer on which is a figure 7, denoting their
position in that drill. The prizes won aggre-
gate &c, 500 in money and numerous medals.
The present officers are: Captain, w. v. Nc
Maken; first lieutenant, VIM. H. Cook; second
lieutenant, Thos. T. Waters; first sergeant,
VIM. +. Johnston; second sergeant, Eugene w.
Gage; third sergeant. Dewitt c. Linn: fourth
sergeant, Fred. K. Quine; fifth sergeant. Frank
!. Howells; quartermaster sergeant. Benjamin
ID. Vail; color sergeant, Arthur F. Rowley; first
corporal. James E. Raymer; second corporal,
Mark M. Smith; third corporal, A. w. 5. Ir-
corporal, Jno. H. Spielbusch; sixth corporal,
Harry NJ. Chapman; seventh corporal, Harry
II. Goodall eighth corporal, Eugene s. Par
sons; COMFY clerk, Fred. ID. McCutcheon. The
uniform consists Of light blue swallow-tail
coat with white and gold trimmings, and epau-
lettes to match; trousers of the same goods as
coat with white stripe; white helmet with blue
tipped white plume; white waist belt. The
command win bring 40 or Is men to Washing
ton, arriving here tomorrow morning by the
b. and 0. They will be CHARTERED at the Lynn
House, on the avenue. After taking part in
the inaugural ceremony the company viii visit
New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Pitts
burg before their return home, giving exhi-
billions Of their proficiency in drill in the cities
named II win undoubtedly be 30 arranged
that they will be enabled to give one Of the ex-
hibitions in this city during their visit. In
this exhibition, including what il known q the
Piano Drill" arranged and copyrighted by
themselves, they execute III movements with
the musket in IL minutes time, TO the accom-
paniment of piano. This is the drill that they
gave ON the stage Of the National theater dur
ing their visit here in 1857, which = still re-
membered with pleasure by those Who we're
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