The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-11-07


Elected Major.
The board of officers, N. @. D., met
In Dover yesterday and unanimously
elected Captain Edmund Mitchell. Jr..
Company A. First Regiment major OF
the regiment.
In compliance with orders recently
Issued by Adiutant General Garrett ].
Hart the Board of Examiners. COM
posed of Colonel L. 2. Stacey. DIR. ].
Paul Lukens and Captain Edmund
Mitchell. Jr., met at the Hotel Richard
sou to examine applicants presented
for promotion. First Lieutenant &. A.
Garten, L Company, Wyoming, was
examined and successfully passed the
examination for the eaptaincy. He
will be forwarded his commission
shortly. Second Lieutenant Il. Fl.
Garten, same company. passed a sue
cessful examination for the first lieu
tenancy. Sergeant ]. H. McNiel OF the
same company was promoted to sec
ond lieutenant. Other promotions
will follow shortly.
Serg cant Emile W. Pepper. Of Com
pany q, Georgetown, passed sue
cessful examination and received hts
commission as First Lieutenant.
The board. consisting of all the COM
missioned officers of the regiment,
met at 8 o'clock for the purpose OF
electinR q major to succeed Major G.
Nj. Carey, who was dismissed from the
service on account Of non.residence-
The only name presented was that
OF CaptainMitehell,a and he received the
entire vote The captain had declined
to permit the use Of his name but his
objections were over-ruled.
When the result had been announced
Major Mitchell was congratulated. As
| a military officer and disciplinariau
Major Mitchell ranks high In the Ma
tfonal Guard of this State. While in
command of A Company he won the
well-earned distinction of being the
best drill master In the State, and also
tho Finest commander any military or
ganization ever had in this State.
Last evening General Hart issued
| the following order:
ADJUTRoT-G GENERALS OFFIcB,
Wilmington, Del, November q, 1891.
Captain Mitchell. having been elect
ed to the position OF major, vice Chas.
NJ. Carey. dismissed. will appear be-
fore the State Board of Examiners for
examination.
By order of the governor,
GARRETT j. HART,
Adiutant General.
Major Mitchell was born at Stanton
on May 10, 1856 and came to this city
when but IL years of age. He enlisted
In company A, then known us Ameri-
can Rifles, in June, 1875, as a private
and after serving in that capacity for
three years, was promoted to be COR
poral. Here he served for one year,
and at the expiration of the term was
promoted to second lieutenant. One
years service earned him the promo
ton to the first lieutenaney, in which
position he served one year and was
then elected captain of the company.
In this rank he remained for eleven
years and served so faithfully that he
had up to the time OF his election to
major gained the reputation OF hav-
ing the finest drilled company In the
regiment.
He accompanied the company to
Philadelphia July 4, 1875, when his
company represented Delaware as one
OF the original thirteen states. The
company also participated in the Bi.
Centennial Constitutional celebration,
and the celebration at Chadd's Ford
and Valley Forge. Last May he ten.
dered his resignation as captain OF the
company, but the men refused to &C.
cept it.
An election for captain will shortly
be held, but it isnot known who Maj
or Alitchelrs successor Will be.
Second Lieutenant William II. Han
ma is highly spoken of, and the mem
bers seen last evening were sure he
would be promoted to the commander
of the company. First Lieutenant
Floyd is also mentioned. but his du.
ties as policeman would not enabl,
him to devote thA necessary time tt
the company drills.