The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-08
VIEW FIELD OFFICERS ELECTED.
Colonel WIN. II. wickbam C""msnasr OF
srte F1rst Regiment Cavalry.

The line officers Of the First regiment
cavalry mot NJ the armory of the stuart
IIorso Guards AT , O'Clock yesterday al
,orpoon to elect colonel in the place OF
Colonel G.. Percy Halves VINO res'Slcu
,,o'o,';,ion an the 9th of October. Brig
' n'r General Charles j. Anderson pre-
.tpd az the twenty-oae line officers IN
e., rog;,nent who were entitled 10 vote
'.a,.nntccu were present. The nhsentees
,,a,.o a. follows: First Lieutenant IL. -
is,Lcr Troop A. of Richmond, VINO Is
i..;a ,,, nv the accident he met with nj the
It.no.;t;on grounds: So 'ohd Lieutenant
n " Baker. of Troop &. of Lynchburg;
Second Leutentnt Fenton Nolan, oi
'rroop -. of Hanover. ana FIRST Llnulen
ant ". H. Adams, OF Troop r., oil rr'uce
George. who is laid up by sickness
As soon as nominations were declared
20 bc in order the former commander,
Colonel G.. Percy Hawcs. and Lieutenant,
Colonel w. i. Wickham were nominated
fn, The position. Three ballots were then
takeu. resulting in q votes for Nlckham
and : votes for Halves. A motion 10
make the election Of Lleutenant-oOIohei
Wickham unanimous was lost ana lIe
next ballot resulted in ID votes Tor W lex,
ham and > for Halves. On motion OF
nnn of The officers who voted for Hawes.
Which was seconded by the other, the
election Of Wickham was made unahi-
nous. A.,
Major W. Kirk Mathews was then
elected Northumberland, Captain Henry
NJ Boykin. the adjutant, casting the vote
Of the officers.
The election for major again brought IN
some competition, Captain Henry VI. boy
kin and Captain David Moore. OF Com
pany f., Of Manchester. beng the canmI.
dates. Captain Boykin was hhmy
elected with II votes while Captain
Moore received the balance There Dcihg
eleven votes necessary to an election, IL
was apparent that Captain Moores vote
had elected Major Boykin
For the first time the line officers were
called upon to elect Junior major. The
number of troops Of the regiment having
been Increased to seven, it had become
necessary to create the position OF Junior
major 10 secure commander Tor the
second squadron. Colonel Wickham had
recently made application TO the comman-
der-in-chicf that this position be csIab,
lisbed. and Governor Mckinney had
granted the request. There were two
candidates for the position. captain
Charles Eukcr. Of Troop A, of Richmond:
and CAPTAIN T. j. Ingram, Of Troop 1, OF
Lvnchburg Captain Euker was elected
for the position.
Al the close of the election General An
derson made neat little speech, an
nouncng the result of the election. and
saying that be had never attended a more
dirnit;cd and courteous meeting of otii-
GERS. He made especial mention OF the
noble and courteous act of Colonel Moore,
who. by sacrificing himself and casting
his vote for Captain Boykin. had actually
brought about the latter's election as
The several promoted officers made
short speeches, thanking the line officers
for their votes, and vote Of thanks was
passed for General Anderson for the
able. courteous and impartial manner IN
which he presided over the meeting.
The meeting adjourned, after Colonel
Wiclbam had extended an invitation to
the line officers Oh behalf of field and
staff to take lunch at the Commercial
Climb