Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-09
STREATOR Is SUSTAINED.

He Is Unanimously Re-Eieoted Lieute9ant
Colonel Of His Regiment-The Result
Cheered With vehemence-Private 1ams
Hears the Applause and Il Chagrined.
An election was held last night for
lieutensnt-colonel Of the Tenth Regiment,
N. G. P The commission of Lieutenant
Colonel j. B. r. Streator, whose punish
ment of Private Iams has caused 30 much
comment, expired recently, and this cleo
tion was to fill the vacancy. As four COM
panies OF the regiment are on duty ut Swiss-
vale the election was held there. Lieuten-
ant Colonel Frank L Rutledge, Of the
Eighteenth Infantry, conducted the cleo
tion, and Captain w. H. Davis and Ad-
jutant H. F. Davis, Of the Eighteenth, were
the tellerA.
At 8 o'clock 21 of the "a company officers
of the regiment assembled in headquarters.
The company officers alone have voice in
choosing a field officer and in this case Is
votes were required for . choice.
Captain Laird, of Company I, of Green's
burg, was recognized Immediately after the
order for the election had been read He
said:
sT desire to place in nomination for
Lieutenant Colonel of this regiment j. B.
r, Streator. We all know him. He has
been with US many years and We recognize
his worth. 1t is not my intention, for do
not deem it necessary to pronounce
eulogium upon him; I am content to place
his name before the officers of the regi-
ment"
Captain Barnett, of Company 81, of WASH
ington, seconded the nomination, say
ing: SIT is with much pleasure that Sec
ond the nomination of Colonel Streator.
" hot
have drawn the eyes of the people to the
Tenth Regiment, ard am glad that this
opportunity has cone that we can show the
National Guard and the people of Pennsyl-
vania that the officers of this regiment, the
meE who know what Colonel Streator has
done while in service with us, speak with
no uncertain sound when they say they
indorse and uphold his actions For these
reasons, and knowing how good soldier
Colonel Streator is, second his nomina-
tion."
There were no other nominations and
Captain Wescott, of Company A, of Mo-
nongahela City, moved that Captain Loar,
of Company E, of Mt Pleasant, cast the
vote of the officers for Colonel Streator.
The motion was adopted unanimously and
Captain Loar deposited 81 votes for Colonel
Streator, who was declared elected Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the regiment.
The officers broke out into three cheers
for Streator that were given with lusty
will, Colonel Hawkins, Major Mowry and
the staff officers joining in. A short dis
tance from the headquarters is the guard
house, and the two reliefs of the guard on
duty there heard the news at once. They
took up the cheering, and then the men
down on the company streets lined up and
for 15 minutes they made the camp ring
with cheers for Colonel Streator. The drum
corps turned out and added its din to the
racket, while many of the men gathered In
front of the headquarters to cheer again.
In the meantime Colonel Streator had
been sent for and was brought down to
headquarters. He accepted the election
and was sworn in at once. He thanked the
officers for re-electing him, and said that as
he had tried to do his duty to his regiment
and his State in the past, so would he try
to do it in the future He made no refer
ence to the recent disciplinary affair ex-
cept to say that this election meant that he
was in the regiment for five years more and
he was in to stay. After that every officer
in the regiment shook hands with him.
Lieutenant Colonel Streator enlisted as q
private In Company II, Tenth Regiment on
January 25, 1881; was appointed Adjutant
of the regiment June 19, 1882; reappointed
Adjutant April 15 1884, his commission
having expired, and was elected Lieutenant
Colonel on August 8, 1887.
Iams was in Homestead last night, and
after the election three hearty cheers were
heard from the provisional brigade across
the rive-. The discharged private inquired
the reason and was greatly chagrined when
he learned the truth.