The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1892-12-15
The MILITARY NEWS.
The Annual Meeting Of the Officers
Rife Association.
GOV. BROWNS BADGES,
Newport Naval Ressrve-The Separate
Company's Requsst-Inspectton by
Col. Walksr-First Light Infantry Mat
ters-Tickets to the Charity ball.

| Rife Association was held last evening
at tine Brigade Headquarters, 10i North
Main street. The principal business was
the election or officers for the ensuing
year. and they were chosen as follows:
President, Maj,r Career; vice presidents,
| Cap. c. g. Gray, Col. Warfield aud Major
McSoley; recorder and scorer, w. ID.
| Perrin; paymaster, Lieut.. Peirce; quarter
master, Lieut.. Young; executive COM
mitee. Gen. Dennis, Gen. Kendall. Capt
Rittman. Capt Brown. Capt. Sweeny,
Lieut. Rollins, Lieut.. Gates. Lieut..
Weaver Capt. Ely; instructor. in rih,
prictcs, Capt. George A. Forsyth.
The Governors Badges.
A plan has been proposed aud partially
arranged for the distribution of the
mark manship badges presented to the
members of the brigade by Gov. Brown,
| commander-in-chief Col. Thornton has
decided To mold complimentary review
| and inspection OF six companies OF his
command in Infantry Hall some time in
the early part Of Jaau ,ry, at which the
| winners OF the bad Ses will be prss,nt, In
cluding the members OF the regiment,
Naval Reserve aud Machine Gu battery.
| The six companies which will be reviewed
| and iuspe ted are the four Il. L. l. COM
panies, Capt. Forsyth's company and
Company II Of Pawlucket. o. the sew
| enty or inors badges which will bs dis
| tributed about half will 20 TO members
of the FIRST Regimeit, while the re-
mainder will be divided among the
second Re GIN snt. Naval Reserve Com
pany OF Bristol. the Macniue Gun Bat
tery and tue Cavalry.
II. l.. I. Matters.
AT the meeting of the Charity Ball
committee OF the First Light Infantry on
Monday evening it was decided that the
prics OF tickeCs should be 50 each, as III
The past two seasons.
Tue committee appointed to arrange
| for the celebration OF the seventy-htth
anniversary or the First Light Infantry
| Regiment Is quietly at wo.k. Ine suO-
| committees have been appointed aad the
| WORK or each outlined. The principal
work for so ne time To come Is 10 locate
| past members and raise the necessary
money wherewith TO carry out the great
uudertak ing, for IL is expected TO eclipse
| every military celebra ion ever seen in
Rhode Island. Many of the old members
| will remember the celebration OF the
| hftietn anniversary, and wnei IT Is ex-
pected that tue coming May will witness
IA festival that will throw that one in the
shade rou,er must be looKel for.
Newport Naval Reserve.
| At the time that Lieut.. Willoughby
mustered in the recruits for the Naval
Reserve Torpedo Company OF Newport. a
| gooi deal Of comment was caused by toe
| IacG that the oath was administered To
| the men by lawyer, aud old military
men wondered why Lieut.. Willougaby
| did net perform the fuuction himself
| since he was the recruiting officer. IL has
| since been decided that the men must be
sworn in by the recruiting officer so that
| Lieut.. WilloughLy will have tnaL part OF
| the ceremony TO 10 over again.
Ihe Separate Companies.
Much talk has been occAslonel for the
past few months in military circles by
the petition which was presented to the
adjutant general by the two Separate
| CJmpauies OF Infantry for new forma-
ton of the First and Second Separate
Companies into al indepe ldent battal-
iol with major commanding 1t. The
proper channels for tie pstitlon to go
through were first, brigade head
quarters. from which IL would have
been forwarded through the adjutaut
General to His Excellency Gov Brown,
commander-in-chief. IL has, however,
4 reached its destination, aud Is now in the
possession OF the committee on militia OF
the General Assembly, whose duty IL will
be to report at Whatever time seems
proper j ust why the two coiored COM
pan es visa TO be united in a bat alon and
what particular good will thus be accom-
plished, does not seem clear. and the mat
ter is being looked into before any action
is taken. If il should be decided that
battalion forma ion is the better for the
two companies Ill question, Capt. Blount
stands u very good chance of election to
the position.
Lieut.. Col. w. Howard Walker, assist
ed by Major Johu A. Carte, inspected
the armor.es of the First separate Com
pauy last Monday evening and OF the Sec
ond Separate Company the following
evening.
Battery A viii Celebrate.
Tomorrow evening ths members and
friends of Battery A. Light Artillery,
will give the newly fitted and furnished
armory In the old arsenal on Benefit
street n good warming. Invitations
have been sent to Gov. B.own aud staff,
Gen. Kendall aud staff. COL Thornton
companies In the State To be present aud
join in the festivities. A general good
time is expected, as a good entertain
ment has been provided by the Battery
boys. botn in the line OF amusement and
collation.. 1t Is expected that many ad-
ditions will soon be made To the library.
which has already been started, as some
generous persons have volunteered to
help increase 1t.
Militia Notes.
Lieut. George c. Arnold has asked for
leave of absence or five weeks. He
started on his wedding trip last evening
Col Goddard has undertaken to secure
a church for the use of the First Light
Infa .try on the occasion OF the celebra-
ton in May wherein the members aud
past IN smbers will attend service in u
body.
Col Thornton has communicated with
Gen. Dennis concerning the matter of ar
mory practice with the riffs during the
coming winter. All the companies of
the First Regiment have good winter ar
mories. and as Gen. Dennis has expressed
willingness TO look after the ammuni-
tion goo practice should result.
| Narrowly Escaped.