Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-04
THE HowrrzrR MEMORIAL MONUMENT.


". A. Pet, Baltimore, W. wakeman, Column
Md bia,
Carter B. Page. p. Winfree, Elbow.
r. d. Powell X. Wntree, keytes-
W. D. Porter, Msttoax, vile, Mo-.
Thad. Bayard Thomas Mnlt,ocK,
George r. Roper, ton.
John b. Royal, j. NaddeH,
:. c. Sheppard, Rich j. +. Wakeham, Co
j. D. sublett, Front W. c. Wood Hamp-
Royal ton.
THE NAME WELL PRESERVED.
Even as sunshine often follows the males-
tic thrnder-storms OF summer, so the hand-
some HOwitZers of the present day have
succeeded the grand old artlllerymen
! who risked their lives for the Confederaccy.
The present battery needs no recommends
ton to the public. They are known and
hOnored almost throughout the Union,
and like their forefather5. they have pre-
served an Industrious name and ever kept
their honor clean. After the war the
| Howitzers were recognized as company
| on the 10th day of April, 1871, with Henry
| G.. Carter as captain; ID. 5. Mccarthy,
! first lieutenant; John :. Elicit, JUNIOR
| second lieutenant, and William ,. Whlte
as second lieutenant. Captain Carter was
succeeded by CaptainrR. G.. .Wortham,
who. in turn, was followed by Captain 4.
j. Bosher Then came Captain Beaure-
! gard Lorraine, who was succeeded by the
! present commandant, Captain John A.
| Hutchinson.
Among the ex.lleutenants of the battery
are Colonel q. Percy Halves, Major W. T..
! Simons, and Messrs. James W. Gibson,
+. H. Mcclure, and Charles q. Bosher.
ENTITLED TO MORE GUNs.
The present organization Is four-eun
battery, but Its membership has increased
| so rapidly in the last few years that the
| organization is really entitled to two more
rifles. and the time will come when the
| government will issue these TO the can
noneers. Some months ago the HowiiZers
obtained from the War Department a mag
nifcent GatlIng gun, and the artillerymen
are now experts IN the manipulation OF
| the dangerous instrument OF war. At
tached to the battery is a splendid band of
twenty-five pieces, which has been hand
| somely uniformed. and IS now valuable
adjunct to the company.
The Howitzers are greatly in need of an
armory, "a the present building which
they occupy is entirely inadequate for the
men. The battery cannot move about IN
the drill-room at all. as the members more
than fill the hall.
The following roster Of the Howitzers,
rank and file, shows the splendid perSonne!
of the organization
| OFFICERS.
Edwin j. BOsher, honorary captain.
John 4. HutchesOn, captain.
| William A. Barrett, drst lieutenant.
Thomas II. Starke, Dr., first Lieutenant.
Charles W. Macfarlane, second lieutenant
William Nick. Fisher first sergeant.
| William :. WoOdsOn. second sergeant.
John ii. Cole third sergeant.
| John S. EGbank, fourth sergeant.
Robert A.. Williams, fifth sergeant.
Benjamin Brockenbrough, quartermaster SER
geant.
William c. Ammons, commissary sergesntS
Joseph G. Phaup, stable sergeant
John p. Stuart, first corporal
| Edward |. PaTr, second corporal.
! James p Watson, third corporal
| -, fourth corporal
| Louis X. Kellam, fifth corporal.
| James A. Healy, sixth corporal.
| seventh corporal.
William VI. Myers eighth corporal
| James N. Grooms, guidon.
William II. Cowardin, first musician.
Lemuel l.. Lynch. second musician.
| PRIvArEs.
Thomas c. Adams, William W. Lear,
| william Allen, John j. Lynch,
+. w. Allen, Frederick ID. Mason,
| William z. Anderson, Il. 5. McCurdy,
| Alfred Benson, James w. Maynes,
| Thomas NJ. Bell, Lemuel r. Michaels,
| Archer H. Rabbit, William w. Miller,
| Thomas Nj. Brennan, Frederick w. Minson,
Ernest L. Brooking, Charles A. Motley,
| james Dabney Burfoot, Clarence I. Nuckols,
| CharIos W Coghill. Patrick w. O'Sullivan,
Robert II. Gale, Howard L. Page,
Benjamin II. Cottrell, James b. Poindexter,
Lawrence l.. Cornell, j. &. Powers,
Shelton W. Davis. James II. Pollard,
William A. Dickinson, Thomas Prosha,
John A. Dietrich, r. L. Fuller,
John II. Dodd, Dr., Paul NJ. Rivenbank,
Walter q. Duke, Eugene Robinson,
James ii. Duggins, y. h. Rowe,
John 2. Edwards, William II. Schultz,
Gus. Kills. Herbert r. Scott
William l.. Finnegan, Arthur w. sharps,
f. N. Cams James w. sharps,
| lie Roy ID. Grant, Austin Is. SPOTS,
| Marx Gralock, Richard l.. Sprnggins,
| Frank Y. Hammlil, William 5. Spraggins,
Arthur f.. Hawks, Robert II. Stevens,
Charles Hawks, Frank ID. Talley,
Joseph Henley Edmund p. Taylor,
John j. Heggarty, John +. Toler,
Theo. w. Hoeninger, Harry G.. Voegler,
George A. Jones, John M. foegler,
John G. Johenning, Harry q. Whlttet,
| Antonus Johenning, Robert w. White,
! Marcellus Jonenning, James w. Wilson,
David M. Lea, John j. Wilson,
| Albert q. Workman.
THE BATIERy's COMMANDER.
Captain John A. Hutchinson, the present
commandant Of the Howitzers. was borr
at Windsor, Henrico county, on June IL
1859. He needs no introduction to tn,
people of Richmond or of the State
~,,, Being intimately con
r.I nected with the TO
| y ANS~sHlsN baccO trade, amen
SNIlA Der of the Board o
,MAylp Managers, and pro
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Ers y has gone INTO ever,
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where tobacco !
grown. At the age o
Jtx- ~ ~ Is no was proposes
IL >A for election In tn
T>sl~N II Howitzers by Maio
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