Morning journal and courier., 1893-09-04
THE REORGANIZED FOOr GUARD
Tho Appointment of Omcers-The
New Omcers-The New Uniforms.

Tho Appointment of Omcers-The
New Omcers-The New Uniforms.
Major Benjamin E. Brown, commanding
the newly reorganizsd Second Company,
Governors Foot Guard, has announced
his choice of staff officers. The gentle
men chosen to serve are as follows:
Commissioned staf-Paymastef, Hon.
James NJ. Townsend; quartermaster, Ed
ward M, Clark; commissary, Even McIn-
tyre; inspector of rifle practice, Major T.
Attwater Barnes; judge advocate, Will
liam Nicely; assistant qusrtermaster, ex-
Police Commissioner John a. Plat; chap
lain, Rev. DR.. Twitcheu; surgeon, DR..
Robert s. Ives.
Non commissioned staff-Sergeant ma
jor, q. g. Potter; qusrtermsstsr sergeant,
g. Edward Osborn; hospital steward, E,
D. Hendee; color sergeant, Howard O.
Webb.
The sergeants appointed were: First
sergeant, f. 81. Simmons; second sergeant.
Lieu.snant Luther E. Jerome; third ser
geant, Wooster P. Ensign; fourth ser
geant, John Clarity; fifth sergeant, F. N
Hoyt; sixth sergeant, Captain E. G. Dow;
seFoutu seESeaut, oaptaiu OonJamiu Jsp-
son; eighth sergeant, Fire Commissioner
Loren 81. Stannard.
The cerporals appointed were az fol-
lows: First corporal, General A. Il. EN-
bier; second corporal, Captain Charles E.
Rounds; fourth corporal, General @. B.
Foster; fifth corporal, 8. g. Weed; sixth
corporal, Russell Thompson; seventh COZ
poral, J. O. Twining; eighth corporal,
W. w. Price.
The secretary of the company is Ser
geant Luther E. Jerome, and treasurer,
Sergeant L. 81. Stannsrd.
It is expected that at the meeting of the
company next Tuesday that the members
will be measured for their new uniforms
as 1t has already been adopted. The COM
pany will have two uniform, one for dress
and the other for fatigue. The dress
uniform ia patterned after the continental
style and will consist of knee brooches,
with leggfns, waistcoat and hat. The
breaches will be composed of cream white
broadcloth, with silver buttons, while
the leggins will be of black
velvet. An old fashioned waist
coat will be worn, made from the same
material as the brooches and also trimmed
with silver buttons. The coat which will
accompany the uniform will bs cutaway
of scarlet, faced with mazarine blue and
trimmed with solid silver lace and silver
buttons. The hat which will be worn with
this uniform will be q bearskin about a foot
in height, embellished In front with silver
tassel. 4 black waist belt will be worn,
with iokel-plated bsyonet scsbbard and
patent leather cartridge box. The plate of
the belt In front will be inscribed with the
figures "1775." indicating the date of the
organization of the company.
The fatigue uniform will be fashioned
after the regulation army uniform, and
will consist Of light blue pants, dark blouse
and the regulation fatigue cap. 1t will
differ somewhat from the uniform worn by
the Connecticut National Guard in regard
to the stripes down the leg of the trousers.
The National Guard at present has uni
form stripe for all privates, while the
stripe of the officers is little larger. In
the fatigue uniform Of the Foot Guards
the privates will have no stripes at all on