Los Angeles herald., 1893-01-01
THE FIRST BRIGADE, n, c. C.,
Considerable Progress During
the Year.
A Complete Showing of Its Present
Status.
Changes in the Official Personnel - A
Naval Battalion - The Signal
Corps-The Total En-
ro1lment.

During the year past therc have been
quite a large number OF changes in the
official personnel Of the First brigade,
composed of the Seventh and Ninth reg
iments, the naval battalion at San
Diego and the signal corps located
here.
The officers OF the First brigade are as
follows Brig Gen. E. P. Johnson,
commanding; Lieut.. Col. L. S. Butler,
assistant acknowledgement; Lieut.. Col.
W. G. Cochran, surgeon; Maj. Harry f.
Mathews, ordnance officer; Maj. Cyrus
Willard, engineer officer; Maj. G. Wiley
Wells, Judge advocate; Maj. A. W. Bar
rett, quartermaster; Maj. George s..
Bonebrake, paymaster: Major Driffell,
brigade inspector; Maj. George S. Dan
nels, commisssry; Maj. Horace M.
Russell, inspector of rife practice; Maj
M. T. Overs, signal officer; Capt. H.
q. Osborne and Capt. A. @. Jones, aides
de-camp: staff orderlies, Harry r.
Hathewav, w. E. Hutchinson.
Following are the changes OF the
year:
Changes in the staff of the First bri.
gade- Mai. Harry I. Mathews in place
OF Daniels.
Staff Seventh regiment-First Lieut..
E. 81. Hutchinson in place of Permar ;
First Lieut.. Marion M. Ogden in place
of G. N. Wilson.
Staff Ninth regiment-George Il.
Bower. first lieutanant, in place OF
Mack First Lieutenant James E. Mack
in place of Harville.
Line officers, Seventh regiment :
Company C-Second Lieut.. Samue!
Samuel Crawford in place of Reece.
Company G-Captain, Ernest Brown
ing; first lieutenant, Arthur f. Halpin
second lieutenant, Joseph A. Blair.
Line officers, Ninth regiment: Com
pany B-Captain. R. v. Dodge; first
lieutenant, Harry G. Dannels; second
lieutenant, R. P. Gilman. Company c
First lieutenant, Bradford Morse,
Company DIR lieutenant, Edwin l..
Moore; second lieutenant, George 0,
Brown. Company F-Captain, P. o.
Roper; first lieutenant, Fred M. Kelly
second lieutenant, S. Henderson Finley
The field and staff officers of the
Seventh regiment are: Colonel com
manding, William G. Schrieber; lieu
tenant colonel, James L. Rowland
major, NJ. L. Stern; adjutant, John B
franklin ordnance officer, Lieut.. f. @
Symthe; quartermaster, Lieut.. E. l..
Hutchinson commissarv, Lieut.. Marion
M. Ogden; surgeon, Frank X. Aims
worth paymaster, Lieut.. ]. S. Collins
inspector rifle practice, John Last
chaplain, Chas. A. Kennel; sergt. maj
J. H. Keller.
A-Captain, Frank A. Martin; frs
lieutenant. Henry Steere; second lieu
tenant, F. L. Baldwin.
B-Captain N. S. Bangham; frs
lieutenant, W. R. Sutliffe; second lieu
tenant, P. ]. Cook.
C-Captain, Theo. Meyer: first lieu.
tenant, III. d. Alfonso; second lieu
tenant, Samuel Crawford.
D-Captain, S. 7. Black; first lieu
tenant, A. w. Browne; second lieuten
ant, J. W. Hammond.
F-Captain. l.. S. Chappalear; frst
lieutenant, M. L. Shaw; second lieu.
tenant, M. Anderson.
G-Captain, Ernest Browning; first
lieutenant, Arthur F. Hslpin, second
lieutenant, Joseph A. Blair.
The field and staff officers of the
Ninth regiment are Colonel Command
ing E. B. Spileman; Lieutenant-Colonel
G. L. Bryant; Major Charles s. Nickel
vey Major John R. Berry, adjutant
Major Thomas L. McGee, surgeon; Capt.
John Heron, chaplain; Lieut.. Geo. H.
Bower, qusrtermaster; Lieut.. Chas. 7.
Rice, commissary; Lieut.. James E.
Mack, paymaster; Lieut.. @. d. Ball,
ordnance officer; Lieut.. G. Lorbier,
inspector of rifle practice.
The company commissioned officers oil
the Ninth regiment are given below:
A-Captain, Edward E. Spileman
lieutenant, A. G. Thelin.
B-Captain, R. v. Dodge; first lieu
tenant, H. @. Daniels; second lieuten-
ant, R. 1. Guinan.
C-Captain, Bradford Morse; first
lieutenant, Samuel Crawford; second
lieutenant, s. R. Langworthy.
D-Captain, W. o. Welch; first lieu
tenant, Ed. L. Moore; second lieuten-
ant, Geo. O. Brown.
E-Captain, E. M. Ducoe; first lieu
tenant, F. Muscott; second lieutenant,
G. L. Allison.
F-Captaln, +. y. Roper; hrHt lieu
tenant, F. M. Kelly; second lieutenant.
S. H. Finley.
According to the report of Lieuten.
ant-Colonel Butler, division inspector,
the organizations inspected and mus.
tered are:
Infantry companies. ........ ........... 46
Artillery batteries EARNED, equipped and
serving as Infantry .-...................... IL
Light artillery batteries ...............,..... 2
Troop cavalry. .....-..............-...
iUtal -...'.......-.-'. oO
And resulted as follows as to the nu.
mericsl strength, attendance and aver
age merit:
DIVISION.
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ORGANIZATION. g % ID
Com'dg officer, staff