The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-13
1HE S11IoS1E GUARD REeis1Es.
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iuE Detsiis OF Psrsousi History.


log Detstis OF Psrss-si History.
Tho National Guard Register for 1894. the
fret since the reorganization Of the Guard I'M
der the new regulations" IL now to be had.
1t bears date Dec. 81 1893 Apart from the
additional number OF commissioned officers
required by the regulations II has several in
terestinR features. some OF which are apparent
on the surface while others are discovered
after close search.
Tho very top-heavy stan Of tho Commander.
in. Chief and Of the four brigade commanders
show few important changes There is only
one change in the First Brigade stan: in the
Second. MAJOR Rsbcock has been appointed
Inspector OF Rife Practice, to oil a vacancy in
the Third Major Hilton succeeds Major Will
liams as Inspector; in the Fourth. where nu-
merous unimportant changes have occurred.
Leut-CoL Warren succeeds Lieut. Col Clifton
as Assistant Adiutant- General. All OF these
officers have had previous service in the Ma
tional Guard.
This year the Guard consists Of eleven reRi-
ments. three battalions. forty-four separate
companies. one troop Of cavalry. i've batteries
OF light artillery, and three brigade signal
corps. OF the regiments. only the Seventh can
show a complete roster OF comm issioned on
cers The officers OF the Eighth Battalion are
distributed somewhat unevenly: Company u
has q Captain and First Lieutenant Com pany
has three officers. Company u has a Captain
and two First Lieutenants. and Company
has a Captain. two First LieutenAnts. and one
Second Lieutenant The Ninth Regiment has
nine Captains. eight First and four Second
Lieutenants. The Tenth Battalion needs only
one Second Lieutenant to I'LL it's line roster.
The Twelfth Regiment has ten Captains, one
Of whom made his first entry into the National
Guard as Second Lieutenant on Jan. 20. 1893.
Promotion is rapid In the Twelfth; casual
ties are numerous. The regiment contains
further. seven First and four Second Lieuten-
ants. Eighteen OF its thirty i've officers were
commissioned during 1888; eight OF the offi-
GERS enlisted in the Twelfth. the other twenty
seven having come from the seventh. Twenty
secont, Twenty.third and the Troop.
The Thirteenth lacks six OF its line officers.
the fourteenth nine. the Twenty-second four.
the Twenty-third one the Forty-Aeventh, with
eight companies. has only sixteen officers:
fret lacks four. the Seventy fourth three Last
year thoEe were ninety-six separate com;
compliments Of officers this year. out OF forty
four companies thrty-three reported their
Two regiments the Eighth and the. Sixty
ninth. and two separate companies. the Thirty
ing 1888. all Of them on the iateful 18th OF De-
cember, and two battaliOns, the Eighth and the
The most Hv.s feature Of the Register
IL the record OF service OF the various officers;
but only few OF the points OF interest can be
touched on here. Cen Fitzgerald Of the First
Brigade was discharged from the volunteer
army with the rank OF Lieutenant Colonel in
tant OF the seventh. a drop OF three steps Col.
HARDING, Assistant In spector- General. left the
army in March. 1857. having held a commits,
sion in the Thirty-eighth United states colored
troops for over two years In four months he
and after two years in the ranks was promoted
Adlut.nt Capt; Ives OF the First Brigade Big
oc.T ia the ter Hs
lar army. and then enlisted as signal private
Lieut. O'Connor OF the Ninth Regiment
served eight years in the British army. After
FIVE years he was promoted for gallantry. and
the. soudan medal and the silver khedevial
medal He enlisted in the TwentJ-second as
Iielt. Col. Fitch q the Tenth Battalion knocks
ing is for while the Twelfth Regiment officer
may be the only officer in the National Guard
tence 10 lieutenant. Colonel" as he says he is.
the commanding officer ofthe Tenth Battalion
was promoted from private to Lieutenant-Col-
Major Leonard OF the Twelfth was Major In
the 1924 New York Volunteers. and then be-
Twelfth, was torn in Africa. and served as vol
fourth and the Ninety sixth regiments OF the
British army Capt, spraGus OF the seventy
Volunteers. and was mustered out in June.
1888: In septemb Der. 1886. no became a high
M IN ACCUSE 1871
was brevetted Captain in the National Guard
But he never wore full Captains bars until
Feb. %. 1888
Capt Rogers OF the Twentieth Separate Com
pany was an A. A. A. G," and an " A. A. c."
10 the United states volunteer service from
with the actual rank u Lieutenant-C ooneL
ON the famous 18th OF March. lsj5. he was
brevetted brigadier; General L. s. v. and nine
teen years later he became q Captain in the
National Guard. Capt John Butler. In the
course oftwenty- fye years. stepped down from
the rank OF colonel OF the l+7th MY. Vols. to
his present rank. that OF Captain OF the Forty
first Separate Company: and Lieut. Whitney
OF the Forts. third separate Company took
tenancy in the Eichty-htth y. \. Vols to a
second Iteutenancy in his present company.
Gen. Shalsr. while a private in tho Eleventh.
was an officer in the New Jersey National
Guard and Lieut. Bruins OF the Ninth, for nve
years that he was carving gun In that regi-
ment carried sword as Captain in the
Fourth New Jersey. There are doubtless
among the enlisted men in the Guard many
whose military records show similar ups and
downs. due to their love for the service; but
these records do not obtain publicity until
their owners gain commissions. They do not
ALWAYS succeed in doing so; but even though
they do not. they are OF great value to the
Guard and spur and incentive to those whose
records 5 yet unmado.