The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-05-30

Richardson Company 81 ana -o'e"s'''
V cadpel fYrst f.leusenants, W. y: Elicit
| (Companv ~. Pratt tQuartermaseefi ~
H. Eskriige accompany c.. nlttle to rissad.
officer). strauss Ordnance ofiiceD, and
dy (adjutanD Gormley tCoinpa"' ="
T.. A. Wheeler company ~. pom
Cadet Second Lieutendnts, IL. =. ~ Fci.
| (Conpany Al r. G. Stuart tComPanyy, oni.
Lewton band, and j. II. tafpe'
pany @. arrived
When Commandant Hartman from
here on last Friday with detshn boys
his battalion TO pitch tents for lne called
near the Lee monument, ne ~ yssered the
on Governor OFerrail. ana on, during
services Of the battalion as escort urcept-
the parade, which were pro"p"'
ed
HoANcKy LIGHT 1NFANIlh' or-
The po,roke light Infantry was III, IN
ganlzed on the 9Th of April, iSoIiowing
forty-five members. ana tihteoctsd: ). s.
commissioned officers were e lee held q
Brooke. captain tCap,ai,, na late Confed-
erate Army. and IS present OH Vete-
OF the Watts Camp COnieusi - and
rans); Charles Lyle first Ieu' Since the
3. A. Rives. second lieutehan'' nave been
6 az caotaina The nresent corps or oIncett
being III. l.. Warner. captAiGr' Cooke.
Hatcher. first lieutenant; j., .hat time
second Lieutenant mt ana Furnished four staff
tile , oon ia ae,a nae officers TO the Second
Regiment TO which It Is attaeneu; calls
The company has Responder 70 C;vIi
upon six occasions in ara Ui ,tuated in
AUTHORITIES They have participates ="
n nusao calculations of different KINGS.
among the most prominent OF VII WIZ POINT
The sham of the Battle OF N9Iuh tbe
in Baltimore. in 1889, celebration u icb-
unwilling OF the Lee monument, III i III,
mond in 1890, unwilling or the pa Pa Pa.
monument. in Lexington, IN io5i' t No and
noke Decennial celebration, in l9Jz, anu y,
the Presidential Inaugural eNeFc'Se9' 49,
Five members OF the company have
served out the hve-year enlistment, am
as soon as a few more mature which VII
not be very long veteran toIps, ~
vision Of the company VIII be torinei.
The Roanoke Light Infantry Will take
conspicuous place in the line to-day.
THE aREENvILLE GUARDS.
Tho Greanville Guards. Greenville s.
c.. was organized in 1871. J. W. Norwood,
a veteran OF the Confederacy, was snS
first captain. He was succeeded ln 20,
by Curran II. Sloan. After taY .'i,h
Sloan's retirement, because oi ~ oantain'
William A. Williams was elected caPt L.sii
He served one year. and was sueceeui",n
by Captain J. NJ. Patrick. Of the 1900 D.
Military Institute. Upon Captain, r vain
ricks removal from the city, Ihv' az
Norwood again took COMMAND % 80,
company, and served until the eieS ~. ~,
of Captain T. A. Smyth. president oil lne
Pelzer Manufacturing Company. SaP' ~
Smyth resigned last year, leaving tne
company In fine condition, ana was SUI
ceeded by Captain W. L. Conyeis' VIM
was his first lieutenant.
The guards We're frequently called OUT
during the political and race troupie,
from 1877 to 1850, and have been in actual
service on several occasions since. they
were among the troops who obeyed LoN-
ernor I1llman's call, and went 10 DaI
llngtOn on the occasion Of the recent
riots there. The other officers or the
company are w. l.. Bond frst lleuteh-
ant; A. G. Furman, second lieutenant
and A. Il. Williams, former k1chnlohu-
er, third lieutenant. The latter Is Ine
present Editor Of the Greenville Daily
News. He was born ana raised In TINS
city. The Greenville Guards were among
the first to signify their purpose to he
present In the great parade to-day.
THE FIRsT TO MUSTER.
The Butler Guards. Of Greenville, =
c. was the first company mustered into
the service OF the Confederate states,
and w. T. Shumate. who IS yet an non
orary member, was the first soldier 10
take the oath Of allegiance 10 the new
government.
The company was organized In 1888,
with Henry Lee Thruston as captain.
1t was named after Colonel Pierce NJ.
Butler, uncle Of the present United states
Butler was killed in command Of the
Palmetto regiment at the battle of Chere-
buscO In the Mexican war, being struck
by a cannon ball after he had received
a desperate wound I'm the leg and nad
bound IL with his sash, and continued
advancing. Captain Thruston command
ed the company until 1860, when he re-
signed because of III health. The Buffers
reOrganzed in 1851, with A. ID. Hoke,
cousin OF Secretary of the Interior HOke
Smith, as captain. and entered the states
service in the Fourth Regiment. That
regiment declined to volunteer for SER
vice In Virginia and the Buffers promptly
withdrew and went 10 Richmond as an
tached to the Second South Carolina reg
iment. then commanded by Colonel Jo-
seph y. KershaW, afterward general and
whose name was given 10 his famous bril-
Gade. The Second regiment was part or
BOntams brigade. which was the iirst
organization mustered into service and
the Butler Guards had the honor Of hold
ing the right Of the line during the cere-
mony.
IN ALL THE GREAT BATTLES.
The Guards fought In all the great bat
ties In Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Mary
land, and was In the fights at Chickamau-
ga. Bean Station. Knoxville. Bent0nvlile,
and Smithiield. II surrendered fifty men
into the COnfed rate service ll6 strong.
Its total enrolment during the four years
OF the war was i5S. OF these a were
killed In action 10 died Of wounds, 10
died in hospital. 80 were discharged In
consequence OF wounds, and - were
transferred and detailed. Five have died
since the war.
first battle OF Manassas. Its second, Il.
G.. Pulliam. was killed at Gettysburg. Its