Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-11-21
STILL NO BRIGADIER.
Ei6ht Ballots With q Deadlock Between
Colonies Male and Nash.
WANT THE BRIGADE DISSOLVED.
The Osacers Adopt q Resolution to This
Effect and the Governor Takes ~ in
der OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

The meeting OF the field officers OF the
First Brigade OF Infantry. Virginia "oi'
vntecrs held In the Office OF Ad)n'ah''
General Anderson yesterday Tor 'he pur'
nose 81 selecting n brigadier-generai 'c
s,cooca General Charles J. Anderson, pro
NOTED, resulted. as did the meeting caiie'
for the same purpose last January IN 'n'
failure TO make an election
.r-,e officers assembled promptly at
o'clock. and the meeting was at once
called TO order by General Anderson
co,onc, Henry c. Jones. OF the flrs'
,,o,srocn, placed before the meeting th'
name Of Colonel william Maize OF '"'
Third Regiment. now acting brt.lo'e'
,,.,o,ai Colonel &. A. Nash, o. '"'
Fourth Regiment. was nominated oy W.
o,el James c. Baker. OF the Seconu' ="
c.,,,.r case were nominating fpcee"eS
made. .o ooch
The first ballot resulted IN W. .,
candidate receiving six votes Inv
GERS Of the First and Thhd IL"
,,o,.a soiia,v for Colonel Nalie' ana '"''.
=, Tho Second and Fourth for Coio"e'
Nash This was idcniicasly '"e
,o.,,,, attained in the balloiing last Jam
60, o,hor ballots at Intervals Vi
from ten 10 fifteen minutes W.
but on each the vote ""' ,.,~t,
DISSOLVE THE BRIGADE
7, WAS apparent that neither o. onJ
tyo candidates could be e'eO',e, and
Colonel Jones. realizing 'hS'
offered the folowins' - oo,d officers
~ he II resolved by the ~ "',,,,r,,and-
Of the First Brigade ha' W ,he meet
"a ~" no be requested 10 order the me-
h.,na held for the eiecuV" Va
,ns H. commander dissolved: anu iu'.
. ~ he is requested TO lssue "''
arSor dissolving the First bl's"ue. .p..rs
..o ,rbot n committee OF two oh'C'l'
>, detailed 10 communicate the i'"
ems for this resolution. , o,a
Tb,s vsas unanimously aooptcu' ',nI
Colonels Jones ana Baker were 1pp-o-
n committee 70 wait on inc 49,
A recess was taken until ,heh tho
ma, pxceuencv, after listening 10 1'.
M 49,, committee, issued an oru'i
r,sso,v,nr the meeting, ana s'ateu We,
-" -,o,,,5 take under Amusement VIC,
-,,o, ~ the resolution when itlci''
a. tbe dissolution OF the brigade. -
I'm tbIs order being commitment ~
49,, ,,o,,r0 General Anderson imii!euiH'''
" adjourned H. .,,,r,o,dor IN
cbicf Of the state militia, IS cfeH.U' "a ,,n
brigade and he alone Is $3.50 Ttsmotch
nov,er OF dissolving H.. 10 a" - 70,
-, Governor OiFcrrall cXpresseu re-,
-, tbn oeicers were unable to eject
ao.,,,ander. but stated that he was ho1
r,, 60 eay what action ne "Oulu
now take.
THE ACTING DRIGADlEl''
co,ord william Nalle is n native o.
1.'.,.,,rer comfy. and has been actlVely
osg1rciote5 with the militia OF TINS s.a.e
si,ce carly manhood. He entered w vi
- Military Institute in July, lo'S anu
st,r.1,o,e1 thercfrom in July. lS'-' hS a
~ o,c,neer He was for nuinn-r y,
- an the engineering corps OF several
iargc railroads. and recently mas
xyorking al his profession alone .,-o.
IIo was elected captain OF 'he - ,
,,tnu,r.Nen July .. 1879 AMI serVeu
MA 49, rr,6os Of major and lieute-
.,a,,~colonel being elected and coihrilF
.'ane1 colonel of the Third Regiment No
..or,bor Il ISIS. He has served ever sIi'Cc
,n This capacity. and upon the appoiit
won, ~ Rrigadicr-GcneralC harles >. an
scrson 10 the position II AdJutaht u, me- ~
heing the senior colonel oi inliiut ny -,
oritv Of service. was ordered ny 'lc W,
error 10 assume command OF the p''s"u0
january s 1884. Until successor 10 zen
1, Hn1.rson IL elected. or the Governor
hissolves the brigade. ne VIII coi4''''u' ~
act as brigade commander. .,,,o.
~ 70 n thorough tactician. soliler
.,,e,v inch Of him. and Is n man WI,
Commands the respect and admiration OF
every member Of the state militia.
SKETCH OF COLONEL NASH.
Colonel G. 4. Nash. the other candidate
for the hrigalier generalship' was sal-
,ort soldier during the war, ana pears
,ho scars of many a hard-fought palue'
He was born I'm Norfolk county, near NOT
folk. In 1873. He entered mercantile ne
ms "A clerk In the wholesale grocery DUST
noes and continued in this until virginia
eeccde1. when he enlisted az n private
In The Norfolk Light Artillery Blues IN
1851. He WAS one Of the first to enter the
service Of the Confederate states MS iis'
duty dating back TO April II, 1861, at when
time the Norfolk hayward was destroyer
hv tn. Federal navy. He remained Win
his battery until June, 1861, when no was
made first sergeant Of the Jackson trays
r. company organized In Norfolk county,
which was assigned 10 the Sixty-iirst
many a. This regiment constituted q
part Of the celebrated and gallant Ma
homes Brigade. Sergeant Nash was pro
rnc.ed 10 second lieutenant March. NO
ana served with Mahone's Brigade
through all of it's bloody contests aho
campaigns He was twice wounded al
the bloody Crater. and again severely
wounded through both thighs at DAVIS
Farm IN August. 1S6t: After cohiihe
ment Of several months In the hospitals
In Petersburg and Richmond ana haVlns
been pronounced unfit for infantry ser
,Ica he resigned his commission rathc
thnn be- retired. and Joined Mosby's Com
,nand In January. 1865. remaining witt
hin, until he received official information
that Lee had surrendered and Mosby or
aerad hig corps to disband. He returned
10 Norfolk May 1865. with only n gra,
Confederate uniform as his capital viii
which to begin business. BY indomitabl
energy and pluck he soon found posi-
ton. and by close attention. strict in
tegrity. and business qualifications, rap
idly advanced TO an equal partnership II
the large wholesale grocery house O
Baxter. Nash & Co. afterwards Hardy {
Nash. Nash & Brown. c. a. Nash 4
Co, and at present c. \. Nash X son
one Of the largest manufacturers an'
dealers I'm sash. doors. and blinds in th'
South. Being fond of military. he wa
elected first lieutenant Of the Norfolk City
Guard Company u. Fourth Virginia Regi
monp. and was shortly afterwards made
its captain. lie was elected major Of tn
Fourth Regiment March. 1885. and pro
NOTED 20 colonel October :. 1890 He Il
president Of the American Fertilizer Com
pany. Vice-prcsi1ent Of the City Nationa
Bank OF Norfolk, and until the recen
election was an influential member o.
the Norfolk City Council. and chairman
OF its Finance Committee.