Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-08-10
TENTS PITCHED.
The Soldier Boys of West vir-,
einia in Camp.

gina In Camp.
One year ago Martinsburg was the
happy hostess Of the West Virginia
National Guard. This week our
sister city of Parkersburg for the sec
ond time in her history took them to
her embrace. 1t was Camp Bienner-
hassett. it is now Camp MacCorkle.
Nearly 1000 soldier boys, the flower
of West Virginia. chivalry. are now
doing military duty at Camp Mac
Corkle. The Commander-in-C Chief,
William A. MaeCorkle. Governor Of
the State, will be in camp several
days.
The staff of the COMMANDMENT
Chief is as follows:
James A. Holley, Adiutant General.
Charleston.
Frank p. Jepson, Commissary Gen.
eral, Wheeling.
John Hooe Russell. Paymaster Gen.
eral, Huntington.
Aids-de-C anp-Lawrence Tierney,
Elkhorn; Forest w. Brown, Charles
Town; w. Wylie Beall. Wellsburg.
and Stuart w. Walker, Martinsburg.
Judge Advocates-Robert S. Blair,
Richie c. H., and Joseph E. Chiffon,
Charleston.
Brigade Commander General B. D.
Spillman, of Parkersburg, is in camp,
with his staff as follows:
Assistant Adjutant General-colo-
mel S. B. Baker, Parkersburg.
Iuspector-B. H. D. Willis, Wheel
ing.
Quartermaster-J. c. Gluck, Au-
burn.
Cormissary-P. D. Neal, Parkers-
burg.
Inspector Rifle Practice-D. T.
Price, Clarksburg.
Medical Director-Dr. c. B. Blu
baugh. Parkersburg.
Engineer and Signal oflicer-Thos.
Pettigrew, Parkersburg.
Aids accomplishing Camden.
Parkersburg; and J. w. Hughes,
Chenille.
The Regimental officers are with
their regiments as follows:
First Regiment-Colonel R. F.
Fast, Morgantown; Lieutenant Colo
mel Clarence l.. Smith, Fairmont; Adj
jutant VIM. J. White. Morgantown;
Quartermaster E. f. Vance, Clarks-
burg; Paymaster c. R. Jones. Grafton;
Surgeon II. B. Baguley, Wheeling;
Assistant Surgeon G. M. Joseph,
Morgantown; Inspector Rifle Practice
Macker Babb, Medley; Signal Officer
II. A. Steed, Newark; Chaplain A.
NJ. Buchanan, Morgautown.
Second Regiinent-Colonel Thomas
e. Hodges, Huntington; Lieutenant
Colonel DR.. T. L. Casteel, Buckhan-
non; Major w. H. Banks. Huntington;
Adjutant w. H. Lyons Huntington;
Quartermaster A. M. Hobson, Hunt
ington; Paymaster Writ A. French,
Princeton; Surgeon Sam A. Austin,
Lewisburg; Assistant Surgeon French
w. Smith, Bluefeld; Inspector of
Rifle Practice J. B. White, Charleston;
Signal Officer John Mizum. Leroy:
Chaplain, Rev. j. D. Jeffries. Alder
son.
There are 10 companies of troops
in the First regiment and nine in the
Second and their handsome captains
are models of neatness and soldierly
bearing. They are: First Regiment
r. B. Ash, Company F. Burton; A.
S. Hutson. Company H, Piedmont;
A. w. Burdett. Company c. Grafton;
II. R. Smith, Company X, Clarks-
burg; Z. F. Collett. Company A,
Elkins; N. P. Jones, Company i,
Martinsburg; w. w. Scott, Company
G, Palatine; ]. NJ. Pyne, Company 1,
Charles Town; Charles F. Miller.
Company B, Keyser; R. l.. Starnes,
Company D, Berkeley Springs. Sec
ond Regiment. A. Parker, Com
pauy D, Hinton; w. N. Page, Com
pany c, Austed; c. E. Morrison,
Company L, Parkersburg; c. n
Simms, Company II, Roncevert; d.
L. Irwin, Company F, Milton: w. S
O'Brien, Company B, Buckhannon;
]. f. Verlander, Company l, Hunt
ington; Strother Hay, Jr,, Company
G, Huntington; w. Frank Lord, Com
pany A, Bluefield
Governor MacCorkle will be there
three days during the encampment,
and his staff is ordered to report Sat.
urday.
A reception and grand ball in honor
of the officers of the National Guard
was given Wednesday evening. 1t
was swell affair.
The fifth annual encampment of
the West Virginia National Guard
promises TO be great success, both
from military and social point Of
view, and Parkersburg, the generous
hostess is seeing that the honors are
done to the queens taste. Many OF
her fair daughters are already grac-
ing Camp MacCotkle with their love-
ly presence and from their liveried
equipages encourage the boys on dress
parade and other more arduous duties. |
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