Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-03-24
THE RICHMOND HowITzERS

7Sx6l feet, with n pitch OF l6 feet, and
above this Is the drill hall. covering the
same area and having pitch OF 70 feet.
On the north side of the building opening
into the gun-room are the quartermaster
and the band-rooms, the former measur-
ing 3lX20 feet. over these on the second
floor is the company-room, 40x20 feet,
and on the third floor. and just above the
company-rOom are the library and the
officers rooms. measuring 19xl6 and 2ix2l
feet respectively. The north tower. which
accommodates the stairway, has been
carried above the main building, and has
a fourth floor. which Is used as a maga-
Zne-room.
The quartermaster. band and company
rooms are furnished with individual
lockers. and the officers room with ward
robes. and the latter apartment and the
library are sumptuously upholstered. The
walls OF the corridors, the gun-room. and
the drill hail are in rough cast, and rum
ming around the last-named room Is
hanging gallery. which is broken at the
two main front windows so as to admit
OF the erection OF a stage when necessary.
The woodwork Is oak and pine with oil
linish and the plumbing and arrangement
for light and ventilation are perfect.
A FITTING MONUMENT.
The Howitzer Armory is what may be
termed municipal monument 10 the or
ganzauon, and fitting and deserved
one II is BY the organization is meant
the HowitZers from the date the arst
company was formed during the John
Brown raid to the present time. The
history of the Howitzers is inseparably
interviewer with the history of the city
and State. The first company was mus
tered into the service of the State April
q. 1861 The organization and muster
ing in Of the other two companies soon
followed. and the guns OF one OF the
three companies was heard upon every
battlefield from Bethel 10 Appomattox
During the war the battalion furnished by
promotion from IL officers for many
other commands. and after the close OF
the war the survivors were in the fore
front in rebuilding the city and achieving
the victories Of peace
To speak Of the new Howitzers with
out connecting them with the old or vice
versa Is to tell an incomplete story
What interests the one interests the
other; what belongs TO the one belongs
TO the other; for. as a member OF the
battery said q day or two ago, "the
Howitzers' Association Is the father OF
the present company; we are practically
a unit"
THE HOWITZER ASSOCIATION.
The Howitzer Association was organized
November o. 1874. with the following on
GERS: President. Colonel John c. Shields:
First Vice President, Captain Henry Hud-
nall; Second Vice-President, Captain
Henry G. Carter; Secretary w. II. Lyme:
Treasurer Il. G. Wortham; and at the
first meeting the following, which sets
forth the objects of the association, was
adopted:
"The first months OF the year 1861 will
be memorable in all time TO come. His-
tory has recorded the great events Of
that period, and the results which fol-
lowed. Virginia was not neutral I'm the
mighty contest then commencing. nor
was she slow TO move when the day OF
action arrived. War, sangulnary tedious,
mournful, began TO hang her lurid mantle
over the horizon, when Virginia sum-
moned her sons TO the field of conflict
Among the earliest TO respond TO the call
was an artillery command OF the city of
Richmond, then company with a battery
OF six pieces which, In a few days after
entering barracks was recruited 10 the
strength OF three full companies, under
battalion organization. II was early or
dered to the front-the first moving 10
Manassas. and the second and third 10
the Peninsula. And thus We had, first
company November Q. 1859, and bat
talon bearing the same name in May.
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EMBALMED IN HISTORY.
''The part performed by this corps
through a long war Is in history.
ut is incumbent on those who survive
TO form associations and make perma-
nent organization, whereby there viii be
preserved and transmitted accurate know
ledge OF that band OF true and good
men. OF their individual worth, their un-
riyaled devotion and faithful services %
their country. for which they shed their
blood and yielded up their lives.
AT present there are perhaps enough
who survive 10 accomplish this purpose
but desiring that the organization we
have ia view shall be perpetual, and
that from the existing Howitzer Company.
which has succeeded IN regular order the
! first must come the membership, II -
therefore incumbent on us 10 guard WITH
! paternal watchfuiness and interest those
| who are TO come after US. We VIII ala
J IL In counsel and with material resources,
! and stimulate the young men OF our COM
munity TO become enrolled ana serve
with the honOred and trusted comrades
| there to be found. remembering thAt the
same State and the same people, ana the
| same sacred hearthstones which prompted
their predecessors to patriotic action Viii
| be their incentive now
THE ASSOCIATION ROLL.
The present officers and members OF the
association are;
PRESENT OFFICERS.
President. j. NJ. Fourqurean.
| First President, ). u. hughes
| second yice-P President James I. cray.
| Secretary. C. G. Bosher
treasurer. w. II. Tatum.
| NEMRERS