The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-27
THE ENLISTED MALITIA.
THE NAMES OF THE NEW COMPANIES
THAT HAVE ENLISTED.

THAT HAVE ENLISTED.
Sixty-eight Companies Out ef One Hun
dred and Ten Have Enlisted and ar,
Now Ready for Service.
| COLUMBIA, March 21.-There can bt
no question that the new military law
with the enlistment feature, has hac
the effect of wedding the service down
to stand. The losses have been ever
greater than was expected, but the
Adj9tant Generals office is satisfied
that those that have re-enlisted will &C
into service with renewed vigor anc
that it will be the basis for one of the
very best organizations in the coun
try.
The last annual report of the Adju
tant General indicates that there Were
two hundred and seven companies
in the military service. This included
the eighteen companies of the Nation.
al Guards and one hundred and ten
companies that were organized on the
spur of the moment during the Oar
lington dispensary trouble At the
time it was thought that a very small
percentage of the companies that We're
organized during the excitement would
stick and the prophecy has been car.
ried out. Of the one hundred and ten
companies that were organized within
the space of two or three months after
the rebellion" only twenty-five have
seen fit to keep up their military or
ganization sufficiently to enlist as re,
quired. Some additional companies
OF both the old and new ones will be
given a little time in which to send in
their enlistment blanks, as they have
shown the department some valid rea,
son why the returns have not yet beer
forwarded Altogether there will not
be a hundred companies that will COM
| ply with the new requirements. and
with such force Adjt Watts thinks
he has the making of splendid corps.
The following are the companies
| that have already sent in their enlist
nent reports and will secure places in
the reorganized force:
Aliendale Guards, Allendale.
Anderson Rifles, Starr.
Bamberg Guards, Bamberg.
Troy Rifles: Troy.
Hampton Imperial Guards, George
| ton.
"B. R. T." Guards, Lamar.
Fairfield Rifle Guards, Winnsboro.
Liberty Hill Rifles, Liberty Hill,
kershaw
Pomaria Rifles, Pomaria, Newberry.
Governors Volunteers, Blackville.
Tillman Volunteers, Orangeburg.
Edisto Rifles, Orangeburg.
York County Volunteers, Old Point,
York,
Green Brier Rifles, Rockton, Fair
field.
Hazlewood Rifles, Chester.
Ridgeway Rifles, Ridgeway, Fair
field.
Pea Ridge Rifles, Kelton, Union.
Gary Evans Volunteers, Springfield,
Orangeburg.
Tillman Rifles, Cross Anchor. Spar
tanburg
Pickens Rifles, Pickens.
Elem Guards, Lyra, Florence.
Calhoun Light Infantry, St. Mat
thews, Orangeburg.
Farley Light Infantry, Ridge
Spring, Edgefeld.
Troop a, Brunson, Hampton.
Troop B, Varnville, Hampton.
Troop E, Brunson, Hampton.
Troop G, Stafford
Troop I, Peoples.
Troop L, Okrtee.
Troop K, Gillisonville, Hampton.
Combahee Mounted Rihemen,
Whitehall.
Simpson Rangers,
Chicora Rifles, Mount Pleasant,
Berkeley.
German Artillery, Charleston.
Lafayette Artillery, Charleston.
German Fusiliers, Charleston.
Sumter Guards, Charleston.
Carolina Rifles, Charleston.
Irish Volunteers, Charleston.
Moultrie Guards, Charleston.
Montgomer} Guards, Charleston.
Washington Light Infantry, Com
pany B, Charleston.
Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, Beau
fort.
Marion's Men of Winyah, George
town.
Lake City Light Dragons, Lake
City, Williamsburg.
Darlington Guards, Darlington.
Dibble Light Dragons, Orangeburg.
Edgefeld Rifles, Edgefeld
Edisto Mounted Ritemen, Edisto
Island.
Edgefeld Light Dragons, Edge
field.
Edgefeld Hussars, Edgefeld.
Georgetown Rifle Guards, George
town.
Chesterfield Rifles, Chesterfield
Richland Volunteers, Columbia.
Hampton Light Dragons. Panola.
Connor Mounted Ritiemen, Panola.
Santee Rifles, Elloree, Orangeburg.
Peak Guards, Peaks, Lexington.
Haskell Mounted Rifemen. James
Island Island.
Lee Light Infantry, Chester.
Montgomery Guards, Spartanburg.
Johnson Rifles, Union.
Manning Guards, Manning.
Mauldin Guards, Greenville.
Palmetto Rifles, Aiken.
Sally Rifles, Sally.
Santee Cavalry, St. Stephens.
Wassamassaw Cavalry, Jedbur~.
Sweetwater Light Dragons, Ham
burg
Richardson Guards, Montmorenci.
The last report Of the Adjuntant
General showed the following recapit-
ulation.
Companies.
Cavalry. ................. 80
Artillery. l
1nfantry........ Az
lOtal.. %