Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-05-25
.AREBLUESNOLONGER
BATTALION CEASES TO EXIST As
A MILITARY, ORGANIZATION.
THE TWO COMPANIES MUSTERED In.
They Are Now Volunteers In the
service of the United stafes-Three
Richmond Organizations 20 Go Out
10 Camp To-day.


ed out of existence. Nothing now remains
for the Blues Association to do but to
foot the bills OF the organization, and
then It, too, will pass into history with
the great and glorious traditions of the
past.
OF course, the battalion Will be reor-
ganized when the war is over, and 1t is
likely that the veteran organization Will
also be revived. Indeed, the latter may
be continued through the war as a So
cial organization.
The charter of the association contains
a clause binding the organization to
maintain q military company. and as
soon as It fails to do this the charter be-
comes a dead letter. and, from a legal
standpoint, the association ceases TO be.
A movement had been put on foot to
obtain permission TO form q provisional
battalion, but this has been abandoned,
and the petition which had been framed
and addressed to Governor Tyler VIII
not now be presented.
THE BLUES MUSTERED IN.
The two companies of the Blues Bat
TALON were mustered into the service
OF the United States yesterday morning
Major Adair examined the few new re-
cruits, and Lieutenant Shanks mustered
them in at IL O'Clock.
Company A, Captain Wyatt. command
ing, was first called for. and 1t became
Company II, Fourth Regiment. Inc
company had lightweight non-commis'
stoned officers and privates on the ron
eight of whom had TO be taken of, In
asmuch as only eighty men were required.
Company b, Captain Pegram command
ing, which will hereafter be known as
Company NJ, Fourth Regiment, was sworn
in early in the afternoon.
PRESENTED WITH A SWORD.
Last evening the rooms of the McGill
Catholic Union were crowded with It's
members. the occasion being the presenta-
tion to Lieutenant j. A. LeMasurier, OF
Company l., Second Virginia volunteers
of sword.
Lieutenant Masurier has for several
wears been the recording secretary of the
Union, and has by his faithful discharge
Of duty and zeal for the promotion or the
general welfare of the society endeareo
himself to the members.
AS soon as IL was learned that he ha(
been elected lieutenant, the presentation
movement, which eliminated so success
fully last evening, was inaugurated. ThF
presentation speech was made by Hon
William +. Reddy, and was an eloquent
effort Lieutenant Masurier's response
was I'm admirable taste and full of feeling
President A. ]. Cavanaugh presided, and
Right Rev. Bishop Van de Nyver opened
and closed with prayer.
The sword is a handsome affair, manu-
featured by Hortsmann e. Co., of Phila
delphia.
The committee in charge of the pre-
sentation were A. j. Cavanaugh, w. j
Quigley, DIR. ID. j. Coleman, Rev. j. i
O'Reilly, John r. Higgins, and Hon. w
Il. Reddy.
GO OUT TO CAMP TO-DAY.
At the Regimental Armory the three
companies were inspected in heav!
marching order by Captain BossieuX
| orders were issued last night for tn
| companies to move out TO Camp Lee TO
| day. and the men will march from TIT
| Armory at A. Nj.
| On May o. 1861 thirty-seven years ag'
| Yesterday, the Fifteenth Virginia Regi
ment. under Colonel Thomas z. August
| left Camp Lee for the Peninsula. Tn
| soldiers left from the same camping
| grounds now used by our boys, and tool
massage on the steamer Glencove, which
| landed them at Kings Mil. in King VII
| liam county. The First Virginia Regl
ment. under Colonel p. r. Moore, left OF
the following day, May 18th, for Manassas
STATUS OF THE FIRST.
There is q difference of opinion as tC
what the status of the First Regimen
is now that it has only three companies
| while the State law requires six as TIT
| minimum, The organization has not fallei
| below the limit by disintegration, but 10y
an order of the Commander-in-Chief, as
| signing four of the companies to another
| regiment for service in the volunteer
| army. If the war ends soon, these may
return to their old places, or they may
| not.
may be the fate of the First Regiment o.
| the brigade. 1t is n matter to which IN
bas given no attention, as his time hal
recently been fully employed with more
important matters. AS soon as the worl
| of mastering the Virginia soldiers int
| the Federal service is completed, his Elk
| oellency will then see what can be done
with the State militia. 1t may be that th'
regiment will be recruited up to six com
| panies.
some hold to the opinion that the bri
| eade is still intact. 1t is true that three
| regiments are now in the Federal ser
vice. and General Phillips has no com
| mand of them. But they are Virginia
| regiments.
Major Cutchlns, Of the Blues Battal
ion is left without a command. In fact
his case is more nearly like that o.
Major Sands than the case of eithel
General Phillips or Colonel Jones. Boti
OF Major Cutchins's companies are in tbs
| Federal service.