The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-29

| naval DdlbdIlOu Will DC utIu OA Ii
day, the 1st day of December, 1898. as
follows:
For the First regiment, at G~oldsboro
For the Second regiment at Asheville
For the Third regiment, at Oxford.
For the naval battalion, at Whining
ton.
The naval battalion will continue as
at present organized.
By order of the governor and com
mander in chief:
A. D. COWLES,
Adjutant General.
OFFICERS ELECTED
After the general orders had been
read, the election Of a captain was de-
clared in order.
w. A. Whitney nominated D.. T.
CrOnly for captain and the nomination
was seconded by ]. P. Quelch. At the
special request of Mr.. Cronly, however,
his nomination was withdrawn.
George Harriss, Jr., nominated Thos
G.. James for captain and the nomina-
ton was seconded by James S. Hooper.
A ballot was taken and Captain
James was declared unanimously
elected.
The nomination of a first lieutenant
was declared in order, and for that Of
fee r. A. Parsley nominated G. H.
White. The nomination was seconded
by G. A. Cardwell and Mr.. White was
unanimously elected.
The nomination of second lieutenant
was declared in order and George Har-
riss, Jr., nominated C. s. Granger for
that office. The nomination was sec
onded by John c. James and Mr.. Grain
ger was unanimously elected.
On motion of John c.. James, the fol-
, lowing committee was appointed to
draft suitable resolutions endorsing
| Colonel John F. Burton, of Wilson,
for colonel, and Lieutenant Colonel
Walker Taylor for lieutenant colonel
of the First regiment, viz: John G..
James, w. H. Northrop, Jr., and Cap
tain Thomas G. James. The commit
tee submitted the following resolutions
which were unanimously adopted, by
a rising vote, and on motion the Secre-
tary was instructed to send a o OF
the resolutions to the press, to wit:
"Whereas, The term of the officers
of the Second regiment is about to ex-
pire, the Wilmington Light Infantry
desires to express appreciation of the
high sOldierly qualities and valued ser
vices to the regiment of Colonel J. F.
BrutOn and Lieutenant Colonel Wal
ker Taylor, therefore, be it
Resolved, That the Wilmington
Light Infantry, in regular biennial
meeting assembled, tenders to Colonel
Bruton nd Lieutenant Colonel Walker
Taylor its cordial thanks for the intel
ligent interest and unselfish devotion
which they have invariably manifest
ed in the affairs of the State Guard.
and to express the fervent hope that
they may find it compatible with their
duty to continue therein"
There being no further business the
melting adjourned.
A BARBECUE.
After the election the company had
a royal good time in the reading room,
They Toasted on barbecued pig and ban
quet waters, served at the hands OF
that accomplished carver, DR.. ]. d
Mutt. The barbecue was splendid
and was heartily enjoyed. 1t was pre-
sented to the company with the com
pliments of Captain W.. r. Kenan, who
by the way, so generously had the
company served with barbecue sew.
eral nights while it was on duty dur
ing the recent disturbance in Whining
ton. Assembled around the board, thu
company extended a vote of thanks tt
Captain Kenan.
THE COMPANY.
The following is the roster of The
Light Infantry as To- organized:
Captain-ThOmas G.. James.
First Lieutenant-C. H. White.
Second Lieutenant-C. S. Granger.
Privates-A. P. Adrain, J.. c.. Angel
E. NJ. Berry, Geo. L. Boylan, S. M
Boatwright, Richard Bradley, John L
Cantwell, E.. X. Calder, c. H. Cooper
J. B. Cooper, R. H. Cowan, S. P. Col
lier, Jr., F. C. Craft, T. w. Davis
Champ Med. Davis, F. N. DeRosset
Eugene Foushee, N. E. Chilean, Clay
ton Giles. Jr., G. J. Green, John H
Gore, George Harriss, Jr., w. N. Har
riss, j. S. Hooper, J.. McRee Hatch, inc
G.. James, Geo. P. James, J. VanB
Nets, Cuthbert Martin, c. D. Maffitt
E. B. Moore, H. r. Moore, J. F. Maun
der, John Meier, Don MacRae, J.
Latham, w. G. Lewis, James D. Mutt
w. H. Northrop, Jr., R. N. Nash, R. A
Parsley, W. E. Perdew, J. P. Quelch
James o. Reilly, Charles V. Rhodes
R. c. Sloan, NJ. Scheneck, R. n. Sweet
Charles E. Taylor, James H. Taylor
Jr., JnO. R. Turrentine, Jr., H. w. Tur
r%entine. VIM. Ulrich, J. r. Windley, w
A. Whitney. H. G.. Whitney, E. J. Woo
ward, E. p. Willard. NJ. S. Willard. O
A. Virgins, Jr., T. S. Workman, Thos
H. Wright, B. NJ. Fennell.
In accordance with the same genera
orders under which the Light Infantr,
r~eOrganiZd, Wilmington Division
North Carolina Naval Battalion ais
r~eOrganiZed last night.
The meeting was held at the armor
of the reserves, with BOatswains Mat
F. S. Burr presiding and w. r. Middle
ton as secretary.
The following commissioned officer
were unanimously elected:
Lieutenant Senior Grade-H. H. Nc
Ilhenny.
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