The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-04-26

piled the crucial test to its members.
Let the men who are willing to fol-
low the flag wherever duty may call
step to the 'front.' said Captain Craw-
ford at 1890 o'clock. at the close. of
the drill in the armory.
Lit was an intense monochrome of
those moments in which mans fate
is dccided-a. moment in which one
has not time to reason, only time for
action.
There were 30 men in line and o Off
GERS present. Not one of them but had
thought it all out and knew just what
he was going to do when the supreme
moment came.
So the crucial words had hardly been
spoken by Captain Crawford before
81 men aHd~S officers stepped to the
front. There they stood as carved in
stone, silent and determined looking.
while the half hundred people who had
come in to see the drill cheered them
to the echo. 1t was moment worth
the living. So great was the enthu-
siasm that the twelve men left behind.
with hanging heads and downcast eyes.
were forgotten. Probably they would
not have been thought of till this min
ute. so great was the enthusiasm and
the admiration for the twenty-one gal
liant fellows standing just in front of
them. had not Captain Crawford order
ed the drop outs" to step to one side.
where Sergeant Bunch could take their
names.
Here they are:
JOHN MANGUM, Corporal.
Il. III. LINDSAY.
ROBERT OLMSTEAD.
JOS. J. COATS.
ED. Is. UPCHURCH.
LOUIS T. BROOKS.
w. G. HIGGINS.
HUGH KENRDICK.
J. II. HALEY.
BEDFORD BROWN
CHARLES HARDESTY.
l.. T. MARLBORO.
As soon as their names were taken
they were ordered to take off their uni
forms and turn over their keys TO the
Captain, to make room for new men
who are willing to respond to duty's
call.
This done. Captain Crawford turned
to the Guard, now purgcd of all but
men ready to go anywhere their coun-
try might need them, and said:
My men. / ann proud of you tonight.
You have indicated your Willingness to
go where duty calls, though the danger
be ever so great. North Carolinas
name and honor are safe i'll such brave
hands as yours.
Three cheers for Captain Crawford"
said one fellow, and they were given
with u will. ''Three cheers for the
Governors Guard" The hall ran;;
with yells. "Three cheers for Old North
Carolina" Everybody, except the men
who had dropped out joined III the
<I,a In. 1af ltlIt.t
and waving hat.
The men still left in the Guard now
laid aside their guns and adjourned 10
the assembly room, where the follow
ing twenty new recruits out of twenty
hye names proposed. were duly elect
ed members of the company:
W. u. AYCOCK, age 26, mill man.
III. II. HORTON, age %, carpenter
j. a. DUNN, age II. farmer.
X. w. YOUNG, age 20, farmer
J. w. LEE, age 20, mill operative.
X. CRAWFORD, age 81, mill man.
W. Il. ROYSTER, age 40, printer.
X. Il. PERRY, age "a. ext. & A.
Il. 7. HOLDERFIELD, age -.
painter.
J. a. JOHNSON, age 49, mill man.
". II. EASON, age "A. mill man.
w. X. HEADEN, age 10. clerk
W. NJ. ATWATER. age 81, clerk.
j. u. COUNCIL. age %, farmer.
j. A. HARRISON, age Is, photos.
rapher.
STANLEY FAISON, age 10. mer-
chant.
j. @. BULLOCK. age 20 painter.
J. X. COPPEDGE, age 26, painter.
). POE. age 26, mill operative.
j.. w. SMITH, age 10, mill man.
This makes 40 men in the company
now who are willing to go to Cuba or
anywhere else.
Before leaving the armory every man
OF the company signed the enlistment
blank--the old members first and the
new ones afterwards.