The times., 1898-05-30
'REORGANIz|NG THE GUARD
District Troops to Be Recruited
Up to Their Full Strength.
LIEUT.. COL. MAY In COMMAND
Capt. streeks Takes Command of
the Second Regiment and APP
points the List of Company Off,
cers-Maj. Ross to Command the
First Regiment.

The National Guard is undergoing the
process OF reorganization and is getting
in readiness to- respond to the second call
for volunteers. Lieut.. Col. Henry May
of the First Regiment, D.. C. N c., has
taken command of the brigade and ap-
pointed Capt. Edward r Riggs acting
ad1utant general. The First Regiment is
under the command of Major Burton r.
Ross, of the Third Battalion, and the Sec
ond Regiment has Capt. Benjamin H
Streeks for It's commander Capt Streeks
was lately the commander of Company C,
Fourth Battalion, and Is considered very
able officer and has had long experience
in National Guard work He Is very pop
ular with the officers and men, especially
the latter, which counts for good deal
In an organization as democratic in char
acter as the National Guard Immediate
ly On receipt of the orders from brigade
headquarters, Capt. Streeks commenced
the reorganization of his temporary COM
mand, and issued the following order:
New officers Named.
Orders No. 3:
Pursuant to instructions contained IN
letter from Headquarters D. c., May 27,
ond Regiment,
2. The following appointment are an
nounced:
Fourth Battalion-4First Lieut. George
Z. Thomas. Company d, TO command bat
talon; Second Lieut.. Clay NJ Mcclure,
Company b. to command company; First
Lieut.. Patrick j. HaItigan, quartermaster,
to command Company c; Second Lieut.
Arthur L. Evans, Company D, 10 COM
mand Company ID; First Lieut. F. Carroll
Mattingly. Company D, Fifth Battalion,
TO command Company A, Fourth BattaI-
ion.
Fifth Battalion-F'irst Lieut.. John E
Smallwood, Company 3, to command the
battalion: First Lieut.. George G. Denni-
son. ]. r. p, to act as adjutant of the
battalion; Second Lieut.. Edward H. Bri-
an, Company A, TO command the com
pany; First Lieut.. Robert Bowdler. Com
pany c, TO command the company; Sec
ond Lieut.. Jennings B. Wilson, Company
G. to command Company D.
Sixth Battalion-Capt. Frank w Holt
TO command battalion; First Lieut. Louis
@. Freeman, quartermaster, TO act as ad-
jutant; Capt. John S. Tomlinson, Com
pany A. to command company; Capt VIII
liam E. Harvey, Company c, to com
mand company.
The enlisted men of Company d will re-
port TO Capt. W. E. Harvey, Company C,
for duty.
First Lieut.. Wilmer P. Vale. inspector
of rife practice. in addition to his duties
as inspector of rife practice Of the Fourth
Battalion will perform the same duties
for the Sixth Battalion.
First Lieut.. Francis J. Woodman sur
geon Sixth Battalion, in addition 10 his
duties as surgeon OF the Sixth Battalion,
viii perform the duties of regimental sur
geon.
First Lieut. Charles E. Swigart, quar-
termaster Fifth Battalion, IS hereby an
nounced as acting regimental adjutant.
All officers not mentioned in these or
ders viii continue In their present posi-
tions.
BENJAMIN H. STREEKS.
Captain Commanding,
Second Regiment, ID. c. n. G..
Columbian University Volunteers.
company of the United States volun-
teer infantry is TO 5e formed from among
the students and friends of Columbian
University at the university, Fifteenth
and II Streets this afterno on at i:30 This
will form a part of the regiment
being formed by Col. p II. Ray, U. S. A,
and viii be ordered to the rendezvous at
Macon. Ga. before the end of this week.
large number of students have signi-
fed their intention Cf jAining this com
pany. and from the class of men already
secured the indications are that ii will
be first-class organization. 1t is under
stood that membership in the company is
not TO be confined exclusively TO univer
sity men, but that airy persons of good
character will be allowed to enlist The
will be mustered into the service
on Wednesday or Thursday.
To Reorganize the Guard.
The Second Regiment furnished nearly
all the militiamen who volunteered in
the First District of Columbia Volun-
teers, and was in a very depleted condi-
ton. 1t is hoped by the officers in COM
cruited up TO its former strength and
will be in condition to respond as gem
erously to another demand for volun-
teers as they were to the first. There
will be a meeting of the officers of the
brigade at headquarters Tuesday even
ing, and it is expected that plans for the
the Guard will be discussed and agreed
to,
Company A, Fourth Battalion, the En-
met Guard. is the first company to show
any signs of life since the departure of
the volunteer regiment for Chickamauga.
This company responded to the Presi-
dents call for volunteers with more men
as a company than any organization in
the Guard. all the officers and SO per
cent of the privates going with Col.
Harries. They want to reorganiZe the
company and get ready for another call.
There were about thirty men who found
it impossible to volunteer at first, but
who have decided to go if the country
needs more troops, and it is these that
are now working to get the company on
its feet again. Lieut.. Mattingly, the Of
ficer placed in command by Capt. Streeks,
is an old newspaper man. and is very
popular with the men of his new COM
mand. He has been in the National
Guard for a number of years in the
ranks and as a commissioned officer and
was lately instructor of tactics at the
Gonzaga College. He is considered by
his superiors to be thoroughly competent
and in every way a desirable man for
his present position.
A Crack Company.
The history of the Emmett Guard is of
more than passing interest. Il was one
of the first of the separate organizations
to enter the National Guard and has al
ways maintained a high reputation for
efficiency and general effectiveness. There
have been many cfhcers we'll Known in
military circles 3lo have graduated from
this command. The two most widely
jor of the First Battalion. District yolun-
teer Regiment, and Lieut.. Col! Richal d
A. O'Brien, now major of the Second Bat
talon, District Volunteer Re- s'Inent Eoth
these officers have been captains of the
Emmett Guard AID though they now hold