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Composition Of the Empire States
Famous First.
MILITIAMEN OF NINE CITIES
Some Veterans and Ex-OffiCers of
Regular Army-MilIiOnaire
the Professions.

The First New York volunteers, now
| in garrison here, is made up of militia
companies from nine cities and is con-
sidered the finest volunteer organiza-
ton of the several sent out by the En-
pire State One battalion, consisting
of Companies A. B, c and D, is from
Albany The cities from which the
other companies come are as follows:
E, Utica; F, Walton; G. OneOnta; II,
Binghampton; l, Middletown; K,
Poughkeepsie; L, Newberg; NJ, King
ston There were $500 men to pick
from and over two-thirds of those taken
were serving in the New York Nation
al Guard. 1t was necessary to secure
at the beginning from fifteen TO forty
new men for each company.
Colonel Thomas Barber, the COM
mander. is a West Pointer and seven
times a millionaire He was in the
Army for twenty years, but retired sew
eral years ago, and became Inspector
General of the New York National
Guard His staff is as follows: Lieu
tenant-CoIonel. Horatio p. StackpOIe;
Major, James H. Chase; Major, Walter
Scott; Major, G. E. Davis; Assistant
Surgeon, Captain Morris E. Ashley;
Adjutant, Lieutenant Clarence Sire
veil; Quartermaster, Lieutenant Bron-
son Winthrop; Chaplain, Carl
Schwartz.
aforementioned Stackpole was
post adjutant at the Peekskill camp of
military instruction and was reputed TO
be the best tactician in the State OF
New York. Major Chase was a First
Lieutenant in the Civil War, Major
Emmett is from the regular Army. he
served fourteen years, during which he
had considerable experience with the
Indians. Quartermaster Winthrop is OF
Elihu Roots famous law firm. Both
Major Emmett and Quartermaster
Winthrop are men of wealth.
In the ranks can be found men of all
professions and all branches of COM
merce. There is a millionaire enlisted
as a private His name is Ashton Pot
ter. and he is a nephew of Bishop Pot
ter. There are eighty-siX lawyers,
seventy-f1ve doctors, and quite num-
Der of civil engineers and electricians.
The quarJermaster sergeant, John
Grant, is a State Senator.
Many of the men have invested some
of their money in extra uniforms,
though the uniforms furnished by the
Government are of excellent quality.
these have been stored away since
leaving San Francisco.
Instead of the regulation A tent the
regiment has Sibley cOnical tents. The
men are armed with Springfield rifles,
with the rod bayOnet, a gimlet sort of
weapon that is a new thing here.
Major James T. Chase; commanding
the First Battalion of the First New
York Regiment, is the soldier and yete-
ran that he looks. He wears his three
score years admirably, and is as hale,
hearty and pleasant as when, forty
years ago, he entered the National
Guard Of New York. Major Chase is a
thorough soldier, and four years of ser
vice in the civil war with many men
lions for conspicuous gallantry, have
given him just right to the hOnOrs
that have been conferred upon him.
He entered the National Guard as a
private in Company d, Nineteenth Re
giment of New York State Militia.
Out of sixty men this company furnish
ed fOrty-nine officers during the last
war, ranging in rank from second lieu !
tenant to lieutenant colonel. The !
was known as the Washing /
ton Continental Guard. Major Chase |
was at the fall of Charleston. After /
two years service during the Rebellion |
he was mustered out. but Immediately |
re-enlisted and served until the end /
Of the war. Major Chase is a resident |
Of Newberg, and a wealthy retired |
He is exceedingly pOpu-
lar among men and officers, and his
genial nature and continual courtesy
have made him d hosts of friends
everywhere.