The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-27
STRENGTH OF THE COMPANIES.
Story of the Arrivals During After
noon and Evening.

noon and Evening.
The first regiment to report in full and
oraw rations was the Second, under COM
msnd of Colonel H. B. Smith, of this city.
These men suffered less, probably, from
lack of rations than any other regiment,
with the possible exception of the Fourth,
whose men nearly all brought along a large
supply of home-cooked food, that they
carried in shoe boxes, newspapers and in
fact anything that would conceal It from
public gaze. The muster of the Second
Regiment, outside the city, was as follows:
Captain H NJ Goodwin; frst Iientenanf Py
w. Davis, and second lieutenant Henry
E Ei with fun quota Company E, of
FRANKLIN; captain, John II. Tarlton: first
lieutenant, +. l.. Kennedy; second ueuten-
ant, A. NJ. Durham with ninety two men
Company E, OF Winchester; captain, Wal
Ter Daly; hrSt lieutenant, William 0. Jer-
1cho; second lieutenant. H. G.. Conklin.
company q, of Covington; captain, W. c.
Mides; h 1o Lieutenant Gregor Miller; sec
lstment. Company l. of Sheridan; captain,
.. A. Cox; first lieutenant, Charles e.
pany complete. Company l., of Kokomo
Captain r. 1. Jacobs; first lieutenant, Philip
owen; second lieutenant, Claude Scoven,
ana seventy-eight men. Company M, of
Crawfordsville; captain, Martin v Vert;
nrSt lieutenant, c. o. Wilhite second lieu
tenant, c. A. Williams. AS Companies c
and * were vacant Colonel Smith at once
set about filling the gaps During the day
couple of independent companies, re-
ceruited in Frankfort and Upton up to the
iull complement, came in camp, and he
eagerly bounced on them, and before an
nour had elasped the big, husky fellows
were members OF the enterprising Second.
THIRD AND FOURTH REGIMENTS.
The Third Regiment came in by small de-
tachments. Colonel Studebaker, accom-
panied by the Third Regiment band and
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o'clock on a special train on the Big -Four.
The band had twenty-four pieces. while the
company mustered lightweight, and was
commanded by Captain George W. Freyer-
muth, First Lieutenant Harry Faulkner,
Second Lieutenant John S. Johnson. On the
same train came Company C, from Goshen,
with seventy-three men in charge of Capt.
Elias Salisbury, First Lieutenant Charles
Slade, Second Lieutenant James A. Collins:
Company l., OF Iigonier, commanded by
Captain Charles A. Green, First Lieutenant
Fred H.. Wier, Second Lieutenant jacob l..
Ochs, with seventy-seven men, Company L,
or Elkhart, with eighty-three men in charge
or Captain r. c. Norcross, First Lieutenant
Joseph e. Graves, Second Lieutenant Nor
man e. Beall.
Company II, of Warsaw Fourth Regiment,
came in at the same time with Captain
Charles a. Sharp, First Lieutenant Edwin
P. Hinkley, Second Lieutenant w l..
Hughes, and l07 regularly enlisted men and
Webster. With the company came the
Fourth Regiment band of twenty-five men,
Colonel George w. Gunder of the Fourth
and then only found a small number of his
men on the grounds. Company d, of Wa
bash, with full quota, Company A, of
Marion, with ten extra men, and the War
saw company being the only ones.
An independent company, ninety-five
strong, came in from Huntington about 6
o'clock with Company d, of the Third Regi-
ment, from North Manchester, and as they
are a likely-looking lot of men General Me-
Kee thinks he will assign them to some
vacancy in some of the regiments. The men
were mustered in last evening but were not
assigned TO any regiment.
DANA AND THE FORT WAYNE BAT
TERIES.
Although the call for troops only included
two batteries, all three Of the state artillery
companies responded. The Dana Company,
Battery C, commanded by Captain Charles
A. Pefley. First Lieutenant Hal L. F'illinger
and Second Lieutenant Gale B. Jackson,
brought in all their men. as did Battery E,
of Fort Wayne. in charge of Captain w. f.
Ranke First Lieutenant w. f. Alderman.
Second Lieutenant Oliver s. Jones. AS Gen.
Mckee did not like to leave behind any of
his men he last night decided to merge
both companies into one in order to comply
with the Governors order for two bat
teries.
An independent company from Hunting
ton. mastering ninety-tive men, without uni
forms. came in with the first of the COM
panies of the Third Regiment. They had
already elected officers as follows: Captain
+ r. Movers. First Lieutenant Il F. Woads
Second Lieutenant 3. Spencer. They. too,
will be merged into some regiment
Just i'm time for supper Company A. of the
Third Regiment, from Knox, in charge Of
Captain Charles Windisch, First Lieutenant
b. ID. L. GlaZeford and c. ID. Laramore
came in and reported to Colonel Stud olssi-er
All the night trains unloaded companies at
the camp. Companies NJ and Il from