Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1898-05-17
TEDDIE'S BROWNIES,
Armed and Equipped Ordered to
New 0rleans--New Troop Let
ters--The Assistant
Surgeon.
COLONEL WOOD LIKED BY ALL.
CORRESPONDENCE New Mexican.

Special Correspondence New Mexican.
San Antonio, Tex, May IA, 1885,
hereabouts is busy and every
has a very busy aspect; the regl-
ment is quartered in a large roomy build
ing on the fair grounds, the company
officers in the same and the field officers
in tents. Captain Cooper, our mastering
officer, has been here all week with us
working hard to get us into shape. He
has assisted Colonel Wood very much.
Supplies are coming in rapidly, arms and
equipments have been distributed, horses
are being brought in for the men, teams
going and coming all day; all is hustle
and orderlies are rushing here and there,
officers passing and urging the men to
do this and do that and then drill and
drill.
Our uniforms were issued today, They
show up we'll and are much liked. There
is very little of the army blue about
them. They consist of nva brown
tunic and trousers, brown leggings,
black shoes, navy blue shirt and gray
field hat. "Teddie's Brownies" are a
husky looking lot of troopers, when
drawn up in line on horseback.
There are about 700 men In camp here
and 300 more are expected so as to bring
the strength of the regiment up to 1000.
There are lots of New York and Wash
ington fellows among the enlisted men,
swells with lots of money and lots OF
friends and lots of society records, but
so far they are being treated exactly as
are the less fortunate from a worldly
standpoint, and the privates are all pri.
Yates, the non-commissioned officers are
all non-coms and the commissioned Of
fcers are officers. They are a fine lot Of
men all around and are mixing anc
| mingling as soldiers who have severe
| duty before them should.
1t is said that John j. AstOr's battery
| of light artillery, the II he equips anc
furnishes the government, is to be as
| signed to the regiment.
"Teddie's Brownies" is the name Q.
the regiment and the New MEXICAN viii
be the first paper to publish its future
appelation, and you can rest assured
| that the Brownies will give a good &C
| CUullU VI ACAloClNCo 40 OWN Us eAAoy o.
to Cuba and meet the enemy.
The officers of the New Mexico troops
| are well liked by Colonel Wood, all arr
taking a great interest in their men ant
| looking after their welfare. We of trool
| e think ourselves very fortunate in hav
ing Captain Frederick Muller as oul
troop commander.
The letters of the New Mexico troop
on permanent assignment are as follows
Troop L (Muller's), troop + Luna's)
troop G (Curry's), troop H Ulewellyn's)
Troop l is also composed of New Mexico
volunteers, but up to date there has beef
no captain named, it is understood,
regular army officer is to be captain, il
the mean time 1st Lieutenant Fred w
Wientge is in command of the troop.
All are we'll and are just devouring tn
news from home and find the New MEX
IcAN the best paper on earth. The ma
service seems very irregular as but fey
copies so far have been received. Sen
on your New MExIcANs, we need ther
in our business. r.
CAMP NOTES.
The First U. s. volunteer cavalry, c
which regiment five troops are compose
entirely of New Mexico volunteers, ha
been ordered from San Antonio, Tex
to New Orleans. The following troop
will also assemble there: Two regiment
of infantry from Louisiana and one frol
Texas. From New Orleans this brigad
will be sent to Cuba as soon as the ii
vasion of that island is fully determine
on and begun.
The captain of troop l is to be a reg,
lar army officer. Lieutenant Fred v
Wientge, of Santa Fe is first lieutenar
of the troop and the second lieutenar
is to be appointed from Oklahoma.
The New Mexico volunteers, oficel
and men, have already learned to thin
very highly of Colonel Leonard Woot
who is interchangeable and always
work looking after the regiment in evel
particular and just the man for the con
manding officer of a regiment.
THE ASSISTANT SURGEON OF REG
MEN
DR.. Robert Church, q prominent yOun
physician of Washington, d. c., and r.
Gently appointed contract surgeon {
Fort Myer, has been appointed assistar
surgeon of the regiment. DR.. Churc
will be commissioned as first lieutenar
and accompany the regiment upon !,
expedition to Cuba. DIR. Church, thong
a young man, has spent a number {
years %''roughing it" in the west, and
an expert horseman. He is a gradual
of Princeton, and was half-back on til
football team of that university. II
was also for a time connected with til
Emergency hospital in Washington, l
c., but for several years past, and u
to two weeks ago, when he was al
pointed to Fort Myer, he has been eli
gagged in private practice in Washing