The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-09-20
THE HONOLULU GARRISON
SOME PROMINENT MEN IN THE
FIRST NEW YORK.
The Regiment Contains Many Men Of
Influence, Prominence and Wealth
in the Empire State.

There is more wealth and influence
represented in the First New York
Volunteers than by any other regi-
mental body of troops in the service.
Among the nrivates are scions of the
wealthiest New York families. Many
of them are men of pronounced social
cast and belong to the ultra-fashion-
able or smart set" of the metropolis.
Colonel T. II. Barber is one of the
wealthiest men in the state of New
York. He lives during part of the
year at Albany, the state capital,
where his interests are very great.
Lieutenant Colonel II. c. Stackpole has
been for thirty-one years in the adiu-
tant generals office of the state.
Major Robert Emmett is also man
of great wealth. He has splendid
estate at Port Chester, Just outside
the city limits of Greater New York.
For fifteen years he was in the regu-
lar army and when he threw up his
commission he was a captain in the
Ninth cavalry. He is the great grand
nephew of Robert Emmett. one of the
most picturesque heroes in Irish his
tory. Major Emmett bears striking
resemblance to his illustrous ances-
tors.
Lieutenant Brownson Winthrop. the
quarter master of the regiment, is a
member of the famous Winthrop fam
ilv one of the most pronounced social
factors in New York. He is an asso-
ciate of Elihu Root, the New York at
torneY. Previous to entering the ar
my. Lieutenant Winthrop never did
anything. aside from his legal duties.
more fatiguing than to lead a ger
man or see that lady was properly
served with ices during a function of
the 400" But he wanted to be a sol
der, and since he has been a quar-
termaster has done everything from
an official inspection of pick handles
to counting the cannon balls on Gov
ernor's Island.
Captain Frank r. Palmer, Company
A, is the son of Albany's leading ban
ker. DR.. L. r. Grifiths, the assist
ant surgeon. is the son of Judge
Grifiiths of Troy, who yields more in
tiuence over Governor Black that does
ex-senator Platt, the admitted Repub.
lican leader of the Empire state.
Lieutenant James Smith of Compa-
ny d is a prominent physician of AL
bany, and Lieutenant Clarence Stevell
the adiutant is a well known figure
in New York society.
But in the First New York social
eclat and financial affluence are not
confined to the commissioned officers.
Among the privates there are many
influential citizens of New York.
Corporal Amos Potter is the son of
the late Brownson Potter, banker, and
nephew of Bishop Potter. He is
young man with a decided apprecia-
ton and love of the humors of life.
AS soon as he entered the army he
bought a bear as mascot for Com
pany a. Thinking that beef and such
was not equal to the task of nourish-
ing the beast, he purchased large
supply of honey with which he fed
the bear. After one application the
mascot went into a state of uncon-
seriousness for twenty-four hours.
Corporal Potter amuses himself by
buying so cent cigars for his brother
privates and various brands of cham
payne for the non-commissioned Off
GERS.
Another luminary in the ranks of
the First New York is Corporal Will
L. Martin of Company H. He is the
nephew of Bradley Martin, whose cos
tune ball in New York couple of
years ago created the greatest social
sensation in recent years.
John Grant is another private of the
New York volunteers. He is a state
senator of the Empire state. With a
number of men in his regiment he
was offered and refused commissions
in other regiments destined to the
fate of home guard duty.
Second Lieutenant Goodale was
private in the separate Binghampton
company when the war broke out. He
gave up his interest in one of the lar
gest wholesale clothing concerns in
the state of New York to go to the
front. At Hampstead he was made
sergeant major, with the assurance
that he would be selected to fill the
first vacancy in the ranks of the COM
missioned officers.