The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-05-27
Roster of Regiment and
Company Officers.
REGIMENT COMPLETE.
Inc Fayetteville Company Reaches
Camp-It:is Given a Rousing Recep.
uon on Arrival at Raleigh-North
CarOlina's Quota of Troop. to be Fur.
nished Under the Second Call for Vol.
unteers-A Fnll Negro Regiment to
be Formed.
Especial to The Messengar.)

Raleigh, n. c. May 25.-At last the
Second regiment is complete and there
are men TO spare. The Murphy compa-
ny. mustered in this afternoon. had hf-
teen men more than it needed.
The roster Of the regiment i as fol-
lows published for the first time,. Colo
mel, William H. S. Burgwyn lieutenant
colonel, Andrew D. CowIes: majors "
7. Wilder, B. f. Dixon. John W. Gotten.
adJutants. K. T. Gray, Bradley J. Woot-
en-, David Clark and 5. H. MacRae; sur
geons. James X. Tankard. E. NJ. Bre-
Eard, W. H. Brooks; quartermaster. r.
q. Davis; commissary. J F. Rowland.
chaplain, Edwin A. Osborne: regimentaI
sergeant major, Thomas ". Davis: bat
IdIion sergeant majors, Z. r. Battle, J.
n. Iofe and Leak Lands: Quartermas-
Ter sergeant. Logan d. Howell; chief mu-
Slcian, Jacob Guth; hospital stewards.
James Worthen Gaoroa T,brasa q
Stone.
The company officers are as follows:
Greenville Company-Captain. J. It.
9nlth, Iieutenants, J. c. Albrighton and
II. NJ. Snugg.
Wilmington Company-Captain, Don
MacRae; l~ieutenants, Chas. H. White
and Robert H. Cowan.
Fayetteville Company-Captain. B. r.
Huske; lieutenants, J. c.. Hoilingsworth
and J. B. T~illinghast.
Greensboro Company-Captain, r. P.
Gray; li~eutenants, E. L. Gilmer and Jno.
S. Gator.
Rutherfordton Company-Captain, w.
and John F. Rowland.
N~antahala Company-Captain. Joel [.
Gibson: leutenants, E. T. McAfee and
L. A. Deal.
Gastonia Company-Captain r. L. Dur
nam: lieutenants, Plato Durham and E.
N. FarraOr.
Lumber Bridge company-Captain, S
J. Cobb; l~ieutenants, Edmund Hall and
John A. Currie.
Lenior Company-Captain. Edmund
Jones; lIeutenants, A. c. Avery, Jr., and
Frank Davis.
Tarboro Company-Captain, Carl w.
ferries; lieutenants, J. F. Jenkins and
John Howard.
Murphy Company-Captain. J. w. Coop
er, Jr.; lieutenants, Hal. Johnson and
Holmes Conrad, Jr.
AshevilIe Company-Captain, J. A.
Wagner, Jr.; lieutenants. S. 0, smith
and J. S. Adams, Jr.
The Lumber Bridge company will be
Company A. The G~reenviIIe company
is next in point Of seniority.
The Fayetteville independent Light In
fantry, the last company Of the Second
eginen of volunteers, was given a very
hearty reception here this afternoon. A
circular prepared by r. T. Gray gave
notice of its coming and several hundred
people were at the station to meet it, in
Guiding Captain Cobb's Lumber Bridge
/ company of the regiment, and a detach-
AAAOIiI VI L / IL q
on which the ompany arrived were dec
GRATED with national colors and the COM
pany,s name with dates, 1793-1898. Eigh-
ty-fOur men came and under the escort
of the Lumber Bridge marched
to Camp Russell, stopping at the capitol
to be photographed. There was much
cheering and display of flags along the
route. The men have passed the local
surgeon and will. no doubt, easily pass
the regimental surgeons tomorrow morn
ing. About thirty men are in uniform.
TEoo - o~1,- CIV r;11y - +l@ -o-.;+a
Watson is dying-is not expected to live
until tomorrow morning. The surgeons
decide he has cerebrO spinal meningitis.
Hardy. of the Wilmington company. who
was shot, will be out of the hospital in
two days.
A flag was placed today. 1t is in the
centre of the race track.
There were 800 visitors to the camp this
mainly delegates to the democratic con-
v%ention. Among the visitors were Colo
nelS Rodman and BrutOn, of the state
guard, and ex-Inspector General A. L..
Smith.
There was much interest in the news
that under the presidents call for 5000
volunteers, North Carolina is to furnish
| 1,551. The adjutant general says his plan
is to make a negro ten company regi-
ment, say S1 strong, by adding seven
| companies to the three COMPANY battal-
ion which is to rendezvous at Fort Ma.
con, and then form a third regiment of
white troops, 9S2 strong, mobolizing it
here at Raleigh.
| Lieutenant Marshall, L. S. A, returned
| from Fort Macon this afternoon. He says
he has chosen an excellent site for the
camp of negro volunteers and made con-
tracts for twenty days rations.
| At $50 o'clock this afternoon Rev. E.
A. Osborne, of Charlotte, was sworn in
as chaplain of the Second by Mastering
| Officer Gresham.
Governor Russell announces tonight
his decision that the Third regiment shall
be a full one twelve OF ne
groes, with negro officers and that the
Fourth regiment shall be Of whites, with
ten companies.