Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-08-23
FOURTH U. S. IMMUNES
Regiment Largely Made Up of District of
Columbia Volunteers.
The Command Highly Complfmented
Upon Its Discipline and Person
neI-List of It's Officers.

fantry under command of Col. James S.
Petit, which is destined for Cuba to do
garrison duty, is receiving the plaudits Of
southern newspapers upon the soldieriy
bearing and manly qualities of the men in
the ranks we'll as of the officers. The
command received a royal greeting upon
its advent in Camp Cuba Libre, at Jackson
ville where it was sent to become part
of Gen. Lees 7th Army Corps.
Five of the companies of thu regiment
are accredited to the District of Columbia,
two to West Virginia, two to Maryland
and three to Virginia. The 4th is one of
the ten regiments authorized by act of
Congress, and known as 'immunes." Four
of the ten regiments are made up of col
ored men.
Have BeIted the Earth.
Speaking of the 4th upon its arrival in
Jacksonville, paper of that city says:
There are men of the south in the regi-
ment and men who have belted the earth,
and men who have lived in South America
ard along the Mexican coast and the 18TH
mus of Panama. The men have all been
selected on account of their good health
and superb physical development. the eX-
ANNA tons for enlistment We're strict and
most rigid. Many of the men have thor
ough proficiency in the Spanish language,
and quite a number can speak and under
stand Spanish.
The 4th was organized at Fredericks-
burg in June and the companies numbered
81 men each instead of the usual number,
106. The regiment is practically full, there
having been at the date of its arrival at
Camp Cuba Libre but one recruiting officer
out on duty, this being First Lieutenant
William H. Melfach of Company d. lie
was stationed in this city.
The 4th Immunes will be one of the
crack regiments of the 7th Army Corps,
he oil n
manhood, and have been we'll drilled; the
work in drilling having been extra heavy
at Camp Cobb where the men got eight
hours daily. The men all glad that
they are identified with the 18th Corps, I'M
der Major General Fitzhugh Lee, and with
the chance of an early transfer to Havana.
Official Roster.
1.-The personnel of the regiment is as fol-
lows:
Colonel James S. Petit, commanding;
Lieutenant Colonel George Cole, major of
the LIST Battalion; Major Henry H Lang
don, In command of the I'd Battalion; Major
T. Parker, IN command of the Sd Battalion;
quartermaster. Benjamin Stark jr.; regi-
mental adjutant, j. Van Ness Philip; sur
geon major, Joseph N. Henry; assistant
surgeon, First Lieutenant Glide S. Ford:
assistant surgeon, Patrick ]. McGrath;
sergeant major, Jennings B. Wilson; quar-
termaster sergeant, Charles Bartel; chief
musician j. S. NJ. Zimmerman.
Company A, District of Columhia--Cap-
tain George Cochran Broome First Lieu
tenant George D. S. Barbour, Second Lieu
tenant Kent Browning.
Company B. District of Columbia-Cap-
attn Charles p. Newberry. First Lieutenant
William W. Parker, Second Lieutenant
Richard T. Ellis.
Company C. District of Columbia-Cap-
tain Richard Coke Marshall jr, First
Lieutenant Wade Lytton Jolly, Second
Lieutenant William Peacock.
company d, District of Columbia-Cap-
tain Joachim C. Jorgenson First Lieuten-
ant William Halstead Mellach Second Lieu
tenant Abram Houghlan.
Company of Parkersburg W. Va
Captain William H. Monroe First Lieuten-
ant Horace M Patton, Second Lieutenant
John Atkinson Thayer
Company F, District of Columbia-Cap-
tain Adam Clark Carson First Lieutenant
anthony Hoimead, Second Lieutenant
James G. keene.
Company G of Wheeling w Va-Cap-
tain Albert A. Franzheim, First Lieutenant
Frederick r. Husemen, Second Lieutenant
Ebert s. Maloney.
Company II of HagerstoWn Md-Can-
tain Osman Latrope, First Lieutenant Lee
M. Lipscomb, Second Lieutenant James b.
Adams
Nc aGop p5say I of Baltimore, Md.--captain
mond L. Woodside, Second Lieutenant
Company K of Norfolk, va.-captain
John D. Treadwell. First Lieutenant
Howard w Throckmorton oo'i' Lieutenant
company l. of Norfolk Va.-Captain
henry Alexander Wise. First Lieutenant
John Sergeant Wise, Second Lieutenant
Lawrence w. H. Peyton
Company NJ of East Radford. va--ran-
tain Hugh C. Preston, First Lieutenant
William B. Preston. Second lieutenant
John NJ. Baldwin