Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-23
WHlTE0FFICERS NOW
GOVERNOR TYLER APPOINTS THEM
TO THE SIXTH.
ILL MICRO OFFICERS MAY GO.
II is Probable the CoIored Commits
.ioped Men uay Fall Before an Ex-
nmfnntion-sccond Regiment Conn
panies Assembling for Muster out

Governor Tyler yesterday commissioned
white officers to succeed the nine negroes
who recently resignai rom the Sixth VIZ
ginia (colorcO. Commissions were mace
out as fellows:
Captain Charles Elicit cabell. Of the
Quartermaster' department, Of the First
Army Corps, now stationed at knoxViie'
TO be major.
To the captains-Captain Robert Le-
Masurier. Company NJ. Third Regiment
CAPTAIN William s. Faulkner. Company
d Third Regiment; First-Leuienant
George II. Bentley, Company G, second
Regiment; First-Aeutcnant Sydney l.
Moore. Company ID. Second Regiment
To be Flrst-LAeutenants-Ser
Tor John W. Healy. United states army
First-Leutenant h. c. L. Moncure' COM
many |. Third Regiment; Eirst-sergeant
MuAam u. Richardson '~Oiip'i'
hiru Regiment
The officers will be assigned to compa-
me. nv Lieutenant CoICnel CrOAton. Inc
First Battalion OF Colonel Croxtohs Gun
mand is under MAJOR Johnson, OF fsiCh-
mond tcoiorec), and several Of the FdSaI-
cies In companies under him VIII nave 70
be flied by wnIJe ofncers. None OF ''eni
| will ngnt for the privilege Of BENG uhuei
Major johnson.
THEY ARE FINE OFFICERS.
II is said by those who best know tna'
! Governor Tyler has made excellent seioS-
lions. Major Cabell is native OF Nelsoi'
| ro.rl 4 graduate Of the Virginia MIL
| tary Institute, and a thoroughly conpe-
a., ,.u,.,E. ne ~ d COUSIN oI Srhaeo'
| John W. Daniel. and Is related 10 the "a
! bens of Richmond. , -
/ The officers who bore commissions II
the Second and Third before being ap'
pointed TO the Sixth had made me Iepu
tations. Sergeant Richardson OF Com
pany X, Third Regiment, VINO - ma
hrst-l lieutenant is mooel hrs'@sei 80 90,
and mis- promotion is due 10 the me snap
! in which he had his company recoru'
| whom he came to report for muster oul
| Seraeant-Maior Healy, OF the rssuia
army is made a frst-lieutenant, at lh'
osDocial request Of Colonel Croxton' "h'
dosires 10 have him serve as his adJutah'
II is wen understood that all the coio,
! officers of the Sixth viii soon DC us
placed by white ofncers.
ALL WILL BE WHITE.
Colonel Croxton is dissatisfied with ~
officers and il is believed that charge
will be preferred against them soon
which will result in an examination as U
their qualifications being ordered oy III
denartment. The result OF the examina
ton cannot be doubted. Governor ISIe
directed Colonel ,-roxton 10 make care
ful investigation as 10 Whether any
the men in his command were competeh
TO DISCHARGE the duties Of the posiuoi
made vacant by the designations Dut III
latter. I'm a very full statement salu
: could find no such men in the resliils NJ ~.
o Goyernor Tyler also had commission
, nd ont Yesterday for First-Lieutenar
William l. Daughtrey, Company
Fourth Regiment, as captain, 10 sueeee
!, George Pegram Uesigned)i LleuiehaN
Daughtrev Is succeeded by Secono-lAe1
tenant Thomas l.. Spencer, and Lieutei
am Spencer is succeeded by t1rst-Sel
geant r. NJ. Blankenshp.
THE SECOND COMPANIES
, The companies Of the Second Regimen
uent m their home stations yesterday.
| bs mustered out as soon as possipl
which will probably be three weeks or
r,onth About rs men reported here ye
y | terday. not having been made acqualntt
with the change in the orders requirlr
- them TO be mustered out al their non
stations. instead Of Richmond. In Tn
, number were about twenty members
/. COMPANY L. Portsmouth. AL the me
z were sent to their company stations
g the governments expense.
The Richmond companies-Compan
CAPTAIN Russell, and Company NJ. Ca
u tain Bossieux-are quartered al the Rec
mental Armory. and Company l, CAPITA
shackelford. is in the Cavalry Armor
= me men are fed at the Regimen NJ
Armory By Mr.. II. V b. Moore.
The muster-out Of the Third Regime
D. will be completed by saturday probao
a day sooner. The men are very anHlo
10 get home.