West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1898-06-30
OFF FOR THE WAR.
MORE BOYS FROM PRESTON ENLIST
UNDER TIE STAR-SPANGLED
BANNER or PREED0H.

oimuel.wo missed three, who we did
not know about at the time. One
OF them, Eiishs NJ. Lsnham, Of
Independence, who enlisted mt
Wheeling for the ist w. Va. Rcgi-
ment and Ray q. Friend, son of
Rev. Henry Friend, pastor of the
NJ. Il. church at Albrightsville.
who is private IN Company &c. /"
1st Regiment Maryland Volunteer
Infantry, now stationed ut Fortress
Monros, Va.
Col. Edward A. Goodwin who
has been assigned to the Seventh
Regiment Volunteer Iufantry is
now organizing the same ut Jelfer-
sou Barracks, 30. The regiment
is made up of troops from Missouri.
Tennessee and Arkansas and is now
drilling and getting ready TO 60 to
the front at any time.
DR.. w. S. Daley went to
Charleston last week and was
sworn in AS Assistant Surgeon for
the Second Regiment West Va.
Volunteers and passed the exami
nation all right. DR.. Henshaw, of
Martinsburg, is the Chief Surgeon
OF the Regiment and gets $4,000
per year, while Kalbaugh. Of
Piedmont, and Daily. of Terra
Alta, are the Assistant Surgeons.
ranking same as Captain and with
a salary of 81 800 per year.
The county has three boys with
tho soldiers sent to the far off
Philippines, j. Newton Calvert, OF
Kingwood, who is member of
Company GA" First Tennessee
and has been in San francisco the
past week aud WIS to sail from
there Monday. Then j. Claude
Shaw. of Guseman, and Charles
Burke, OF Terra Alta, are with the
Tenth Pennsylvania ordered to the
Philippines month ago and there
before this,a they were in Honolulu
some time ago. j. Harry Neff. of
Kingwood. is a member of Com
psny e." Light Battery, 1st Ar.
tillery of the Regular Army and is
now with Gen. Shafter at Santiago
and has had taste of actual war
fare ere this and most likely some
hard fighting in the stormlug of
that city.
Then Charles Engle. of Etam. is
IN the 18th Minnesota Volunteer
Infantry.
There are also three others in
the 1st W. Va. Regiment that we
missed last week, Orvai Sisler, of
independence, Peter Brown, OF
GladesvIIle, and yonng fellow
named Hyde, from Rowlesburg.
The company being organized
here by DR.. Claude r. Sherwood
did not get away last Friday as
they expected to. as the s'powers
that be- seem to be moving very
slowly. In order TO expedite mat
ters and make ready for business
soon as possible, DR.. Sherwood
got orders to have the men exam
ined and sworn in here and DR..
j. A, Graham and DR.. s. A. Pratt
have been examining men in one of
the jury rooms at the Court House.
About fifty have been examined 80
far and 48 passed and enlisted in
service OF Uncle Samuel.
A drum corps has been playing
every day on the Public Square.
when the men are being drilled
by the Doctor and they are get
ting the preliminary tactics pretty
we'll. Mack Msnear as bass drum.
mer, Jim Freeland. fifer and three
boys, with tenor drums, keep the
old town stirred up.
Then Leroy Shaw has been or.
ganizing and drilling a company Of
pretty little girls 20 act as a guard
OF honor and escort the boys to the
depot when they start for camp.
The little lassies keep good time
and march we'll to the inspiring
music Of the Gfes and drums.
Tho Second Regiment Of West
Virginia Volunteers ls now organ
lied at Camp Atkinson near
Charleston. Several Of the com
panies are already in camp aud
others are ready to move at any
time.
The location Of tho twelve com.
panies and their captains arc as
follows