Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-08-26

The Command highly Complimented
Upon Its Discipline and Personnel.
List OF Its Officers.

The Fourth United States regiment
of Infantry, 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 soldierly bearing and manly
qualities of the men in the ranks, as
well as of the officers. The command
received a royal greeting upon its ad-
vent in Camp Cuba Libre, at Jackson
sonvile, where it was sent to become
a part of General Lees Seventh Army
Corps.
Five of the companies of the regl-
ment are accredited to the District OF
Columbia, two to West Virginia, two
to Maryland and three TO Virginia.
The Fourth is one of the ten regiments
authorized by act of Congress, and
known as 'immunes Four of the ten
regiments are made UP OF cO.ored
men.
HAVE BELTED THE EARTH.
Speaking of the Fourth, upon its ar
rival in jacksonville, a paper of that
city says:
There are men of the south in ire
regiment and men who have belted the
earth, and men who have lived in South
America, and along the Isthmus of Pan
anna and the Mexican coast. The men
have all been selected on account OF
their good health and superb physical
development The examinations for
enlistment were strict and rigid Many
of the men have a thorough proficiency
in the Spanish languages, and quite a
number can speak and understand
Spanish.
The Fourth was organized at Fred
eMcksburg, 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 Will
lam H. Mellach, of Company D. He was
stationed in this city.
"The Fourth ImmuneS will be one OF
the crack regiments of the Seventh
Army Corps, as the men are excellent
specimens of manhood. and have been
well drilled, the work in drilling being
extra heavy at Camp Cobb, where the
men got eight hours daily. The men
are all glad that they are identified with
the Seventh Corps, under Major Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee, and with the chance
of an early transfer to Havana,
OFFICIAL ROSTER.
"The personnel of the regiment is
as follows:
Colonel James S. Petit, command
ing; Northumberland George Cole
major of the First Battalion: Major
Henry H Langdon, in command OF
the Second Battalion: Major T. Park
er, in command Of the Third Battal-
icn; quartermaster, Benjamin Stark,
Jr.; regimental adjutant. J. Van Ness
Philip; surgeon-major. Joseph n. Hen
ry; assistant surgeon, First Lieutenant
Glide S. Ford; assistant surgeon, Pat
rick j. McGrath; chaplain, Samuel F.
chapman; regimental ergeant-major
Jennings B. Wilson; quartermaster
sergeant, Charles Bartel; chief musi-
cians J. S. M. Zimmerman.
Company A, District of Columbia
Captain George Cochran Broome. First
Lieutenant George d. S. Barbour. Sec
ond Lieutenant Richard T. Ellis.
Company c. District of Columbia
Captain Richard Coke Marshall, Jr.
First Lieutenant Wade Lytton Jolly
Second Lieutenant William Peacock.
Company d. District of Columbia
Captain Joachim c. Jorgenson. First
Lieutenant William Halstead MelIach
Second Lieutenant Abram Houghlan.
Company E, of Parkersburg, w
Va.-Captain William H. Monroe
First Lieutenant Horace NJ. Patton
Second Lieutenant John Atkinson
Thayer
Company F. District of Columbia
Captain Adam Clark Carson, First
Lieutenant Anthony Holmead, Second
Lieutenant James G. Keene.
Company g. Of Wheeling, w. Va
Captain Albert A. Franzheim. First