Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08

Judges OF the drill Will be selected from the
officers of the United States army, and
they will have the absolute decision of all
questions of tactics and procedure.
A challenge has been issued for the
Texas cup.
Ample cash prizes will be given One will
have never entered an interstate drill be-
fore, ard the other a free-for-all compe-
titon.
Much encouragement has reached the
officers of the association, but no meet
ing has been held since the organization"
Relative Rank of Officers.
Because of the reorganization of the
brigade last spring and the appointments
that followed the selection OF new COM
manding general, more changes occurred
during the past year than during any pre-
ceding twelve months in the history of the
guard. The relative rank of the officers,
the date each was commissioned and the
organization of which each is a member
are follows:
November &c. 1897, general officer.
Colonels-1, Winthrop Alexander, May 20,
1897. LIST Regiment; ?, NJ. Emmett Urell, De-
cember l, 1897, I'd Regiment.
Lieutenant colonels-1, Henry May, May
81, 1897, LIST Regiment; =, Charles H. Heyl,
July l, 1897. General Staff, adjutant gen.
eral: g. Richard A. O'Brien, December !,
1897. I'd Regiment.
/, 1890, General Staff. surgeon general; 2,
Burton R. Ross. November =, 1892, 1st Bat
talon; 3. Michael V. Tierney. November !,
1893. General Staff, chief ordnance; 4. Ed
win II. Neumeyer, February ). 1894, Cen
eral Staff, commissariat general: .. Gilbert
Thompson. May /, 1897, I'd Separate Bat
talon; q, Otto G. Simonson, May II, 1891
9TH Battalion; I, Charles II. Ourand, May
20, 1897, General Staff, inspector general;
s. Walter D. Davidge. jr., May u, 1897.
General Staff. ]. A. general; .. James E.
Bell, December /, 1897, General Staff, in
spector general rifle practice: IL, Frederic
S. Hodgson, December 8, 1897, 4th Bat
talon; II. Arthur Brooks, December TO-
1897, LIST Separate Battalion; Il. Henry FL
Parmenter, December is, 1897, General
Staff quartermaster general; IL, Frank L.
Averill, December 20, 1897, General Staff
chief of engineers.
Captains-1, John S. Miller, June ~, 1887,
LIST Battalion: =, Eugene c. Edwards, June
%. 1887, ID Battalion: 3. John H. Campbell,
july 4, 1887. LIST Separate Battalion: 4.
Harry Walsh, December =. 1880. Atm Bat
TALON; 3, Richard A. Pyles. December g.
1890, I'd Regiment. surgeon; q, Helge u.
Forsberg, March I. 1892, Light Artillery;
:. Frederick T Webster. July :, 1882, list
Separate Battalion, s. Peter B. Meredith,
March 81, 1893, LIST Separate Battalion; y,
BENJAMIN H. Streeks, August l, IS9f 4'n
battalion; TO- George w. England. October
IA 1884. 9th battalion; IL, Chas. NJ. Shreve.
January IS 1893. LIST Battalion; II, Samuel
H. Wiggin, July 3. 1893. I'd Separate Bat
TALON; Is, Charles 3. Hudson, July %, 1870.
general staff: Al D: G.; a. o, Clarence ca "
F. Dudley, May %, 1886, I'd Regiment.
chaplain; 16, James l.. Mock, June l, 1896.
I'd Regiment adjutant; II, Thomas ). King,
June 2, 1896 LIST Regiment, l. r. p 49,
Charles S. Domer. July y, 1896, Cd Bat
TALON; 10, Jesse B. X. Lee, August IL. 1896.
LIST Battalion; ~. Frederick G. Stutz, De
cember %, 1896, I'd Battalion; II. James r.
Hosford May 1, 1891, 4th Battalion; =,
Battalion %, John s. Tomlinson. May 3,
1897, I'd Separate Battalion; n. William E.
Harvey May 4, 1897, I'd Separate Battalion;
20, Edward F. Riggs, May 20, 1897, general
staff, A. d. c.; 20, Richard j. Donnelly.
May q. 1897, 1st Regiment. adjutant; q,
Alfred P. Robbins. May %, 1897, general
staff, A. D. c.; %. Clarence A Weaver,
May "a, 1897. list Regiment, surgeon; %
Thomas Marion. September 20. 1891, 1st
Regiment. Q. NJ; 30, William II. Mellach,
October %, 1891, 9Th battalion; 81, William
S Hodges November ., 1897. 4th Bat
talon; 81. Howard w. Ennis, November 10
1897, list Regiment, chaplain; 30, George c.
Shaw. December l. I'd Regiment. l. r. p;
"a Charles F. Cook. December IA, 1897,
general staff, A. d. G.
First and Second Lfeutenants.
First lieutenants-1, Thomas l.. Upshaw,
July 2. 1887, LIST Separate Battalion, sur
geon; 3 Andrew w. Kelley, December l.
1887 LIST Battalion, Q. NJ; 3, William H.
Myers, January 81 1888, 9Th Battalion, Q.
NJ: T. Romulus A. Foster, July so, 1888, I'd
Battalion, surgeon; s. Samuel II. Jacobson,
August 22, 1889. 4th Battalion, Q. NJ: 6,
Joseph w. Anderson, October 10, 1852 I'd
Battalion, adjutant; Z, Francis j. Wood
man, October 81, 1889, supernumerary sur
geon); 8, Charles r. Luce, December g.
1889, LIST Battalion, surgeon: ., Wilmer +.
Vale, March 3, 1890, 4th Battalion, l. r. P;
10, Richard j. Harding, December 10, $780,
II II Charles A Never.
cember Il, $780, I'd Battalion: l., Edward
L. Webster, September %, 1891, list Sepa-
rate Battalion; Ii, William NJ. Arnold,
January ., 1892, 1st Battalion, adjutant;
IA, Anton Stephan, February 2, 1892, 4th
Battalion; 10, Charles H. Laird, November
Il, 1892, supernumerary g. Nd; 18, Fran
els j. CardOZa, February ~, 1888 LIST Sepa-
tate Battalion, l. X. P; II, Charles l.. Be
atty, January 10, 1895, sEpernumerary; is,
Henry ]. Keogh, January IS, 1885, list Bat
talon; 10, George Z. Tralles, March 10,
1885, I'd Battalion; 20, Benjamin G. Pool,
May Is, 1895. 4th Battalion. surgeon; u,
Jesse F. Grant, May "a, 1885, LIST Battalion;
%, Judd Malvin, July 16. 1895. LIST Separate
Battalion, Q. NJ; %, Luther H. Reichelder-
ter. November =, 1895. 9Th Battalion, l. K
P; "a, Warren d. Fales, November y, 1873,
ambulance corps; Is, Richard D. Simms,
November 16, 1895, 9th Battalion. adjutant;
30 Donald B. Macleod, January Is. 1896,
supernumerary; u, William NJ. Sprigg,
January 16. 1896. 9Th Battalion, surgeon;
pernumerary: 20, John E. Smallwood, April
u 1896, 9TH Battalion; 30, James E. Walk
or, May 1. 1886 LIST Separate Battalion,
adjutant; 81, James B. Webb, May Is, 1896,
Cd Battalion quartermaster; 81, Thacker V.
Walker, June 4. 1896, 18th Battalion; 33,
Robert Z. Covington, June IS, 1896, LIST
Separate Battalion; 81, Schuyler c. Stokes.
June 20, 1896. I'd Battalion, /. r. p; 30,
Francis G. Mattingly, June %. 1896, 9th
Battalion; SO, Alexis A. Birney. July 6, 1896,
1st Battalion, i. r. p; 81, Edward w. Zea,
October 6, 1896, LIST Battalion; 30, Robert D..
Weaver, November %, 1896, I'd Separate
Battalion: 80, Robert H. Bowdler, Deem
her IA, 1896 9Th Battalion; 40, Francis 1.
Beach, December %, 1896, I'd Battalion; Al,
Howard Beall. February 10, 1897. LIST Bat
TALON; A, Glendie B. Young, May 1. 1897,
I'd Separate Battalion, I. r. p; 43, George
V. Chandler May 2, 1897, I'd Separate Bat
talon; a, Louis G. Freeman, May 3, 1897,
I'd Separate Battalion, quartermaster; As,
George A. Drury, May 4, 1897, I'd Separate
Battalion. surgeon; 46, Frank L. Graham,
May 3. 1897. I'd Separate Battalion, adju-
tart. A, Wilbur c. Stewart. May 6, 1887,
I'd Separate Battalion; As, William z. Crist,
October 5. 1897, I'd Battalion; 40, Duncan
Davenport, October 25, 1897, 5th Battalion:
80. Sydney r. Jacobs, December 2, 1897, 4th
Battalion
Second lieutenants-1, Charles j. Harlow
January Is, 1891. 4th Battalion; 2 Samuel
Piper, March 81, 1893. LIST Separate Bat
talon; 3, Edwin H. Pillsbury, January 10
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