Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-07-25
BOYS OF FIRST new YORK
Lots Of Wealthy Ones Among Officers
and Men.
Representatives Of Old FamileS-0ne State
SenatOr-SOCiety Material
Galore,

New 1ork as volunteer regulars
says the Call of the 18th. 1t was
the first, and in fact, the only
regiment that left New York or
any other Eastern State fully
equipped for service. The only
drawback in the equippage is the
antique rifles with which the men
have been supplied. Like all of
the volunteer regiments, the First
New York is armed with Spring.
field rifles, which long ago out
lived their usefulness, so far as
modern warfare is concerned.
They are only effective at short
range and other things being
equal, would be no match for the
Mauser rifles with which the
Spanish and all European soldiers
are armed, or the Krag Jorgensop
which is now the regulation
weapon of the United States
army.
Just before being appointed to
active field service Brigadier Gen.
eral Royal 7. Frank, commander
of the Department of the East, the
most important military command
of the United States, after an Off
cial inspector of the First New
York Volunteers, proclaimed them
the equal of any regiment OF regu
lars in the service.
There is more wealth and infiu-
ence represented by the First New
York Volunteers than by any
other regimental body of troops in
the service. Among the privates
are scions of the wealthiest New
York families. Many of them are
men of pronounced social cast and
belong to the ultra fashionable or
smart set" of the metropolis.
Colonel T. II. Barber is one of the
weslthiest men in the State of New
York. He lives during part of the
year at Albany, the State capitol,
where his interests are very great.
Lieutenant Colonel H. G. Stacpole
has been for thirty one years in
the adjutant generals Office of the
State.
Major Robert Emmet is also a
man of great wealth. He has a
splendid estate at Port Chester,
just outside the city limits of
Greater New York. For fifteen
years he was in the regular army
and when he threw up his com
mission was a captain in the Ninth |
Cavalry. He is the great grand
nephew of Robert Emmett, one Of |
the most picturesque heroes in
Irish history. Major Emmett
bears a striking resemblance to
his lllustrous ancestors.
Lieutenant Brownson Win
throp, quartermaster of the regi
ment, is a member of the famous
Winthrop family, one of the most
pronounced social factors in N W
York. He is an associate OF
Elihu Root, the New York attor
ney. Previous to enlisting. Lieu
tenant Winthrop never did any
thing, aside from his legal duties,
more fatiguing than to lead a ger
man or see that lady was pro
perly served with ices during a
function of the 400" But he
wanted to be soldier, and since h.
has been quartermaster, has done
everything from an official inspec
ton of pick handles to counting
the cannon balls on Governors
Island.
Captain Frank r. Palmer, Com
pans A, is the son of Albauy's
leading banker. DR.. l.. I. Grit
fiths, the assistant surgeon, is the
son of Judge Griffiths of Troy,
who wields more influence over
Cove nor Black than does tx.
Senator +. Il. Plat, the adm tied
Republican leader of the Empire
State.
Lieutenant James Smith of
Company d is a prominent physi.
clan of Albany, and Lieutenant
Clarence Stevell, the nd ant, is
we'll known figure in New York
society.
But in the First New York 80
cial eclat and financial afflueuce
are not conf ed to the commls
stoned officers. Among the pri
Yates there are many influential
citizens of New Yolk.