The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-05-03
PENNSYLVANIA lhHfA
Nobly Responds to the Presidents
Call for Volunteers.
NEARLY ALL OFFICERS ENLIST.

NEARLY ALL OFFICERS ENLIST
The Eight Officers and Four Hundred an
Thirty-ons Men of the First Brigade VIII
! Did Not Volunteer Were Unfit PHYSICAL
or Were Needed for Family Support.
Mount Gretna. Pa, May 3.-Yester
day was inspection day for the FRS
brigade at Camp Hastings, but thi
was overshadowed by the enrolmen
Of volunteers for the United State
army, and, as has often been demon
strated before. the Pennsylvania Ma
tional Guardsmen again showed tn,
stuff of which they are made by nobly
responding to the call to duty. Out o.
1850 officers and men who reported or
the field 2,241 volunteered to go to wal
for the two years fixed by the presi.
dent. In these numbers 80 officers done
away with under the volunteer army
bill are not included. Many of those
who did not volunteer included men OF
old age or known to be unfit physically
| AAeoiSAaho uiio NuOSt IdHlllltS
sorely needed their support, and who
| had been advised by their officers not to
volunteer. These numbered eight Of
ficers and 431 men, and those who will
soon become United States volunteers
numbered 152 regimental and company
officers and 2,OS9 men. In some of the
companies there are vacancies yet to
be filled.
The day was not without its accident.
Colonel Bowman, of the First regiment,
just before the Third regiment was in
spected and enrolled, had paid his
respects to Governor Hastings and
staff when HIS horse began to buck
suddenly and threw his rider violently
against the pommel of the saddle.
Colonel Bowman tainted and fell to the
ground. He was taken to the Eighth
regiment hospital tent, where the in
juries were found to be painful and
probably serious. He was sent to
Philadelphia in the afternoon, and
there Is a possibility that he will never
again be able to assume his command,
although as he lay on the hospital cot
he volunteered to serve his country.
The feature of the day was the en-
rolling Of the volunteers, and it was
intensely dramatic and pathetic at
times. Throughout the day there was
a hushed gayety about the camp, and
until after the Third regiment had
gone through its ordeal only once did
the feelings Of the men break loose. 1t
was when the news of Commodore
Deweys brilliant naval victory came. |
TN al, lo
the two and one-half miles of the
camp line, and in moment afterwards |
the men dropped their mess tins and |
rushed into the company streets. For
half an hour cheers echoed and re-
echoed from end to end, and from down
in the valley came the cheers of the
batteries and cavalry troops. The &C.
casion inspired patriotism, and perhaps
had much to do with the events that
followed.
Tho Third regiment was the first to
pass in review before the governor, and
then formed in columns of companies,
and the governor and staff advanced.
Inspector General Morrell presented
himself before Colonel Ralston and said
the words that permitted the young
CUlOLtl " DeCUlle lHe nlSl NUluItttT VI
the war from Pennsylvania. The roll
call Of the different companies was
then rapidly proceeded with.
Following are the regimental officers
volunteering and the aggregate of the
company officers and enlisted men:
Third regiment-Colonel Ralston,
Lieutenant Colonel Price, Jr., Majors I
Gavin and Tilghman, Jr., Adjutant
Groome, Quartermaster Taylor, Sur
geon Martin, Assistant Surgeons Bow
man and Patterson. Every company
officer volunteered and 400 enlisted men
answered Yes" The nays numbered
81.
Sixth reglment-Colonel Washabaugh,
Lieutenant Colonel Shenton, Majors
Clyde and Price, Adjutant Price. Quar-
termaster Steele, Surgeon Ashenfelter. '
Assistant Surgeon Ward, Chaplain |
Mowry. Company officers all volun- j..
teered, and 1863 enlisted men answered !
yes" nays, 80. .
Second regiment-Colonel Porter,
Lieutenant Colonel Dechert, Majors /
Woman and Hartung, Adjutant Kun
zig, Quartermaster Rutter, Surgeon q
Burgn, Assistant Surgeon Robins. All e
but three company officers volunteered. a
These were all physically incapacitated. r
Among the enlisted men there were 4S7 .
yeas and 105 nays.
First Northumberland Bowman,
Colonel Good Majors Will '
Jams and Allen, Adjutant Pusey, Quar- L
termaster Koens, Surgeon Smith, As -
sistant Surgeons Harland and Tunis. s
Every company officer volunteered ex- o
eept Captain Muldoon, a veteran of
two wars and not able to go. OF the
men 491 said yea, and 104 nay.
State Fencibles INSTRUMENTATION
Brazer. All company officers volun-
eered and 176 enlisted men. The nays
we're IS. r.
Battery A-Captain Warburton, Lieu
enants Cresswell and Pancoast and
second Lieutenant Lewis. Surgeon G. II
Thomson did not come in under the
lew law, but expects to be appointed, e
md will be detailed with the battery.
There were 81 yeas from enlisted men, al
contingent upon parents permission,
nd nays. -.
Gray Invincibles (colored company)- "
Lieutenant Henderson and 46 enlisted
nen There were IA nays is
First Troop Philadelphia cavalry
'aptain Groome, Lieutenant Browning, W
econd Lieutenant McFadden and AS e,
istant Surgeon Frazier. There were
9 enlisted men and 1 nay. -,
New York's Soldiers Encamped. &C
New York, May Scamp Black, at
Plains, and Camp Town Oh