Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-05-02
RECRUITING OFFICES
r,r The West Virginia Regiment
Necessary,

Necessary,
..0nJv One Half the Strength of
,a National Guard Has Volun-
t7ored-About Five Hundred and
Tiftv officers and Men Sent
r5on,e-Six Hundred New Re
or,,i+s Necessary-The Roster of
officers.
e...sr TO The Register
rssrIeston W. Va, May 1.-The diff
s.srv in regard to the commanding
a.,rs of the new regiment of West
,.-rinja troops to be organized to serve
(, ,bo war with Spain having been at
49,. satisfactorily arranged, the work
Of .scruiting and filling out the regi-
.ot will now 90 on briskly and will
CONNECTED within one or two weeks.
NH work of enrolling the volunteers
,,. begun yesterday, and the result
, very complimentary to the Ma
-5i Guardsmen. There were eight
commissioned officers and two hun
d and sixty men who volunteered
@.-n The First regiment, and eighteen
.,,cn,issioned officers and two hun
5-ed and ffty-five men from the Sec
nd regjment. making total OF thirty
~ ofcers and five hundred and fifty
r. men Ii is thought that at least
esr more men will volunteer to-mor-
row making
SIN HUNDRED MEN
~ ai which is just half enough for
,ssoav regiment. There are five hun
sdand twenty eight men in the First
,.r;rieut of the State militia and five
5nrdred and fifty-eight in the Second
regiment. showing that only a little
mare than half of the men have vol
,.n-sered Those who have fully de-
.f1ed NOT 10 volunteer have been sent
home the State paying the expenses
nj their return trip. At least six hun
dred new men must be secured to re-
crpf- the regiment, and for this pur-
nose ID is probable that
RECRUITING OFFICES
will he al once opened at several points
in The State. Had General Spilman
been permitted to go on with the work
Of recruiting the two regiments before
thew were called together for mobili-
z8iion all this time and unnecessary
evDense would have been saved, and
IN friction caused by the reduction OF
the rank of officers in order TO con-
solidate the two regiments would have
1oI ITic iHo0-apI II
10 he Ii only common sense one-was
10 recruit the First regiment and send
It ont under the first call for troops,
and 10 hold the Second regiment for
fine next call. if it should come. This
would
NOT HAVE DISTURBED
the organization of either regiment
and everybody would have been salts
fed
The officers of the new regiment have
been made up as follows: General Spill
man will be Colonel of the regiment,
and COL Clarence L. Smith will be
Lieutenant Colonel; Col Banks. of the
Second regiment, and Lieut.. Col. Shat
fer, Of the First regiment, will be re-
duced to Majors; Lieut.. Col Lyons.
Major White and Major Morrison will
ne reduced to Captains. The battalion
organization of the new regiment will
then be. First battalion, Companies A,
Of Bluefeld: 3. OF Bissell: G, OF Hun
Jington and X. Of Clarksburg, to be
commanded by Col. Smith. Second
battalion, Companies A, of Eikins; E,
Of Nartinsburg; I, of Charles Town,
snd l. of Huntington, to be commanded
BY Major Banks. Third battalion,
Companies B, of Moundsville; G, of
Ansted, D. of Berkeley Springs, and
+, Of Petersburg, to be commanded
by Major Shaffer The battalion COM
handlers are arranged according to
their rank in
THE OLD REGIMENTS,
md the baralions are made up accord
Ing to The seniority Of service of their
respective captains.
The reductions in rank do not go be-
lo| captains, except in three instances.
Aese were Captains Sable Of Company
q, OF Huntington; Captain Anderson,
o. Company A, of Bluefield, and Cap
@ll McGuftin, Of Company B, of Bis
S-iL VINO took the places of First Lieu
tenant IN order to make room for Lieu
tenant Colonel Lyons, Major White
ana Major Morrison, who desired 10
volunteer.
Lieut.. Col. Lyons being reduced to
me rank Of Captain will be placed in
command Of Company G, of Hunting
(9h' Major White being reduced to
captain will be given Company A, Of
b-aeIled and Major Morrison. being
reduced, will command Company B, of
Bissell.
Ihls arrangement
LEAVES OUT
,,4"Iofs Ash, Babb and Hutson, Of the
III regiment, and Major Parker, OF
second regiment, and they Will
nave TO return home because there is
No pace for them. The reason that the
,ap'8'hS We're not generally reduced to
name room for the majors was that the
"len OBJECTED. and refused to volunteer
nt.-SS their company commanders
tt retained. 1t was found necessary
~ we'd TO the men in Hder to induce
Wem 10 enlist
lAe entire brigade staff, with. the
cn1'puoh OF Lieut. Col. Baguley, Chief
en-, soon OF Wheeling; Major Cuthbert
W. C''1dHl' surgeon, of Ansted, and Lieut.
r .'sl-ts Nesbitt, Assistant Surgeon, of
' al mont. will be relieved and will re-
s ~ nome Col. Baguley will be Chief
r-ntseoh m the new regiment and Drs.
.'''Hl and Nesbitt will be his assist
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