The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-24

/ Is always the DcSl criterion OF a cap
tair's worth as a man and an officer.
! CAPTAIN Harry p. Decker. who now
| takes the place made vacant by the
removal of Captain Fellows, has SOL
diered in the National Guard since De-
cember 10, 1885, when he Joined Com
pany A. Or. June 6, 1890, he became
! first sergeant. of F, having been trans
| ferred to that company some time pre-
! Vious, and was successfully elected
! first and second lieutenant May 16
! 1898, and February %. 1896. respective
! ly. He s a good soldier and though a
| strict discipiinarian, is popular with
the rank and file of his company.
FIRST LIEUTENANT DAVIS.
First Lieutenant David j. Davis is
one of the best known and most re-
! spected officers in the Thirteenth. His
record is as follows: Private in Com
pany F, January 2, 1894, corporal
March TO- 1896; second lieutenant, July
| IA, 1896; second lieutenant United
| States Volunteers, May 5, 1895 Lieu
tenant Davis is one of the few lawyer
members of the regiment and il will
be remembered that he was assistant
city solicitor during the incumbency
Of !. II. TOrrey, esq, He is now acting
rcgimental adjutant during the abb
sence of Adiutant J.. T. Mates, who
is home on sick leave, and his pro-
motion is more than an ordinarily pop
uar one.
Lieutenant William S. Freeman sue
ceeds to the place made vacant by the
advancement of Lieutenant Davis. He
has been first sergeant of F for some
! q Of
the entire regiment. He enlisted in the
National Guard nine years ago as a
member of CUmpanyD and was trans
! ferred with the rank of corporal to +,
with which he has since been identified.
IF his record as first sergeant is to be
taken as a criterion of his future worth
he will be an excellent second lieuten-
ant.
! There is q noticeable coincidence in
these three promotions in + company.
Major Fellows was senior captain in
the regiment. Captain Decker, senior
first lieutenant, and Lieutenant Free
! man senior sergeant
These promotions have still another
significance. They result, a. to speak
in turning the regiment upside down
| Till yesterday the order of +he com.
|
GRITTY of their captains was as follows:
First battalion-B, c, D. A; Second bat.
talion-F, II, G, f. The marching or.
| der was: B, ID, A, c, F, G, L, H. T
was the color company. Now the or.
| der, according to the rank and senior
ity Of captains will be: First battalion
| H, G, f., r; Second battalion-B, c.
d, A, and the marching order will be:
II IL 7
having the honor of bearing the col.
ors. From this it will be noticed that
what has been the First battalion now
becomes the Second Major Wood being
senior to Major Fellows. These inver.
sions are due to the coordination OF
rank, which is the very basis of mill
tary life.
>DEATH OF PRIVATE KEITH.
The passing away of another mem
ber of the regiment, Private Frank Il
| k!eth, of Company A, adds one more
name to the list of those for whom eter-
nal taps have been sounded The de.
ceased was in the prime of manhood
and was quite a favorite in his com.
pany. His quiet demeanor and atten
tion TO duty at all times were striking
features Of his soldier life. He was q
carpenter by trade. While home three
| weeks ago he became a member of tn,
Simpson Methodist church. He was not
long here, however, till insidious ty
phoid began to make itself felt. TIL,
| patient was taken to regimental hos
pital on the Sth, and on the 18th had
TO be removed to the division hospital
where the tide of life began to ebb BY
degrees. 1t was only a question o.
time and of endurance, and, therefore
from the first the doctors had yer,
little hope, The parents of the de
ceased were sent for, and remained til
death came.
Colonel II. A. Coursen has gone HON,
to visit his wife, who is still seriously
sick.
Private Morris Thomas, of c. at
tached to division headquarters as
mounted orderly, is the possessor of
beautiful pair of spurs which he prize,
very much. They were presented to hin
by Lieutenant Colonel c. c. Mates th
day he left camp for home.
Acting Quartermaster Sergeant Al
bert Sloane, of A, has returned from
a seven days furlough. During his alb
sence his place was filled by Corpora
George Millet.
Private Barrett. Of G Company, lef
camp last night for the home of hi
parents at Lake View. Susquehannj
county. He will be away three days.
The wife OF Assistant Chief McManus
OF the Scranton fire department, who Il
visiting in Harrisburg, paid a visit T.
camp during the week.
! Privates r. ]. White and John Battle
| of A COmpany are home on furlou oh
Privates William j. Donohue of Du
: shore, Sullivan county, and Frank viii
iams, of Binghamton, N. Y, both mem
bers Of Company C, returned to cam
last night after an absence OF tw
months. They were taken down wit
typhoid at Dunn Loring, Va,
Friday afternoon Private John Stan
ton, of ID, received a telegraphic mes
sage that his mother, Mrs. Stanton, o
Pleasant street Scranton, was dead
| She was here two weeks ako, hayinI