The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
ORDER FOR TWO NEGRO Rre1MENra
All Field Oncers Selected From tho Regu-
lar Army-Lino Onicors Are Negroes.

| RanZatlon OF two negro regim ents OF volun =
teers was issued BY the War Department this
afternoon. and the officers selected we're an
nounced. All the field officers. Colonies. Lieu
tenant Colonies and Majors. arc from the reg
uar army. and all were In the Santiago cam
paien except Col. Duvall. All the Captains.
First IIieutenants and Second I.eutenants are
| colored men.
| The regiments will be designated as the
| Forty-cighth and Forty ninth Regiments OF
| Infantry. United States Volunteers. The Forty
eighth Regiment will DO organized as Fsrt
| Thomas KY, and the Forty ninth at Jefferson
| Barracks. Mo.
| The appointments are as follows:
| To be Colonel ofthe Forty eighth Regiment.
William T. Duvall. Captain First Artillery: to
be Lieutenant Colonel. Thaddeus W. Jones.
Captain Tenth Cavalry; to be Majors: SedG-
| wick Rice. First Lieutenant Seventh Cavalry ;
Alexander L. Dade. First Lieutenant Third
Cavalry and John Howard. First Lieutenant
Nineteenth Infantry.
| To be- Captains:-John Buck. First Sergeant
Troop b.. Tenth Cavalry; Thomas Campbell.
| late First Lieutenant. Company L. Seventh
| United States Volunteers: Vim. II. Brown.
Sergeant Major Ninth Cavalry; Carter p.
johnson. Tenth Cavalry: Thomas Grant.
late First Lieutenant Company f.. Tenth
United States Volunteers: Robert r. Rudd.
late Captain Company A.. Ninth battalion
| Ohio Volunteers; James E. Hamlin. late
| Captain Third North Carolina Volunteers (;
! Pleasant Webb. late Captain Sixth Virginia
Volunteers: VIM. A. Hankins. late Captain
| Sixth Virginia Volunteers: Leon W. Denison
late Captain Co. X. Eighth Illinois Volunteers:
| Stephen Starr, late Second Lieutenant Ninth
| United States Volunteer Infantry: Alexander
| Richardson. late First Lieutenant Ninth United
States Volunteer Infantry.
To be First Lieutenants-L. NJ. Smith, First
Sergeant Troop NJ Tenth Cavalry; Peter
McCown. First Sergeant Troop Z. Tenth
Cavalry; VIM. H. Allen. Sergeant Co. A.
Ninth Cavalry; John H. Anderson. Squad
ron Sergeant Major Ninth Cavalry; Charles
o. Thoms. late Lieutenant Eighth United
States Volunteer Infantry: Jerry NJ
White. late First Lieutenant Twenty
third Kansas: James F. Powell. late Second
Lieutenant Indiana Volunteers; H. B. Brown.
late First Lieutenant Third North Carolina
H. ]. Parker. late First Sergeant Tenth United
| States Volunteer Infantry: Jacob c. Smith.
late Second Lieutenant Ninth United States
| Volunteer Infantry: John w. Brown. late Sec
ond Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer
Infantry; Charles C. Caldwell. late First Ieu-
tenant Co. B. Ninth Battalion Ohio Volunteers.
To be Second Lieutenants-walter Green.
| First Sergeant Co. X. Tenth Cavalry; c. b.
| Turner. Commissary Sergeant Tenth Cavalry
Joseph Moore. First Lieutenant Co. B Eighth
| Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry j. b.
| Coleman. late First Lieutenant Co. + Seventh
| United States Volunteer Infantry: Lincoln
Washington. Sergeant Major Ninth Cavalry
| David b. Jeffers late Second Lieutenant Tenth
| United States Volunteer Infantry: Wilson Bal
| lard. late Second Lieutenant Ninth Battalion
| Ohio Volunteers: Joseph G. Andrews Private.
| Co. l. Sixth Massachusetts, Volunteers; Frank
! r. Chisholm. late Private Co. l. Sixth Massa-
| chusetts Volunteers: John X. Rice. late First
Lieutenant Sixth Virginia Volunteers: George
W. Taylor. non-com missioued officer Third
| North Carolina Volunteers: Green F. Marion.
late Sergeant Third Alabama Volunteers.
To be Colonel Forty ninth Regim emit.
William H. Beck Captain Tenth Cavalry; to
be Lieutenant Colonel. Arthur @. Ducat. Cap
tain Twenty-fourth Infantry; to be Majors
Ernest Kinds. First Lieutenant Second Artil-
lery: George W. Kirkmnn. Captain Twenty
| third Infantry and James E. Brett, Captain
| Twenty fourth Infantry.
| To be Captains. B. Edwards. Ser
geant Company A. Tenth Cavalry: Charles W.
jefferson. First Sergeant. Company b. Ninth
Cavalry; Floyd H. Crumbly. late First Lieu
| tenant. Company A. Tenth United States VOL
unteer Infantry: Edward l.. Baker. late First
Lieutenant Company B. Tenth United States
First Lieutenant Eighth United States Vol
unteer Infantry: Emanuel d. Bass. late First
Lieutenant Company d. Ninth Battalion Ohio
| Volunteers; W. NJ Hawkins, late Captain
| Twenty third Kansas Volunteers; BENJAMIN
Graves. late Captain Sixth Virginia Volunteers
| William r. STAFF. Sergeant-Major Twenty
| fourth Infantry: Frank r. Steward. late
| Second Lieutenant Eighth United States VOL
unteer Infantry; Robert G.. Wood. late Second
Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer
Infantry: Robert Gage. late Captain Third
| Alabama Volunteers.
To be First Lieutenants.-Char Perry.
| First Sergeant Troop l.. Tenth Cavalry
J.. Fl. Jordan. First Lieutenant Company K.
| Seventh United States Volunteer Infantry
! Charles 8. Spurlook. Sergeant Company
| F. Tenth Cavalry: Ebert w. MAIDEN,
| Sergeant Company E. Ninth Cavalry;
| Charles 81. Robinson. First Lieutenant Sixth
| Virginia Volunteers: James H. Thomas.
| late First Lieutenant Indiana Volunteers
David j. Glmer. late CAPTAIN Third North
| Carolina Volunteers; Robert Brakeman late
First Sergeant Company H. Eighth Illinois
| Volsunteers: Hamilton II. Blunt. late First
Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer
| Infantry; Thomas C. Butler. late Second
Lieutenant Ninth United States Volunteer
Infantry: Macon Russell. late second Lieu
tenant Eighth United States Volunteer In
fantry: late Quartermaster Sergeant l.. A.
Tilman. Seventh United States Volunteer
Infantry.
To be Second Lieutenants-A. N. Ray. Ser
geant. Company +. Tenth Cavalry: Robert L.
Cough. Company d. Twenty fourth Infantry
Wyatt Huffman. late Second Lieutenant
Eighth United States Volunteer Infantry
Beverly Peaea. late First Lieutenant Seventh
United States Volunteer Infantry; Henry F.
Walls. Commissary Sergeant. Ninth Cavalry :;
VIM. Blaney. late Second Lieutenant. Tenth
United States Volunteer Infantry: Horace F.
Wheaton. Private. Company l.. Sixth Massa-
chusetts Volunteers; Frederick C. Wilson,
Private Company L. Sixth Massaohu-
setts Volunteers; George F. Payne. Second
Lieutenant. Twe2t1thIrd Kansas; Leander
W. Hayes. late Sergeant, Third North Carolina
Volunteers: Clifford +. Campbell. late Sergeant.
Eighth Illinois Volunteers; Edward b. John
son, Tenth Cavalry.
Army Orders.