The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-07
A FINE REGIMENT.
Something About the
26th Volunteer
Regiment.
LIEUT.. PLUMMER PRAISED.
Personnel of the Officers
Who Are In
Command.
LIEUT.. PLUMMER PRAISED.

/ Up mere on the SnOfe OF historic Lake
IChamplain, at Plattsburg barracks,
within a few miles of the Canadian
border. the Twenty-sixth regiment of
volunteer infantry is now organized for
active service in the Philippines. The
enlisted men and nearly all the Off
GERS are from the New England states.
| From the very first, Col Rice deter
mined that the men who should go out
under him must be absolutely sound
physically, and to that end he gave
strict orders to the officers whom he
detailed on recruiting duty in various
cities of New England, to accept none
but the strongest and sturdiest men.
In addition to the large number of men
who were unable to pass the prelim-
mary examinations at the recruiting
station, scores have been turned
down" after their arrival here who
were not up to the requirements of the
final examination. Col. Rice began
with the very first squad of recruits
that arrived to put them through what
is called in army parlance setting up
exercises, a form of ealisthenics de-
signed to straighten the men up, give
them military bearing and accustom
them to obey commands. Then they
were taught the "facings' and simpler
military movements, after which they
were equipped with guns and drilled in
the manual. Next the men were drilled
by companies. AS fast as the recruits
arrived they were put through this
same course, and as soon as possible
were assigned to companies. Today
each company has full complement
Oh ofncers, who are drilling their own
men ana selecting and instructing their
starr OF non commissioned officers,
such as sergeants and corporals.
Inc rapldity with which 1000 raw re-
lcrultS have been transformed into a
regiment of we'll drilled, finely disci-
pinned soldiers, has been truly marvel
lous, and reflects great credit, not only
upon Col. Rice and his subordinate Of
lficers. but also upon the men. for if
clearly shows that the regiment is
composed of men of a superior order of
Intelligence. That the men are not only
Intelligent but also sober and orderly
is indicated by the fact that out of the
ehtlre thousand men gathered from al
most every town and city in New Eng
lana, not one man is in the guard
mouse for any reason
mere mas been military post at
Plattsburg since the war of 1872 hit
never have the barracks here ouartered
more orderly regiment than the
lTWenty-sixth volunteers.
Lieut. Col. William P. Duyau is from
maryland, and has had "a years service
n the regular army. He entered West
Folnt In 1865, was graduated from the
| artillery school at Fort Monroe in 1870
commissioned second lieutenant June *
1869, appointed first lieutenant ApriI q
1851, and was promoted to a captaincy
last year as result of the Spanish
Allerle'dn war, He was on special duty
Cleyelands first administration. acting
as an aide in receiving diplomatic and
military guests
| MAJ. Edward D. Anderson is a. cav
| alryman, one of the dashing Tenth
which came to the rescue of Roosevelt's
rough Riders in the charge UP San
Juan hill. He has seen but IL years
actual army service, but promotions
come more rapidly in the cavalry than
in the infantry or artillery. He was a
| second lieutenant in the Fourth United
states cavalry, June IL, 1891, and grad
uated from the infantry and cavalry
school in 1895.
Maj. Frank A. Cook is a, volunteer
| neld officer, one of the very few. it NAV
De sald, who have been appointed from
| cINlI NE, as the rule that none but
regulars should receive field appoint
NJ has been very closely kept. Mai.
Cook was lieutenant colonel of the First
Rhode Island infantry during the Span
| ish-American war.
| Maj j. +. Dickman is a cavalryman n.
and was the first post adjutant of Fort
ETHAN Allen, near Burlington. VT. on
us occupancy by four troops of the
dnird cavalry, under Maj. Morris in
1874 He was born in Ohio. and entered
West Point in 1876 On June II. 1881 he
was appointed second lieutenant in the
Third cavalry, a command that became
Famous for Indian fighting, under Cool,
and Mckenzie, in the Rosebud cam
palgn. He was promoted first lieutenant
Jan. IS, 1885,
Capt. John Bordman, Jr., Of Boston
formerly OF the First Massachusetts
heaVy artillery, is the ad1utant.
Assistant Surgeon Frederick A
Washburn of Boston, is a graduate of
the Harvard Medical school, was assist
ant surgeon of the Sixth Massachusetts
under Col. Rice in Porto Rico and until
recently has been house physician al
the Massachusetts general hospital in
Boston. Assistant Surgeon r. S. Girls
void has just recently returned from
cuba, where he has seen active service
for the past year.
Since Capt. Boardman's promotion 10
aaJutant OF the regiment, First Lieut..
| II. M. Fales has been temporarily as
signed to the command Of Company A.
| he was formerly lieutenant In tho
Second Massachusetts.
FIRST Lieut.. w. H. Plummer is a
| worcester boy, and was formerly treas
urer OF the New England division Of the
| Amateur Athletic association of Amer
lca. He was with the Second Massachu-
setts at Santiago, and was selected to
remain behind to bring home the sick
when the regiment left Santiago for
Montauk Point.
Second Lieut.. Hidden DIN of Com
pany A was formerly with the Seventy
hrst regiment, n. Y. volunteer infantry.
capt. Frank H. Peck of Watertown
N. y. Of Company B, will prohabiy
have nearly full company from his
nome town. Capt Peck was graduated
from West Point in 1880.
| First Lieut.. James r. GoodaIe NJ
Utica. N. Y, was for many years can
tain of one of the crack militia com
panies of the New York national guard
and was with the Two hundred ana
hrst New York at Honolulu and Manila
Second Lieut.. T. M Coughlan is from
York state and at one time was a GA
Diet at West Point He went ont LOCI
spring with the 203d New YORK.
which was recruited at Syracuse and
then was removed to Camp BLACK
from there to Camp Meade near Harris.
burg, Pa, and then to Greenville 8 g
Capt. Alvin A. Barker Of Newport
r l., who is in command Of Companv
g, was formerly in command of the
Newport artillery, and last year dur
Ing the Spanish-American war was ma
1or in the First Rhode Island volun-
teers.
First Lieut. Duncan Elliott of Com
pany G is the well-known club man Of
New York city, who a few years ago
married Sallie Hargous, then a society
belle Of New York and Newport.
Second Lieut. Max Wagner of Nan
tucket, Mass, is an ex-cavalryman. ana
for the past year has been connected
with the volunteer signal service.
Company d will be composed largely