Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-09
The War Department Has Ordered
Two to Be Formed.
RAISES VOLUNTEER ARMY TO $4,000
Company Officers to Be Of the
Same Race as the Men.
WORK OF PREPARAT ION


cation of two infantry regiments of col
ored volunteers for service with the army
in the Philippines. All the field officers in
the two regiments are white officers of the
regular establishment selected on account
of their special ability and conservatism.
All the company officers-captains and lieu
tenants-are coored men, whose capacity
for the commissions issued to them has
been actually demonstrated in action on
the field of battle, either in the Indian cam
paigns or in the more recent war with
Spain. All the cOlored officers served on
the fighting line at Santiago, either in the
regular army or In state volunteer regi-
mentS
These two regiments will bring the vol
unteer army practically up to its statutory
limit of $4,000 men, and will give Gen. Otis
a total fighting force of nearly $1,000 men.
all of whom will probably be available by
the LIST of January.
The orders issued today are as follows
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant Generals Office,
WASHINGTON, September 9, 1899.
Pursuant to the instructions of the Presi-
dent, the Secretary of War directs that
under the provisions of the act of Con-
tional regiments of volunteers be called
into service. the enlisted men to be colored.
The regiments will be designated as the
4Sth and 49th Regiments of Infantry,
United States Volunteers.
The 4sth Regiment will be organized at
Fort Thomas, Kentucky; the 49th at JEFF
ferson barracks. Missouri.
H. c. CORBIN, Adjutant General.
The Forty-Eishtb Regiment.
To be colonel of the 4Sth Regiment-Wm.
P. Duvall, captain, LIST Artillery.
To be lieutenant colonel-Thaddeus W.
Jones. captain, 10th Cavalry.
To be majors-Sedgwick Rice, first lieu
tenant. 7th Cavalry; Alexander L. Dade,
first lieutenant, Sd Cavalry; John Howard,
first lieutenant. 10Th Infantry.
To be captains-John Buck, first sergeant,
Troop B, 10th Cavalry; Thomas Campbell,
late first lieutenant, l., 9TH L. S. V. L.; Will
lam H. Brown, sergeant-major, 9th Cav
airy; Carter p. Johnson 10th Cavalry;
Thomas Grant, late first lieutenant, Com
pany F. 10th U. s. V. l.; Robert r. Rudd,
late captain, Company A, 9th Battalion,
Ohio Volunteers: James E. Hamlin, late
captain, Sd North Carolina Volunteer In
fantry; Pleasant Webb. late captain, 9th
Virginia Volunteers; William A Hawkins,
late captain. 9Th Virginia Volunteers; Leon
w. Denison, late captain, Company X, 9th
Illinois Volunteers; Stephen Starr, late sec
on lieutenant, 9th U. S. V. l.; Alexander
Richardson, late first lieutenant, 9th u. $.
V. l.
To be first Heutenants-L. NJ. Smith, first ser
geant. Troop NJ, 10th Cavalry; Peter Nc
Gown, first sergeant, Troop E, 10th Cav
airy; William H. Allen, sergeant Company
A. 9th Cavalry; John II. Anderson.
squadron sergeant-maJor, 9th Cavalry;
Charles o. Thoms, late lieutenant, 9th L.
S V. L.; Jerry NJ. White. late first lieuten-
ant, ODD Kansas; James F. Powell. late
ond lieutenant, Indiana volunteers; H. b.
Brown. late first lieutenant, Sd n. c. V. l.;
II. j. Parker, late first sergeant 10th L. S.
V. l.: Jacob G. Smith, late second lieuten-
ant. 9th L. S. V. L.; John W. Brown, late
second lieutenant, 9th L. S. V. l.; Charles
C. Caldwell late first lieutenant, b, 9th
Ohio Battalion Volunteers,
l,a r,ts oil
first sergeant, X, 10th Cavalry; c.. B. Tur-
ner, commissary sergeant, 10th Cavalry;
Joseph Moore, first lieutenant, II. sth L. S.
V L.; j. 3. Coleman, late first lieutenant, +,
7th L. S. V. l.; Lincoln Washington, SER
geant major, 9th Cavalry; David B. LETTERS,
late second lieutenant, 10th L. S. V. l.;
Wilson Ballard, late second lieutenant.
9th Battalion, Ohio Volunteers; Jo-
chusetts ,olunteers; Frank r. Chisholm,
late private, L, 9th Massachusetts Volun-
teers; John X. Rice. late first lieutenant,
9th Virginia Volunteers; George w. Taylor,
non-commssioned officer, Sd North Caro-
lima Volunteers; Green +. Marion late SER
geant. Sd Alabama Volunteers.
Forty-Ninth Regiment.
Forty-ninth Regiment: To be colonel
William H. Beck, captain, 10th Cavalry.
To be lieutenant colonel-Arthur c. Du-
cat captain. 9th Infantry.
To be majors-Ernest Kinds, first lieu
tenant I'd Artillery; George w. Kirkman,
captain, 23d Infantry; James E. Brett, cap
tain, oath Infantry.
To be captains-William b Edwards. SER
geant, 4, 10th Cavalry; Charles w. Jeffer-
son, first sergeant, B. 9th Cavalry; Floyd
H. Crumbly, late first lieutenant, A, 10Th
L. S. V. l.; Edward L. Baker, late first
lieutenant, b, 10th L. s. V. T.; John c.
Proctor. late first lieutenant, 9Th U.S.V.L;
Emanuel ID. Bass, late first lieutenant, d,
9th Battalion, Ohio Volunteers William NJ
Hawkins. late captain, 23d Kansas Volun
teers; Benjamin Graves, late captain, 9th
Virginia Volunteers; William r. Staff, ser
geant major, oath Infantry; Frank r. Stew
ard, late second lieutenant, Sth L. S. v l.;
Robert G. Wood, late second lieutenant,
9th L. s. V. l.; Robert Gage, late captain
Sd Alabama Volunteers.
10 be first Observation-Disclosures Perry,
first sergeant, Troop l., 10th Cavalry; l..
II. Jordan, first lieutenant, X, It'll L. S.
Cavalry; Ebert W. MAIDEN. sergeant f, 9th
Cavalry; Charles II. Robinson, first lied
tenant, 9Th Virginia Vo,s.; James II.
Thomas late first lieutenant. Indiana Vols;
David j. Giimer, late captain, Sd N. c. ".
L.: Robert Brakeman, late first sergeant
H, Sth Ill. Vols; Hamilton H. Blunt, late
first lieutenant. 9th U. S. V. l.; Thomas G.
Butler, late second lieutenant, 9th T. S.
V. l.; Macon Russell late second lieuten-
ant, Sth L. S. V. l.; l.. A. Tillman, late
quartermaster sergeant, 7th L. S. V. l.
To be second lieutenants-A. NJ. Ray, SER
geant, F, 10th Cavalry: Robert L. Cough.
corporal. D, Path Infantry: Wyatt Huff
man, late second lieutenant. Sth L. s. " L.
Beverly Perea, late first lieutenant, 7th U
S. V. l.: Henry F. Walls, commissary SER
geant 9th Cavalry; William Blaney, late
second lieutenant, 10th U. s. v. l.; Horace
F. Wheaton, private, L, 9th Mass Vols. !:
Frederick G. Wilson, private, L, 9th Mass
Vols; George E. Payne, second lieutenant
23d Kansas Vols: Leander w. Hayes, late
sergeant, Sd N. c. Vols; Clifford E. Camp,
bell. late sergeant, Sth Illinois Vols; Ed
ward b. Johnson, 10th Cavalry.
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