The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-07

unteefS. Will ne mace DN the regular
recruiting officers at all city recruiting
stations and military posts within the
United States
Districts for recruiting designated
regiments are announced as follows. and
recruiting officers will be governed ac-
cordingly:
For the Twenty-sixth regiment.
Plattsburg Barracks, y. Y: the New
England States. excepting Connecticut.
and the portion of the State of New
York north of the 42nd degree of lati-
tude.
For the Twenty regiment.
Camp Meade. Pennsylvania; the State
of Connecticut, the portion of the State
of New York south of the And degree
of latitude. the States Of Maryland,
Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina
and the District of Columbia.
For the Twenty-eighth regiment.
Camp Meade, Pennsylvania; the States
of New Jersey. Pennsylvania and Della
ware.
For the Twentl-ninth regiment, Fort
Mcpherson. Georgia.; the States of
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Ala
bama. Mississippi and Louisiana.
For the Thirtieth regiment, Fort
Sheridan. Illinois; the States of Illinois,
Michigan and Wisconsin.
For the Thirty-first regiment. Fort
Thomas, Kentucky; the States of Ohio
Indiana. Kentucky and Tennessee.
For the Thirty-second regiment Fort
Leavenworth. Kansas; the States of
Iowa Nebraska. Kansas, Missouri, Ar
kansas and Territories of Oklahoma and
Indian.
For the Thirty-third regiment Fort
Sam Houston. Texas; the State of
Texas.
For the Thirty-fourth regiment, Fort
Logan. Colorado: the States of Colorado,
Wyoming. Utah. Minnesota, North Da-
kota. South Dakota and Montana and
the Territories of Arizona and New
Mexico.
For the Thirty-fif regiment, Van
couver Barracks. Washington; the
States of California, Nevada, Oregon.
Washington and Idaho and the Terri
tory of Alaska.
The following officers have been ap-
pointed by the President for the new re-
giments.
COLONIES.
Twenty-Sixth Regiment-Major Ed
mund Rice. Third Infantry.
Twenty Seventh Recommendations
James NJ. Bell. First Cavalry.
Twenty Eighth regiment-Captain Jas.
s. Petit. First infantry, better known
as Colonel of the Fourth lmmunes.
Twenty Ninth Regiment Ed
war. +. Hardin, Colonel of the Second
New York Volunteers in the war with
Spain.
Thirtieth Reg;ment-Captam Cornelius
Gardner. Nineteenth Infantry.
Thirty Second Regiment-Capt. l.. A..
Craig. Sixth Cavalry.
Thirty-Third Regiment Luther
r. Hare, Seventh Cavalry.
Thirty-Fif Regiment-Maj. VIM. A..
Kobee. Third Artillery.
There are two colonels yet to be APP
pointed, who will be assigned to the
Thirty .l-st and Thirty-Fouwth Regi-
ments. The men designated for Lieuten-
ant Colonel of the Thirty Fifth Regi-
ment will organize it and take it to the
Philippines when Colonel Kobbe will as
sumo command.
MAJORS.
First Lieutenant Harry l.. Hawthorne.
Sixth Artillery: First Lieutenant Walter
C. Shost, Tenth Cavalry: First Lieuten>
ant Ed. Anderson Tenth Cavalry
Captain +. NJ. Steele. Eighth Cavalry:
First Lieutenant Albert Laws, Twenty
Fourth Infantry: First Lieutenant Geo.
l. Bryan. First Cavalry: Second Lieu
tenant Joseph Wheeler, IT., Fourth Ar
tillery.
All of these officers have been selected
because Of their distinguished services.
Colonel Bell is veteran of the Civil
War, and was appointed to the army
from Pennsylvania, and was several
times promoted and brevetted. As Ma
jcr OF the First Cavalry he commanded
squadron i'm Cuba and was severely
wounded at Las Quasinas.
Colonel James S. Petit is better
known as Colonel OF the Fourth I'm
munes. He is West Point graduate.
and at one time Professor of Military
Science at Yale College.
Colonel Edward +. Hardin was ap-
pointed to the Military Academy from
Kentucky in 1870. He saw service on
the frontier, was an instructor at West
Point. and at the outbreak of the war
with Spain was made Colonel of the
Second New York Volunteers.
Colonel l.. A. Craig was appointed to
the Military Academy from Missouri
in 1869 served ON the frontier. and was
instructor for four years at West Point
He was appointed Major and Assistant
Adjutant General in May, 1893, AMI
served through the campaign in Porto
Rico.
Colonel Luther II. Hare was appointed
from Texas in 1870, and served with the
Seventh Cavalry on the Western frontier
for twenty-five years. At the outbreak
of the war he was appointed Lieutenant
Colonel of the First Texas Cavalry. and
subsequently made Colonel.
Colonel VIM. A. Kobbe, Third Artil-
lery. served with the New York Volun-
teers for three years during the Civil
War, and was twice brevetted for dis
tinguished services. He has served with
distinction in the Philippines and has
been frequently commended for his ser
vices.
Colonel Cornelius Gardner was APP
pointed to West Point from Michigan in
1869, and served I'm the West and South
west. At the outbreak of the war with
Spain he was made Colonel of the Thir
ty-First Michigan Infantry and went
with it to Cuba.
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