The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-02
OFFICERS WERE ELECTED.
-, THE COMMANDS IN THE STATE.
VOTED YESTERDAY.

r3o,.ct Named Mt Preliminary EIec-
| ,ions Went Through with All Com
,nonds-FieId Officers for the First
tnfnntry. First Cavalry and Naval
Utlttfa All Voted for in Savannah
u.,nIts of These EIectiOns-Com-
ronies Held Their Elections in
their Quarters-Ofiicers who Were
rbosen and the FreehOIders Who
presided.
ll.clons for commissioned officers in
.5scaorgia State Troops were held by all
brar. hes of the service in Savannah last
rg5r Throughout the state such cleo
..ors were held either during the day or
otr4ht. the law passed by the last Leg
..lure making it obligatory that the
military commands be given a fresh op-
oerunitv to indicate whom they wanted
as officers.
No surprises were sprung in Savannah.
A, the elections passed off as had been
evpaoted In nearly every instance the
commands had indicated their choice sew
eral days before, and these predictions
uarr adhered to in the legal election. Ii
u,s we'll known that there would not be
contests. and the votes received by the Of
f.a- were complimentary.
COL George T. Cam and Capt RObert
r. Gaillard superintendent the election for
f,lJ officers of the First Regiment Infan-
r, The result was a full vote of Savan-
n,a officers for the following:
colone-Col. A. r. Lawton.
Lieutenant Colonel-Col. T s. Wylly, Jr
Major First Battalion-Maj. w. L. Gray
son.
Major Second Battalion-Maj. Thomas
Screven,
Major Third Battalion-Mai Ernest
Dart.
The election of field officers was held in
the officers quarters at the regimental
ernlory. the line officers voting. The cleo
lions for company officers were held in
the quarters of each command.
Company L, the Irish Jasper Greens,
Can't. John FIannery, Mr. James McGrath
and MIR e. ]. Kennedy, freeholders SUI
perintendents, reelected Capt. p. F. Glea-
SON First Lieutenant E. A Leonard and
Second Lieutenant J. f. Mccarthy.
Company NJ. the Republican Blues,
judge Philip NJ. Russell and Mr.. c. a.
AdTmeISI%ln, SuptTluteLututS eicC'Su
Capt. NJ. Ed Wilson, First Lieutenant 10
sfph NJ Dreyer and Second Lieutenant
George j Barthelmess.
Company X, the Savannah Cadets Col
j F. Brooks, Lieut.. Walter E. Coney and
Mr. R. p. Lowell, superintendents. re-elect-
ed Capt j. T. West, First Lieutenant J.
S Tyson and elected Second Lieutenant
George Richter.
Company H, the German Volunteers,
Justice G. z. Bevans, Mr.. C. H. Harms
and Mr.. II. F. Lubs, superintendent, re-
elected Capt. c. II. Konneman, First Lieu
tenant J. D. Helmken and Second Lieu
tenant r. w. Baughn.
Company I, the Oglethorpe Light Infan-
Try Judge Robert Falligant, Mr. c. F.
Law and Mr.. l.. A. Mccarthy. superin-
tendenis, reelected Capt. G. A. Gordon,
First Lieutenant D. c. Barrow and Sec
oud Lieutenant J. H. Butner
Company A, the Savannah Volunteer
Guards, J. Randolph Anderson, John W.
Fretwell and W. B. Stubbs superintend-
cuts, reelected Capt. James NJ. Rogers,
First Lieutenant r. M. Screven and Sec
ond Lieutenant r. NJ Hitch.
Company B, Savannah Volunteer Guards,
Wariug Russell, Jr., and Edgar f. Whit
comb superintendents, elected Capt Will
liam b. Stephens First Lieutenant r. G.
Tunno and Second Lieutenant Edward f.
Lowell, Jr
Company c, Savannah Volunteer
Guards, H. E. Wilson and Jacob Cohen,
superintendents, reelected Capt ]. Ferris
Cam First Lieutenant F. c. Wilson and
Second Lieutenant Walter p. OFT.
Company D, Savannah Volunteer
Guards. NJ. S. Baker and John NJ. Hogan,
superintendents, reelected Capt. Henry
Blum, Jr, First Lieutenant Wright Hun
ter and Second Lieutenant W l.. Pritch-
ard
Three companies of the regiment, those
forming the Third Battalion, to the COM
mand of which Maj. Ernest Dart of Bruins
wick was elected, are not in Savannah
One is at Waynesboro, Company Z, of
which Capt w. A. Wilkins is in command
" is probable he was chosen as his own
success Such, also, was probably the
case Statesboro, where Capt. w. H.
Bitten is in command of the Kel Rifles
Company f. AT Brunswick contest was
expected, Captain-elect Jack Styles and
Capt. Dunn both being claimants of the
pr culinary election in the Brunswick
Rifles, Company G..
company B had a much larger number
OF Vote@ than any of the other com anie5
ot the Second Battalion. The vote in all
The companies in this battalion was rather
lglfsaT than bOu