The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-02-18

came Il major general in the course Of
q few months and lieutenant general in
July, 1853.
On the 9Th Of September, after having
thoroughly fortified Ship Point, the regi-
nent was moved To Cocklestown, six
miles distant from Yorktown, and nine
miles from Bethel. On the 9th OF Sep
tomber, Mr.. John w. Baker. Jr, present
Cd a flag to the regiment in behalf OF
the ladies of Fayetteville, in whose homo,
the camp was then named Camp Fay
ettnvile." Upon the flag the word
''Bethe" was inscribed. in accordance
with the resolution of the State Con-
ventian.
On the 21st of September Lieutenant
Colonel Lane was elected Colonel Of the
Twenty eighth Regiment then being or.
gained at High Point An election for
lieutenant colonel to fill the vacancy
resulted i'll the election Of Captain Jos
elsh r. Starr. or Company +. The new
licuten1nt-c0lonel, was Il native of Fay
ctcyilIe; educated at Middletown Acad
envy. Conectincut: an adventurous yisi-
tor to California at the age of seventeen:
and a prosperous wholesale merchant in
his native town at the outbreak of the
war. He WAS described at the time as
"a rigid disciplinarian. but loved and
respected by his company
The field Ulcers were now rs follows;
Colonel, Charles G.. Lee; Lieutenant Col
onel. Joseph 3. Starr Major, Robert +.
Uoke. In addition TO the staff officers
named in the first part Of this article,
j. b. F. Boone had become Quarte1-
master; and after him, Lieutenant r. B.
Saunders, OF Company y.
Changes were made in company Off
GERS as follows:
Company A.-After the Battle of Beth
81, CAPTAIN Bridgers was made Leuteh-
AIT Colonel of Heavy Artillery doth
Regiment y. e. Troops though resign
ing shortly afterwards On the 7th OF
September. First Lieutenant Whitmel
=. Lloyd was made Captain; Junior
Second Lieutenant, W. G.. Lewis, was
made First Lieutenant; and Kenneth
Thigpcn, Junior Second lieutenant
Company B.--Cal,tain Williams was
arI cinted by the Secretary OF the Tr as
ury Produce Loan Agent Tor North
Carolina. ard resigned. First Lieutenant
Owens Aecame captain; the other lien
tenants went up one grade; and Juliius
French became Junior Second I.ieuten-
ant.
Company F.-An election was held on
SeITembor Both to supply the vacancy
caused by the promotion OF CAPTAIN
Starr. The next three officers went UP
one grade each and Orderly Sergeant
| Benjamin Rush, Jr., was elected Junior
Second Lieutenant
Company G.-Second Lieutenant John
4. Dickson died Of pneumonia shortly
before the regiment was disbanded. and
Corporal NJ. n. Armfeld was elected
To- succeed him.
Company I.-Captain Bell resigned
August 81, 1851. Second Lieutenant
Francis NJ. Parker was elected to sue
ceed him and Carr f. Corbett was elec;-
ca Junior Second Lieutenant On the
10th Of October. Captain Parker was
elected Colonel Of the Thirtietil Regi.
nent, and First Lieutenant NJ. T. Whit
aker became Captain.
Company k.-Upon the promotion on
September Sd Of Second Lieutenant K
T. Hoke to be Major, Orderly Sergeant
William r. Edwards became Junior Sec
ond Lieutenant. Subsequently, Second
Lieutenant Sumner appears to have re-
signed (g) when Lieutenant Edwards
became Second Lieutenant and Sergeant
Albert Sidney Hayes succeeded hijQ as
Junior Second Lieutenant.
There were no changes i'll the cfhel
companies.
While the regiment was at Camp
Fayetteville, in September a me<3 ing
of the officers was held, of which Gap
tain G. VI. Avery was chairman and
Lieutenant Richardson Mallet was sec
rotary. to protest against a propo Stion
to change the name Of the regiment.
The proceedings of the meeting viii be
found in the appendix TO this article.
On the Sth OF October the regiment
was moved to Camp Rains. four miles
distant from Camp Fayetteville: on the
10th TO Bethel Church; on tine oath to
Yorktown: on the 25th hack to Bethel
Church, and on the 1St Of November 10
Yorktown. On the Sth 9th and 18th
u November, attachments Of four com
lanies each left Yorktown for Richmond,
where the regiment was mustered out
Of service on the 18th. and returned 20
North Carolina by the 18th.
STRENGTH OF THE REGIMENT
Moorc'S Roster gives l 1856 az the TO.
til number Of officers and men in the
Bethel Regiment" There must have
been many moro than that. for there
were twelve companies IL it, and the
newspapers of the day reported the
ranks as being very full. The records
Of the Fayetteville independent Eight
Infantry, which served as Company II
Of this regiment, show 119 as the number
serving IN that company. whereas the
Roster gives the names Of but l05. The
same rate or error IN the rest of the
regiment would give total OF 1887.
\ TRAINING SCHOOL FOR OF
FICERS.
The Ffrst Regiment has been describ-
cd as 4 nursery or training school for
officers. Two circumstances, the one
growing out Of the ether, made it so.
viz: its unique personnel and its short
term Of service. The companies com
posing it had volunteered immediately
upon the receipt Of Mr.. Lincoln's proc
lanation aud for the long term of service
prescribed by the existing State law.
But the State authorities limited its ser
vice TO SIX months CHI Il proceed
ing due it is believed, TO their recogni-
ton OF the remarkable character OF its
rank and file How far the view de-
scribed was justified by the result, will