Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-10-05
Organization of Military Depart.
ment Of A. and M. College.
APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS.
Dress Parade to BIO Given on Friday After
noons-The Pas. Year the Most Prosper
GUS in History of North Carolina Rail-
roads No Football Game To-day on Ac-
count of Inability of Bingham School
Team to Play More Ton Cont Cotton.

Raleigh, N. c., Oct. 4.-The military
department of the A. and NJ. College
organized permanently this week, and
the officers for the year have been APP
pointed. The various officers took
charge of the men in their charge Mon
day afternoon. The officers appointed
were made after due consideration of
their htness etc., and the selection is
an excellent one. The battalion will
soon have dress paradeS on some FRI
day afternoons and the public is always
cordially invited to go out. The organ
ization completed is:
Commandant-Capt. Phelps, U. S. A.
Major-F. w. Bonitz. Wilmington.
Commissioned Staff-First Lieutenant
and Adjutant, e G.. Crutchfield.
First Lieutenant and Quartermaster
"A. M. Bowden.
Non Commissioned staff-B. N. Sui
Ivan. Color Sergeant; w. p. Craig,
Sergeant Major
Company officers in direct command ::
First Captain. Company AVN. D.
Faucette, Halifax. N. c.
First Lieutenant-W. Il. Pate.
Second Lieutenant-W. l.. Craven.
First Sergeant-B. ]. Brown.
Sergeants-Welsch, Clark. A. L.
Gardner.
corporals-Carter, Gidney. Cornwall,
Clement. Grlmesley.
Second Captain, Company DIV. S.
Sturgill, Sturgill. N. c.
First Lieutenant-B. V. Wright.
Second Lieutenant-C. A. Nichols.
First Sergeant-J. N. Saunders
Sergeants-Moseley, Cochran, Kene-
dy. I,heinhardt.
WagstaT. Barlow, Lytch,
Owen.
Third Captain. Company BIS. o.
Lougee Durham, N. G.
First Lieutenant. L. McKinnon.
Second Lieutenant-C. II. Mcqueen.
First Sergeant-R. T.. Snowden.
Sergeants-Fcrebee. Boseman, Nc
Donald, Boney.
CorporalS-Creech, Ferguson, Pate.
Wildly.
Fourth Captain. Company &C. w.
Davis, Greensboro. n. C.
First Lieutenant-J. j. Lilies.
Second Lieutenant-W. O. Bennett.
First Sergeant-V. Y. Moss.
Sergeants-Culbreth, Gates, Howard,
Shuford.
corporals-Di Guntcr, Newton,
Hedrick.
Band Captain-F. II. Barnhardt, Nor
wood. n. c.
Drum Major-W. D. Briggs( rank of
captain).
First Lieutenant-B. o. Hood.
First Sergeant-NIorson.
Second Sergcant-C. Watson.
Chief Trumpeter-Robeson.
Principal Musician-E. O. Smith,
Assistant Principal Musican-AIder-
man.
commissioned officers are taken from
the senior class: others are taken from
the Junior and sonhomore classes.
PROSPEROUS YEAR FOR RAIL
ROADS.
Clerk Brown, of the CORPORATION Com
mission, is now busily engaged with
the preparation of the Commissions re-
port which will be issued about jan
uary.
Though the statistical part OF the
ri 1n nt vat frt-
to give the figures. enough is known to
make ii certain that the report will
show the past year to have been the
most prosperous in the history of North
Carolina railroading.
NO FOOTBALL TO- MORROW
On account of the inabilit'- of several
of the best men on the Binoham School
team to play. the game scheduled to
be played here tomorrow with the A.
and NJ. team has been declared off. a
telegram to this. effect was received by
the manager of the y. and NJ. team last
night.
On next Wednesday, however, at the
Central Carolina Fair In Greensboro n
match game will be played between the
A. and NJ. College of this city, and
Guilford College.
On the day following Uhe 4th) the
A. and NJ. team will play Oak Ridge at
Oak Ridge.
The management of the A. and M.
team has arranged game with the
eleven from the Virginia Polytechnic
Institute during the week of the State
Fair.
Though only five of last years team
are back at the a. and NJ. this year.
the college will have n very strong
eleven this year. There is much fine
material among the new students.
MORE TEN CENT COTTON.
Cotton yesterday again sold on the
streets here for ten cents. 1t is very
certain to go even higher. There were
sold on the market here ia bales.
Superintendent Moses. of the city
graded schools. reports the enrolment
of 1900 white children and 500 negroes.
The first football game of the season
will be played here on Friday between
the Agricultural and Mechanical Col
lege and Binghams School team, of
Mebane.