The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-05
REGIMENTS NEW OFFICERS.
TWO MAJORS AND TWO LIEUrEN-
ANTS CHOSEN.

A. O'Byrne Elected Maiors-AIl
Field officers to Be Formally
Elected Jan. 14-List of Members
of the Emmett Rihes-C. II. III. MUIR
ply and A. C. Common to BE Lieu
tenants of the New Company.
other New Companies at Swains-
boro, Guyton and Mt. Vernon
A meeting of the officers of the First
Regiment was held last night at the Ar
mory, Col. T. S. Wylly, Jr., presiding.
The first business taken up was with ref
erence to the new local company, the
Emmett Rifles, that is to be commanded
by Capt E. A. Leonard, now first Heuter-
ant in the Irish Jasper Greens.
1t was announced that the Committee
on Lieutenants for the company was
ready to report, and Capt. Leonard re-
ported that the committee had agreed
upon Quartermaster Sergeant c. p. H.
Murphy for first lieutenant and upon Com
missary Sergeant A. C. Common for sec
ond lieutenant. Both these gentlemen are
now on the regimental staff. Sergt
Murphy served in the Spanish War With
the Greens as sergeant and is splendid
soldier. &c. too, is Sergt. Common, who
was in the One Hundredth and S:xtleth
Indiana Regiment during the Spanish
War, and who was formerly lieutenant
in a company in Indiana. Their election
to the lieutenancies in the new company
was unanimous, and the officers expressed
satisfaction in the choice that was made
by the committee
The following list of members Of the
Emmett Rifles was sent to the Office of the
Adjutant General in Atlanta last night,
and it is probable that their muster in
VIII be ordered by the Governor for Jan
H. when Col w. G. Obear, inspector,
general will be here to act as mastering
officer:
j. F. Furlong, C. C. McEvoy, F. H.
Hall, Blake Cooper, Robert Bradley, T.
O. Hanson, j. j. Murphy c. j. Hanson,
R O'Donovan, John c. Sheahan, w. H.
Reynolds, Nicholas Sampson William
Neronee, J. Dwan, Timothy Keene r.
Flaherty, j. j. Corish, w. T. Hennessey,
George Slocum, w. H. Dyer, j. j. Leacy
d. j. Sheehan, c. o. Neve e. F. Zealy
D. H. Mahoney, j. Gallagher, T. P
Reynolds James NJ. Noone, T. o. O'Neil,
j. w. Downey, ]. L. Byrnes j. Ruane
H. A. Jordan, A. Q. Donovan T. A.
Powers, w. P. Powers, James Fernandez
John O'Hare, William Lee, A F. Mckay
Thomas Mckay, John Hinson, Jerome
Fitzgerald, w J. Leonard, D. NJ. Leon
ard, William O'Hare, Frank Connors.
meeting of the new company will be
held in the quarters of the Greens at the
Armory on Monday night, and Capt
Leonard wants all who care to become
members to attend. He is anxious TO Sc
cure sixty good men.
Col. Wylly announced that Mr.. James
Neidlinger had completed a roll of men,
bers for company at Guyton, and that
Mr. c. H. Thompson had done the same
at Swainsboro in Emanuel county, both
companies having more than forty mem
bers. Mr. Neidlinger will be captain Of
the Guyton company, and MIR. Thompson
of that in Swainsboro, in all probability
These rolls went to Atlanta last night
with that of the Emmett Rifles.
But one company is yet to be complet-
ed and Col Wylly has assurance from Mr.
W. B. Kent, at Mount Vernon, that he
has almost completed the roll of the COM
pany that is to be formed in that place
The four companies that We're desired to
take the place in the regiment that was
left by the withdrawal of the Savannah
Volunteer Guards Battalion are thus
practically secured.
After the meeting of the regimental Off
GERS, one of the battalion officers was held,
Maj. w. l.. Grayson presiding. COM
mittee was appointed to look into the
question of quarters for the Emmett
Rifles in the armory and it will report
next Monday week The battalion officers
then resolved themselves into meeting
of the line officers of the regiment, Capt
P. F. Gleason of the Greens presiding
A letter from Capt. c. H. Richardson.
Withdrawing from the nomination for ma
jor, was read, this action upon the part
of Capt. Richardson having been forecast
ed by the Morning News. Capt. Glea son
then left the chair and nominated Capt
Henry Kolshorn for major which nomi-
nation was sustained unanimously. Capt
Kolshorn will made an excellent
battalion commander, having long been
German Volunteers for years and was
captain in the First Georgia Regiment
during the Spanish War.
Capt. c. H. Konemann then nominated
Capt. NJ. A. O'Byrne, formerly adjutant
OF the First Regiment, to be major, and
his election was also unanimous. Capt.
Gleason, Capt. Konemann and Capt. G..
A. Gordon were appointed a committee
to wait upon the gentlemen and notify
them of their election. The formal cleo
ton of all the field officers will be held on
Jan. IA. Maj Grayson is now the only
one in the place he is to retain.