The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-12
RIFLES MUSTERED IN
,a1sH COMPANY NOW IN THE
Ne STATE SERVICE.
ruMETS HAVE SIxTY-TWo MEN
oDr.R. INSPECTOR GENERAL,
THE MASTERING OFFICER.

A. Leonard VIII Command
.he RiGes-Sergt. a. c. Common
nm Re First and w. j. KehOe
sooond Lieutenant-PromO in
10 irish Jasper Greens Will Now
In Order-CoI. Obear, Col. WILLY
md cant. COney Leave This Morn
for SwainsbOrO to Muster i'm a
Company.
49,, t-n,met Rifles were mustered into
-, Georgia State Troops at the Regi-
...r.o, Armory last night. Cox w. G.
obs,r inspector general, was the muster
,.- officers. and fifty-eight men were
n-o,n in. Four more are to be enlisted
.. once so that the company begins its
existence with sixty-two members.
= was in the quarters of the Irish Jas
.r Greens that the Emmett Rifles were
r,rstered in. The preparations for the
muster in began shortly before o'clock,
u,ben enlistment blanks were filled out for
che prospective members, all of whom
.rbscribed TO the oath that is exacted for
tUo wears faithful service. Following is
the roll of those received into the service:
lanes Ruane, Robert A. Forehand, Will
liam ]. Leonard, Charles H. Butler, W.
NJ DOYLE. John Vinson, Dan ]. Sheahan,
George F. Kilroy, Edward L. Smith, Will
liam G. Smith, John o. Hare, James ].
Ieacy. John ]. Murphy, Peter McGrath
Frank Skeffington, George Slocum, Will
liam L. Coffee. Ballantyne F. Dohn. A. J.
Fulton, Eugene Stoughton, John ]. Fitz-
natrick. Thomas ]. Mckay, P. ]. Morris
sew. James NJ. Noon, Nicholas Sampson,
John W. Downey, Cornelius Gaffney
Frank 2. Connors, Daniel A. Mahoney,
A. F. Mckay w. P. Powers, Robert H.
Forehand, John j. Dwan, William ].
Connors. William j. Connors, Hugh w.
Rice. Joseph A. Blake, William F. Hen
nessey. W. r. Masters, Thomas A. Fla
herty James F. Furlong, Jr., M. j. Nc
John Kehoe. Jerome Fitzgerald Blake
Cooper Philip A. Meyers, Robert Brad
ley. William NJ. Lanahan, John F. Byrnes,
Henry L. Calder, Alex @. Dunavant, Rich
Lee and Thomas o. Hansen.
Capt E. A. Leonard will command the
Rifles. and his elevation to that position
leaves the first lieutenantcy of the Irish
Jasper Greens vacant. Lieut.. j. F.. Nc
Cdrthy will be promoted to fill the va
cancy. Quartermaster Sergt. Chris. H. p.
Murphy is mentioned for the second lieu
tenantcy to be left vacant by Lieut.. Nc
Carthy
Commissary Sergt A. C. Common of
the First Infantry will be first lieuten-
ant Of the Rifles. He was originally elect
ed to the position of second lieutenant,
Quarlermaster Sergt. Murphy being elect
Ell first lieutenant Sergt. Murphy de-
cned, however and Sergt Common was
voted upon by the officers of the regiment
last night as his successor.
Mr.. W. J. Kehoe will be second lieu
tenant Of the company, having been elect
ed last night. Mr.. Kehoe's military exper-
,ence has been gained by service with the
Irish Jasper Greens.
Col. Obear accompanied by Col. T. S.
Wylly, Jr. and Capt. w. E Coney ad-
jutant will leave this morning for
Swainsboro, where he will muster in the
company that has been organized at that
place The Swainsboro company, like the
Emmett Rifles will be attached to the
First Infantry. Companies at Sylvania
and Mt Vernon, too, will be attached to
the command when organized and mus
tered in.
Within the next few days Col. Obear
viii be back in Savannah. He will begin
his annual inspection of the companies,
commencing with those of the First In
fantry