The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-03-22
COAST


WASHINGTON, March 21.-Under the
army reorganization law, which provides
for an increase of 20 per cent. for the ar
tillery arm of the service. an order has
been issued organizing twelve companies
of coast artillery in addition to those now
in service. The number of these companies,
the place where organized and the officers
assigned to each are as follows: Eighty
third, Fort Hamilton, N. Y, Capt. Warren
Newcomb, Second Lieutenant Gordon Rob
inson. Eighty-fourth, Fort Hamilton, N.
Y, Capt. Oscar A. Straub, Second Lieu
tenant Richard Furnival. E~ighty-ffth. Fort
Wadsworth, N. Y, Capt. George w. Cat
chell, First Lieutenant Malcolm Young,
Second Lieutenant John A. Berry. Eighty
sixth. Fort Wadsworth, N. Y, Capt. AL
fred Nj. Hunter. Second Lieutenant Hugh
NJ. Dougherty. Eighty-seventh, Fort Slo-
cum, N. Y, Capt. Edwin f. McGlacklin,
jr, First Lieutenant Laurence G. Brown.
Second Lieutenant William Tidball.
Peyton c. March. First Lieutenant Albert
G.. Jenkins, Second Lieutenant Arthur III.
Bryant. E~ighty-ninth, Fort Banks. Mass,
Capt. Sidney s. Jordan. Second Lieutenant
William s: Browning: Nintieth, Fort Nc
Henry, Nd, Capt. Wilmot f.. Ellis, First
Lieutenant Marcellus G.. Spinks, Second
Lieutenant Dennis H. Currie. Ninety-irst.
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Z. Martin, First Lieutenant Robert r..
Wyllie. Second Lieutenant Wilbur Will
ing. Ninety-second, the Preside of San
Francisco. Capt. Edward Davis, Second
Lieutenant Guy L. Carleton. Ninety-third,
Fort Stevens. Ore, Capt. Nj. X. Barron,
Second Lieutenant Alden +. Brewster.
Ninety-fourth Fort Flagler, Wash. Capt.
Eugene T.. Wilson, Second Lieutenant Ray
mond S. Pratt. There are several vacancies
to be filled. as three officers are to be as
signed to each company.
These additional companies are to be
filled by transfers from other companies
and recruited up to 113 men and will be
organized as former batteries of siege ar
tillery were organized. An additional ar
tillery band will be organized by the COM
harding officer of Fort Columbus, New
York harbOr, and Will be designated as the
Eighth Band, Artillery Corps.
The quartermaster's department has beer
preparing plans and will soon advertise
for construction of quarters to be occu-
points at which additional quarters are &c
be constructed are Fort Revere, Boston
harbor; Fort Mansfield and Fort Wright
Long Island sound, and Fort Miley, Sar
Francisco. quarters for one company Of
artillery each; al Sullivan's island, Charles
ton, s. G, and Fort Columbia, at the mouth
of Columbia river. Washington, quarters fol
two com panies each. As soon as condemna.
be constructed at Fort Casey and Fort
\ Worden. Puget sound, Washington.
Troops are now stationed at S~ullivan's
island in rented quarters. The other posts
no doubt will be occupied by the new com.
panies TO be organized. The buildings TO ot
erected will consist of barracks, officers
quarters, hospital, administration buildings
noncommissioned staff quarters, guard.
houses. storehouses, bakery, shops and
minor buildings. To meet the expenditure.
for these new buildings, as we'll as 70.
buildings at other points, an appropriation
or S1.000.0 900 was made in the sundry civil
APPROXIMATION act.