The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-24
The NBW BRIGADE
AND ITS COMMANDER.
1T Is EOH iSNlG 'nlGR GESERAf- WI
LIE JONES OFF iOLUMBit.
The :i~<lsrs lssu@sl--Heii vsd tI:st the
app,inJlnent VIII Give General
Satisfaction t. she Nilitia
of the State.
THE State.

The State militia now has. z brig
| ade organization for the fret tune
since the reorganization of the State
troops ID 1898, aid also has brig
| ade general to command it. The
governor and the adjutant general
have met and the following order
establishing the new brigade has
been issued bearing the signature
| of the commander.in chief:
General Order, NJ. II.
Paragraph l. The Infantry branch
of the State now composed Of three
regiments, having reached that de-
gree of progress and efficiency since
the reorganization, commenced and
completed by the present admins
tratiun of the military department..
1t is found necessary for the contln
ued enhancement of the service that
brigade of infantry be at once
formed.
Paragraph 2 1t is therefore Or
derei that from and after the pro-
mulgatiou of this order that the first,
second aud third regiments of lnfan-
try will compoee a brigade to be
known as ''the FIRST Brigade of In
fantry, South Carolina Volunteer
Troops"
Paragraph 3 The disposition and
assignment of compsnies composing
the regiments OF said brigade will be
duly assigned and notification of
same in general orders will be for
warded to all commanding officers
from these headquarters Immediate
ly on completion of the annual in
spections now in progress.
By order of the commander-ln-
chief. j. W. Floyd
Official: A. & I. Genl.
ID. Frost, A. A. & l. Genl.
Shortly after the order creating
the brigade was issued the COM
mander in chief promulgated the fol.
lowing order appointing Col. Willie
Jones, the popular commander OF
the Second regiment, as brigadier
general of the new command:
General Order No IL.
In pursuance Of General Order
No. II, establishing brigade of in
fantry, Col. Willie Jones, of the Sec
ond regiment infantry, is hereby ap-
pointed brigadier general of said
brigade and will be obeyed and re-
spected accordingly.
By order of the commander in chief.
Nj. B. McSweeney, Governor.
j. w. Floyd, Adjt. & Ins. Gen.
Official:
ID Frost, A. A. & |. Gen.
Gen. Willie Jones, the new brigade
commander, is too well known in
South Carolina to require detailed
account Of his personal or military
career. He was until now the
ranking regimental commander in
the State militia, with which he has
been identified nearly all his life.
He is extremely popular in military
circles throughout the State. When
the war with Spain came on Col.
Jones went to the front as command
or of the second South Carolina regi
ment, and remained in charge of that
regiment during its service in Cuba.
He has since been the colonel of the
Second South Carolina regiment OF
the volunteer State troops. His ap-
pointment will no doubt give gene
raj satisfaction, and more so as the
field commander of the State troops
will be located at the capital in close
touch with the governor, who is COM
msnder in chief, and the adjutant
generals Office.
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