The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-04-17


their enthusiasm and feryor.
Charleston is accustomed to large
parades, but that Of yesterday was
handled with more dispatch, good
order and discipline than is usually
to be noted, and there did not seem
| throughout to be any hitch or delay
in the whole matter. Every detail
seemed to have been attended to in
advance and it was indeed the Presi
dents Day and Of the parade.
1t is to be considered that many OF
the men in line had to be brought
from the military station on Sulli-
vans Island; that the war ships i'll
the harbor had to dispatch many OF
their marines: that the North Caro-
| linians had to make Il couple OF miles
| to their station, and so on, but to
| the credit OF the trOOps-all OF them
| be it said that every marine, every
seaman, every cadet, every artillery
man. every militiaman was Ill his
place on time, ready and anxious to
move. When the President 5 car
riage drove to take its place i'll the
| line of march Col. Charles Morris,
| L. S. A., sent his cOrriers along the
line to give the orders for the men to
| be ready to move. and as soon as
| their time came regiment by regl-
ment, battalion by battalion, and
| company by company swung INTO
line for the great triumphal march to
| the Exposition grounds.
NORTH CAROLINA's SOLDIERS
The provisional regiment OF North
Carolina State Troops was in every
way typical of the spirit OF the day.
| The regiment was made up OF sturdy,
military looking young North Caro-
| lnians. Sons OF the men who in years
gone bv fought against the Federal
flag. and who on yesterday wore the
blue that their fathers fought and
carried the flag that their ancest ors
riddled with bullets. Yesterday they
marched as joyfully to the tune Of
Star Spaneied Banner as they did
to Dixie" believing that they and
their fathers had as much claim on
that flag that they helped to make
glorious as did any one else.
The North Ca..olina regiment con
sisted OF about eight hundred men.
commanded as follows:
Colonel Joseph +. Armfield. States
vile: Lieutenant Colonel, George F.
Rutzler, Statesville; Captain and
Adutant r. l.. Leinster, Statesville;
Captain and Quartermaster. +. Nj.
Lindsey, Ashevillc; Chaplain, Dr. X.
f. Caldwell. Winston: Captain b. X.
Hunter. acting surgeon, King : Noun
tain: First Lieutenant r. +. Lee, as
sistant srrgeon;CaptainG oodeC Cheat
ham. assistant surgeon. Henderson.
NOn-commissioned Staff-Sergeant
Major. II. r. Lloyd RpidsvilIp; Hos
ptal Steward, r. f. Boyt. Gastonia
First Battalhon-Major H. G. Bra
cav. Washington. commanding; First
Lieutenant Wiley {. Rodman. Adiu-
tant.
Second Battalion-Major Thos. r.
Robertson. Charlotte, commanding:
First Lieutenant Hal r. Stevens,
Adjutant.
Third Battalion - Ma ior p. T.
Jones. Henderson. commanding;
First Lieutenant J. b. Massenburg,
Adj jutant.
FIRST REGIMENT.
Company ID CharlOtte) = Captain
J. K. Anderson. First Lieutenant r.
l.. Powell. Second Lieutenant K. l..
Skinner.
Company { (Winston)-Captain J
{. Bessent. First Lieutenant W. r.
Bowman.
Company l. acknowledgement Z.
f. Smith, First Lieutenant Joel Hill.
Company | Dmham)-Captain r.
Hackney, First Lieutenant Edward
f. White. Second Lieutenant J. J
Caudlc.
SECOND REGIMENT.
Company acknowledgement
A. F. Adrian, First Lieutenant \. f.
Gillian. Second Lieutenant Geo. p.
james.
Company H OClinton)-Captain &
l.. Peterson. First Lieutenant A. H
Herring. Second Lieutenant l.. NJ
White.
Company | Acknowledgment C.
b. Elliott. Second Lieutenant H. {.
Stokes.
Company q Washington)- Cap
tain +. {. Madison. First Lieutenant
Il. NJ. Potts, Second Lieutenant K. X.
Handy
| THIRD REGIMENT.
Company { (HendersOn)-Capt
W. X. Sturgrs. Second Lieutenant NJ.
H. Stone
Company b (Raleigh)-Captain J.
J, Bernard. First Lieutenant W, J,
Moore. Second Lieutenant W. l..
McGhee
Company f (Oxford)-W. 4. Devin,
First Lieutenant $. W. Minor. Second
Lieutenant Ben Brown.
Company | Observation-Disclosures
r. l.. Boyd, First Lieutenant +. H
Murray. Second Lieutenant l.. &
Ross.
Following came the North Carolina
Naval Reserves, commanded bv Cap
tain W. T. Odds. OF Elizabeth City.
REVIEWED BY THE PRESIDENT.
Arriving ut the Exposition grounds
President Roosevelt and party went
lmmediatelv into the Auditorium and
waited there until the troops had