The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-09
Advertiser Bureau.

Selma, Jan. 8.
Company c Of the End Regiment OF the
Alabama National Guard. Known AZ the
Selma Guards. was formally mustered ont
OF service last night by Lieutenant Colo
mel 4. B. May OF Selma. who represented
the state.
An effort to reorganize has already been
made. 1850
The mustering-out occurred in the Sell
ma Guards' armory and nearly all the
members OF the company were present.
Colonel May read the orders from head
quarters. and added a few appropr,ate
remarks. He said he hoped the petition
ior permission to reorganize under the old
name would be granted and that the new
company could be gotten into shape In
ume for participation In the Inaugural
ton Of Governor jerks January 10.
Colonel May then formally took possess
sion Of the arms and accoutrements of
the company.
The meeting OF the members Of the
company last night was of remarkable
enthusiasm. All present seemed to feel
tnat the company would be reorganized
In short time and that the present d4f-
fcuity would not prevent a continuance
Of the success the company has had. Sew
eral speeches were made and little doubt
of the reorganization Of the Selma Guards
was expressed.
The property Of the Guards. such as
the furniture and other fittings in the
armory, was given to Captain w. L..
Quinn. who will be trustee until Com
pany Cs successor Is ready to accept the
property. Captain Quirn was also placed
In charge OF the treasury which contains
nearly 800.
Two handsome silver pitchers which
were won by the Guards in competition
with other companies were presented to
Captain w. L. Quinn and Major Carter.
A portrait of former Captain E. E. APP
person was presented to Private T. H.
Kinney
The petition that company be allowed
to reorganize under the name Selma
Guards was forwarded to the authorities
in Montgomery several days ago, but as
yet no definite reply has been received. II
Is thought. however, that the petition
will be granted.
The mustering-out Of the Guards is re-
GREETED by the whole city. The Guards
were the Oldest company in the city, hav-
ing been organized in 1873. Its member
ship comprised some OF the best known
men in Selma and the company won lau-
rels on many fields.
The following is a list OF the charter
members of the company: ~
oflcers-J. NJ. Dedman. Captain. 8. o.
Trippe, First Lieutenant; T. C. Fergu.
son. Second Lieutenant; J. j. Clements
Chaplain; DR.. ]. P. Furnlss Surgeon; H.
Cassin, Quartermaster. e. H. Hobbs. Or
derby Sergeant; ]. s. Bosworth, Second
Sergeant; NJ. Woolsey, Third Sergeant;
H. Andrews, Fourth Sergeant: l.. b.
Franklin, Fifth Sergeant; George Pierce
First Corporal; e. A. Scott, Second Cor
poral; T. Reese. Third Corporal; j. G.
Norris, Fourth Corporal; L. B. Brazier,
Secretary; J. c. Bender. Treasurer; L. D.
Mullen. Armorer; L. w. Vogel. Drummer.
Members-E. w. Allen. w. w. Baton,
e. NJ. Boggs. D. A. Boyd. C. H. Crane,
z. H. Davidson. c. F. Douthit, H. p.
Edgar, ]. D. English, B. H. Franklin,
c. Gaines. F. s. Hooker. G. Howard, w.
L. Jackson. H. 8. Long. c. Lovelady. L.
r. Mckee, E. Mack, P. Morrissey, B.
Morrow. H. rierce. E. Robbins. ]. Shad-
rick. ]. w. Stillwell. e. e. Stoddard. W.
P. Swift, w. J. Upton, ]. ]. Walker. j.
NJ. White, H. G. williams, @. l.. Waller,
r. C. Allen. e. B. Barker. B. N. Boggs.
e. d. Bowles, J. B. Brown, r. Coe, c. z.
Dennis. D. Crake, NJ. Elias, D. w. Fitz-
patrick. r. ]. Fowler. B. Gay. w. L.
Howell, s. Isadore, r. H. Langford. C.
II. Love, r. H. Mabry, T. M. McConnico,
L. H. Montgomery. John Morrisey. T.
D. Parke. H. A. Reynolds. w. L. Sink.
6. Shearer, H. T. Stone. ]. B. Stone. @.
Swift, r. Tate. ]. F. White. D. Whit
taker. G. L. Woolsey. W. H. Bill.