Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-08

Captain Townshend commands Company G.
the last of the mounted companies to he
dsmounted. This was the first company
IN line In the Porto Rican battalion in the
inaugural parade Saturday.
From District Regiment.
Capt. John M. Field of Company c, the
second officer in point of service in the
regiment, was appointed to the regiment
from the District of Columbia. Capt. Field
was one of the best known officers of the
District regiment of volunteers during the
war with Spain He was quartermaster
and handled an immense amount of prop
erty in connection with the regiments serv-
ice When the District regiment was mus
tered out Capt. Field was appointed "a cap
tain in the 47th Volunteer Infantry and
served two years in the Philip mes. SEEING
the hardest kind of service. He was mad
captain in the Porto Rican regiment in
1901 and was reappointed for a term o.
four years on July l last. Capt. Field
commanded the second company in the
Porto Rican line Saturday.
Capt. Edwin j. Griffith of Company -
commanded the third company in ne Sa,-
urday. Capt. Griffith has Il brilliant rec
ord as volunteer in the Philippines. He
was a captain in the 32d Volunteer Infantry
after service as a captain in a Missouri
volunteer regiment in Cuba. Capt Griffith
was appointed to the Porto Rican regiment
in December, 1901, and reappointed last
July.
Capt. Frank l.. Graham. the rifle expert
is commanding officer of Company of the
regiment. He was a captain in the LIST
District of Columbia Volunteers during the
war with Spain, and was a captain ii the
9th Volunteers during the Filipino insur-
rection, serving with great credit in the
Philippines for two years. He was APP
pointed a captain in the Porto Rican regi-
ment in December, 1901, and reappointed
in 1904.
Capt Emil J. Huebscher, who commanded
the fOIrth in line ga
to his present rank from the ranks of the
regiment. He became first sergeant in
the regiment Immediately after enlistment
and has progressed steadily to his present
rank. He is a native of Ohio and served
in the regular army during the war with
Spain.
Capt. Ralph E. Gambell is a native of
Pennsylvania and commands Company 3
of the regiment. He served with the
Pennsylvania troops during the war with
Spain and entered the Porto Rican regi-
ment as a second lieutenant.
Did Excellent Service.
Capt. Stewart McC. Decker of Company
E has record of excellent service in the
Philippines. Capt. Decker was a member
of Maj Howze's party of the Bath Volun-
teer Infantry which rescued Lieut.. Gill
more from the Filipinos, and he is the first
man of the party that reached Lieut.. Gil
more and his party.
Capt. Miles K. Taulbee of Company H is
a native of kentucky and was appointed to
the Porto Rican regiment from the army.
The junior officers of the regiment with
the battalion which came to attend the
Inauguration are: First Lieut. Richard H.
Poillon, with Company F; First Lieut.. Will
lam S. Woodruff, battalion adjutant; First
Lieut.. VIM. E. Armstrong. with Company
D; First Lieut.. Abram 1. Miller with Com
pany c: First Lieut.. Samuel S. Bryant of
Company G, and Second Lieut.. Jaime
NADIA with COmnanV G. Tiaut Nadal is n
native Porto Rican. The other junior Off
GERS First Lieuts. Frank c. Wood.
William L. Patterson Laurence Angel,
Frank Stephenson and Frank F. Harding.
The four laSt-named officers are in Porto
Rico. The names of the new Porto Rican
second lieutenants are Henry C. Rexach of
Porto Rico, Pedro Juan PARA of Porto
Rico, Eduardo Iriarta of Porto Rico, Teotilo
Marxuach of Porto Rico Eugenio Carlos de
Hestes of Porto Rico. Louis S. Emmanuelli
Of Porto Rico, Pancual Lopez of Porto
Rico
The provisional battalion which attended
the Inauguration here was made up of Com
panies G, c, D and +. The organization
left Porto Rico In the latter part of Feb
ruary on the steamer Arkadia of the P
night of March 3. The men were to have
started on the return journey Sunday night
but a delay was granted in order that the
members of the battalion might see some
thing of Washington. The steamer will
sail tomorrow morning, if nothing prevents.
The clothing worn by the men in the pa
rade Is heavy winter stuff, and was not is
sued to them until just before they disem-
parked in this city