Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-03-31
SECOND EDITION
GUARD TO REORGANlZE
Order Issued by Col, Townsend
ReaSSigning The Different
Companies,
WITH TWO BATTALIONS
An Entirely New Plan Has Been
Adopted,
IN EFFECT NEXT MONDAY
n. w. Fox Elected Captain OF
Company G.
IN Entirely New Plan Has Been
Adopted.
IN EFFECT NEXT MONDAY
n. w. Fox Elected Captain Of
Company G.
NE DECLINED AND IA OUGAN ELECTED

The members Of the First Infantry,
n q. D., will face an entirely new
proposition next Monday under reor
ranizstion order Just issued, changing
the battalion formation of the regiment
Heretofore the local companies formed
the First Battalion, but under the
new regime the local companies Will
be divided between the two battallons
The following order explains the for
nation under the new plan:
General Orders No. 6.
For the good Of the service, the fol-
lowing reassignment of the companies
of the First Infantry, n. G. d., is
made to take effect at April I'd, 1906,
and all orders conflicting with this are
revoked:
|. The First Battalion will he COM
posed of the lowing companies:
Company G., stationed at State Ar
mory in Wilmington.
Company +, stationed at State Ar
mory in Wilmington.
Company II, stationed at New Oastle.
Company +, stationed at Newark.
The Second Battalion will be com
posed of the following Companies:
Company A. stationed at State Ar
mory in Wilmington.
Company D, stationed at State Ar
mory in Wilmington.
Company B. stationed at Milford.
Company G., stationed at Dover.
II. Major Simeon p. Doherty is
assigned 10 Command of the First Ba-
tallion, composed of Companies c, +,
II and +.
Major J. Warner Reed is ass igned to
Command Of the Second Battalion,
composed Of Companies A, d, B and G..
III. Each battalion commander must
have at least one battalion drill each
month, and permit neither officers nor
men to appear at drill or other oc-
casions Of duty, unless in uniform.
Theo. Townsend,
Colonel lst Inf, n. G. ID.
c. NJ. Dillon,
Captain and Adiutant.
BY an order issued March 9th, J.
Warner Reed Of this city, was ap
pointed major Of the Second Battalion
to succeed Major Boyd, who was made
lieutenant colonel The other appoint
ments contained in this order we're
James NJ. Satterfeld, to be Captain
Herbert NJ Jones, to be 1st Lieut..
and William +. Hoey, Jr., to be q
Lieut., of Company G.
The following order has also been
issued:
Major S. P. Dougherty, lst. Infantry
is hereby relieved from duty as sum
mary court and Captain j. Warner
Reed appointed to succeed him.
The following enlisted men of Com
pany d, have been discharged Sergean
Edward Glissman, Corporal W. A
Prettyman, Corporal ID. Comfy, expira
tion Of enlistment, privates j. p
Knorr and L. Mezick.
Captain George II. Carter Of Co. +
held an election for captain for Co.
last evening. First Lieutenant u. W
Fox was elected, but declined to serve
Second Lieutenant Thomas A. Dugal
was elected and will serve. Captain
Dugan had been assigned to duty i
Co, +, but will be relieved so that h
can attend TO his new duties.
The following dates have been an
nounced in the five-company teal
match shoot for trophy: Monday
April 9th; Monday, April 30th, an
Monday, May l4th. The match vii
he governed by special regulation:
published in a general order from th
adiutant-general' s Office in 1904