The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-10
MANY PROMINENT MEN
IN VISITING SOLDIERY
Organizations from New England
Composed of Descendants. of
First Settlers.

Written upon the rosters Of the two
companies of the famous Governors
Foot Guard of Connecticut and the
Rhode Island Light Infantry are names
indelihly associated with the early his
tory, struggles ana triumphs of those
two States. Their ranks are filled with
descendants OF the earliest settlers, men
and women who came over In the May
flower, and the first men to assert their
rights to embrace any faith they chose.
Included in the ranks are doctors,
lawyers, bankers. brokers, State Off
eials and some Of the most substantial
business men in New England
The rosters of the ORGANIZATIONS fol-
First Rhode island Light Infantry, of
Providence.
Band-thief musician, A. l.. Intel
house; chief bugler, +. r. Mucahey;
principal musician. +. II, Scholes drum
major, William Il. Eddy; sergeant.
/ Richard Skuce; sergeant, G. A.
Prouty; sergeant. George Tryon. SER
geant. George Matthewson; corporal,
Howard Sealander; corporal. ID. NJ.
Bs,ileu; corporal q. II. Barker: cor
poral. Clark Brown. Jr,; corporal, Ches-
| ter s. Hood.
Privates-W. s.. Babcock. Frank
I Briggs. Leo Mayer. A. IL Nicholas. C..
A, Nicholas, George Porter. Charles
Selars. Robert Thornton. Frank Il.
Washburn
/ Field and Stan-Colonel, Joseph E.
/ fletcher; lieutenant colonel, Frank w
! Peabody; major. William NJ +. Bowen:
surgeon. Major Charles ". Higgins;
7 adjutant, Captain Walter NJ. Baker;
paymaster. First Lieutenant Foster H
Towsend; quarternaster. First Lieu
tenant Charles Bryce ID. Armour COM
mtasary. First Lieutenant Charles
Fletcher assistant surgeon. First Lieu
tenant Henry ]. Hoye. judge advocate,
First Lieutenant Percy w Gardner;
inspector rifle practice. First Lieu
tenant John A, Gamnlons; assistant
aear.rrnust~r,- ssercrd lieutenant Ba=
vtd J. White; assistant peymaster. Sec
ond Lieutenant John G.. Hchden. assist
ant cofumissary, vacant, chaplain, Sec
( ond Lieutenant Samue! W. Steckel
Nom commissioned Staff-Sergeant-
major. Frank n. Cady; commissary-
I sergeant, John W. Armstrong; quarter
/ ma ster- sergeant, George A. Manches~
+ ter, hospital steward, Herbert G, MIL
! Ter. chief trumpeter. Robert b. Patton:
coior sergeants. Charles q. Tucker and
Henry a johnson.
Roster Company A--Captain, George
! Il. l{elden, nrst lieutenant, Jeremith j.
Sullivan second lieutenant Walter f.
Kingsley. iirst lieutenant, Edmund e
Leman.
sergeants-Joscph n, Bourck, Ed
ward r. Mclaughlin Harry y. de An
geles, James i, Byrnes.
Corporas - Frank r. Schneider,
Charles NJ, ssChteuker. Franklin II.
Grey. Arthur H. iIufnes, Henry w.
Hamilton, William II. 8ezely
Musictans-Ernest II. A. Pierce,
Raymond f. Nichols, Thomas f.
- La
Walter o. Baker. Arthur
A. Brouillet. John G. Ruckiin James
Rurnes, Thomas M Cock Francis
a. Cullen, Dwight NJ. Dickinson. Geo.
Dickinson, Vito n. Famisiietti, Frank
". Gardner, Silverio Giannotti. Ed
win p O. COTE. Alfred /. Hugh.
Geo. r. Lawson. Joseph +. Lawrence.
Frederick Limoges Harry 5, Mann
ing william f. Proffett, Louis Il.
5lInmonds, Arthur =. Small, Arthur
j. Sparks, william r. Cofy Herbert
! A. Daniels, stephen @. Dolby. Daniel
p Douglass, Henry A. Duby, Benta-
min resgeudea. Tudor r. Gross, Ha-
rald J. GFoYs, George II. Grover.
Robert r. Jsdisch, Ernest l.. Lof-
guist, Edward ID. McGinn. Michael
w Norton, Elan ". Olney. ornam
L. Pact. Jr.. Edwin e. Perthel, Sam
T uef j. Pierce. Henry K. Potter, Wal
ter y. Reese. Walter Smith. Norris
Steiner. Clarence G. Thomas. r. II.
! Terren. Howard n. Townsend. John
/ II. Townsend.
Company D--f,a plain. Frank II.
4 Hunter, first lieutenant. Fred :.
cornstock: second lieutenant. Fred
Z b. Thurberi first lieutenant. Law
/ renee v, Calder
II ergrants-~Ad dison A. Hamilton.
Elias Carpenter, Elwin J. Kenyon.
Gorporals---s William \, Wood. John