The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-05-19
John S. Hebden.


Captain George b. Hebden. First
Lieutenant jeremiah j. Sullivan. Sec
ond Lieutenant Walter +. Kingsley.
Company (twenty-nine men)-
Captain Frank II. Hunter, Second
Lieutenant Fred Il. Thurber
Company Il (forty-four men)-
Captain Harry Cutler. Second Lieu
tenant Charles r. Leonard
Non-Commissioned Stan-Sergeant
Major Frank N. Cady. Commissary
termaster Sergeant George A. Man
chester. Hospital Steward Frank Ken
yon, Chief Trumpeter Robert Il. Pa
ton, Color Sergeants Charles A. Tuck
er and Henry A. Johnson.
With the party of the Rhode Island
Executive are many of the most dis
! tinguished men in the State. Among
these are Colonel Frank King. of the
Newport Artillery; Hon. II. Livingston
Beeckman, of Newport. a millionaire
member of the General Assembly:
Speaker Roswell Il. Burchard. State
Senator Ezra Dixon. of Bristol. and
Charles Alexander, OF Providence
The Rhode Island folks are to hear
of the doings of their boys in Rich
mond through the specials" of two
widely-known newspaper men-Wil-
liam II. Mason, of the Providence
Journal and the Evening Bulletin, and
Arthur ID. Holland, of the Providence
Tribune.
In Governor Pothier's immediate Of
fetal family are the following: Exec
utive Secretary, Edward Parson Topie:
Colonies. Ed. a. Sherman, Newport;
Ambrose Kennedy, Woonsocket; Fred
=. Lawton, North Kingston; Emery
j. Sans Souci, Providence: Charles +
Peckham, Providence; Surgeon Cen
eral. Major Howard ID. Wilcox, Provi-
dence; Ordnance Officer, Major Alex.
II. johnson, Providence, First Division
Coast Artillery Corps.
The Providence Visitors.
The personnel Of the Providence
Infantrymen, like that Of the Connec-
ticut Foot Guard and the Blues. rep
resents the finest elias of young men
in the State.
With Governor Weeks. the Connec-
ticut Executive, are Freeman +. Pat
ton, Treasurer of the State; Thomas
ID. Bradstreet, Comptroller; Marcus
III. Holcombe, Attorney General:
George M Cole, Adjutant General, and
others of like prominence.
The First Company OF the Foot
Guard has the following officers:
Line-Major Frank l.. Wilcox, Cap
tain Arthur II. Bronson, Adjutant.
Captain Charles II. Slocum; Lieuten-
ants. Thomas Kimberly. @. F. Bailey,
and Steadman, chief of staff; Captain
b. II. Ingalls,. Captain Howe. surgeon:
Captain Hyde, judge advocate; Cap
tain Ralph Cutler, commissary; Cap
tain Foltze, engineer; Captain E. w.
Hooker, quartermaster; Captain
Charles Newton, assistant Quartermas-
ter; Captain Kent Hubbard, paymas-
ter; Lieutenant Thomas Hooker, and
Major Lewis Il. Chenery. former COM
mandant-
Officers OF Second Company.
Major George S. Hewlett commands
the second company, wSich has the
following officers: Captain Norton r.
Hotchkiss, NJ. D., surgeon; Captain V.
- IN Ill
r. Maurer, chaplain; Captain William
=. Smith, commissary; Captain Ben
jamin Jepson, signal officer: Captain
Herbert l. Evans, United States
Army, Inspector: Captain George A.
Tucker. ordnance officer; Captain Jo-
seph f Fairchild, treasurer; Captain
Ridgley Larkin, quartermaster; Cap
tain John Il. Kennedy, chief OF staff
Lieutenant George g. Woodruff. as
sistant judge advocate; Lieutenant
Edward Mora, adjutant; Lieutenant
Sidney +. Butler, assistant signal Of
ficer; Lieutenant Percy r. Greist.
commanding G Company; Ensign
Morelle +. Cross. commanding G Com
pany; Lieutenant Harry X Lines.
commanding d Company; Captain and
First Lieutenant Albert w. Nation.
commanding a Company: Lieutenant
William J. Sum. secretary (retired) :
Lieutenant stephen p. Cronan. assist
ant inspector.
II was considerably after II O'Clock
this morning before the Connecticut
and Rhode Island boys had sampled
the Virginia breakfast offered them at
the Jefferson, and once the meal was
over they were ready FOR any kind
of trouble" that might be offered.
The first line of entertainment that
came was big automobile ride.
winch took most of the visitors TO
Lakeside. though the young men were
allowed to follow pretty much their
own fancieS. Some preferred to do
the city first before tackling the sub
urbs, while others were content to gel
an hour or SO of quiet in the hotel
Practically every soldier i'm the two
organizations promptly laid i'm a sup
ply OF picture postcards and early in
the gay the younger element was
flooding the letter boxes with these.
The officers of the Providence mill
tary are all quartered at the Jeffer-
son, but the priVates have "A habitat
IN their sleeperS. which are parked
on the Richmond. Fredericksburg and
Potomac tracks on BOwe Street. inst
little above Elba.
All OF the Connecticut "feeters" are
staying at the Jefferson, as are both
of the visiting Governors and the
dashing band OF staff colonies accom-
panying them.
From $3.50 to o'clock this after
noon the visiting military and their
HoStS VIII De given a reception in the
confederate Museum by the ladies of
the Confederate Memorial Literary
society. The receiving party includes
the society's officers, regents and vice
regents.
At the Executive Mansion this eve
ming, when Richmond's public is to
pay it's respects TO the visiting Govero
nors. their staffs and officers, the fol-
lowing will constitute the receiving
party:
Governor and Mrs Mann. Governor
or Connecticut, Governor OF Rhode
Island, Lieutenant Governor and Mrs.
EIIyson' Lieutenant Governor OF Con-
nectlcut, Lieutenant Governor of Rhode
Island, Mayor and Mrs. Richardson. Ad-
Jutant General and Mrs. Sale
Practically all the members of Gov
ernor Mann's staff will attend the func-
tlon' and the cream of Richmond socie-
~ will also be there
Welcome Them with Poem
The following poem, entitled, Wei
come. Aye! Thrice Welcome. Brothers, d"
and written by William Wakefield, viii
De read at the banquet to be given by
the Blues to the visiting soldiers:
Welcome. aye! thrice welcome. broth
OF the grim old Pilgrim stock.