The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-06-29
OF the First Regiment Of ttW
West Virginia National Guard
For Camp.
LOCAL COMPANIES &C
Regiment is to be MUSTERED into
the Federal Service at
Camp Kanawha.

| III tue companies OF the h1fat foft-
mont OF West Virginia National
Guard and It's auxiliary organizations
left the Clarksburg station on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad at 3:t0
o'clock Thursday afternoon for Camp
kanRwha, near Charleston, where the
regiment Is to DO mustered into the
federal service for duty on the Mex
lean border and perhaps in Mexico.
Tho FIRST special train contained
tho MartlnBburg. Terra Alta and
ktngW God companies and tho Pied
mont hospital corps.
The second special bore Companies
and X and tho First regiment
band OF ClarkBburg, and the Buck
hNnnon and Grafton companies.
Tho third special conveyed tho
two Fairmont companies and the
companies from Morgantown and
Llttlcton.
Company B. of Sutton. did not
join the regiment here, having been
taken on special train Thursday
morning from It's home town 10
Charleston over the Coal and Coke
railroad.
Company G, OF Buckhannon. with
Captain Joseph c. Berry command
ing was the first to arrive az the
Clarksburg station, coming at noon
In a special train from Weston, the
regular train from Buckhannon to
Weston having taken II to the latter
place In a special coach. There were
hfty-One men in the company. Cap
tain Berry left Second Lieutenant
Harvey nj Buckhannon for the pur-
pose OF gathering up about twenty
five more men who had not yet re-
ported and following with them TO
Camp KRnawha. Eighteen OF these
men had been working at Akron. o.,
and needed more time to report for
duty than the rest OF the company.
Special trains brought the other
companies to ClarkRburg from Graf
ton. FairmOnt. Kingwood and Mar
tinsburg.
The special train taking the
Clnrkaburg companies and the band
consisted OF four day coaches, one
,omDination baggage and day coach
and three freight cars containing the
equipment and supplies
Headed by the First regiment band
Companies X and A left the formers
armory at 3 o'clock. marched around
West Main street TO Fourth and
thence to the station amidst th-
plauBe Of muir
had hurriedly gathered along the
sidewalks.
There were many touchi...
at the station on the departure OF
the local companies. as wives, sweet
hearts, mothers and even children
bade the Htalwart soldier boys good
bye and God speed on their way to
the frontier to fight for the Star
spangled Banner.
Orders TO entsain were received by
Lieutenant Colonel r. l.. Osborn from
the adJutant general at O'Clock this
morning.
The two local companies were busy
all the morning at the armory ON Sec
ond street, between West Main and
West Pike streets, preparing for their
departure. There was some late re-
cduiting and they moro than seventy
strong each.
Frank j. Welch's order for flags
for the companies for which he had
sent 10 Cincinnati was cancelled on
Wednesday evening under the i'm
preston that the troops were toieaye
Wednesday night.
The regiment will be under the
command Of Colonel c. F. JoIllffe. OF
Knob Fork: and Lieutenant Colonel
X. l.. Osborn, OF CIarksburg. II con
slsts OF the following companies. A.
OF Clarksburg; D, OF sutton; G. Of
Buckhannon; D, of Littleton: r. OF
Grafton; +. OF Martinsburg; G. OF
Kingwood: II and /, OF Fairmont. X.
Of Clarksburg; L, OF Morgantown, NJ.
Of Terra Alta, and the hospital corps
OF Piedmont.
The roster OF Company A Is as fol-
lows:
Alfred B. Powell. captain; J. c. Nc
manaway. NJ. NJ. Alexander. o. r.
Bartlett. w. X. Berry. ]. Bird. II.
NJ. Creighton. I. Collins. ]. r. Cum
ningham, A. j. Dafiin, w. II. David.
son, Q. L. Davis. d. L, Davis l.. A.
Davis, II. q. Deison. G. w. Tokcs. r.
g. Francis, p. B. Candy, N. d. Goe,
ii. ]. Graham, F. c. Graham. p. q.
Hammond, @. Harmon, j. c. Hayes
j. A. Healy, II. w. Henner. II. Hell
mers. f. L. Hess, r. T. Hill, I. W.
Homer. ]. +. Jacobs. George Jenkins.
William Jenkins. w. S. Jenkins. J. r.
Jackson. L. l. Johnson. F. S. Knisley.
i. q. Lindsey, II. E. Lyons. Thomas
Martin. d. N. Moore. II. @. Moore. II.
g. Morgan, c. 7. Morton. L. L. Paint
er. A. II. Powell. c. Powell. \.
Parrish. L. Parrish. J 49,
John Reed. II. Riley. Jr.. II. NJ. Ross.
J. W. Russell, J. j. Seaiae..
Smith. o. j. Shuttleworth. J. H.
strother. II. r. Stoneking. John Stu
art, +. Z. Swisher. Charles Taylor.
II. q. league. d. S. Townsend. Fred
Waldo. Charles weigei. r. NJ. Win
field. Robert Travis, John jackson.
Warner Valentine and Harry Riley.
The roster OF the First Regiment
band x as foliows;
Harvey / Gregory. chief musician:
Jules 4 Fontalne. 5. H. Ledoux.
q, L. Anderson. Ralph clorc. r. l.
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