Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1917-10-04
DTBAND Home GUARDS FORM One REGIMENT
First, Second and Fourth virginia
Made Single Unit at Camp MIC
Clellan.

As was stated in yesterdays Ga
zette, Virginia's three infantry Nat
ional Guard organizations, known az
the First, Second and Fourth Regi-
ments, the former including the Alex.
andria Light Infantry, have beer
swallowed up in the War Depart.
ment's army reorganization plans
and as State units they have ceased
to exist.
The First, Second and Fourth Reg
iments have been merged into the
One Hundred and Sixteenth Infantry
of the Fifty-eighth Brigade, Blue and
Gray Division, otherwise known as
the Twenty-ninth Division.
Colonel Robert +. Leedy. of Luray,
commander of the Second Virginia
Regiment, and Lieutenant Colonel
Samuel R. Miller, of Front Royal,
also of the second, will command the
enlarged regiment. These two off,
GERS are the seniors of their rank in
the Virginia Brigade.
Other officers designated for duty
with the new regiment are as fol
lows: Major-John F. Bright, of the
Richmond Grays, First Regiment;
George o. Leach, of the Second Regi-
ment; Stanley w. Martin, of the
First Regiment. Captains William
A. Stack, of Richmond; A. D. Burn
ham, Lynchburg; G. NJ. Alexander,
Lynchburg; S. e. Waller, Front
Royal; L. G. Figgat, Roanoke; w. B.
Davis, Petersburg; R. \. Conrad,
Winchester; Gunyan NJ. Harrison,
Fredericksburg; ]. w. Wright, East
Radford Samuel R. Millar, jr, Front
Royal; C. R. Underwater, Roanoke;
j. E. Asst, Stauntcn; Roland Thorp,
Norfolk; Howard NJ. Raines, Dan-
vile; Hierome L. Opie, Staunton, and
James L. Mitchell, Norfolk.
In addition to these officers, forty
first lieutenants and thirty second
Iieutenants will be assigned to the
One Hundred and Sixteenth Regi-
ment.
No mention is made of what will
become Of those officers who have not
been designated for duty with the
expanded regiment. Colonel William
j. Perry, of Staunton, and Lieutenant
Colonel Robert E. Craighill, of
Lynchburg, commanded the First Vir-
ginia Regiment, and Colonel Edward
E. Goodwin, of Emporia, commanded
the Fourth Virginia Regiment. 1t is
interesting. to note that Colonel Mil
lar and Captain Millar, who will serve
in the new regiment, are father and
son.
The. expanded regiment Is composed
of most of the enlisted men of the
Second and First Regiments, with a
few who were in the Fourth Regl-
ment Enlisted men who were not as
signed to the One Hundred and Six
teenth Regiment will be transferred
to the depot brigade and other units
at Camp Mcclellan.
The organization of the One Hun
dred and Sixteenth Infantry com
pletes the brigade under Brigadier-
General Charles D. Gather, the One
Hundred and Fifteenth Regiment
having been organized several Gays
ago, with Colonel Charles NJ. Little,
of the First Maryland Regiment, and
Lieutenant Colonel Milton A. Record,
of the Fifth Maryland Regiment, m
command. Colonel Washington Bowie
who commanded the Fifth Maryland
Regiment, was relieved of duty 20
take command of the One Hundred
and Twelfth Artillery.
General Gathers brigade Will IN
clude a machine gun battalion COM
manded by Major D. ]. Markey, OF
the First Maryland Regiment. i
News that the Virginia units had
gone out of existence will be received
with sincere regret. However, it ap-
peacs that it is the intention to keep
most of the men from this State TO-
gether, but it will be impossible to
avoid assigning certain of the sol
diers to units in which they will be
among strangers.