The Robesonian., 1917-10-18
MEN OF 21sT co. SWORN IN
Men Selected for Home Guard
Sworn in and Elect Officers
!
Major j. B. Malloy Elected
Captain.

AISC company, North Carolina Reserve
militia, met at the court house Tues
day morning, were mustered into SER
vice by Chairman H. E. Stacy of the
county council of defense, and elected
the following officers: Major J. B.
| Malloy of Parkton, captain; c.. V. +
brown OF Lumberton, first lieutenant;
w. y. Bennett of Maxton, second lieu
tenant. Commissions will be issued
to the officers by the Governor.
Members of the county council
II. 3. Stacy and A. E. White of Lum-
berton, A. J. McKinnon of Maxton,
A. R. McEachern of St. Paul, DR.. j.
l. Mcmillan OF Red Springs, J. B. Nc
Cofmick Of Parkton, J. S. Oliver of
Marietta met Tuesday with the men
they had selected at a meeting on the |
9Th inst. to perform their last duty
in connection with the company Their
duty was to swear in the men and
> conduct the election of officers
Officers were elected by ballot On
ly those who had received some mill
, tary training were considered for Of
, ficers. The following were placed in
nomination for captain: C. V. Brown,
who attended military school; Ma
jor J. B. Malloy, for long time cap
tain of the Lumber Bridge military
company, who has done more perhaps
than any other man in the county to
keep the company alive, who served
! with the company on the Mexican
border and was there promoted to
the rank Of major; w. o. Bennett,
e who received military training at the
4 A. and E. college and was formerly
3 captain of the Goldsboro company; T.
T A. McNeill, Jr., who received military
'. training at school
e Major Malloy tried to have his
1 nomination withdrawn on the ground
y that the captain ought by all means,
/ he said, to be in Lunlberton, since
n Lumberton is headquarters of the COM
! pany. But the majority Of the men
5 thought other considerations out
IS weighed his argument and Malloy re
= ceived majority of the votes on the
p first ballot, which resulted as follows
le Malloy %, McNeill 8, Brown 6, Ben
nett 2. Brown and Bennett were elect
ed first and second lieutenants, re-
spectively, by acclamation.
Similar companies have been or
ganized ia every county in the State
II under the Governors recent call tt
- take the place of the nation guard ano
,r they will be subject to call for duty
by the Governor at any point IN thu
IL State. The main object is fer then
to protect women and children ane
preserve law and order in their owl
III counties. Those selected for this du
as ty by the county council at their meet
en- ing on the 9th were: c. V. Brown,
~ S. McNeill, w. P. McAllister, Jess
u. McCallum, T. A. McNeill, Jr;, Franl
he A. Wishart, L. B. Townsend, E. L
~. Hamilton, Alf. H. Mcleod, A. T. Nc
81 Lean, J. A. Sharpe -Lumberton
ps Wade Lamb, Lumberton rid; D. 0
nn. McLaurin, c.. D. Smith, VIM. Curri
- Rowland; John Smith, Attention; I
ed S. Greyard, McDonalds; w. o. Ben
~ nett, J. P. Virgins, DR.. J. o. McLe]
land, S. H. McKinnon, C. w. Hender
tie son, Murdock Naturalization; Mar
I'd vim V. Floyd, W. T. Sledge-Fai,
m N. mont; J. T. Hamilton, C. K. Morgan
cd Marietta; C. W. Macarthur, Rowlaa
he rid; C. W. Walters, Barnesville
No ne Frank Shepard, Drum; J. B. Hun
~ M phrey, w. A. Bullock, S. E. Leonard
as H. B. Ashley, Jr., Fulton Watson, \
A. A. S1nith-Red Springs; J. A. NJ
he Geacly, L. Mc1nnis, ]. A. johnson
m ,re Chas. Cardell, J: c. Lindsay, G:
,rs DR.. D. c. Currie, Maj. J. B. Mallo,
.he P. II. Fisher; E. x. Campbell-Parl
;ch ;h ton; A. T. Council, Parkton rid; O.
IN car Currie, Shannon; Robt. Monro
,ds Lumber Bridge.
@ Of these, all reported and took tt
no oath either at the meeting Or late
except the following: T. S. Greyar
bv J. P. Wiggins, DR.. J. 0. Mcclellan
a;9 Murdoch Mclean, w. T. Sledge,
aw W. Walters, Frank Shepard, E..
~" ar' Campbell, DR.. D. S. Currie, A.
ed Council; and the following were a.
~ ~ pointed in their stead, in the ord'
n named: D. P. McKinnon, Rowlant
va C. H. Whitlock, Maxton; Ben
+ Barnes, Maxton: J. NJ. Armstron
- Maxton; G. w. Thompson, Fairmon
J. P. Townsend, R. H. Crichton, bo
Lunlberton; Chas. Pate, Parkton;
F. Pittman, Lumber Bridge; R.
Birmingham, Lumberton. These ha'
taken the oath today.
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