Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-12-25
JAMES BRANCH CABELL REVEALED AS RICHMOND r

as tho assistant inspoctor-Koneral.
and who should mako all Inspections
and mustors OF tho volunteers.
These nvo officers unanimously
elected mo to MI this new position"
writes General stern. land l per-
formed the duties OF that Office as
required by the State statute until
the Federal statues OF 1920 made
cher provisions for tho inspections.
Before the Spanish American War,
the First. Second. Third and Fourth
Regiments OF Infantry. composing
the First Brigade. had only ten COM
panies each, and a few OF these were
out of commission at the time that
war was declared The FIRST call
upon Virginia was for three regi-
mcnts OF infantry OF twelve COM
panics each. and these four regiments
IA battalion of Richmond Light In
fantry Blues and thScc new COM
panics--wcre consolidated into three
regiments-thc Second, Third and
Fourth-to iiil this call.
Colored Outat In Service.
The Sixth Regiment Of Infantry,
colorcd, composed OF eight cOmpan-
les. was subsequently called into that
war. The splendid battalion of the
First Virginia Field Artillery, anx-
ious to go into active service, was
not called. y few individuals were
taken from the naval reserves. AS
will be seen. several white officers
were assigned to the Sixth Infantry
after it had been in service few
months.
after the Spanish American War,
three regiments OF infantry, desig
mated as the Scventicth, Seventy
nrst and Seventy were organ
lied. but were subsequently changed
To the First, Fourth and Second. re-
spectivcly. Neither the Third nor
Sixth (colored) was rcorgauized.
Many changes were made in the
designations OF the companies and
subsequently, some companies were
detached from one regiment and at
tached to another. This Will account
tor changes shown in the records OF
some of the officers.
1T must be noted that the language
Drafted into United States Army
used in this roster. was the method
OF taking the National Guard-the
Nolunteers--into Federal service UNI
der the proclamations of the Prcsi-
dent for the world war, and must
not be confounded with the method
OF taking men into the army under
the seiective draft law through the
registration boards.
"Drnfted" for World War.
Under the proclamations OF presi-
dent Wilson. all OF the National
Guard In service in Virginia were
drafted into the Federal service for
the world war. and IT was subse-
qucntly held that this draft separated
these officers from the National
Guard OF the state"
General Stern gives the following
available information relative to
Adjutants General OF Virginia:
Thomas Bullitt. resigned May 10.
l777
= Thomas Jones. Jr., appointed Jan
uary 81, 177S.
Simon Morgan, 1871.
Moses Green. 1Sl2-lSl5.
Claiborne w. Gooch. lSld-lS@0 (pos-
sibly to 1923; the records are miss
ing).
bernard. Peyton, April /, 1923. to
March l5. 1871.
William II. Richardson. March 90.
1871. to September l. 1876. with in
term in 1865.
David II. Strother. June "a. 1865.
to December II, 1855. or later (under
the picrpont administration.
James Mcdonald. September /. 1876,
to November. 1893
Charles j. Anderson. 1S941S07,
leo6-I909.
william Nalle. lS97-l9O5.
William Wilson Sale. March II. 1910.
to January 81, 1918.
10 Lane stern. May .. 1915. TO Feb
runry l. 1922.
The compiler hopes that the gaps
for the earlier years mays be filled
out by some one who has the infor-
nation in hand.
The officers who served in the
Spanish War service. Mexican War
service and world war service are
properly designated.