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| 225 was then appointed upon the Faculty of the University, and for the following two years held the position of Assistant in Chemistry. In 1884 he was appointed Lecturer on Chemistry, and in the following year Professor of Chemistry and Toxicology in the Faculty of Physic of the University of Maryland. At the breaking out of the railroad riots in 1877, Mr. Coale volunteered as a private in Company K, of the Fifth. He was at once detailed as acting sergeant at the armory to instruct recruits. In September, 1886, he was elected first lieutenant of Company I. He was elected captain of Company B on June 24, 1889, major of the Third Battalion, which he commanded during the Frostburg riots, in July, 1892, and lieutenant-colonel on October 28, 1895. Colonel Coale is a member of many of the leading clubs and social organizations of Baltimore. The vacancy caused by the election of Lieutenant-Colonel Coale to the command of the regiment, was filled by the promotion of Major W. D. Robinson, of the Second Battalion, and Captain Louis M. Rawlins of Company A was elected major of the Second Battalion. Lieutenant-Colonel Robinson was one of the organizers of the Baltimore Light Infantry in 1885 and entered the Maryland National Guard as an officer of that organization. As captain of Company C he built up the largest and best drilled company in the command. He was persuaded to enter the Fifth Regiment, and on November 12, 1887, was elected captain of Company A, and it is doubtful if the Maryland National Guard ever had a better or a more popular officer. On May 11 the regiment lacked 178 men to bring it up to the full strength of enlisted men required by the War Department. It became necessary to fill the ranks at once, and so the work of enlistment was hurried. Many applicants were rejected-, but in two days the number had been more than filled, 955 men having passed muster. |