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| 57 and the men were exercised in a final drill. Then the roll was called, and 350 men answered their names. The colonel made an address to the men, reminding them that the good name of their State was in their hands, and that they were about to visit a place where crack military organizations were not a rarity, and where the keenest criticism might be expected. The regiment left Baltimore with 369 men in all, and turned out 327 muskets. The regiment had now become admirably efficient and prosperous. Admission to its ranks had been so carefully guarded that membership was a distinction sought with eagerness by the best young men of the town. The following is a list of the commissioned officers of the regiment in July, 1874 : Field.—Colonel, J. Stricker Jenkins ; Lieutenant-Colonel, Henry D. Loney ; Major, George R. Gaither. Staff.—Thomas A. Symington, First Lieutenant, Brevet Captain and Adjutant; Edward F. Pontier, First Lieutenant, Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel and Quartermaster ; Edward C. Johnson, First Lieutenant and Commissary ; Alan P. Smith, Major and Surgeon ; Frederick M. Colston, First Lieutenant and Paymaster ; Wm. H. Crim, First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon; Fitzhugh Golds-borough, First Lieutenant and Ordnance Officer. Non-Commissioned Staff.—Robt. H. Millikin, Sergeant-Major ; Robt. J. Miller, Quartermaster-Sergeant; F. W. Hoyt, Hospital Stewart; Wm. R. Sherwood, Commissary-Sergeant. Company A.—Captain J. Mason Jamison, Second Lieutenant T. N. Conrad. Company B.—Captain John D. Lipscomb, First Lieutenant James Young. Company C.—Captain Robt. P. Brown, First Lieutenant Peter Forney Spear, Second Lieutenant Wm. H. Rogers. Company D.—Captain Thomas B. Clark, First Lieutenant James M. Brown, Second Lieutenant Chas. Hatter. |