1899 WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC WITH OUR SOLDIERS. THE NINTH REGIMENT, ITS DEPARTURE, ITS EXPERIENCES AT CAMP AND ITS RETURN - WAR EVENTS IN WILKES-BARRE. During the year 1898 the Ninth Regiment, N.G.P., was called to serve in the war with Spain, but, although the boys were in camp for over five months, during which time they suffered very much from disease, they were not ordered into active service. Typhoid fever, however, was just as deadly as Spanish bullets. The Ninth Regiment left Wilkes-Barre April 27 in response to the call of President McKinley for volunteers and the orders of Governor Hastings for the National Guard of the State to mobilize at Mt. Gretna. The largest crowd that ever assembled in Wilkes-Barre gathered to see the regiment off. The Pittston, Parsons and Plymouth companies came to Wilkes-Barre and met the home companies at the Ninth Regiment armory and about 8 o’clock in the evening the march to the station was begun. The whole populace had become excited at the outbreak of the war and as nothing had yet occurred to show the relative strength of the two nations, it was expected that the regiment would see active service, and the uncertainty as to its fate, of course, increased the public interest on an occasion like this. It is estimated that there were one hundred and thirty thousand people in Wilkes-Barre to see the regiment off. All along the line of march to the station was a jam of people and Public Square was one mass of humanity, so dense that the regiment had great difficulty in making its way through. Quite a number of women and children were injured in the crush. Judge Stanley Woodward delivered a farewell address from the steps of the First National Bank building and presented the regiment with a flag. The regiment was of the following strength when it left: Officers, 44; Co. A, 61; Co. B, 59; Co. C, 60; Co. D, 66; Co. E, 53; Co. F, 54; Co. H, 53; Co. I, 50; total 456 men. About the first heard from the boys at Mt. Gretna was a revolt in some of the companies on account of the lack of food, owing to the illness of the commissionary sergeant. This, however, was soon remedied. On May 1 great crowds gathered in front of the Record office to read the news that came piecemeal regarding the destruction of the Spanish fleet at Manila by Admiral Dewey’s ships. At Mt. Gretna the members of the Ninth Regiment were given an opportunity to enlist in the volunteer service of the United States for two years and all but fifty-three answered “yes” when their names were called. Every member of Co. F of Wilkes-Barre (Captain McCleery) and of Co. H of Pittston (Captain Flannery) volunteered and only one in Captain Pierce’s Co., I of Plymouth, declined. While the boys were at Mt. Gretna a recruiting office was opened in Wilkes-Barre in charge of Lieutenant Camp and nearly three hundred additional men were enlisted and sent to camp to fill up the companies to the war footing. These recruits left Wilkes-Barre May 8. In addition to the fifty-three, who declined to enlist, about half a dozen were rejected from the service during the medical examination on account of physical reasons. On May 10 a United States recruiting office was opened in the Chahoon block on West Market street, in charge of Lieutenant Dentler, for the purpose of enlisting for the regular army. A couple of hundred readily joined the service and were sent South, many of whom saw service in Cuba, Porto Rico and Manila. While the Ninth Regiment lay at Mt. Gretna, the boys were assiduously drilled and were kept at hard work. Several times there were rumors that orders would be received in a few days for the regiment to prepare for service in Cuba and the boys, as well as their relatives at home, were much excited. May 17 the regiment left Mt. Gretna for Camp George H. Thomas, Chickamauga Park, Georgia, and on the way South the boys received a regular ovation. Crowds were at nearly every station and employe[e]s from factories threw scores of pounds of tobacco into the cars. Women also came with coffee and other refreshments. May 19 reached Chattanooga, Tennessee and immediately went to camp, twelve miles distant. May 20 Col. C. B. Dougherty, of the Ninth Regiment, was made acting brigadier general of the Third Brigade, Third Division, 1st Army Corps, U.S.V., he being the senior colonel of that brigade, no commander having yet been appointed. He retained this office about a month. Lieut. Col. Wallace was in charge of the Ninth in the meantime. June 10 Lieutenant E. D. Camp was sent to Wilkes-Barre and Lieutenant George Buss to Pittston to recruit 248 men to fill out the ranks of the first and second battalions and they had no difficulty in securing them. About the middle of June orders were issued by the War Department, increasing the Ninth to a three battalion regiment. Major Flannery was sent from Chickamauga to recruit and muster in companies at Towanda (Co. M); Bethlehem (Co. K); Summit Hill (Co. L), and Co. G was mustered in at Reading. June 24 the Wilkes-Barre companies of the new State provisional guard of the Seventh Regiment were mustered in, Col. Asher Miner being later elected colonel of the regiment. The other companies of the regiment were mustered in soon after. At Chickamauga Park the Ninth Regiment was attached to the Third Brigade, the other regiments of this brigade being the Second Missouri and the First New Hampshire. The Third Brigade was a part of the Third Division, First Army Corps. The brigade was commanded by Brig. Gen. Andrews and the division by Brig. Gen. Sanger. Hundreds of people were in front of the Record bulletins July 4 reading dispatched of the destruction of Cervera’s fleet at Santiago; much excitement all over. July 8 the Wilkes-Barre Board of Trade actively took up the work of relieving needy families of soldiers at the front and aided about fifty families in Wilkes-Barre and surrounding towns, money being solicited from the public; Secretary Garrett Smith and President Walter Gaston supervising the plan. This was continued until the regiment was mustered out. July 3 occurred the death of the first victim of typhoid fever, private James Gilmartin of Pittston, and burial took place at his home with military honors. This was the beginning of an epidemic of the disease, which lasted for three months and carried off by death three captains, twenty-five privates and one civilian, Thomas P. Ryder, who went as correspondent of the Record and later became brigade clerk, he being succeeded as correspondent by P. Leonard Raeder of the Record staff. The names of those who died in the Ninth as well as in other commands of the United States Army are given elsewhere in this almanac. Out of the thirteen hundred members of the Ninth at Chickamauga fully half of them contracted typhoid and malarial fever, the disease attacking officers and privates alike. Some were treated in their tents, others in the Regimental Hospital and still others at the Third Division Hospital, Leiter Hospital and Sternberg Hospital. Many others were sent home on furlough when they became ill and developed the disease while at home. This cause of the epidemic was attributed to several sources. The privy sinks were located so near the mess tents that swarms of flies carried the typhoid poison from them to the food the boys ate. Then again the camp was located in a low wooded place and was damp most of the time, the boys sleeping upon the ground. The water used was taken from wells and from the Chickamauga Creek, both of which sources of supply were afterwards condemned, even for bathing purposes, and water was hauled from Blue Springs. Added to this, the heavy rains washed the excreta, which at first had been deposited on the hillside, into the camp. With such fruitful causes, the germs of disease were not long in spreading throughout the camp. The real situation was not realized at home until July 15, when Mrs. Col. Dougherty returned from camp and reported that there were one hundred and fifty cases of typhoid in the Ninth and that a great many things were needed. A meeting of ladies was immediately called and they formed themselves into a relief association. The Young Ladies’ Sewing Society also set to work making needed articles for hospital use, and several boxes were filled. The public in general also sent in contributions of clothing, etc., and these were packed in boxes and sent to camp. Festivals and entertainments were held and the proceeds were applied to the same purpose. In the meantime the Board of Trade received subscriptions and purchased wholesale lots of quinine pills, clam broth, condensed milk, etc., and the societies of ladies contributed for the same purpose. In this way the regiment was kept well supplied. The sickness and many deaths in the Ninth cast a pall over the whole community and the local military and veteran organizations were kept busy arranging for and attending the funerals. July 10 services were held in Wilkes-Barre churches in accordance with President McKinley’s proclamation of thanksgiving for victories on land and on sea. News of the fall of Santiago was received with great enthusiasm in Wilkes-Barre July 14, the court house bell rang for twenty minutes and a salute was fired from the G. A. R. cannon on the river bank. August 10 three members of the Ninth Regiment died in one day of typhoid fever- Leonard Deegan and Jonah A. Jenkins of Wilkes-Barre and Joseph Detweiler of Reading. Owing to continued illness Chaplain Johnson resigned from the Ninth August 10 and Dr. W. G. Weaver, as assistant surgeon, the day following. On August 18 the last vestige of the old Ninth Regiment of the State Guard disappeared by the enlistment into the new Seventh Regiment of those who did not volunteer into the army. The first hospital train from Chickamauga, bearing sick members of the Ninth, arrived in Wilkes-Barre August 22. Another train came at 3:30 a.m. August 25 and despite the nighthour the station platform was crowded. Eleven ambulances and physicians and nurses were on hand and the boys were carried on stretchers from the train. Several of them died in their homes. Most of the boys were taken home, but some went to the two hospitals. Pathetic scenes were witnessed at the station as the stretchers were placed in the ambulances. August 27 a third hospital train came with fifty-six more; August 30 a fourth with fifty-three and September 9 a fifth with thirty-three. September 2 occurred the death of Thomas P. Ryder, who went as correspondent of the Record, but became chief clerk of the quartermaster of the Third Brigade. A station for recruiting for the heavy artillery and other branches of the Regular Army service was opened in Wilkes-Barre September 6 by Lieutenant Siviter and in several weeks he recruited over four hundred, most of whom were sent to Fortress Monroe. This despite the fact that the Ninth suffered so much in its experience at camp. The Ninth Regiment left Chickamauga August 25 for Camp Hamilton at Lexington, Ky., and here conditions were found to be quite different than those at the former camp. The location was much better and had the regiment remained any length of time the health of the boys would undoubtedly have been much better. The 19th day of September the regiment arrived in Wilkes-Barre from camp, after strenuous and finally successful efforts on the part of Congressman Morgan B. Williams to have the regiment mustered out. The crowd that was in waiting was only exceeded by that which thronged the streets when the regiment left. The time of arrival was uncertain and hundreds of people remained on the streets all morning and all afternoon, many parents and relatives taking up their positions at the Lehigh Valley station early in the morning. A fitting reception had been arranged under the auspices of the Board of Trade and Col. Asher Miner was chief marshal of the arrangements, he being ably assisted by several committees of ladies and gentlemen. The train came in three sections, the first reached Wilkes-Barre about 9 o’clock p.m. and the second with the sick and convalescents, arrived at 9:30. The regiment received an ovation as it marched from the station to the armory. At the latter place a substantial lunch was served, the out of town companies remaining over. For the following two weeks receptions were held by various organizations in nearly all of the towns in honor of the return of the boys and some of them were of an elaborate nature. The Ninth returned with 35 officers and 845 men. There were at the time 10 officers home on sick leave, 345 men home on furlough, 41 left in the hospital at Lexington, one absent without leave. Died in the service, 29. On the 26th of October 600 members of the Ninth attended the peace jubilee in Philadelphia and led the volunteer division of Pennsylvania in the parade. On October 29 the boys were paid and mustered out by United States officers. Luzerne County also gave its share of men to other commands of the service. Two were killed in Cuba, three died of disease contracted in Cuba and Porto Rico, one died of typhoid contracted at Camp Meade, two died at Manila, one at Honolulu, and one at Lexington. Their names are noted elsewhere. THOSE IN THE SERVICE. Members of Ninth Companies from this vicinity who responded to the call for duty. The following as a complete roster of the Ninth Regiment staff, field officers and members of the companies from Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, Parsons, Plymouth and Towanda, including all who originally went as the State Guard and all who were recruited during the service. The list includes also those who died or were transferred. In short it is a complete roll of all those who became connected with the companies mentioned and did service: Field and Staff. Colonel – Charles B. Dougherty, Wilkes-Barre. Lieutenant Colonel - George W. Wallace, Parsons. Majors – Frank L. McKee, Plymouth, and John T. Flannery, Pittston. Major and Surgeon – Dr. Walter S. Stewart, Wilkes-Barre. First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeons – Dr. Charles H. Miner, Wilkes-Barre, and Dr . Claude R. Grosser, Wilkes-Barre. First Lieutenant and Adjutant – William Sharpe, Wilkes-Barre. First Lieutenant and Quartermaster – Edmund N. Carpenter, Wilkes-Barre. Second Lieutenant and Battalion Adjutant – George F. Buss, Pittston. Chaplain – Vacant. Resigned – Chaplain W. DeForrest Johnson, Major John S. Harding and Assistant Surgeon W. G. Weaver. Non-Commissioned Staff Sergeant-Major- Harold G. Frantz, Wilkes-Barre. Quartermaster Sergeant – Samuel C. Chase, Wilkes-Barre. Chief Musician – Frank Harring. Principal Musician – Robert D. Hay, Wilkes-Barre. Hospital Steward – Dr. Hugh R. McCleery, Wilkes-Barre. FIRST BATTALION. Co. H. Pittston. Captain – Michael J. Brennan. First Lieutenant – Edward J. Dougher. Second Lieutenant – Patrick Gibbons. First Sergeant – William Collier. Quartermaster Sergeant – John T. McGrath. Sergeants – Owen P. Grady, Patrick Gibbons, John F. Clisham, Patrick Devers, Michael Gill. Corporals – Thomas Gerrity, Anthony Dougherty, Patrick McDonnell, Thomas Loftus, Thomas McTigue, John F. Tugue, Thomas McCabe, Thomas H. Lyons, John F. McGarry, Edmund J. Burke, John Mullin, John P. Marriott. Musicians – James Cook, Thomas Howley. Artificer – Patrick Lyons. Privates – James Alfred, Augustine Butler, Thomas Brennan, Thomas P. Brennan, John J. Collins, James P. Casey, Frank Carroll, John S. Callahan, Frank Carden, Patrick Caffrey, Thomas Delaney, Edward J. Dunlevy, James F. Dougherty, Charles P. Daley, Thomas Dunn, Michael J. Dudley, Thomas F. English, William J. Finan, John Goulden, Daniel J. Gallagher, Geo. Gill, Francis A. Hope, George Hoover, Martin A. Healey, Anthony T. Hennegan, William Jimes, Frank M. Judge, Edward P. Kelly, Thomas J. Laurin, Thomas J. Langan, Francis J. McCann, Anthony T. McCue, John McGarry, Patrick J. McHale, Frank J. McDonnell, John J. McHale, Frank McNamara, Martin J. McDermott, John J. McGraw, William J. McCall, Richard J. McCauley, Dennis J. McCauley, John J. Nallon, Patrick Ruan, Thomas Ruan, Patrick F. Reilly, Cornelius Shovlin, John Tierney, Frank Tracy, Thomas A. Tepler, John A. Walsh, Patrick F. Walsh. Recruits that joined June 17 at Chickamauga – Charles Boyle, Charles Brennan, Jeremiah Buckley, Patrick F. Callahan, Philip A. Kearney, Thomas P. Cauley, William J. Curley, Charles A. Donnelly, Michael Fisher, Francis J. Flanigan, John J. Gallagher, Patrick J. Gallagher, Andrew Hoag, Michael J. Kehoe, Edward Joseph Kelley, Michael Leonard, John J. McDonnell, Patrick J. McCaffrey, Michael McHale, Michael J. McAndrew, Frank McHale, Patrick J. McHale, Michael Moran, Patrick Joseph Noona, James P. Newcombe, Michael O’Brien, James Reid, Dennis W. Ruane, John F. Walsh. Died – Corporal William Gilmartin. Transferred – Captain John T. Flannery, to Major, First Battalion, Ninth Regt. Pa. Vols. Resigned – First Lieutenant Michael J. Brennan. CO. C. PITTSTON. Captain –Erastus G. Gage. First Lieutenant –F. C. Bennett. Second Lieutenant –Robert C. Holmes. First Sergt. –William Jones. Quartermaster Sergt. –Thos. Lloyd, Jr. Sergeants –John H. Thomas, Wm. Owens, John H. Mahon. Corporals –John D. Morgan, Lewis S. Kishpaugh, Wm. A. Francis, John M. Ryan, Wm. I. Koons, James F. Jackson, Richard S. Brenton, David Morris, Bryon Sickler, Wm. M. Sheetz, Iliff M. Simpson, Blakely H. Barber. Musicians –Geo. Cohen, Percy Grimshaw. Artificer –Ernest L. Sickler. Wagoner – Paul Martin. Privates –Fred Alfred, Arthur Barker, Wm. B. Blank, Geo. W. Belles, Daniel H. Berlew, Geo. S. Bigelow, Chas. H. Boone, Joseph Bosch, Harvey Cron, John G. Davis, Geo. W, Davis, Thos. A. Day, Thos. Dobbie Jr., Thos. F. Dobson, John S. Zurige, Davis W. Evans, Charles A. Engle, John Edmunds, Fred C. Eicke, John F. Allis, Jean Verne Ely, Frank Fairclough, John T. Fear, Walter Garman, Edwin L. Getz, John N. Gilchrist, Curtis J. Hewitt, Giles Hoover, Geo. M. Husselton[,] Daniel J. Hughes, Thos. James, John T. Jenkins, Thos. S. Jones, Wm. C. Jordan, Geo. W. Kern, Miner W. Krebs, Edmund J. Leroux, Wm. Mahar, Evan L. Mead, Wm. H. Miller, Benj. F. Miller, Earl W. Miller, Wm. J. Miller, Phineas Morse, Edga A. N. Nicholson, John F. Nicholson, Thos. Nicholson, Wallace Nimmo, Geo. Olmstead, Floyd Olmstead, James Patterson, Richard J. Penn, Adam S. Porteous, David Price, Joseph B. Reed, Wm. W. Ryan, Albert B. Rice, Robert A. Richardson, Wm. Robertson, John Rodgers, Jacob Schmaltz, Fred G. Schmaltz, Geo. P. Schwartz, Theodore P. Sheppleman, Robert Thompson, Lewis E. Ulrich, Edgar L. Van Valkenburg, Wm. S. Vanderberg, Harry G. Weaver, Geo. L. Weber, James A. Webber, Edward T. Wilbur, Lansford G. Wildoner, Thos. Williams, David Williams, Fred Williams, Leland W. Williams, Geo. Winn. Died – John J. Hosley, Wm. Pointon, John Powell. Transferred – Second Lieut. Chas. S. Colony to first lieutenant Co. M, Ninth Regt., Pa. Vol. COMPANY I – PLYMOUTH. Captain –Harry W. Pierce. First Lieutenant –Adnah McDaniel. Second Lieutenant –Wm. F. Powell. First Sergt. –Geo. B. Kostenbauder. Quartermaster Sergeant –John May Sergeants –David Percy, George W. Casey, John J. Cooper, James A. Williams. Corporals –Thomas Green, John Eddy, Isaac N. Fine, Emery Edwards, Chas. J. Renshaw, Ralph Cooper, Thomas H. Smith, Patrick J. Gallagher, William Finn, John S. Wildoner, Llewellyn Owens, Samuel Valentine. Musicians –John T. Hayward, George M. VanLoon. Artificer –Clarence J. Fine. Wagoner –Christopher S. Hughey. Privates – Robert J. Allen, Thomas C. Berry, Lewis C. Banks, Howard Beck, William J. Burke, Samuel S. Carbaugh, Thomas H. Coxe, George H. Croop, George J. Carroll, Mont J. Cleary, John J. Cosgrove, David R. Davis, David L. Davis, William D. Davis, John F. Dougherty, David Douglass, Evan J. Evans, William T. Evans, John Harvey Felter, David M. Fine, Claude W. French, Ernest G. Gray, Michael Gillen, Joseph Halstead, Patrick J. Hardiman, William Hatten, William H. Hettinger, William J. Hobbs, William A. Hooven, John Hughes, William M. Hughey, Thomas J. Howells, John T. Jones, Henry R. Kittle, Stephen Konicka, John M. Kuntz, John E. Kelley, Hugh J. Kelley, Thomas Knox, William T. Lamoreaux, William Le Grand, Azzie Lewis, George W. Lewis, John A. MacFarlane, Thomas E. Manuel, James J. McCann, James F. McCloskey, David A. Melan, Charles Michael, William H. Miles, John Morgan, Silas Mostellar, Richard R. Martin, Robert H. Magee, Joseph W. Massaker, George P. Nagle, Edwin Partt, William J. Pearce, Edward S. Powell, William J. Parsonage, Walter I. Price, Guy F. Rawlings, John B. Reeves, Daniel J. Reid, Fred H. Renard, Albert Roberts, Michael Slattery, Harry Sorber, Richard Stires, George Sullivan, Bruce Shaw, Michael Sullivan, William H. Thomas, Charles Trebilcox, George A. Thomas, John I. Thomas, Thomas Thomas, Wm. H. Thomas, Wm. J. Thomas, Cornelius Van Buskirk, Christopher H. Wildoner, David Warlow, Alfred Warman, Delbert Wolfe. Co. E. PARSONS Captain –Evan R. Williams. First Lieutenant –Arthur Everett. Second Lieutenant –Eb Williams. First Sergeant –David Reese. Quartermaster Sergt. –Wm. Morley. Sergeants –Fred Hausam, Michael Leco, Joseph Dunstan, Alfred H. Pero. Corporals –Henry Adolph, Fred L. Ross, Thos. Mooney, August Christopher, Albert Fassett, David Howells, Arthur L. Cresley, Chas. Watkins, Walter L. Quick, Frank Christopher, Frank Schinse, Joseph A. Olds. Musicians –Thos. J. Williams, Frank Howarth. Artificer – Augustus Sands. Wagoner – Lewis Tucker. Privates – Frank J. Allen, Otto Brilling, Wm. Barker, Geo. Brain, Anthony Carsfield, David Carey, Andrew J. Cawley, Harry W. Cardwell, Frank M. Coon, R. W. Chapin, John Daniel, Bernard Devaney, Fred Dugan, Norman English, Joseph Earley, Clarence Eiferd, Max Epstein, Grant Fatheringill, Reuben Fassett, Wm. S. Fassett, Robert Horn, James Harmon, James S. Hogan, Samuel Haney, John Hale, Thos. Jordan, Jr. Michael Kirk, Oscar Kein, James M. Keiser, Will F. Lincoln, Dennis Lawler, Henry Mentz, Daniel Morris, John McMillan, Joseph McGuire, Wilbur McMillan, Bernard McGuire, Evan Owens, Wm. Poff, Wm. Pero, Terrance Reilly, Martin J. Ruddy, Wm. P. Sherry, Isaac Salsburg, John G. Thomas, Wm. Turnball, James Turner, John A. Williams, Harry Weidow, Chas. Yale. The following joined June 22, 1898, at Chickamauga Park: David Bevan, Thos. F. Bossard, John F. Code, John J. Davies, Jr., Joseph Evans, Andrew J. Farrell, John Finnegan, Snowden C. Fletcher, Thos. J. Francis, Thos. J. Grey, John Johnson[,] Thos. L. Jones, J. Llewellyn, Wm. Loudenburg, Dennis Noonen, Michael O’Donnel, Archibald J. Ravert, Geo. W. Raudenbush, John Reinert, Geo. Rhodes, Philip R. Smith, Henry Stull, Joseph J. Thomas, Reese M. Thomas, Burt Vanleer, Chas. View, Ray J. Wells, Harry A. White, Geo. F. Williams, Andrew Yale, John Yale. Died –Captain Darius L. Miers, Barney Cohen, George Rhoads. Transferred – Wm. Bowman, to U.S.V. Signal Corps in Porto Rico. SECOND BATTALION. COMPANY F – WILKES-BARRE. Captain – Goerge S. McCleery First Lieutenant – Geo. R. McLean. Second Lieutenant –F. W. Innes. First Sergeant –Joseph McCleery. Quartermaster Sergeant –Geo. A. Phillips. Sergeants –Charles Anderson, Claude E. Zuber, John Ledhner, Thomas Downs. Corporals –Harry B. Alworth, Charles M. Culver, Charles M. Turpin, Nichoas M. Bertels, David M. Thomas, Hugh R. McCleery, Joseph A. Phillips, Charles M. Jeffries, Anthony J. Twarowski, William M. Williams, Simon C. Reichard, Fred A. Grunert. Musicians –Charles W. Campbell, John Duddy. Artificer – John Crawford. Wagoner –Edward Kibler. Privates- John A. Anderson, Edward P. Barton, Truman W. Barker, Fred Christianson, James Cooper, Charles J. Connolly, Crittenden J. Coon, Lawrences Cafferty, Charles Crawford, Philip Dawson, Hendrick Dubrick, Frank Drum, Edwin J. Davis, Harry Emerson, Thomas D. Evans, Martin Foy, James Gildea, Claude Heberling, Patrick Hennessy, Hugh Harrison, David J. Hancock, Edward Houston, Jonah A. Jenkins, Geo. S. W. Kolb, Arthur E. Koons, William Linzy, William D. Lenahan, Wm. F. S. Leibengood, Wm. C. Lord, Andrew Lewis, Patrick Lavelle, Charles F. Mahon, George Murphy, John S. Metzger, John Milligan, Geo. Priestman, Robert Price, Charles H. Powell, Thomas Stroh, William H. Seibert, Jacob A. Schmidt, Christian Smith, Charles F. Schlingman, Fred Shiber, Frank P. Stauffer, Frank Sornborger, Matt. Tabor, Edwin S. Trimmer, Frank Vose, Geo. A. Welch, Harry B. Warnick, Edward Wilton, Irvin N. Zuber. The following joined at Chickamauga Park, Ga., June 21, 1898: Thos. H. Beddow, Charles Conrad, John Costello, Thomas Dougherty, George Doran, Thomas Floyd, Frederick Geesey, Otto F. Greuner, Peter I. Grover, Peter Harley, Thomas J. Jones, Eugene J. Klinesmith, Emil Klixbull, Thomas Lane, James Lyons, Thomas A. McAvoy, Patrick J. McGee, James F. McGinnis, Hugh May, Andrew Moore, Aaron Pifer, Frank Runkavitz,Harry R. Sorber, Oscar B. Sorber, Thomas Sommerson, Michael Trainor, Frank J. Thomas, David, O. Thomas, Geo. F. Virtue, John Walsh, Anthony Yastromsky. Resigned- First Lieutenant Harry G. Roat. Died – J. Augustus Schmidt, Jonah A. Jenkins, Michael Trainor. Transferred – Otto F. Greuner, to Third Division Hospital, First Army Corps. CO. B., WILKES-BARRE Captain –James C. Kenny. First Lieutenant –John A. Kenny. Second Lieutenant –Gordon Scott. First Sergt. Peter Bauer. Quartermaster Sergt. –Edmund B. Fritz. Sergeants –Griffith Griffiths, Charles F. Boldt, Wm. Keithline, Bruce B. Dimmick. Corporals –Martin Olds, John F. Mentz, Herman A. Dean, Fred A. Johnson, Thomas P. Riddle, Jacob Silverstein, Raymond Tennant, Benjamin F. Jones, Michael A. Shea, Abner T. Jones, Wm. C. Stiff, John F. Eroh, Charles W. Freeby. Musicians –Chas. J. Dougherty, Walter Simpson. Wagoner – Wm. H. McDougall. Artificer – Chas. W. Eldridge. Privates – Fred. A. Beaumont, Harvey Benscoter, Thos. Benson, Clarence E. Blaine, Edward J. Boyle, Frank Brislin, Geo. E. Bullock, Michael R. Carey, Frank H. Charles, Walter Conety, Thomas Davis, James A. Domer, John Donlon, Chas. F. Edwards, Henry F. Eisenhauer, Arthur E. Evans, Edward T. Evans, Alexander H. Farnham, Thomas F. Floyd, Wm. Floyd, Patrick Foy, Geo. H. Gaffney, John J. Gogerty, George L. Hann, Pierce J. Hennessey, Edward Hoffman, Frank L. Howey, Wm. J. James, Patrick J. Joyce, John Keegan, Wm. Kidney, Charles J. Lundbeck, Jr., Andrew D. May, Fabian J. Mikuiewicz, Peter Miller, Chas. S. Morgan, David Morgan, Edward Morgan, Frederick Moser, Patrick F. Murphy, Enos McAllister, Harry McCarty, Michael McCarty, Wm. McCasey, John McHugh, Geo. G. McKilvey, Benj. E. McKennon, John J. O’Neill, John H. Padden, Isaac Posner, Wm. Purvis, Henry A. Schaeffer, Royal G. Schollenberger, Frank Schong, Roy Schooley, Clarence L. Schwartz, Walter A, Slider, Rudolph S. Small, Chas. W. H. Smith, Harry V. Smith, Edward W. Stevens, Wallace C. Stewart, Chas. A. Stinson, Jacob Stubert, Jr., Arch Swortwood, Robert P. Wallace Jr., David G. Watkeys, Albert Whipple, Harry Whipple, Ulysses G. Wilcox, Elijah Williams, John H. Williams. Honorably discharged before muster out – Sergt. James Hughes, Corp. Frederic J. Sampson, Corp. Wm. H. Laciar. Transferred – Privates Louis Frank, John S. Eick, Edgar C. Taggart, to Third Division Hospital, First A. C.; Private Addison M. Rothrock, to Reserve Ambulance Corps; Chas. K. Foster, U. S. V. Signal Corps. Died – Captain L. Denison Stearns, Private Henry A, Dietrick, Private Carver W. Jackson. CO. A. WILKES-BARRE Captain –Harry R. Williams. First Lieutenant –John MacCallum. Second Lieutenant –W. R. Phillips. First Sergt. –Obadiah T. Jones. Quartermaster Sergt. –L. C. Honeywell. Sergeants –Frank C. Niemeyer, Grant Courtright, Clyde M. Rishel, Thomas E. Kenworthy. Corporals –Philip F. Dindinger, Frank Wertz, John Freeby, Charles Johnson, Clarence E. Brown, Chas. W. Stewart, Fred. G. Denn, Alvin Walton, Eugene V. Frace, Guy A. Krause, William A. Rainow, Willis S. Henry. Musicians –Daniel K. Hay, James W. Maughan. Wagoner – Archie Irwin. Artificer – Frank A. Tremper. Privates – Charles E. Austin, William H. Brace, Daniel Baker, David L. Biggs, William B. Brittian, Elliott H. Boyer, Joseph L. Butler, John V. Caffrey, Frank P. Conniff, Geo. W. Coslett, Geo. H. Cox, David L. Davis, Wm. Davis , John B. Denn, Jr., Theron C. Dersheimer, James Douglas, Jr., Harry J. Dunbar, Wm. H. Dunn, Arthur E. Durant, Albert F. Edwards, Adrian V. Fairchilds, Edward France, Hiram J. Fisher, Samuel Ford, Wm. H. Glasser, Royal L. Greene, Reese Griffiths, Albert E. Hamilton, Wm. Heidenreich, John F. Hettler, John F. Higgs, Robert M. Johnson, Theophilus R. Jones, Robert Kneas, Thomas W. Knecht, Adam S. Klidarline, Charles J. Kline, John E. Kromer, Jacob Lahr, Sterling Lahr, Louis F. Landmesser, Reese Lewis, Guy C. MacDonald, James J. McDade, Bernard A. May, Harry C. Meeker, Edward Melody, Stewart Miall, Garrison Miller, Geo. W. Miller, Wm. L. Mitchell, Wm. J. Moore, Richard A. Morris, Joseph Murray, August Peterson, Charles W. Reinig, Harry Richards, Patrick C. Riley, Chas. S. Roat, Chester B. Root, Thomas L. Rowe, Christopher Russ, Edwin J. Ruth, Jacob E. Steele, Frank Sellers, Geroge H. Shelton, Oscar W. Slocum, Edward Thomas, Frederick W. Wachterhauser, John H. Watters, David B. Williams, David L. Williams, Geo. S. Williams, Frederick E. Wilson, William Zeuris. Died – Frank J. Fry, John R. Thomas, William F. Thomas. Transferred – Corporal William S. Norton, Bert Cornelius, Harry S. Huff, to Reserve Ambulance Corps; Harry J. Du Bois, Louis Howells, to Third Division Hospital, First Army Corps. Discharged – Robert A. Cuff. CO. D, WILKES-BARRE. Captain –Edmund D. Camp. First Lieutenant –William S. Hart. Second Lieutenant –Morris M. Keck. First Sergt. –E. L. Solomon. Quartermaster Sergt. –C. S. Case. Sergeants – Wm. Weitzel, Frank Meck, Chas. F. Feuerstein, Geo. E. Jones. Corporals –Frank G. Darte, Wm. Meck, Harry Keiser, Fred W. McPike, Valentine Schuyler, Fred Reubethuber, James Colvin, Chas. G. Hitchler, Wm. A. McCarthy, Chas. N. Loveland, John G. Mason, Nicholas Bauer. Musicians –Claude Smythe, Chas. N. Leyh. Privates – Chas. Anderson, John D. Birmingham, Jr.. Edward C. Boss, Geo. T. Bache, Elmer Bennett, Thos. E. Bedow, Harry M. Bloom, Daniel Burns, Ernest Brown, Wm. Boyle, Preston Clarke, Elmer E. Cramer, John Condren, Samuel W. Craig, Albert Dando, Levi Dymond, John H. Davis, Leonard Deegant, Geo. L. Dailey, Victor Deisroth, Harry W. Day, John Danovitz, Chas. Dunstant, Jr., Harry Eike, David Eynon, John Eynon, Ross Fehr, Henry P. Frantz, Chas. A. Franklin, Morgan R. Griffith, Mitchell C. Gallagher, Wilbur Griffith, Harry Gruver, Chas. J. German, E. Frank Hartland, Thos. W. Hegarty, Wm. Horton, Wm. Hamilton, Lyman G. Hann, Lee G. Hess, Thos. Hamilton, Wm. H. Hughes, Harry Howell[,] Chas. W. Jones, Geo. M. Kramer, Harry E. Kulp, David J. Llewellyn, Harry E. Landay, Howard R. Lazarus, Henry Leggatt, Handel Lewis, Mozart Lewis, David R. Morris, John McManamon, John A. McNellis, David Miller, Simon J, Newberger, Edward J. Owens, Thos. J. Protheroe, Paul Prusakowski, Harry Rhoades, Stanley Robinson, Fred W. Reese, Idris Rees, Wm. Richards, Joseph H. Schlingman, Robert E. Schultz, Knight Sterling, Ernest Struthers, Chas. E. Shannon, Lorenzo D. Smith, Henry C. Smith, Wm. G. Thomas, Wm. R. Talbot, Wm. C. Vose, Harry Vandermark, Edmund V. Whiteman, Thos. A. Winder, Wm. R. Yohey. Died – Captain O. Hillard Bell, J. Leonard Deegan. Discharged– Private S. J. Newberger, at his own request. Transferred - Corporal A. A. Michell to second lieutenant; Co. K. Ninth Regt., Pa. Vol.; Corporal Harold G. Frantz, to sergeant major; Private F. House, to Third Division Hospital, First Army Corps; Bert Houser, to Reserve Ambulance Corps. THIRD BATTALION. CO. M TOWANDA. Captain –Frank N. Moore. First Lieutenant –Charles S. Colony. Second Lieutenant –Chas. A. Corcoran. First Sergeant –John H. Parker. Quartermaster Sergeant –Mahlon Shores. Sergeants –Leon H. Stedge, William A. Meehan, Frank E. Boardman, B. F. Winnie. Corporals –Thomas M. Stalford, Otis H. Horton, Alfred M. Jones, C. B. Wilmot, Doctor Kipp, W. C. Goetchins, Charles R. Green, Stephen Proof, William G. Ferrell, Fred H. Van Duzer, Edward J. Barnes. Musicians –Wilmot J. Rundell, Fred H. Bradley. Artificer – Myron Wood. Wagoner –P. S. Hansell. Privates – Daniel, M. Adams, Charles H. Adney, Walter Alger, Herbert Ammick, G. L. Atwood, Charles F. Barclay, William Bennett; J. D. Bidlack, Herbert E. Bradley, Archie Brainard, Job Brown, O. W. Brown, Edward J. Butler, George V. Butler, William M. Cheney, Charles S. Clark, Frank Cole, Fred Corbin, John W. Davidson, William J. Davidson, C. E. Decker, John Dickerson, G. T. Drake, J. A. Elkins, C. W. B. Fiester, George Fitch, George W. Fivie, B. F. Francisco, H. C. Gates, Charles F. Glady, S. D. Hand, John F. Hazzard, Martin Heath, D. H. Heim, William B. Hines, Arthur Johnson, Dale Kirby, Charles Lake, Elmer Lamphere, Earnest E. Landon, J. W. Lathrop, Edgar Layman, Charles T. Lockwood, Derman Loewus, John T. Lynch, Joseph P. Lynch, Harry Manley, Dayton W. Mills, Arthur Miner, Frank Monroe, R. B. Moody, George E. Mor- WILKES-BARRE RECORD ALMANAC ris, John Murphy, Fred Northrop, Earl J. Oliver, Allen L. Pruyne, Arthur Quick, Grant Quick, O. B. Rake, Lyman Richards, A. H. Russell, C. F. Secore, L. D. Sweet, John Jay Swetland, George Tanner, Albert Tanner, W. K. Terrey, Burton J. Tripp, Wilson Vanderpool, J. E. Vansickle, Willis E. Vought, Geo. E. Walters, Jesse D. Weaver, Harry B. Wells, G. H. Wetmore, Charles F. Wheaton, E. Lorenzo White, Fred C. White, Jerome White, Arthur H. Wiggins, George F. Williams. Died – Corporal T. Terry Draper, Glenn B. Chilson, Charles F. Moore, James Mahoney. CO. G. READING. Captain – Henry D. Green. First Lieutenant – John K. Stauffer. Second Lieutenant – Robert H. Large. CO. K. SOUTH BETHLEHEM. Captain – Harry Adams. First Lieutenant – L. N. D. Mixsell. Second Lieutenant – Allison A. Mitchell. CO. L. SUMMIT HILL. Captain – Robert S. Mercur. First Lieutenant – William H. Clewell. Second Lieutenant – George P. Brown. STANDING OF THE REGIMENT. Those Present and Absent from various Causes. The standing of the regiment when it left Camp Hamilton, Lexington, Ky., September 17, 1898, was as follows: Present Absent Officers Private Officers Privates Men Sick Leave Sick in hos. furlough Field, staff and band 8 20 2 4 Co. A…… 2 62 1 2 33 Co. B…… 2 67 4 25 Co. C…… 2 55 1 3 40 Co. D…… 3 71 4 24 Co. E…… 3 62 3 34 Co. F…… 2 61 1 1 36 Co. G…... 2 78 1 4 23 Co. H…... 3 75 3 23 Co. I…… 3 84 2 16 Co. K…… 2 80 1 3 21 Co. L…… 1 66 2 5 33 Co. M….. 2 64 1 7 33 __ __ __ __ __ 35 845 10 41 345 Absent without leave, 1. THOSE WHO DID NOT RETURN. Following is a list of Ninth Regiment boys who died at camps Hamilton and Lexington or after their return home of illness contracted at those places; also of other Luzerne County boys who died in the service. All were victims of typhoid fever except where otherwise stated: 1. Corporal William Gilmartin of Pittston, aged 26, Co. H. July 3, at Chickkamauga. 2. Private William T. Thomas of Larksville, aged 20, Co. A, July 11, at Chickamauga. 3. Private John R. Thomas of Wilkes-Barre, Co. A. July 18, at Chickamauga. 4. Private Barney Cohen of Wilkes-Barre, aged 19, Co. E, July 22, at Chickamauga. 5. Private J. Augustus Schmidt of Hazleton, aged 21, Co. F, July 27, Chickamauga. 6. Sergeant B. F. Savage of Reading, aged 19, Co. G, July 31, at Chickamauga. 7. Private John H. Hostley of Pittston, aged 23, Co. C, August 1, at Chickamauga. 8. Private William C. Pointon of Pittston, aged 20, Co. C, August 1, at Chickamauga. 9. Private Leonard Deegan of Wilkes-Barre, aged 25, Co. D, August 10, at Chickamauga. 10. Private Joseph H. Detweiler of Reading, aged 19, Co. G, August 10, at Chickamauga. 11. Private Jonah A. Jenkins of Wilkes-Barre, aged 23, Co. F, August 10, at Chickamauga. 12. Private Valentine J. Armbruster of Mauch Chunk, aged 21, Co. L, August 13, at Chickamauga. 13. Private Frank D. Frye, of Wilkes-Barre, aged 19, Co. A, August 22, at Chickamauga. 14. Capt. Darius L. Miers of Wilkes-Barre, aged 36, Co. E, August 27, at his home, Wilkes-Barre. 15. Private Charles S. Moore of North Orwell, Bradford County, aged 32, Co. M, August 31, at Chickamauga. 16. Private Glenn C. Chilson of Macedonia, Bradford County, aged 24, Co. M, August 31, at Chickamauga. 17. Private George Rhodes of Parsons, aged 26, Co. E, August 31, in the Wilkes-Barre City Hospital. 18. Private Robert Klotz of Bethlehem, aged 23, Co. K. September 2, at Chickamauga. 19. Civilian Thomas P. Ryder of Wilkes-Barre, aged 38, clerk Third Brigade, Third Division, First Army Corps, September 2, at Lexington, Ky. 20. Capt. Lazarus Denison Stearns of Wilkes-Barre, aged 22, Co. B, September 6, at his home. 21. Private Frank Shaffer of South Bethlehem, aged 19, Co. K, September 7, at Lexington. 22. Private Henry A. Deitrich of Wilkes-Barre, aged 21, Co. B. September 9, at his home. 23. Capt. Oliver Hillard Bell of Wilkes-Barre, aged 37, Co. D, September 9, at Camp Hamilton, Lexington, Ky. 24. Private Carver W. Jackson of Harvey’s Lake, aged 20, Co. B, September 17, at his home. 25. Private Charles A. Staffet of Stroudsburg, aged 24, Co. M, September 18, at his home. 26. Privates Draper T. Ferry of New Albany, Bradford County, Co. M, September 26 in Harrisburg hospital. 27. Private Michael Trainor of Wilkes-Barre, aged 27, Co. F, September 27, at Mercy Hospital in Wilkes-Barre, of appendicitis, contracted at camp. 28. Private John Powell of Pittston, age 28, Co. C, October 23, at his home. 29. Private James Mahoney of Towanda, aged 33, Co. M, October 22, at his home of pneumonia, contracted at camp. 30. Private Lewis H. Mead of Burlington, Bradford County, aged 22 years, Co. C, Ninth Regiment, December 2, of typhoid fever, at the home of S. R. Stevens, Plainsville. OTHER COMMANDS 1. Private John McBride of Wilkes-Barre, aged 29, Co. B, Seventeenth Regular infantry, July 1, killed in the attack on El Caney, Cuba. 2. Private Julius G. Well of Plymouth, aged 28, Co. G, Thirteenth Regular Infantry, July 1, killed in the attack on El Caney, Cuba. 3. Lieut. William H. Osborne of Wilkes-Barre, aged 29, First United States Calvary, August 23, at Montauk Point, of typhoid, after the campaign in Cuba. 4. Private Fred Gay of Carverton, aged 26, Thirteenth Regiment, September 14, in hospital at Lancaster, of typhoid contracted at camp. 5. Private George Montanye of Plainsville, aged 26, Co. B, Eleventh U.S. Infantry, September 13, at St. Peter’s Hospital, Brooklyn, of typhoid, after the campaign in Port Rico. 6. Private James Cooney of Wilkes-Barre, aged 38, Co. F, Third U. S., Vol. Infantry, October 2, at Santiago of malarial fever. 7. Private William A. Flosser, of Wilkes-Barre, aged 30, Eighteenth U. S., Vol. Infantry, at Manila. 8. Private Frank Berry of Pittston, aged 29, Eighteenth U. S., Vol. Infantry, at Manila. 9. Private William DeFrain of Hazleton, aged 18, Co. L, Eighteenth U. S., Vol. Infantry, at Honolulu. 10. Dr. Perry W. Benscoter of Warriort Run, aged 30, contract surgeon at Lexington, at Lexington, November 4 of typhoid fever. 11. Marcus Marr of Wilkes-Barre, aged 28 years, Twelfth U. S. Regular Infantry, at Huntersville, Alabama, in a hospital, of typhoid fever. 12. Frank Webb of Avoca, aged 22 years, in Porto Rico, of typhoid pneumonia, in November. Private Jacob Barr of Hazleton, 27 years, Battery B, Third U. S. Artillery, at Fort Monroe, of typhoid fever, Dec. 11. Private Joseph Barrett of Mill Creek at Ponce, Porto Rico, August 21, in injuries sustained in a skirmish. THE NEW SEVENTH REGIMENT. When President McKinley called for volunteers for the Spanish-American war nearly all of the states of the Union furnished their State Guard. The Pennsylvania Guard, with few exceptions, volunteered as a whole. As no one could tell how long the regiments would be in service of the nation, a provisional guard was organized by order of Governor Hastings, consisting of six regiments of twelve companies each, or a total of seventy-two companies. These regiments were intended to take the place of those sent to the front, and the Seventh Regiment was designated to have headquarters in Wilkes-Barre. The officers of the Seventh Regiment are as follows: Field and Staff. Colunel – Asher Miner, Wilkes-Barre. Lieutenant Colonel, Commanding First Battalion – C. L. Peck, Plymouth. Major Second Battalion – William P. Clarke, Williamsport. Major Third Battalion – William N. Reynolds, Tunkhannock. Surgeon – Mason B. Hughes, M.D., Shickshinny. Assistant Surgeons – Lieut. S. M. Wolfe, M. D., Wilkes-Barre; Lieut. H. H. Koons, M. D., Hazleton. Adjutant – Robert P. Shortz, Wilkes-Barre. Quartermaster – Lieut J. D. Monie, Pittston. Inspector of Rifle Practice – Lieut. Edward J. Fisher, Williamsport. Chaplain – Capt. J. H. Weber, Sunbury. Non-Commissioned Staff. Sergeant Major – Edwin Shortz, Jr., Wilkes-Barre. Quartermaster Sergeant – John D. Farnham, Wilke-Barre. Commissary Sergeant – Chauncey L. Naugle, Wilkes-Barre. Hospital Steward – Morgan Reese, Miner’s Mills. Principal Musician – Wayne T. James, Wilkes-Barre. Color Sergeant – Cyrus H. Pond, Meshoppen. CO. A, WILKES-BARRE. Captain – Stewart L. Barnes. First Lieutenant – Edwin Hartzell. Second Lieutenant – Robert Kenworthy. CO. B, WILLIAMSPORT. Major – Wm. P. Clarke, commanding. First Lieutenant – L. J. Fisher. Second Lieutenant – J. B. Beck. CO. D, HAZLETON. Captain – Andrew Lee. First Lieutenant – L. A. Sundmacher. Second Lieutenant – George W. Arnold. CO. E, WILKES-BARRE. Captain – A. W. Jackson. First Lieutenant – J. F. J. Callahan. Second Lieutenant – John Coolbaugh. CO. F, WANAMIE. Captain – James A. Dewey. First Lieutenant – George Evans. Second Lieutenant Edwin Jones. CO. G, PLYMOUTH. Captain _ Charles R. Furey. First Lieutenant – John H. Gough. Second Lieutenant – Arthur Morris. CO. H, SHICKSHINNY Captain – Mason B. Hughes. First Lieutenant – W. C. Mickey. Second Lieutenant – Chester Conrad. CO. I, PITTSTON. Captain – Rev. W. G. Simpson. First Lieutenant – George B. Rice. Second Lieutenant – Frank Cosper. CO. K, TUNHANNOCK. Captain – N. W. Reynolds. Second Lieutenant – A. R. Melbuish. Second Lieutenant – Harry Lackey. CO. L, MESHOPPEN. Captain – Samuel Hawke. First Lieutenant – F. W. Pneuman. Second Lieutenant – Byron M. Ward. CO. M, ALLENTOWN. Captain – J. Howard Mertz. First Lieutenant – A. F. Horne. Second Lieutenant – E. H. Bachman. Transcribed by Ruth Riley, 20 Jan 2009