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J. C. P. Kincaid led in the chorus singing, and afterward several gentlemen in- dulged in impromptu remarks. Of its original members Grove Penny was pres- ent, and F. W. Guiteau, William W. Backus, S. C. Barnum, George Westcott and William C. Johnson sent their regrets. Besides being the fiftieth anni- versary of the organization of the corps, this celebration inaugurated its join- ing the National Guard of the State of New York.
With its entrance into the National Guard the entire character of the corps changed. Lewis E. Goodier soon succeeded Major Everetts in command, and served until his promotion to major, 4th Battalion, in the spring of 1899. Under his command the corps took part in many national events. It was in the Colum- bian parade in New York City in 1892; at the dedication of the Grant monument in the same city in 1896, and at the centennial celebration of the evacuation of Oswego by the British army. It performed its whole duty at the switchmen's strike in Buffalo in the summer of 1891. On April 21, 1899, the veteran asso- ciation of the corps gave a dinner at the Butterfield House, and many of the active members were present. The Spanish war was at that time imminent. At this dinner many of the speakers referred to the gallant record of the old corps and the distinguished services of its members in 1861. Notwithstanding the fact that a war was then at hand, the minds of all present were on the old days, few, if any present dreaming that inside of eleven days the corps would again volunteer its service to defend its country's flag. Yet so it happened. When President Mckinley called for volunteers at the outbreak of the war with Spain, the corps, now being the 44th Separate Company, N. G. N. Y., volunteered, was one of the twelve companies selected from the Third Brigade, and with Lewis E. Goodier, captain, Arthur W. Pickard and Franklin T. Wood, lieuten- ants, left Utica at 5 a. m., May 2, 1899, for Camp Black, Long Island. On May 20, 1899, it was mustered into the U. S. Volunteer Army as Company E, 1st N. Y. Volunteer Infantry, to serve for two years wherever the interests of the country demanded. On June 11 it was made part of the garrison at Fort Hamilton, one of the defenses of New York harbor. On July 7, with Arthur W. Pickard in command, Captain Goodier having been promoted Major of the 203d Infantry, N. Y. Volunteers, it left New York for San Francisco, under orders for the fourth expedition to the Philippines. At San Francisco these orders were can- celled, and the First New York Volunteers was assigned as a garrison of the Hawaiian Islands, and was on duty at Camp Mckinley, Oahu, from August 17 to December 7, 1899. The war with Spain having been ended, the First New York was ordered to sail December 7, 1899, for San Francisco and arrived in Utica on Christmas night, 1899. As in 1863 it was received by the whole city with joy, in fact, in a frenzy of patriotism only equalled by the Godspeed of- fered when it left home on May 2.
In June, 1900, Henry J. Cookinham, Jr., was elected captain, and the com- pany partially reorganized, many of its members having been honorably dis- charged at their own request. During Captain Cookinham's command the com- pany was detailed by headquarters to participate in the Dewey parade, in honor of the hero of Manila at his home-coming. It was also detailed as part of the escort to Governor Odell at the dedication of the St. Louis Exposition in 1903. Major Cookinham, in 1905 having been promoted to the command of the 4th
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Battalion, was succeeded by Arthur W. Pickard, who, in turn, was succeeded by Captain William L. Foley December 31, 1907, who was succeeded by Cap- tain Thomas M. Sherman July 25, 1911, who is at present in command.
Under the policies of the general and state governments the character of our military organizations is steadily changing. Since the Spanish war more at- tention is being paid to the education of our citizens' soldiery in the science of war, and, with the limited time at hand, the social side is gradually taking the background. Throughout its history the corps has taken part in many events that have been parts of our country's history, and always to the credit of its officers and men. Its roster has always held men who have been leaders in the activities of the day. On the date of its organization it adopted as its motto the sentiment "We Lead" and from 1837 to 1911 it has never had cause to re- gret it.
THE TWENTY-EIGHTH SEPARATE COMPANY (Company A, First Infantry, Na- tional Guard, New York) was the successor of the Utica Fire Zouaves, which was commanded by Captain John P. Kelley. March 10, 1873, a number of the members of the Fire Zouaves organized Company C of the 26th Battalion and Joseph H. Remmer was chosen captain. The company was mustered into the state service June 23, 1873. Company A of the 26th Battalion was recruited from the Veteran Zouaves; Company B was known as the Fire Zouave's; Com- pany C as the Utica Dering Guards, in compliment to General Sylvester Dering, who at that time commanded the Sixth Brigade of the New York National Guard; Company D of the 26th Battalion was designated as the Conkling Corps by the members of that company, as a tribute to their fellow townsman, Senator Roscoe Conkling.
In 1882 the state authorities reduced the strength of the National Guard ma- terially, and the 26th Battalion was among the organizations to be disbanded. Company C was retained in service, however, and mustered into the New York National Guard as the Twenty-eighth Separate Company. From this time forward the growth of the company in efficiency and numbers has been most substantial. In 1898 the Twenty-eighth Separate Company, the Forty-fourth Separate Company, also of Utica, and the companies in Mohawk, Watertown, Ogdensburg and Malone were organized into the 16th Battalion, commanded by Major Joseph H. Remmer of Utica. In 1899, the 16th Battalion, in which the Twenty-eighth Separate Company had been Company A, was reorganized into the Fourth Battalion commanded by Major James S. Boyer of Watertown, the Twenty-eighth Company retaining its designation of Company A. In 1905 the Fourth Battalion became a part of the First Regiment commanded by Col- onel Charles H. Hitchcock of Binghamton, and the Twenty-eighth Separate Company became Company A of that organization. In 1889 the company par- ticipated in the Washington centennial celebration in New York City. In 1892 the company was summoned for service at Buffalo during the switchmen's strike, and performed two weeks of duty in that city. During the same year it took part in the Columbian celebration in New York. It accepted an invitation in 1896 to take part in the celebration of the evacuation of Oswego by the British,
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and in 1897 it took part in the ceremonies at the dedication of Grant's Tomb in New York.
In July, 1898, the nucleus of Company G, 203d Regiment, New York State Volunteers, was recruited from the Twenty-eighth Separate Company for serv- ice in the war with Spain. Captain Charles S. Horsburgh, commanding officer of the Twenty-eighth Separate Company, was commissioned captain of Com- pany G of the 203d Regiment of Volunteers; William M. Remmer was commis- sioned first lieutenant, and George J. Winslow second lieutenant. This com- pany, which was mustered in at Syracuse July 1, 1898, saw no active service. It was encamped with its regiment at Camp Black on Long Island, N. Y .; Camp Meade, near Harrisburg, Pa .; Conewago, Pa; and Camp Wetherill at Greenville, S. C. The 203d Regiment was mustered out of service in March, 1899. In 1899 the company participated in the reception of Dewey in New York City.
The record of the Twenty-eighth Separate Company has, throughout its career, been one of achievement and progress. Its ranks are generally recruited to the maximum allowed by law, and it is regarded by the state military author- ities as a most efficient organization, and commands the confidence of the public at all times. Since its inception in 1873 to 1911, it has had but three captains. The following comprise the list of officers who have served in the Twenty-eighth Separate Company :
CAPTAINS
Joseph H. Remmer, private, Company B, 26th Regiment, September 2, 1868; sergeant, September 2, 1868; transferred to Company C March 10, 1873; Cap- tain Company C, 26th Battalion (28th Sep. Company), June 3, 1873; major, 16th Battalion, April 1, 1898; captain, 203d Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, July 18, 1898, to April 15, 1899.
Charles S. Horsburgh, private Company C, 26th Battalion (28th Sep. Com- pany), August 24, 1880; sergeant, June 28, 1884; honorably discharged, May 28, 1886 ; private, August 30, 1886; quartermaster sergeant, November 17, 1886; honorably discharged January 21, 1889; private, quartermaster sergeant, Febru- ary 11, 1889 ; second lieutenant, April 20, 1889; first lieutenant, Sept. 21, 1894; captain, April 28, 1898; captain, 203d Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, July 5, 1898, to March 25, 1899. Breveted major 1906.
Henry L. Salladin, private Twenty-eighth Separate Company, June 8, 1885; sergeant, December 5, 1886; first sergeant, December 10, 1887; honorably dis- charged January 28, 1891; private, first sergeant, January 29, 1891; honorably discharged, April 28, 1892; private, first sergeant, May 12, 1892; second lieu- tenant, November 9, 1894; first lieutenant and adjutant, 16th Battalion, April 19, 1898; supernumerary, March 15, 1899; assigned to duty as inspector of small arms practice, Fourth Battalion, March 27, 1900; relieved, December 6, 1900; assigned to duty with Twenty-eighth Separate Company, August 31, 1906, to November 1, 1906; captain, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, March 7, 1907.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS
HENRY C. SCHRADER, private, Company B, 26th Regiment, September 2, 1868; transferred to Company C, March 10, 1873; first lieutenant, Company C, 26th Battalion, June 3, 1873.
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Charles F. Clark, private, Company C, 26th Battalion, June 3, 1873 ; sergeant, January, 1874; second lieutenant, February 8, 1875; first lieutenant, May 29, 1875.
George J. Winslow, private, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, February 11, 1895; musician, February 1, 1896; first lieutenant, July 5, 1898; enrolled, July 16, 1898; mustered in as second lieutenant, 203d Regiment N. Y. Volunteers, July 19, 1898; discharged, November 12, 1898.
SECOND LIEUTENANTS
Henry Bellinger, private, Company B, 26th Regiment, November 12, 1869; transferred to Company C, March 10, 1873; second Lieutenant, Company C, 26th Battalion, June 3, 1873.
William H. Jones, private, Company C, 26th Battalion, June 3, 1873; second lieutenant, June 8, 1876.
Alfred T. Rycraft, private, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, April 2, 1883; second lieutenant, July 28, 1884.
John F. Wade, private Twenty-eighth Separate Company, September 29, 1891; corporal, June 1, 1896; second lieutenant, June 7, 1898.
Edward K. Miller, private, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, February 12, 1894; corporal, June 2, 1898; honorably discharged, February 13, 1900; re- enlisted, February 19, 1900, warrant renewed; sergeant, March 9, 1903; honor- ably discharged, June 14, 1906; re-enlisted, same date, warrant renewed; second lieutenant, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, July 30, 1907.
ASSISTANT SURGEONS
James H. Glass, January 18, 1888.
William A. Burgess, first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, October 23, 1890; captain and assistant surgeon, 16th Bat- talion, June 11, 1898; first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, 203d Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers, June 30, 1898; to March 29, 1899; supernumerary, March 15, 1899; assigned to duty with Twenty-eighth Separate Company, December 30, 1899.
Patrick J. Barrett, private, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, June 10, 1895; first lieutenant and assistant surgeon, July 8, 1898.
Julius F. Wingenbach, private Twenty-eighth Separate Company, Novem- ber 23, 1896; assistant surgeon, Twenty-eighth Separate Company, of the grade of first lieutenant, February 16, 1903; supernumerary and re-assigned to duty, January 21, 1908; assistant surgeon of the grade of first lieutenant, February 6, 1908, with rank from February 16, 1903; captain, medical corps, May 17, 1909, with rank from May 17, 1909; accepted, June 17, 1909.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
The first Young Men's Christian Association in Oneida county was organ- ized in Utica, February 10, 1858, in the lecture room of the Westminster Pres- byterian church, and the following officers were elected: President, Edward Curran ; vice president, Edward R. Bates; corresponding secretary, Robert S. Williams; recording secretary, G. Clarence Churchill; treasurer, Edwin L.
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Swarwout. On Monday, March 1, 1858, morning. meetings were begun in the lecture room of the Bleecker Street Baptist church. The next week the meet- ings were transferred to the main audience room of the church, which for some weeks was well filled. Meetings were also held at noon at the Dutch Reformed church, and in the evening in the State Street Methodist church, under the auspices of the association. In May, of the same year, the association found its first real home in rooms on the third floor of the Tibbits block. These rooms comprised a well furnished sitting room, with something of a library in a large book case, a large room which was used as a reading room and hall for meetings, and a store room. These rooms were occupied and the association work carried on with great interest until the war broke out. During the war and for a time after, conditions were necessarily unsettled, and the work of the association was carried on with lessened interest. After the close of the war the work was again undertaken with new zeal, and carried on with varying interest until 1883, when the reins fell into the hands of very competent and resolute men, who, in December of that year, selected G. K. Shurtless as general secretary. Under his leadership funds were secured for the erection of an association building. On October 8, 1883, the cornerstone of one of the first Y. M. C. A. buildings erected in this country was laid in Utica. It was located on the site of the Bleecker Street Baptist church at the corner of Bleecker and Charlotte streets, and was completed and opened for the use of the men and boys of Utica in 1888. It cost $71,000. Splendid work was done in this building under the leadership of General Secretaries F. B. Leete, J. K. Doan and Irving L. Street. This building was completely destroyed by fire March 1, 1907. Six months before the fire occurred Thomas R. Jordan had been called as general secretary, and it fell to his lot after the fire to secure funds to purchase or erect a new building.
From May 1 to June 1, 1907, a campaign was conducted to secure funds, and about $75,000 was subscribed. After considerable negotiation the asso- ciation purchased the Utica Female Academy property, located at 120 Wash- ington street. The deed was secured April 9, 1908. These buildings were extensively remodeled, and have been adapted to the association's needs in a remarkable manner. The Utica association is now fully recovered from the disastrous fire, and has taken its place among the leading associations of the state. It has a corps of twenty-two employed officers and has passed the 1,000 mark in membership. It operates six departments, as follows: Educational, Physical, Boys, Dormitory, Religious Work and Social. It offers the men and boys of Utica educational classes, lectures, gymnasium classes, hand ball court, four bowling alleys, swimming pool, shower and spray baths, rifle range, billiard room, lunch and private dining room, men's meetings, Bible classes, shop meetings, games for recreation, and body building of every nature. It helps to make better men and boys physicially, mentally and morally.
YOUNG WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
"A Young Woman's Class and Reading Room" was opened at No. 34 Charlotte street in May, 1884, with a board of directors as follows: President,
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YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION BUILDING, WHICH WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE
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Miss Amelia H. Sheffield; Mrs. Wallace Clarke, Mrs. John M. Crouse, Miss Julia F. Grosvenor, Mrs. T. M. Harvard, Mrs. Wm. Mclaughlin, Miss Cor- nelia Meeker, Mrs. George Seymour, Mrs. James H. Williams. An advisory board consisting of Mrs. John P. Gray, Miss Sarah Gilbert and Mrs. S. W. Crittenden was appointed. In 1887 the work outgrew its first quarters and moved to larger rooms at No. 25 Devereux street, and in 1892 again moved to better rooms at No. 19 Court street. Later this growing organization adopted the name of "The Working Girls' Club," and as such, continued to exist until October 8, 1898, when the name was changed to "The Young Women's Chris- tian Association."
The work grew to such proportions that a whole building was needed and in 1904 a house was rented at No. 16 Hopper street. In 1905 the association was incorporated under the name of "The Young Woman's Christian Asso- ciation of Utica, N. Y."
After four additional years of growth more room was needed, and in May, 1908, the house No. 264 Genesee street was purchased, and in February, 1911, the mortgage on this property was entirely paid.
The presidents during this period of twenty-seven years have been: Mrs. A. H. Sheffield, Mrs. Correl Humphrey, Miss Julia F. Grosvenor. Miss Jennie A. Brown was for eighteen years secretary of the board, and Miss Cornelia Meeker, treasurer for a period of sixteen years. Mrs. Theodore G. Ward is now acting president, and the directors are: Mrs. C. H. Baldwin, Miss Ella M. Harvey, Mrs. Henry Beebe, Mrs. Correl Humphrey, Mrs. S. J. Creswell, Miss Mary Kellogg, Mrs. Wm. R. Davenport, Mrs. E. F. Keever, Miss Gertrude Curran, Mrs. Irving W. Maurer, Mrs. Anna P. Eynon, Mrs. Wm. Moffatt, Miss Belle Fraser, Miss Sarah McGucken, Miss Natalie Gilbert, Mrs. John M. Ross, Miss Ella Gage, Mrs. Walter Roberts, Miss Julia F. Grosvenor, Mrs. Geo. H. Torney, Miss Mabel A. Wheeler.
The members of the present advisory board are: Miss Sarah Gilbert, Mrs. Chas. T. Olmsted, Mrs. F. W. H. Sheffield, Mrs. Chas. Shaver, Mr. O. A. Meyer, Mr. J. C. Hoxie, Mr. H. Gilbert Hart, Mr. Spencer Kellogg.
No one connected with the institution contributed as much to the success of the enterprise as the first president, Miss Amelia H. Sheffield, who was in fact the originator of this most excellent work among the young women of the county.
THE WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
It was in the winter of 1869-70, that a few charitably disposed women of Utica undertook to effect an organization to aid their sisters who were not in so fortunate a condition as themselves. Some informal meetings were held, but nothing definite was done until the following May. There had been Wo- men's Christian Associations in existence for some years in different cities of the country and it seemed to those interested in Utica, that such an organi- zation as that in Utica would accomplish the object desired. A meeting was called and a committee appointed to draft a constitution. This committee re- ported at a general meeting held in Westminster church, May 26, 1870, and a constitution was presented which, after some revision, was adopted June 11th, following.
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The ladies of the organization soon found that they needed something in the shape of a home where women could have all reasonable comforts at prices in proportion to their scanty means, and where they would have protection such as they would not find in the ordinary boarding house. The association was about to hire a house to be used as a home when, by a coincidence they could hardly regard as accidental, they learned that the Rockwell property on Court street was for sale. The price asked was something over twelve thousand dollars, which was more than the association thought it could afford to pay but, relying upon the support of good men, the association bought the property. The last thirteen hundred dollars of the purchase price was paid on the day the cornerstone of the Georgia Porter Memorial building was laid. The home has been successfully carried on for forty-one years, not with a view of receiv- ing from it a revenue, but only for the purpose of providing a place where women of moderate means may have a Christian home. Through the work of the association, among the sick and the poor, the ladies were early convinced of the urgent need of some system of organized charity. They then began a systematic visitation among those requiring help. This has been the means of ministering to many worthy needy ones, and supplying them with food, comforts and Christian sympathy.
In May, 1892, the building, No. 19 Court street, was presented to the society by Mrs. Pike in memory of her deceased daughter, Georgia Porter, and was called "Georgia Porter Memorial," and it is used by the women who reside at the home. The association has a small endowment fund, but depends mainly on charitably disposed citizens for means to carry on its good work. The ladies of the association are able to say that they have never yet during the forty-one years of the society's existence, turned away unaided, a worthy case for want of funds to supply any needed help.
The officers of the association have been: Presidents, Mrs. Jeannette H. Fowler, 1870-72; Mrs. Mary W. Bussey, 1872-1903; vacancy, 1903-5; Mrs. D. D. Griffith, 1905-7; Mrs. Fanny White, 1907-9; Mrs. Wm. Schachtel, 1909-11. Secretaries : Mrs. J. A. Becker, 1870-2; Mrs. S. W. Crittenden, 1872-1882; Mrs. Mary S. Shaver, 1882-95; Mrs. James H. Glass, 1895-6; Mrs. Mary E. Schachtel, 1896-9; Mrs. E. F. Harvey, 1909-11. Treasurers: Mrs. E. S. Dutton, Mrs. J. E. Roberts, Mrs. George Thomas, Miss Clara Head, Miss M. E. Abbott. The present officers are: President, Mrs. William Schachtel; vice presidents, Mrs. C. C. Shaver, Mrs. John Goebel, Mrs. Helen B. Ferguson, Mrs. W. Jerome Green, Miss Mary McLoughlin; recording secretary, Mrs. E. G. Harvey; assist- ant recording secretary, Mrs. M. J. Horn; corresponding secretary, Mrs. M. H. Griffith ; treasurer, Miss M. E. Abbott; assistant treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Rayhill; ad- visory committee, Mr. Frank G. Wood, Mr. George L. Curran, Mr. Thomas R. Proctor, Mr. J. T. A. Doolittle, Mr. Frank A. Bosworth.
ROME YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION
An association was organized in Rome in April, 1868, which was carried on with comparative success until it had grown to such proportions that it was necessary to erect a substantial building for its work. This was
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done in 1906-7, the building being located on West Liberty street and costing $56,000. The building contains a gymnasium, swimming pool, bowling alley, reading room and games for the amusement of the members. Daily papers and many periodicals are supplied. An entertainment course is furnished during the winter months. The present membership is between 300 and 400.
NEW CENTURY CLUB of Utica was incorporated December 13, 1893, by the ladies of the city for social, literary and artistic purposes. It purchased the property on the corner of Genesee and Hopper streets, which had been the residence of Dr. Henry C. Palmer, and built a good sized audience room known as the "Auditorium," which is used largely for public entertainments of high order, when its use can be procured. It is in great demand for exhibitions, concerts and other entertainments. The officers have been :
Presidents-Mrs. John A. Goodale, 1893-99; Miss Lucy Carlile Watson, 1899-1903; Mrs. Smith M. Lindsley, 1903-6; Mrs. George F. Ralph, 1906-8; Mrs. Judson G. Kilbourn, 1908-9; Mrs. Watson T. Dunmore, 1909-11; Mrs. John F. Calder, elected in 1911.
Recording Secretaries-Miss Ida J. Butcher, 1893-99; Mrs. R. L. Fairbank, 1899-1900; Miss Ida J. Butcher, 1900 to the present time.
Corresponding Secretaries-Mrs. Frances W. Roberts, 1893-95; Mrs. C. G. Mitchell, 1895-8; Mrs. Judson G. Kilbourn, 1898-9; Miss Ida J. Butcher, 1899- 1900; Mrs. C. C. Shaver, 1900-1; Miss Elizabeth G. Brown, 1901-2; Miss Frances E. Newland, 1902-4; Mrs. C. C. Shaver, 1904-5; Miss Lucy Carlile Wat- son, 1905-6; Mrs. C. C. Covert, 1906-7; Mrs. C. C. Shaver, 1907-8; Miss Sara E. McGucken, 1908 to the present time.
Treasurers-Mrs. Frank A. Bosworth, 1893-4; Mrs. Cornelia R. Grant, 1895- 8; Mrs. Quentin McAdam, 1898-1910; Mrs. C. T. Guillaume, 1910 to the present time.
FORT SCHUYLER CLUB OF UTICA was organized about 1871. Its origin grew out of the fact that the Utica Club, which has been the social club of the city for some years, had become unsatisfactory to the better' element among the young men of Utica. It was not, however, incorporated until April 9, 1883. It purchased the property on the corner of Genesee and Court streets, which had been the residence of John C. Hoyt, and rebuilt it for the purposes of a club. The club has had a very successful existence, and among its members are some of the most prominent citizens, and its officers have been some of the most emi- nent men of the city. Its officers have been :
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