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Address, A. B. enlisted for two years, but in February, 1864, nearly all Snow, in Daily re-enlisted for three years, receiving a thirty days' fur- Papers, Feb.19, I898. lough and $400. bounty. It served in every year of the war, and was in battle under every commander of the Army of the Potomac. "In length of service, list of bat- Ibid. tles, and roll of dead, it stands at the head of Oneida County regiments."
Besides the five regiments already mentioned, the Sec- ond Artillery, N. Y. Volunteers, was partially recruited in Gen. McQuade
in Semi Cen- Utica; as were Bates' Battery and companies of the 14th tennial City of Artillery, 24th Cavalry, 57th Infantry, and others. Al- Utica, pp.22, 47. together, as many as thirty-seven regiments contained Oneida Co. E. & F. Hist. Oneida County men. Nine or ten of the officers attained the rank of General.
In the course of the war there were twelve calls for Phisterer's troops, for longer or shorter periods, the number of men 3 - 11. required being about 2, 500,000. Of these, about 500, 000 E. & F., p. 649. U. Herald, were furnished by New York, and about 10, 000 by Oneida July 22, 1865. County.
The necessity for more men ceased to exist before most of the states had completed their quotas. In Oneida County the last two calls were not filled.
AFTER THE WAR.
October 21, 1867, a Post of the Grand Army of the Re- public was established in Utica, and named Post Bacon. For some time it was the only Post. The name commemo-
Stat. Hist , pp.
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M. H., P. 307.
rates Adjutant Wlliam K. Bacon, only son of Hon. W. J. Bacon. He enlisted in the 14th Regiment and was soon transferred to the 26th, of which he became Adjutant. He was mortally wounded at Fredericksburg, and died three days later, December 16, 1862, aged twenty.
U. Herald, Oct. 13, 1891.
There are now three other Posts, named respectively for Major W. H. Reynolds of the 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery ; Capt. John F. McQuade, of the 14th N. Y. Infantry ; and Capt. Frederick Harrer, also of the 14th, who was wounded and taken prisoner at Gaines Mills, and died in a few days, July 13, 1862.
Daily Papers.
General Grant visited Utica several times. One of these occasions was the meeting of the Army of the Cumberland, September 15, 1875, when Gen. Sherman and Gen. Hooker were also present.
Daily Papers.
October 13, 1891, a Soldiers' Monument was unveiled in Oneida Square.
At Waterville, June 10, 1899, a monument to the Sol- Daily Papers. diers and Sailors of Sangerfield and Marshall, was dedicated with appropriate ceremonies.
The battle-flags of the Oneida County Regiments have been given for safe keeping to the Oneida Historical So- Daily Papers. ciety. Several of these flags had been presented to the of Battle Flags regiments by the ladies of Utica, and one to the 97th by Presentation (Pamphlet). the ladies of Boonville. Those of the 14th, 26th, 117th, 146th Infantry, and of the 2d Heavy Artillery, as well as the colors of the 5th Corps Headquarters and of the 2d Brigade, were received with appropriate ceremonies at the Munson-Williams Memorial Building, December 14, 1897 ; and those of the 97th Infantry, similarly, May 10, 1898.
D. C. Stod- dard's Ad- dress, in Daily Papers, Dec. 15, 1897.
The 2d Heavy Artillery "was not strictly an Oneida County regiment, and yet we believe that more men served in it from this county and vicinity than in any regiment
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which was organized within it and called by its name. Presentation of Battle More than four thousand names were borne upon its Flags, pam- rolls."
phlet), pp. 33, 34.
FIELD OFFICERS OF ONEIDA COUNTY REGIMENTS.
(Authorities, Reports of Adjutants General, State of New York, 1866, 1868. Muster Rolls, N. Y. S. Vols. Phisterer's Statist. Record. Hists. 97th and 117th Reg'ts.)
14TH N. Y. VOL. INFANTRY. (Ist Oneida. ) Date of Commission. May 17, 1861-May 24, 1863.
Colonel. James McQuade, June 20, 1861. Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. V., March 13, 1865.
Lieut. Colonels. (1) Charles H. Skillen, June 24, 1861. Killed at Gaines Mills, Va., June 27, 1862.
(2) Thomas M. Davies, July 21, 1862.
Majors. (1) Charles B. Young, June 24, 1861.
(2) Thomas M. Davies, Jan. 3, 1862.
(3) Lewis Michaels, July 21, 1862.
26TH N. Y. VOL. INFANTRY.
(2d Oneida. ) May 21, 1861-May 28, 1863.
Colonels. (1) William H. Christian, June 20, 1861.
(2) Rich'd H. Richardson, Nov. 24, 1862.
Lieut. Colonels.
(1) Rich'd H. Richardson, June 20, 1861 .
(2) Gilbert S. Jennings, Nov. 29, 1862.
(1) Gilbert S. Jennings, June 20, 1861. (2) Ezra F. Wetmore, Nov. 29, 1862.
Majors.
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97TH N. Y. VOL. INFANTRY. ( 3d Oneida. ) February 7, 1862-July 18, 1865.
Date of Commission.
Colonels. (1) Charles Wheelock, Mar. 10, 1862.
Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. V. for distinguished service on the field of Weldon R. R. (Aug. 19, 1864). Died Jan. 15, 1865. (2) John P. Spofford, Jan. 31, 1865. Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. V., Mar. 13, 1865.
Lieut. Colonels. (1) John P. Spofford, Mar. 10, 1862.
(2) Rouse S. Egelston, Jan. 31, 1865.
Majors. (1) Charles Northrup, Mar. 10, 1862.
Disabled at The Wilderness, May 6, 1864. (2) Rouse S. Egelston, Jan. 31, 1865.
(3) Delos E. Hall, Jan. 31, 1865.
II7TH N. Y. VOL. INFANTRY.
( 4th Oneida. )
August 20, 1862-June 28, 1865.
Colonels. (1) William R. Pease, Aug. 22, 1862. Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. V., Mar. 13, 1865.
(2) Alvin White, Sept. 5, 1863. (3) Rufus Daggett, Aug. 12, 1864. For signal service at Chapin's Farm ( Sept. 29, 1864), Brevet Brig. Gen. U. S. V., Jan. 15, 1865.
Lieut. Colonels. (1) Alvin White, Aug. 22, 1862.
(2) Rufus Daggett, Sept. 5, 1863.
(3) Francis X. Meyers, Aug. 12, 1864. Brevet Colonel for gallant and meritorious ser- vices at Fort Fisher ( Jan. 15, 1865).
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Date of Commission.
Majors. (1) Rufus Daggett, Aug. 22, 1862.
(2) Francis X. Meyers, Sept. 5, 1863.
(3) Egbert Bagg, Aug. 12, 1864. Brevet Lieut. Colonel for gallant and meritori- ous services at Fort Fisher ( Jan. 15, 1865).
146TH N. Y. VOL. INFANTRY. (5th Oneida. )
October 10, 1862-July 16, 1865.
Colonels.
Sept. 23, 1862.
(1) Kenner Garrard, Capt. 5th U. S. Cav. Brig. Gen. U. S. V., July 23, 1863. Maj. Gen. U. S. V., Dec. 15, 1864. Maj. 3d U. S. Cav. Brevet Maj. Gen., U. S. A., Mar. 13, 1865. (2) David T. Jenkins, Aug. 3, 1863.
Killed at The Wilderness, May 5, 1864.
(3) James G. Grindlay, Feb. 15, 1865. Brevet Brig. Gen., U. S. V., Mar. 13, 1865.
Lieut. Colonels. (1) David T. Jenkins, Oct. 1I, 1862.
(2) Jesse J. Armstrong, Oct. 7, 1863.
(3) Henry H. Curran, May 18, 1864.
Killed at The Wilderness, May 5, 1864. 3 He was acting Lieut. Col., and his commission as such reached his family after his death.
(4) James G. Grindlay, Feb. 1, 1865.
(5) Peter Claesgens, Mar. 30, 1865.
Majors.
(1) David T. Jenkins, Oct. 2, 1862.
(2) William S. Corning, Oct. 18, 1862.
(3) Henry H. Curran, Oct. 7, 1863.
(4) James G. Grindlay, May 18, 1864.
(5) Peter Claesgens, Dec. 7, 1864.
(6) Isaac P. Powell, Mar. 30, 1865.
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2D N. Y. HEAVY ARTILLERY. (1) Jeremiah Palmer, of Oriskany.
Colonels.
(2) Gustave Wagner. (3) Milton Cogswell, U. S. A. (4) J. V. G. Whistler, U. S. A.
Lieut. Colonel. Majors.
Henry P. Roach. Alexander Douel. William A. Mckay.
V. INDUSTRIAL GROWTH OF UTICA AND VICINITY.
[Data, unless otherwise indicated, obtained through the kindness of Mr. Quentin McAdam, of the Chamber of Commerce.]
T' "HE importance of the manufacturing enterprises of the city and its environs may be appreciated by keeping in mind the fact that the various Cotton and Woolen Mills, Clothing manufactories, Furnaces, Foundries, Knitting mills, Lumber yards, Boiler and Machine shops, and other industries, including Agricultural Implements, Electrical Supplies and Automobiles, have a capital of more than $12,000,000., and annual sales of $15,250,000., and give imployment to 13,523 operatives (7,958 men, 5, 565 women, ) with a yearly pay-roll of $4,000,000.
COTTON AND WOOLEN.
The Cotton and Woolen industries alone have a capital invested of $5,000, 000., and furnish constant employment to 5,000 operatives, paying them $2,000,000. annually; and the yearly sales of the manufactured product amount to $6, 500,000. These are the most important industries of Utica.
The first Cotton mills in the State, as well as the first
H. Hurlburt, Woolen mills, were, so far as known, established in the in Trans. O.H. town of Whitestown, in the present limits of Oneida County. S., 1887-9, pp. 63-4. The earliest was the Cotton factory which stood nearly Dr. Bagg, in Trans. O. H.S. on the site of the lower mill at New York Mills, "a few 1881, pp. 112-24 rods south of the canal above Yorkville."
The prime mover in this, as in the other early factories of the county, was Dr. Seth Capron, who, with others, bought
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land and water privilege for the mill February 2, 1808. Ben- jamin S. Walcott, of Rhode Island, was one of the early co-partners who assumed the name "Walcott and Co." They began the spinning of cotton yarn November, 1809, the first public advertisement dating November 13. Mr. Wal- cott soon returned to the East, and Benjamin S. Walcott, Jr., who was also one of the stockholders, became Super- intendent or Agent. The company was incorporated as the "Oneida Manufacturing Society," March 10, 1810.
The power loom for weaving cotton was introduced into this country in 1812, and first used at Waltham, Mass., the process being kept secret as long as possible. It was discovered, and put in operation in Whitestown in 1817.
The Oriskany Manufacturing Society was incorporated February 16, 1811, and within a year began making woolen goods on Oriskany Creek, obtaining the finer kinds of wool from the Mt. Merino Association, which maintained nu- merous flocks of costly sheep on Dr. Capron's farms at Deerfield. The wool industry was very profitable during the war with England ; but when importations were re- sumed on the return of peace, prices fell, and great losses were suffered.
The New Hartford Manufacturing Society was incorpo- 1bid, p. 119. rated by special act, March 30, 1810, to make cotton and H.Hurlburt, in woolen cloths ; but apparently only cotton goods were made. The property was ultimately purchased by the New Hartford Cotton Manufacturing Company, organized 1870.
Trans. O. H. S. 1887-9, PP. 551 64. Ibid, p. 56. Dr. Bagg, in Trans. O. H.S.
The Capron Cotton Manufacturing Company was incor- porated April 5, 1814. The present name is the Utica 1881,pp.120, 121. Cotton Manufacturing Company. Its capital is $100,000. The "Whitestown Cotton and Woolen Manufacturing Society " was organized January 13, 1813. It was known also as Walcott's Factory; and as the Buhr-stone Factory, from the fact that the French Buhr mill-stones were used
Ibid, p. 119. J. Harris, in Trans. O. H.S. 1887-9, P. 57.
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in it. It was the outgrowth of a grinding or grist mill
U. Herald, built in 1796, which stood near the line between New Apr. 1, 18go. Hartford and New York Mills, above all the present struc- (reprinted in Walcott Me-
tures of New York Mills. Benjamin S. Walcott was the morial.) superintendent of the change from a grist mill to a cotton factory.
In 1824, Mr. Walcott, as agent of Benjamin Marshall of New York, erected a large five-story mill in what is now New York Mills, for the manufacture of fine shirtings, "the first attempt made in the country at producing yarns of the finer grades." The name New York Mills was assumed in 1840. In 1856 the firm Walcott and Campbell was established (W. D. Walcott and S. Campbell ), and in 1884 the change was made from a co-partnership to the corporate form. The capital stock is now $1,000, 000., the three large cotton mills employing more than 3,000 opera- tives ; and 120,000 spindles and 27,000 looms are actually working.
The first builder of cotton and woolen machinery in this State, west of the Hudson, was Oliver G. Rogers, who came from Rhode Island early in the century, and estab- Mr. Lewis lished a factory at Willowvale about 1817. For the next Rogers. ten years he supplied the factories of the vicinity with their machinery.
Coming now to the City of Utica, we learn that about the year 1846, Mr. B. F. Cooper published a series of let- ters in the Utica Daily Gazette, setting forth the value of the city as a site for manufactories, and boldly proclaiming the idea of the superior value of steam for manufacturing purposes over water-power. In a short time capital was secured and a company formed. This was the beginning of the Utica Steam Cotton Mills. The company was incorporated February 17, 1847, and the actual manufact-
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ure of cotton began in 1850. The capital has increased from $120,000. to $690,000., with a surplus of $400,000.
In this industry we may mention also the Mohawk Val- ley Cotton Mills (organized 1880, capital $1,000,000. ), the Skenandoa Cotton Company (1881), which manufactures yarns for fine hosiery and for knit goods, (capital $600, 000., surplus $400,000.), and the Utica-Willowvale Bleaching Company, whose works are at Chadwicks (capital $250, - 000. ).
The Utica Steam Woolen Mills, incorporated 1846, man- ufactured broadcloth, etc., up to 1877.
M. H., p. 603.
The Utica Globe Mills Company was formed in 1847, and was succeeded, in 1855, by the Utica Woolen Mills, which name was afterwards changed to the Globe Woolen Mills. Its capital is $300,000., with a very large surplus.
CLOTHING.
Second in importance ranks the manufacture of Cloth- ing. In this industry Utica stands third among the cities of the State, New York being first and Rochester second. The industry dates back to- 1836, and thirteen different establishments have made Utica a centre in this branch of industry. Their total capital is $2, 500,000., and 4, 500 operatives are employed, with a yearly pay-roll of $640, 000. and a yearly sale of $3, 500,000.
FURNACES.
The third industry of importance is that of Furnaces, which dates from 1832. In the fall of 1898, all but two of the companies in this business were consolidated, and com- bined with two companies of Syracuse, with the name of the International Heater Company. It is understood that the allied capital is $1,800,000. They give employment in Utica to 700 men, with a yearly pay-roll of $450, - 000., and a yearly sale of furnaces, stoves, and heating apparatus of $1, 200, 000.
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KNIT GOODS.
The fourth place may be assigned to the Knit Goods manufacture, originated in 1863 for the manufacture of stockings for the army during the Civil War. There are eight or more important companies, including one at Whitesboro. The total invested capital of the companies approximates $1, 000,000., furnishing employment to 1, 700 hands, with a yearly pay-roll of $538,000., and sales of $2, 160,000.
Incidental to this manufacture may be mentioned the Scotch Cap Industry.
LUMBER.
In the business of Lumber, nine firms and corporations are engaged, the Charles C. Kellogg and Sons Company being the most important. Of these, two do a large wholesale trade, and one is extensively engaged in the manufacture of sash, doors, blinds and boxes. It has been estimated that 18,000,000 feet of lumber are hand- led. The amount of capital. invested is $300,000. The hands employed number 290, with a yearly pay roll of $150,000., and sales of $1,000,000.
FOUNDRIES.
Another greatly diversified industry is that of the foun- dry interests. In this line we may mention the following :
The Utica Pipe Foundry Company, with a capital of $120,000. The capacity of the works is 75 tons of fin- ished product per day, requiring the services of 150 work- men. The annual sales amount to $300,000.
The J. H. Williams Company, which manufactures all kinds of mill supplies, and has a capital of $125,000.
The Savage Repeating Arms Company, which has a capital limited to $250,000.
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MERCANTILE ASSOCIATIONS.
In July, 1879, a meeting of citizens to encourage manu- factures was held at the Butterfield House. At this meet- ing it was stated that cotton goods from this city were sent to Constantinople, and locomotive lamps to Australia, New Zealand, and South America. An association was formed, under the title of the Utica Manufacturing and Mercantile Association, to encourage the manufacturing and other business interests in and about the city of Utica. The first officers were Addison C. Miller, President ; John D. Kernan, Philo S. Curtis, Edmund A. Graham, Vice Presidents ; Edward Curran, Treasurer ; James F. Mann, Secretary. .
May 15, 1896, the Utica Chamber of Commerce was or- ganized, and incorporated September 2, of the same year. The present President (Nov. 1899) is John C. Hoxie; Secretary, Correl Humphrey. Its object is to foster the business institutions of the city, to induce new enterprises to locate in or near it, and to promote the general welfare of Utica. The Chamber has twice sent delegates to the Indianapolis Monetary Convention, and is a member of the National Board of Trade. It has a membership of over four hundred.
The Homestead Aid Association, incorporated 1884, has been of great value in helping working men and women to secure their own homes.
The following industries, established in earlier days, are still important :
White's Pottery, established about 1828, by Noah White and his son Nicholas A. White, on the site of one still ear- lier, was one of the first in this region. The manufacture of fire brick was peculiar to it.
M. H., pp. 277, 278.
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From the same time date the first steam engines made in Utica, which were manufactured by Philo S. Curtis.
Ibid, Pt. II., p. 19.
In especial we must mention the early use of the Tele- graph in the Mohawk Valley. This was due to the fore- sight of Theodore S. Faxton (1793-1881). His name is associated with those of Silas D. Childs (1794-1866), and Pioneers, pp. 498-509, 581-5, John Butterfield (1801-1869), and earlier with that of 41-4. M. H., Pt. II.
Jason Parker (d. 1830) in the transportation business, pp. 9-13, 156-8,
(see VIII.), and he was afterwards prominent in the man- 30.8. agement of railroads, manufactories and banks. In 1845-6 503.
Pioneers, p.
M. H., Pt. II., he, with John Butterfield and others, formed the " New p. II. York, Albany and Buffalo Telegraph Company," and laid down the first telegraph line that passed through this val- in Geog. Jour-
A. P. Brigham,
ley. This was also the first line of commercial import- nal, (London) ance, and was preceded only by a short route between May, 1899. Baltimore and Washington two years earlier. (See XI., Morse and Chubbuck. )
BANKS.
The first Bank established in Utica was the Manhattan, Pioneers, p. a branch of the Manhattan Bank of New York. It was M. H , p. 569.
273. established in 1809, and continued till 1818.
The first purely local bank was the Bank of Utica. It was incorporated June 1, 1812, began business in Decem- 314. Pioneers, p. ber of that year, and became the First National Bank of M. H., p. 570. Utica, September 1, 1865.
Besides this, and passing over others which had only a temporary existence, we name the following which have been permanent :
Oneida Bank, incorporated May 13, 1836; began busi- M. H., p. 581 ness Nov., 1836 ; became Oneida National Bank, July I, 1865.
Utica City Bank, incorporated April 8, 1838, but not opened till Sept. 1, 1848 ; became National Bank, May, 1865.
Ibid.
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Oneida County Bank, organized 1853.
Ibid, p. 583.
Second National Bank, incorporated December 10, 1863 ; began business February, 1864.
A. D. Mather and Company's Bank, established March, 1866 ; organized as a State Bank, November, 1890.
Ibid, p. 590. Pioneers, P.491 Ibid, p. 585.
Utica Savings Bank, incorporated 1820, but not in op- eration till 1839, when a new charter was procured (July 26).
The banks of Utica are liberal to the merchants, and thus have greatly helped in their prosperity.
M. H., P. 578.
Although the business of the city has had periods of dif- ficulty, notably during the crisis of 1837 (see III.), when some of its banks failed and the rest suspended specie pay- ment for seven or eight months, its advance for the last thirty, and especially the last fifteen, years, if not rapid, has been steady, and unusually free from drawbacks; and the closing years of the century disclose a prospect full of promise.
For the full record of Utica's able business men, includ- ing, in addition to those already named, Abraham Varick, John C. and Nicholas Devereux, Alfred Munson, Montgom- ery Hunt, Henry Huntington of Rome, and many others, down to our own day, the reader is referred to the inter- esting accounts in Dr. Bagg's Pioneers of Utica and Me- morial History, and to D. E. Wager's pamphlet, Men of Early Rome.
CHEESE PRODUCTION.
Gilbert's Cheese Indus- try of N. Y., pp. 14. 54, 57.
New York is the greatest cheese producing State in the Union, and Oneida stands at the head of its counties in this respect, taking the place which Herkimer County for- merly held.
1bid, p. 36. U. Herald, June 9, 1898.
Here the first cheese factory was started by Jesse Wil- liams, in the town of Rome, in 1851. The Utica Dairy
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Board of Trade was organized in May, 1871, closely follow- ing that at Little Falls, which was the first of such boards. Cheese Indus- try, P. 34. For the last ten years, until the present season, the lbid, pp. 35, 21. amount of cheese marketed here has shrunk, following the general decline in the trade throughout the country, but Utica continues to be, as it has been from the start, the greatest cheese market in the interior of the country. Its heaviest transactions were in 1889 (number of boxes, Ibid, pp. 34, 35. 441,386), while the sales brought in the largest amount of money in 1887 ($2,415, 581.). During the season of 1899, the amount of cheese marketed in Utica has probably been heavier than for any season during the five years pre- ceding.
VI.
THE SPANISH WAR.
U. Herald, Mar. 31, 1898.
O UR latest history brings us once more to a period of war. While men and women were collecting funds and supplies for suffering Cubans, more efficient re- lief was at hand.
April 25, 1898, Congress declared a state of war to ex- Daily Papers. ist between the United States and Spain, dating the be- ginning from April 23, when Spain dismissed the United States Minister.
Ibid.
April 22, the President had approved the Volunteer Army bill passed by Congress, and on the 23d, he issued a call for 125,000 men for two years. The quota for New York was about 12,000, -- 12 regiments of infantry and two troops of cavalry, the infantry to be chosen from the National Guard.
COMPANY E.
Ibid.
April 26, the members of the two Utica companies, the 28th and the 44th Separate Companies, N. G. S. N. Y., were given opportunity to volunteer, and a large majority of each company responded. The 44th was chosen, re- ceiving its orders April 27. This company represented the Utica Citizens' Corps. (See III. and IV.)
U. Herald, May 21, 1898.
It left the city May 2, amid the enthusiastic demonstra- tions of the citizens, its destination being Camp Black, Hempstead Plains, Long Island. Additional men followed May 14 and June 22. May 20, the Company was muster- ed into service as Co. E., of the First New York Provis- ional Regiment, Colonel Thomas N. Barber, commanding. The company was commanded by Captain Lewis E.
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Goodier ; and after he had accepted the appointment of Ibid, July 9, Major in the 203d Regiment, by Captain Arthur W. Pick- 1898.
ard.
An officer of this company was appointed Aide on the Ibid, Sept. 27, staff of Gen. King, and sailed with him for Manila early Nov. 7, 1898. in November.
From Camp Black, the regiment was transferred in June to the Forts in New York Harbor, Co. E. going to Fort Ibid, June Ic, Hamilton, and thence to San Francisco, July 7. Reach- 29, 1898. ing San Francisco July 14 and 15, the regiment was placed in the Department of the West, and assigned to garrison Ibid, July 12. duty at Honolulu; the Hawaiian Islands having been placed in this military department by order of the War Aug. 17, 27, 28, Department, July 11. The regiment sailed for Honolulu 1898. August II, arriving August 17.
While in San Francisco, the men received great kindness U. Observer, from Lieut. Col. Oscar F. Long, (Capt. U. S. A.), Depot Aug. 27, 1898. Quartermaster ; a native of Utica and once a member of U. Press, Aug. 14, 1899. the Utica Citizens' Corps. His efficiency and his thought- ful care for the Utica men received high praise and hearty gratitude.
COMPANY G.
Under the second call for troops (75,000 for two years), U. Herald, the quota for New York was about 8, 000, -three regi- June 18, 21, ments of infantry and three batteries of artillery. The Ibid, July 6, 1898. 201st, 202d and 203d Regiments were raised under this 1898. call.
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