H. O. Farnum was appointed 1st sergeant by the commanding officer.

The following names comprise the roll of membership of the company:

On September 22, 1880, the second company notice appeared as follows:

"Attention Co. A., Young Republican Regiment.

     The members of this Company can procure their uniforms at the Infantry Armory, Wednesday evening,      September 22.

W. L. Tourtellot, Capt. Commanding.οΏ½

The uniform adopted by the committee, was similar to the one worn during the Hayes and Wheeler campaign; it consisted of a white enamel cloth cape with red collar of the same material, and a white cap with a red band and a strap of blue, making a neat and striking uniform; these with a torch and tin cup completed the accoutrements.

The first General Orders from Headquarters, September 21, 1880, were as follows:


     οΏ½Captains of Companies will report their commands at headquarters, Infantry Building, in uniform of caps      and capes, on Thursday, September 23, at 7 o'clock p. m., sharp. The Regiment will leave headquarters      promptly at 7.30; torches will be furnished at that time.οΏ½

Thus read the announcement which was to call us to our first out-of-door parade. No doubt the wording of the aforementioned notices have appeared to many of you as they have to me, as decidedly warlike, and that instead of going to a torchlight procession for a grand old time, we were to go out and offer our lives in defence of our country; but no, even the worst was a thump from a turnip taken from some poor farmer's field, or perhaps a stray rock or two from the hands of some gamin with democratic proclivities. In answer to the orders from headquarters, Company A, with the other companies of the regiment, assembled at the First Light Infantry Armory, and formed on the Crawford street bridge for the first torchlight procession of the campaign. Under the auspices of the 8th ward club, arrangements had been made for a grand illumination of the 8th ward, together with speeches upon the Dexter Training Ground. Company A headed the regiment, commanded by Captain Tourtellot, 1st Lieutenant J. A. Brigham and 2d Lieutenant R. F. Trafford and forty men in line. The route of march was through Westminster to Exchange street, through Exchange Place, up Washington to Jackson, through Jackson to High and up High to the Dexter Training Ground. Each man was supplied before starting with two five-ball roman candles, one of which was to be fired at the corner of High and Jackson streets, and the other as we reached the Training Ground, but from nervousness or from a greater desire to have a big show at the first named place, the majority of the members of the entire regiment let them off there. The display was grand but the confusion was terrible; horses scared, reared and plunged despite the efforts of their drivers, and a woman in front of the Cathedral added her part to the performance by fainting. It mattered little to us whether the whole crowd fainted or not, so long as we had our part of the programme carried out. In consequence of this glorious display; the show at the Training Ground was rather a failure, for out of a company there were hardly two candles left. The crowd was noticeable for the absence of any disorderly element. It is estimated that there were nine hundred men in line on this parade.