Download or read book A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 106th Infantry, United States, Colonel Frank H. Norton Commanding (Classic Reprint) written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-13 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Short History and Illustrated Roster of the 106th Infantry, United States, Colonel Frank H. Norton Commanding In the year 1844, the militia of Kings and Richmond counties constituted the Second New York Division, under command of Major General Underhill. A new regiment, the 265th, had been added to the 44th Brigade and its Colonel, Gilbert Reid, was in that year made Brigade Commander. These two men, with the best interests of the service at heart, had labored long for a better organization of the militia, and it was due in part to their activities that the Legislature of the State, on May 13, 1847, passed a bill calling for the reorganization of the State militia by con solidating and reducing the number of brigades and regiments. It was the general intention to encourage the formation of uniformed companies and place the citizen soldiery on a more distinctively military basis. Under the provisions of this bill, eight companies of light infantry, riflemen, grenadiers or infantry, were to form a regiment, with two additional flank - companies, one of cavalry and one of artillery. On or about the fifth of July, 1847, the 265th Regiment, according to the bill, became the 14th Regiment, New York State Militia. Previous to this time, there were no uniformed regiments, outside of the First Division, in the State. Colonel Willets had been appointed by the Governor of the State, in 1846, to organize the 14th Regiment and lay out the regimental district, but being unsuccessful, he had been relieved, and Phillip S. Crook appointed as Colonel to do this work. At a meeting held in Mrs. Prest's Military Garden, which stood where the County Court House is now located, these companies participated in an enthusiastic initial muster: National Guard, Company A, the Union Blues or City Grenadiers, already organized and uniformed. From various sources, principally from the Washington Guards, a volunteer organization attached to the No. 1 Fire Engine Company, there was quickly recruited the number of men required by law (thirty-two) for another company, which was duly inspected and designated as Company B. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.