The Recreated 23rdRegiment of Foot, The Royal
Welch Fusiliers in America
Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Long Island, White
Plains, New Jersey, Connecticut Coast Raids, Danbury and Ridgefield,
Brandywine, Germantown, Siege of Charleston, Camden,
Guilford Courthouse, Yorktown The Fusilier Redoubt
Colonel of The American Battalion
Brigadier Anthony C.
Vivian
Regimental Headquarters
Major Kenneth A. Siegel, 27 Grant
Street, Needham, Massachusetts 02492 rangerken98@ yahoo.com 781-444-2589
Adjutant: Captain Paul Thomson 4
Saint George Court, Brookeville, MD 20833 paulthomson@ earthlink.net
301-260-8358
Color Ensigns: Second Lieutenant
Erik Goldstein, Second Lieutenant Jack Pritchard
Regimental Sjt Major: RSM Ronald
Turfitt 43333 Caruth Boulevard, Dallas, TX 75225 rwfrsm@ comcast.net
214-361-9216
Drum Major: DM Thomas Reinhart
1404 Knightsbridge Turn, Crofton, MD 21114 dm23rwf@ hotmail.com
410-451-9768
WEBSITE:
www.rwfia.org
THE FUSILIER
Editor:
Ken Siegel
Volume XXXVII, # 5
May 2008
1.
Personnel Related Matters, page 2
2.
Financial Matters, page 2
3.
Uniform, Supply and
Equipment matters, page 2
4.
Regimental Roster, page 3
5.
Events planned for 2008 page 4
6.
Future events, page 6
7.
Commander’s Comments, page 6
Website problems have been corrected!!!
SECTION 1: Personnel Related Matters
Returned to active service: Fusilier Bob
Hanley, Colonel’s Company
Transferred to Grenadier Company: Recruit
Sean Beaudette
Retired to Pensioner’s Company: Fusilier
Jack Claudio, Colonel’s Company
Company Commanders are asked to inform me
of any promotions they wish made so that these may be done at Boone’s
Homestead, with maximum personnel in attendance.
SECTION 2: Financial Matters
No changes;
insurance bill being paid as dues are received from each company. This
is the major item we have to pay for each year!
SECTION 3: Uniform, Supply and Equipment
Matters
Two, excellent
tailoring sources for coats and other uniform items, based upon very
successful experiences from members of the Colonel’s company are:
Mr. Neal Redmond of,
Druids Oak
11601 Ziegler Road S.E.
Hancock, Maryland 21750
301-478-3200
Ms. Barbara Shaputis of,
Yesteryear
5000 Spring Road
Shermandale, Pennsylvania 17090
717-582-8147
yesteryer@tricountyi.net
Two of our own members who do superb
work and both of whom have done tailoring work for me are:
Grenadier Mike Grillo
347-804-9763
Rwffuz94@aol.com
Fusilier Christopher Cook
413-783-3870
Grenadier@mail.ccsinet.net
As always, your first source for
equipment, including a new musket, should be our own quartermaster. We
have some muskets on hand and would very much like to sell them. Contact
Captain Thomson for details. His e-mail address is in the Fusilier
heading.
May 17-18, 2008: Boone’s
Homestead, Pennsylvania
(OIC: Major Siegel)
This will be our main, regimental event for 2008.
This
is a British Brigade, Continental Line event and will be the main event for
both organizations in 2008. Many of us have been there several times and the
site is great. We will provide meals in camp at this event to include lunch
on Saturday, and breakfast and lunch on Sunday. A roast beef main
course for supper will be provided to all by The British Brigade.
The price for food for the
entire weekend will be $8.00. We will field our colors at this event.
Fergusson’s Company is asked to make this their eastern event for 2008.
Ammunition for Ferguson’s Company has been arranged already. More. We know
the site. The Continental Line provides fine opposition. The British Brigade
is in command. And we’ll have a great time. Captain Morgan will be the
Brigade Major for the Union Brigade at this event. Therefore, any
administrative problems will be entirely his fault! The responsibility for
the weather rests with Colonel Vivian’s Company, so Captain Morgan has TWO
opportunities to impress us all! (Never let it be said that I don’t provide
opportunities for our officers to ‘shine’!)
We have had many members, and
regimental women volunteer to help with our field, kitchen. The Regimental
woman in charge of our kitchen at this event will be Mrs. Nan Price.
We will use this event for some posed
photographs of the regiment in ranks and drilling, and also firing and
attacking.
Directions:
www.danielboonehomestead.org/directions.htm
June 21-22, 2008: Monmouth,
New Jersey
(OIC: Major Siegel)
THIS MAY
BE THE LAST TIME MONMOUTH STATE PARK IS OPEN!
The governor of
New Jersey, in an attempt to save money, has placed a number of state parks
on a list to be closed as of 1 July this year. Monmouth Battlefield State
Park is on the list.
This will be a
company type event, not a regimental one. It has been moved up a week due to
conflicting events the end of June, like UTR and the French and Indian War
big event at Ticonderoga. This is sponsored by the BAR but it is NOT a BAR
member only event. We are expecting some soldiers from the 1st
Battalion (Royal Welch Fusiliers) of The Royal Welsh to be there as part of
a long, distance run we will be supporting. More details about this will be
provided as soon as I know them. This is an event members living in New
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, or southern New York should consider
attending. Although I’ll handle the administrative stuff, I plan on fielding
as a fusilier so another officer will be appointed to command on the field.
We will NOT plan on feeding in camp, so be prepared to ‘restaurant’ it. We
will wear our regular uniform, though depending on the heat and humidity I
may choose the option of having all remove neck stocks.
July 12-13, 2008: Fort
Laurens, Ohio (BAR event)
(OIC Captain Pieper)
July 26-27, 2008: Fort
St. Joseph, Niles, Michigan (BAR event)
(OIC Captain Pieper)
August 2-3, 2008:
Sturbridge Village, Massachusetts
(OIC: Major Siegel)
This will be a joint event with the 10th
Regiment and other, New England based units at the very nice site of Old
Sturbridge Village. We will be able to camp in the historic, reproduced
village, and fight several times as well. This is an event recommended for
members in New England, up state New York, and not too far away New York and
New Jersey. This would be a good event in which to do in camp meals and the
regiment will support this if there is sufficient interest.
August 16-17: Fort
Ligonier, BAR National Encampment, Ligonier, Pennsylvania
(OIC: Captain
Pieper)
This year’s BAR
national encampment is something our Midwest company and every member of the
23rd who can attend should support. I believe it is important for
us to support the BAR this year in as much as those who are BAR members can
do so. I am involved in setting up the scenario for this event so I’ll know
a lot about the details after my meeting on site there in July. Therefore,
details about this event will be published in the August future Fusilier.
August 30-31, 2008: Faire
at New Boston, Springfield, Ohio (BAR event)
(OIC Captain Pieper)
September 6-7, 2008: Fort
Ticonderoga
(OIC: Captain Gates)
This is a repeat of the always
successful and enjoyable event at Fort Ticonderoga. Everyone who goes will
‘play’ light infantry, meaning forage caps for grenadiers and fusiliers, and
no hangers or match casers for grenadiers. If you can make this event by all
means do so. Meals will be provided and more about that will be forthcoming
later this year. I strongly recommend this event to all.
September 20-21, 2008 Army
Heritage Fair, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
(OIC Captain Morgan)
October 4, 2008: Chew
House, Germantown, Pennsylvania
(OIC Captain Morgan)
October 18-19 2008:
Gloucester, Virginia
(OIC: Major Siegel)
The British Brigade and Continental
Line, along with the BAR sanctioning the event, are planning a major event
right across the river from Yorktown. This will be a regional event for the
23rd. However, the 23rd DID fight in this battle. And
furthermore, everyone fielding in a red coat will be playing the part of the
23rd…and further-furthermore I’ve been asked to command all the
‘red coats’ (someone else will have the Loyalists and Germans, and British
Brigade commander Mike Grenier will be in over all command of the Crown
Forces). Based on information received at the British Brigade meeting this
is going to be a fine event and I strongly recommend it to all.
November 1-2, 2008: Hope
Lodge, Pennsylvania
(OIC Captain
Thomson)
SECTION 6: 2009 and 2010
Events
April 2009: Battle Road
This will mark
the 50th anniversary of the National Park Service’s
reconstruction of much of Battle Road. There will be considerable fighting
throughout Concord and Lexington (off NPS land). This will be worth
attending. We will probably hold our Saint David’s Day dinner concurrent
with this event!
May 2009: Jerusalem
Mills, Maryland
This has been
chosen as one of two, major British Brigade events for 2009. It will be our
main, regimental event for 2009.
End of June 2009: UTR
Williamsburg, Virginia
We will seek to
be invited back to Williamsburg in 2009 and I’m sure we will receive an
invitation. We should support this event on as large a scale as possible.
August 2009: Cooperstown,
New York
This will be the
second, British Brigade event for 2009, and will be our secondary,
regimental event.
Columbus Day Weekend,
October 2010: Brandywine State Park, Delaware
This has been
chosen as a major, British Brigade event in 2010. It will probably be our
main, regimental event for 2010..
SECTION 7: Commander’s
Comments
I am looking forward to seeing most of
you at Boone’s Homestead. Since this is our number one event for 2008 we
obviously hope that everyone who can possibly turnout does so. Of course, we
follow the mantra of ‘family first, job second, and everything else third’,
but absent the first two conflicts, or something really pressing, we expect
all to turn out at Boone’s. I have heard from some members who cannot make
this event who have very good reasons, to include active military duty,
college graduation, and children’s first communion, etc. Of course such
things come first! The company commanders and I sincerely appreciate it,
however, when we are informed of such things so that we can better plan for
an event based on a realistic expectation regarding field strength. At least
one pensioner has asked for, and received permission to turnout at Boone’s.
Such permission is an automatic by the way, though it’s nice to be asked. I
will have my entire fusilier kit with me at Boone’s. The only thing that is
spoken for is my extra musket and bayonet. Everything else is available to
help get a recruit on the field. As always, it’s first ask, first get!
Ich Dien,
Ken