Captain John M. Bradhurst, "Bradhurst's Regulars", in NYC

"EARLY DAYS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD"

The several City Regiments, when out of, as well as
when in, the service, devoted themselves assiduously to
the acquisition of proficiency in the duties of their
positions. It is on record, that the Company, now the
"Fourth," N. C, whilst on duty in the Forts, attained
such superiority in drill, that it was denominated through-
out the Regiment (the old Eleventh), " Bradhurst's Reg-
"ulars," Captain John M. Bradhurst, then commanding
it ; and it is a fact, worthy of notice, that, although its
composition has, of course, been changed, at least a
dozen times over, still the ambition to excel, and be
pre-eminent in all the duties of the soldier —

" Transfused like life, from breast to breast it glows,
" From sire to son by sure succession flows "—



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has come down through all "the changes and chances"
of the intervening fifty years, to its successor, in direct
line, the Fourth Company of the present day ; the dis-
tinguishing characteristic of whose Members is so strik-
ingly in keeping with their "illustrious predecessors."
It is not pretended, by any means, that any one Company
is entitled to an undue share of the credit of the advance-
ment of the character and reputation of the Regiment
to its present eminence and renown ; for, in fact, all, — ■
the ^^ post nati,''^ — ^the newer organizations, as well as
the original Four Companies, have, by the ability of their
officers and men, and their energy, assiduity, and zeal
for the interest of the whole Corps, displayed at all times
in the acquisition and preservation of its

" Wealth of ancient fame,"

combined to form the character and reputation of our
present Gallant and Glorious National Guard, which
we, and all who have passed through its ranks in earlier
times, look upon with so much, almost paternal, pride ;
and of which each of us is so proud to still claim,
after a lapse of nearly half a century,

" I, too, am a National Guard I "

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