. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ar Department circular, Adju-tant-Generals Office, he was assigned to staff duty byBrigadier-General fohn P. Hatch, and relieved therefromApril 8, [864, at the request of Captain James Biddle,Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, commanding Camp Cadwalader,with orders to report to him. He was promoted to cap-tain, Company D, from March 15, 1863, detailed August28, 1864, to perfect the organization of the new Penn-sylvania regiments then forming at Philadelphia, andSeptember 17, 1864, as acting Assistant Adjutant-gen-eral of Camp Cad
. Officers of the army and navy (volunteer) who served in the civil war . ar Department circular, Adju-tant-Generals Office, he was assigned to staff duty byBrigadier-General fohn P. Hatch, and relieved therefromApril 8, [864, at the request of Captain James Biddle,Sixteenth U. S. Infantry, commanding Camp Cadwalader,with orders to report to him. He was promoted to cap-tain, Company D, from March 15, 1863, detailed August28, 1864, to perfect the organization of the new Penn-sylvania regiments then forming at Philadelphia, andSeptember 17, 1864, as acting Assistant Adjutant-gen-eral of Camp Cadwalader. Captain Ettings applicationof December 13, 1864, to be relieved having been re-turned disapproved, he remained on duty until dischargedJune 2, 1865, by reason of the termination of the war. Colonel Chapman Biddle wrote from Philadelphia,May 22, 1865, to his Excellency the President of theLmited States: I have the honor to recommend for an appointmentin the regular military service of the United States, Cap-tain Charles E. Etting, of the One Hundred and Twenty-. first Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers. Captain lu-ting entered the volunteer service as a second lieutenantnearly three years since, and during the time I commandedthe One Hundred and Twenty-first Pennsylvania Volun-teers, discharged all his duties as an officer with alacrityand fidelity. His service in the field in the several battlesin which he was present obtained for him the commen-dation of his superior officers. As an educated officer,one thoroughly conversant with his duties, he would, inmy opinion, be an acquisition to the regular service. Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Piddle wrote under samedate, similarly addressed: I have the honor to recommend Captain Charles for an appointment in the ami)- of the UnitedStates. Captain Etting entered the sen ice in the neHundred and Twenty-first Regiment Pennsylvania Vol-unteers, in 1S62, and served as second lieutenant, firstlieutenant, and captain, acti
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