Telegram-herald., 1888-08-12
lISTORYOF"I"AHO"K"
agsrsR GUARDS Aso lfssEs RIFLES
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HE Custer 1azzl. Company Il
~ shieh % khs ssasad orgalizziioa
In ID Doint 0f age in this afg. -ss
- 0rsaa.1esi CO shs I'D 81 fsbrazTy
Isse. - lhs efforts u Heary b.
A4fFia 4ad o1hsrs ga ths sesr side ef ne
river IAs company a. Is organization
nam5srsi dfy msa. sith "a following
ofncsrs, Captain. C. 4. Rose First Lieu
tsoAnt. G. ~. Loud. sseoad LlsassasaI, d.
a. HYd8Fn.
ilmssilsisly apon organizing they con
ulsnosd fsz1.zr Seskly en1 and made
application 90 sn1st gas state seryics- They
ssrs 4ocsptsd and mustered ia ca tas LIth
oi January. issz by General Gage u ,agi-
Bss. thsn Inspector Gsasfal Of tie state
troops Tosy .tfsndet tas sncsmpmsnt IA
Aug.lst Of thaE year. snsn, on sccoont o.
the snort JiIns since their sntfance INTO The
state service. thsg we're called tie BABY
Company They we're hlsh.y comFli-
msuIsd 5y Ihs stats officers ior ihsif 4ns
sppsasancs aad iDf ths pfonclelcv taey Lad
acquired .n drlli q ~ short tl-e.
Tie f8lsoslnz IS inter- Lieut. Loud re-
sizaed sn1 Nas sue sedsd 0y First Sergeant
hrarv l.. ksodfick ksudricz bed tas
pnsitf0u a feW months only. ~hen be ae-
csptrd posstion 40 trassliag salesman for
. sholezais house. sllcn occupation kept
him saE of tie cltY Too much % attend 10
attend 60 biz military duties, for tbs reason
be rsslxnsd ADD Eas succeedsd 0y III. A.
Hys0Ts. HsnrT 81 Marvin sas elected -
ths second IleutenaccF 10 al the vacancy
nsds by the promotion Of HydOEn. Ia tne
Fall Of I315 i1eaL Marvin Fszlgnsd and vas
soccsocsd ~ Arthur ~. SEYMOUR. AZ the
annual election to 1884. Seymour vas DfO-
NOTED t0 First Lieutenant which position
ne nov holds. his promotion vas % nil
ths vacancy eft 5y the retirement from the
COMPANY Of Lieut. II. A. Hydoru and
HsnIy b Aarvia vas again elected % the
second LieUtensncY. bat be held The posi-
Eon for Few moa.hs only when be re-
signed 0o account OF falling health. On
the Foarth q July. 1856. the company en-
tered is urst competitive drill at Auskexon
when tnry Won hTsE prize. The winning OF
this prize sncoas.ged tas boys 70 Try again
at tne compeiAtlge drill held the next
Ssotenao Ger AZ the Jackson State Fair. Here
ths company Won third place. being beaten
by ne Jackson Rides. who Won nrst place
aad the Detroit City Greys Who Won second
place.
company went hard TO work drilling tvics
week y prepare for the National drill. 70
De hslt Ia Washington the next May. Here
they we're brought in competition with
some Of fae very best military Orgsnlza-
mons IA the United States. Thirty-ons
companies entered Ihe cOatcst az Washing
Ton. and Company II" won Gftsenth place
While ths Jackson Rifles. who had dsfeatec
them the Fall before. Won only eighteenth
place. The eoys came nome from this triI
With higher IDEAS Of me work that might Ds
done by them. and have been working hare
since 10 acuuirs thai proficiency which theJ
saw displayed az that encampment. and
they are nov standing very much higher II
al respects than When they returned A
The ate ehcampment they we're highly
cornplimented by the State officers and
esrle homs feeling that they had no super
iOrs n fbe State service. There had bean nc
change o. officers for three years until the
recent election, when Second Lieutenant
Jsnles knox was elected Captain 70 81 the
vacancy isit 81 the promotion orc II. Rose
10 the rank OF Major.
Probably neither Of the other companies
aithOugh much older nage had - many Ups
and downs A. Company
This company vas first organized as sn
artillery company az the instlgstiOn vi
Ckas. II. HvdOrn and sidney Collins 10
September, 1888. with the following officers;
Captain. C. H Hydorn, First Lieutenant
sidaey Collins Second Lieutenant. II. C.
Angsl.
The company continued az an independ-
snt company Of artillery known as the
valley City Light Artillery until December,
fss5 10 January 1885 Collins resigned bis
olfce aud left the company. bis vacancy
was filed by the election Of ]. p. BaOcsck
and a January, i5of Baocock was elected
o. he Cspfsincy With Geo. COgshall for
First Lieutenant. Henry Ciaysr. sr.. Second
Lieutenant and !. L. stiles as Jr., Second
Lieutenant.
In ths vintsr Of 50 s. there was a bill be-
fore ths State Legislature % equip a battery
snd 10 appropriate $40. coo tor that purpose.
The bill passed but they forgot the BIC. 90
thus provision was mace for battery ol
light artillery bat no means furnished
whsrswith % equip II. All this time ths
company bad been struggling along by
is own efforts and by the enterprise
OF its msuosrs. The provision for a battery
BY the Legislature led 70 is assignment. on
Dec. Is. $50. % section A. First Battery
light artillery IN the State service. AT n.
time Of their admission 70 the stats servics
J r. Rabcock Was Captain. Georgs C0gshal
First Lieutenant and J. L. Stiles Second
Lisutsnant During the year lss6 thsJ
vsrr assigned as company r. Fourth
Reg ussut. snd so continued till the 18th Of
September 1850. when they we're rs-mus-
tered a. Company 4. second Regiment
or lnne9 Rifles. In January. iSs7. Bs0cocs
vas reelected Csptain. With Richard n
Dor.hv as First tasutsnAut and Jack For
tune second Lieutenant. In few month";
both Of these hsutenants resigned. ans
their places Esrs ed AZ - special election
br John Scott for First Lieutenant ard q
Soufter second Lieutenant These ofiCer
held heir places anal iszt January. rhel
Dennis L. Rogers Vas elected Captain an
Thomas :. Crump second Lieutenant. Thi
company - ne youngest Of ths mii.isr.
crysu 1slIons of ths city. and ia rsmsrx
abiv 6as company considering the disad
vantage under which it has laoored