Los Angeles herald., 1891-01-01
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
A Well-Organized and Disciplined
Body Of Men.
Years-The Two Regiments and Their
Commissioned Officers.

During the past year the National
guard, as established in Southern Cali
fornia, has made great progress, and is
now most creditable portion OF the
state guard. The records show that in
1850 Thomas B. Eastland was appointed
brigadier-general of the first brigade,
which then geographically embraced
the eight southern counties, but which
contained no company or regimental or
ganization. From that time there have
been thirty-three brigade commanders,
including the present one.
The first record of any company or
ganization is that of the Los Angeles
guards under command OF p. NJ. Darcy,
who took his rank ON January 3, 1877.
During 1881 the company was merged
into one called the Eagle corps. The
next organization on the record is that
of the San Bernardino cavalry, with
Captain w. w. Covington. who took his
rank on February %, 1887. This COM
pany, however, did not last long, being
disbanded in April, 1883.
On September %, 1881, orders from
headquarters authorized the establish
ment OF company in San Diego, with
Douglas Gum as major.
In 1885 the Seventh battalion was or
ganized by Company A (the Eagle corps)
and Company B (San Diego city guards),
and w. H. II. Russell was elected major.
Immediately following the Eagle corps
was divided, half being known as Com
pany A and half as the Cadet company,
which in October, 1887, was made into
Company G. In the same month Com
pany d at Pomona, Company E at San
Bernardino. Company + of Los Angeles
and Company G OF Anaheim were author
lied to organize, which brought the bat
talon up to regiment, with w. H. H.
Russell as colonel. Captain A. T. Palmer
of Pomona as lieutenant-colonel and
Isaac BENJAMIN Of San Bernardino as
major.
In the winter of 1SS9-9O the five ad-
located at San Diego, Riverside, Pasa-
dena, Ventura and Santa Ana, and soon
after Company A of Los Angeles, Com
pany B of Pasadena, Company g OF Los
Angeles, Company d of Ventura, Com
pany F of Los Angeles and Company G
of Anaheim were assigned to the
Seventh regiment; the two companies
at San Diego, the ones at San Bernar-
dino, Riverside, Pomona and Santa Ana,
to the Ninth regiment, which dates
from January l, 1890, with +. b. Spill
man OF San Diego as colonel, George f.
Bryant OF San Bernardino as lieutenant
colonel and Charles McKelvey of Santa
Ana as major. These two regiments
now form the Twelfth brigade.
The brigade now comprises two regi-
ments of six companies each, with
strength as shown by the consolidated
report OF June 80, 1890, of 1923 men, not
counting the unorganized militia in its
geographical limit. consisting of "a, 4,229
men, making total Of 25,057 n en-.
The brigade officers: Brigadier-Gen-
eral E. P. johnson, commanding; Lieu
tenant-Colonel L. S. Butler. assistant
adjutant-general; Lieutenant-Co Colonel
w. q. Cochran, surveyor; Major E. L.
Stern, ordnance officer; Major Cyrus
Willard, engineer officer; Major G.
Wiley Wells, judge advocate; Major A.
w. Barrett, quartermaster; Major
George S. Bonebrake, paymaster; Major
George S. Dunnals, commissary; Major
Horace M. Russell, inspector of rifle
practice; Major NJ. T. Owens, signal
officer; Captain H. z. Osborne and Cap
tain A. G. Jones, aides-de-camp.
The field and staff officers of the
Seventh regiment are Colonel Com
manding Charles G. Allen; Arthur T.
Palmer, lieutenant colonel; Major -
--, acting adjutant; Captain w.
G. Schrieber, lieutenant; I. M. Plotts,
ordnance officer; Lieutenant G. N.
Wilson, commissary; Major E. r.
Smith, surgeon; Captain Will A.
Knighten. chaplain.
The field and staff officers of the
Ninth regiment are Colonel Command
ing E. B. Spileman; Lieutenant-C Colonel
G. L. Bryant; Major Charles S. Nickel
vey; Captain Rawlins Cadwallader,
adjutant; Major Thomas L. McGee, SUR
veyor; Captain F. B. Perkins, chaplain !;
Lieutenant James E. Much quarter
master; Lieutenant Charles T. Rice,
comrnissary: Lieutenant S. Harville,
paymaster; Lieutenant George E. Foster,
ordnance officer; Lieutenant G. Lorbier,
inspector OF rifle practice; Lieutenant
A. w. Birdsall, signal officer.
The company commissioned officers
are as follows of the Seventh regiment:
A-Captain, w. G. Schrieber; first
lieutenant, Franklin A. Martin; second
lieutenant, Henry Steere.
B-Captain, A. L. Hamilton; first
lieutenant, James H. Campbell; second
| lieutenant, --
C-Captain, Mat Starin; first lieuten-
ant, Theodore Meyers; second lieutenant,
Arthur G. Reese.
D-Captain, Charles Elwell; first
lieutenant, Albert w. Buren,; second
lieutenant, John w. Hammond.
F-Captain, Oscar Ragland; first
lieutenant, John B. Franklin; second
lieutenant, Louis S. Chappelier.
G-Captain, u. O. Wood; first lieuten-
ant, Arthur L. Lewis; second lieutenant,
Ernest Browning.
Commissioned officers and staff OF the
Ninth regiment:
A-Captain, E. E. Spileman; first
lieutenant, Arthur G. Hartley second
lieutenant, John r. Berry.
B-Captain, Harry M. Schiller; first
Iieutenant Fl q. Dannals. SECOND lia,,-