The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-12-02


making a complete roster. Friday evening
May Goth, 1891, the company elected the
| balance of its commissioned officers. Fred
| III. Gould. being elected LIST Lieutenant Nj.
Roy Osborn, I'd Lieutenant. The company
drilled from once to three times week.
TOR which they should have the utmost
praise, not knowing whether they would he
successful or not in getting into the State
| Troops On October 2Sth 1891, they were
| mustered in as State Troops of the State of
| Michigan, and assigned to the Sd. Regi-
| ment 1t was not until July 22th 1892,
| that they received their uniforms and equip
ments, on that night they were invited To
participate la short parade which was
| done i'm q very striking manner, after the
| parade they were invited to partake of ice
| cream and refreshments which were served
| by the ladies of the Congregational church,
| for the benefit of the City Band. Soon
| after the Company received their equip
ments and ammunition they secured place
| for target practice upon the "Getman Farm"
which is about one and half miles north of
the city, at which place they went for prac-
| tice three times. On Aug. 18th the Com
pany went into camp with the Michigan
State Troops, at Island Lake, Camp Winans)
taking with them IS men and two officers,
being the first company of the troops to ar
rive in camp. On Aug. 10Th after the reg
uar routine of business on that morning, the
"Kid Company" as they were called, were
ordered out with the other troops for target
practice after all the other companies had
fired, leaving the kid Company"
until the last, but when they marched to the
front, with Captain Roth in command, it
seemed that every member had a fixed de-
termination to heat the worlds record. when
the command fire was given. it would have
sounded to one at distance like one gun,
it could be easily seen Ivy the way the tar
get swayed, that the kid Company" were
all they protested to be, gaining i'm percent
aye ever the best Rifle Teams of the State,
1873 per cent, the best record. The Com
pany while in camp earned 1852 10, which
amount was at the first regular meeting,
donated to the building fund OF the armOry.
On August 18th they broke camp, which
was highly appreciated by every one, al
though every member seemed to
have had very pleasant time, it
being novelty to the most OF them,
as but few had ever participated in any
thing of the kind before. Upon breaking
camp on the morning of August 23d they
were carried to Detroit to take part in
parade, which lasted about three hours.
On October 10Th fOrtytwo of the members Of
the OwOsSO Light Infantry, at the request Of
Edwin B. Winans, Governor OF the State of
Michigan, to attend the dedication OF the
Columbian Worlds Fair, went to Chicago,
ILL.,, as Governors Guard by special train.
leaving OwOssO, at 6:45 o'clock Il. IN. and
arriving at Chicago at 2:30 o'clock p. m;
upon their arrival in Chicago, their car was
placed in front of the Mining Building,
which was about 500 feet from their quarters
and they were at once assigned to the Trans
pprtation Building. After they were shown
| their quarters, they at once fell in and
marched to the Agricultural Building, which
was provided with seating capacity of six
| thousand, where very poor meal awaited
them and each successive meal being worse
| than the one before and to such an extent
| that the boys were Disguised, and each Join
Ell with the other in obtaining souvnerS in
| the shape OF knives, forks, spoons and towels
| which Were taken from the tables and tot
let rooms to balance up accounts with the
| caterer so to speak, which were brought
| home by every one of its members. Refer
| ence is hereby made to a certain ham-sand-
| witch, which Is now Oh exhibition at the
| Company's Museum. On Sunday evening
Oct. 23d thu company left Chicago at $40
| p. IN. arriving home at 1880 Monday morn
| ing. 1t would have seemed to those who
| saw them return, that they had lived dur
| ing the week fast and furious life, as
most of them were asleep for many days
afterwards, and yet with all, each mem
Der being very favorably impressed with the
vast and extensive Worlds Fair Buildings
aid the wonderful City of Chicago. On
October Sth 1892, the Company negotiated
loan of $4,000. 90 of Nelson ID. MOrehouse, of
| Saratoga Springs, n. Y, in order to build an
| ArmOry, the contract for the erection of
! the same being let to George Nj. Edwards,
of Owosso, Mich, for $S,620.46. f. Ii.
Hollister of Saginaw, being the Architect.
The ground for such Armory was broken OH
the Goth day of October 1892, the lot hav-
ing been donated by the city.