Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-09-28
NAVAL RESERVES.
Inc Military Feature to be In.
augurated at Moline.
ADJ. GEN. oRENDoRFF IS HERE

roints Regarding the innovation tn be
introduced Tonight-The State of Iu
"oiS sustainS it and the National Gov
eminent takes PaternaI Interest in
n-Duties of the Battalion tn a.. ,Irs
tered into Service
AdJutant General Alfred Orendorff
OF the state IF Illinois. under whose
command the National Guard of the
state to which he has given his per
sonal attention with results so com
pnmentary 20 himself and so graft
lying to the state itself. arrived at
the Harper asst evening from Chi
cago. AdjUtant General Orendorff's
mission is to muster in at Moline to-
night the battalion which has been
assigned to that city of the Naval
Reserves organized under an act of
the Illinois legislature last Nav.
The adJutant general received many
calls from friends in the city during
| the evening and this morning. and
| TO an ARGUS reporter. who solicited
information from him regarding the
new movement, he said: The act
under which the battalion of naval
militia will be must tered in at Moline
tonight, was passed by the last
legislature. There are to be two bat
| tallonS in the state. one at CHICAGO.
which | have just inaugurated. and
the other n Moline. The idea is to
supplement and increase the eflicien-
| cy OF the state militia in manner.
and under system which bears the
approval and cooperation of the
| government. We expect to have
about 400 in the two battalions of
Naval Reserves to start with"
Asked rs to the general status OF
the state militia, Gen. Orendorh re-
piled: The state militia of Illinois.
| am happy to say. could not be in
better condition than it is now. 1t
is credit to the state. and am
proud of it,.
significance of the Movement.
The movement is much moe i'm
portant than may appear to the cas-
Ual reader. The Naval Reserve plan
has for years been pet one with the
! navy department. the intention be-
ing that tie Reserves shall bear the
same relation to the United States
| navy that he National Guard does 10
the regular army. Already the Re
serves have Il footing in the eastern
| states, and the western states have
begun To take them up. Usually but
| one or two hattalionS are found in a
state. In Illinois it has been decided
to have two. and these have been or
@anizcd-Cnc at Chicago and one at
Moline The Chicago battalion was
mustered in few evenings ago.
Nominally the Reserves are state
| institution. but the government Of
Uncle sam will take patcrnaI inter
est in them. While all acquisitions
are to he through the state military
! officials. the United States govern
ment pledges itself to furnish the
! necessary armament. uniforms. facil-
titles for practice and drill on boats.
and opportunity To drill on regular
| gunboats once wear.
Usually 24-foot launches are used
| for the practice ut home. capable Of
| carrying guns. Four Of these boats
are required for one company. and
the Moline battalion having four
companies. would require 16 of
| these fine .aunches. besides an extra
one of greater speed, for the com
handing officers. In the east when
| one of these battaliOns meets for
drill the waterway used is lined by
thousands of spectators, and Il pref
ty sight is generally prcsened.
| The Reserves use Hotchkiss rapid
| fire guns On three mounts-the sta
| tionary mount. the field carriage.
and the boat mount. The minimum
number of men in battalion is 167 ,
and the maximum number 800. with
the commissioned officers extra.
The officers elected last May are
given below.
The Officers
Lieut.. Commander-D. G. Daggrtt
Staff. II. Porter. adjutant; P.
G.. Simmon. ordnance officer: Walt
zimmerman, paymaster.
Lieutenants (ranking as captains -
First company. Il. II. Savage; second.
George Hutchinson; third, +. j..
| Clendenin; fourth. ". p. Amfler-
| man.
Junior Lieutenants (ranking as
first lieutenants) - First company,
John Kilt lsen; second. Leonard Oak
lev: third John Schofcr; fourth. By
ron f. Avery.
Ensigns (ranking a second lieu
tenants) - First company, 4. H..
Schofer and f.. l.. Cook; second,
George Miles and W. l.. Littler;
third, George f. Johnson and Henry
Swim; for nth. II. X. Altz and Earl
Sholes.
The necessary drill hall and place
for storing such a flotilla Of boats as