The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-03-29
co. F NO MORE.
ADJ. -GEN. MUEHLBERG MUSTERS
OUT THE COnPANY.
The Reason For This Action is Lack
of Interest on the Part of the nem-
bers--Brief History of the Com
pany.

Mankatos military force has been
disbanded. This has been coming on
for some time, and the elimination
was reached last night, when Lieut..
Col. Geo. w. Mead appeared with or
ders from Adj Gen. Nuremberg for the
disbandmenJ of the company and the
mastering out of the service Of its
members. FOrty-siX members were
mustered out, besides the officers.
Capt. Egbert Otis handed in his res
ignation last December 31st, and it
was accepted few days ago.
In speaking of the mastering out of
the company, Capt Otis said today:
''The action was brought about by the
lack of interest shown on the part of
the members and by our citizens. We
had a good company and at the an
nual encampment at Lake City last
summer the company turned out
fifty-two men. Since then the at
tendance at drills has been poor, and
I have done all / could to bring out
the boys. When 1 saw that my eff
forts were useless, resigned. 1t is
too bad that the company had to be
mustered out, for Mankato is large
enough to support a good military
organization. The guns and other
state property in possession of the
company will be packed and shipped
to St. Paul. Probably some one here
will be detailed to attend to this"
The order mastering out the COM
pany was made by Adjutant-Gen-
eral Herman Nuremberg, and was
sent to Lieut.. Col. Mead, who inform
ally told the company of it's contents.
Col Mead has authority to pack and
send On the state property, and will
do so at an early date.
The place of Co. f in the Second regi-
ment, M. N. g., has already been fill
ed, by the transfer of the Spring Val
ley company from the Third regiment
to be known as Co. f, Second 'regi-
ment, hereafter. A company has
been organized at Marian Park to
fill the Third regiment. The militia
of the state is limited to the three
regiments. and there is plenty of COM
petition to get into the national
guard.
Company f was organized June
I28th, 1882, and has been in
existence ever since. The
list of captains that it has had is as
follows: Geo. w. Mead, S. w. Bur-
CESS, J. L. Washburn, D. f. McGraw,
w. L. Comstock, VIM. Denny, Egbert
Otis. During the first few years of its
existence the company was composed
of the young society men of the city,
and it was one of the principal social
organizations of the city. 1t then
had the interest of our citizens,
but as the novelty wore off
and interest Jagged the Or
ganization fell out of the thoughts of
the people, and the company was sell
dom heard of except on Decoration
day.
Mankato ought to have first-class
company, either as part of the ma
tional guard or as an independent COM
pany. From talks with some of the
boys on the street we should judge that
this will be done, and that a new COM
pany will soon be organized, with a
select membership.
The bugle corps has also disbanded
for the present, or until another COM
pany is formed. The members have
been making good progress, but the
corps cannot be taken into the ma
tional guard as long as no military
company is located here.