The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-03-28
NATIONAL GUARD CADETS.
The Boys RepeI IA Midnight Attack
on Their Camp.

on Ihefr camp.
In Oswego. n. Y. on April q. 1896. the
organization known as the National
Guard Cadets first saw ths4hgbt of day.
Starting originally with thir,een mem
bers. the company has keptcbh it's steady
growth. until 1t now consists of sixty
six members. all told. The originator Of
the company was Henry ]. Clark. chief
clerk in the United States engineers Of
flee in OswegO. who ASSUMED and still re-
tains it's commandantship and control
Besides the commandant the makeup Of
the company is a captain. first and sec
ond lieutenants. quartermaster five ser
geants, six squads and bugle squad Of
eight members. The age limits are from
fourteen to twenty-one years. except for
the bugle corps. and the height limit
five feet three inches.
The company has two objects. First,
the training Of it's members by teaching
them sound morality. TO be good cit
liens; and. second. to make them good
citizen soldiers. and no pains are spared
along both these lines to attain the de-
sired ends. ... t.
This company has a constitution and
bylaws of its own. which. as it's men,
bers are minors. are signed not only by
the members. but by their parents or
guardians. The rules are strict and
closely lived up to. which accounts, in
great measure. for the success which
has attended the organization. The en-
listment, or duration Of membership. Is
three years, with liberty 20 any member
to resign or withdraw upon payment TO
the company of all disbursements made
on his account. ~ f"'.
Its uniform Is the same as that worn
by the regular National Guard. except
that the cheyrons of the commissioned
and non-cemmissioned officers differ from
those worn by the State militia.
Through the kindness Of Capt. A. NJ.
Han. of the Forty-eighth Separate Com
pany. who has all along taken the
deepest interest in the welfare of the
cadets, they have been accorded the use
OF the State armory. whete their drills
are held once a week 5iE
To such perfection have the cadets at
tanned in their drill and in The manual Of
arms that they are permitted not only to
take part in all public ceremonies with
the senior company but also frequently
to take active part in their regular drills
In this way forming valuable adjunct
to the senior company. Already several
OF the cadets have enlisted in the Forty
eighth Separate Company. by whose Off
GERS the junior company Is regarded as
an excellent recruiting field.
So excellent and apparent have been
the results already attained that the
company has received the warmest sup
port of the citizens of OswegO. prOmi-
nent among these supporters and help
ers being George 3. Sloane, John T
Mott and Swits Condo who. with other
citizens. have contributed generously 70
its support.
In July. 1897. the cadets went into
camp about four miles from OswegO. re-
naming several days. While there their
conduct and discipline were excellent
and would well bear comparison with
that OF either the militia or the regular
forces. As a test Of their courage and
discipline the camp was attacked by the
Forty-eighth Separate Company. under
Capt A II Han. az twenty-five minutes
past l a. m. on July N. but its natural
defenses and the alertness Of the sen
tries prevented the expected surprise and
the lads defended their camp in such q
way as To call forth the Unst.nted praise
of the officers Of the senior company.
AS training school for boys and
young men in obedience. prempt1ess and
manliness. and taking into its ranks as
IL does, many who would never other
wise receive military instruction. this
organization commends Itself 10 all true
citizens. who have the welfare of Young
America. and. therefore, OF our country
itself. at heart.