The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-03
REDReAMlIN6 THE GUARD.
TWO IMPORTANT MEETINGS ARE
HELD IN ARNORT HALL
C~@Dany D-ros0eR Members 81
Cenpasy ID Also % Orgssise-ksf-
feet Of R<resa MASTER late Aras.

Arnorv hall was the scene Last nfxnl
or two meetings. having az oojecs In conf
mon yet differing widely In character. Ia
the room Of Company b. n. G. W, were
gathered thirty-Ehree enthusiastic young
men. ranging In age from Is 10 q years.
bent on the formation OF , military conn
pany. Their idea was 10 tender their serv-
ices 10 Gov. Rogers AZ volunteers in event
OF a second cali for men, or otherwise 10
petition for admission as Company 3 In
the reorganization Of the guard. In Com
pany Dis room. at the other end Of the
building. . score OF men. remnants Of the
old Company d. were met to consider the
proprieiy Of reorganixsng as a company
OF state militia with the intentIon OF hold
Ing the property and official positions OF
Company d until the close OF the war.
The mastering into the. United States
army of practically all the National
Gusrdsmen has entirely disrupted the Or
ganszation In this state. Ii is the opinion
Of niGa officials that those men who have
been mustered into the regular army as
volunteers are entirely removed from the
National Guard and on returning from the
war can only regain their membership In
the guard by re-enlistment or by leglsla-
tive enactment reaufhorixing them to act
as the militia OF this state.
Doubt az 10 the present status of the
National Guard withheld the men who
gatheied In Company DIS room last night
from taking decisive action The fifteen
or twenty present we're Old members OF
the company who had bsen unable to go
20 Tacoma because - family and business
reas2as. They met on the call of Sergt.
E. j. Valentine. and he acted as chair
- 4.
IL practicable. company should be or
gan:zed With the understanding that on
the return OF the volunteers the old Of
ficers should be ffinstated. A. V. Bell,
III. II. Raymond and T. A. Davies We're
chosen committee to ascertain what
steps would be necessary In the formation
OF such q company. OF old members ,eft
behind and new applicants rejected be-
cause OF numbers there are twenty
seven. that being the number required by
law In the organization of a company.
Different was the action OF the younger
men N Company II room. They organized
as company, elected officers and signed
the following application
ITO the Adjutant General of Washing
fon-Sir: We. the under sigaed. being resi-
dents and Liable 10 duty in King county,
respectfully apply to be organized into
volunteer company under the laws OF this
state and the rules and regulations adopt
ed pursuant thereto for the government OF
the National Guard OF Wash ngton.''
The officers. se.ecsed by ballot. were:
Capt. NJ. NJ. Moss. first lieutenant. c. II.
MCGOWAN; second lieutenant, Elmer A.
Friend. The following names appear upon
the roll:
Jackson g. corhsft jr. f. f. Mccarthy.
c. q. Wright. Roy f. Darlington. Fred W.
Fuller, Virgil n Bogue. George r. Page,
Howard A. Hanson 8. NJ Trsen. James
II. Cummings. Elmer A. Friend. Adolph
Bronson. John b. Wing. Coll Murray.
Louis s. Csagin. NJ w. Thompson. j. G..
Fox. b. r.. Stevens. Henry Callahan. A.
ID. Remington. H. q. Winsor. W. III. Muir
ray. H. F. Coe A. q. Breeze. Alex NJ.
Forsythe, Herbert c. Noes. l. Curtis Park
or. Fred A. Fenton. George II. Morehouse,
George Sehns, McB. Mitchell. {. IL. Me
Cowan, NJ. NJ. Moss
The new company. to be known as
Company X. IS made up almost entirely OF
students of the University of Washington
OF high school cadets. They are nearly all
familiar with the dr:ll regulations and
Capt. Moss anticipates but little difficulty
IN getting his company into acceptable
shape