The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-03-26
Kenosha Company ofUniform Rank
K. of P. and Spanish War
Veterans May Serve
CRACK COMPANY IN KEN0SHA
Both Organizations Soon To Vote On
Proposition to Become Auxiliary
To the National Guard
At Once

Kenosha may within year have two
crack military companies which will be
auxiliary to the national guard of the
state and to be called out for service
after the national guard has been called
out for the defense of the country. The
two military companies which we may
have will be Kenosha Company No. l,
Uniform Rank, knights Of Pythias, and
the local camp United States Spanish
War Veterans.
Tor two years these national organi-
cations at the national encampments
have taken up the matter Of becoming
auxiliary to the national guard. At
the encanlpment Of the Spanish War
Veterans at Sandusky, Ohio, last Sep
TENDER, the question Of having all
camps fitted out with rifles was taken
up and the majority of delegates favor
ed it, but it was agreed to let the mat
ter go over until the encampment in
1905, which will be held at Boston
and there is every reason to believe
that the plan will be adopted and
every camp of Spanish War Veterans
in the United States will become mill
tary companies, holding drills weekly
or bi-monthly.
At Boston this year the Uniform
Rank, knights Of Pythias will hold
their national encampment at about the
same time as the Spanish War Veterans
will be in encampment and the Pythi-
ans may decide to become part Of the
national guard If the two organiza-
tions decide to become auxiliary to the
national guard the United States gov
eminent will have the largest reserve
guard Of any country in the world
The association of Spanish War Vet
Grams has a membership Of over 10000
men who enlisted for service in the
war against Spain. The Uniform Rank,
Knights Of Pythias has a membership
Of 10000 many of whom saw service
in the Spanish American War. The
national guard now numbers about
100000, so that il the Pythians and
Spanish War Veterans became auxiliary
to the national guard the United
States would have a reserve of over
10000 well drilled men,
At Milwaukee Saturday plans to
make the Uniform Rank, Knights of
Pythias a part of the national guard
were discussed.
1t is the purpose to change the by
laws of the order at the meeting of the
covering board at the next biennial
encampment to be held in Boston in
August. The changes are to be such
as to provide for the carrying Of rifles
and the formation into what shall be a
sort of reserve force to the national
guard. Negotiations are now being con-
Quoted with the war department for
the equipment of the Uniform Rank
with regular United States rifles.
The governing board Of the Uniform
Rank, at the biennial encampment in
Boston next August, will consider the
changing of the bylaws by which the
organization will adopt the rifle, in
stead Of the sword.
The plan on which the national guard
now exists is that it forms the first
line of defense for the country and can
be ordered out at any time by the pres
ident. Under the plans now being dis
cussed the Pythias could fern a nucle-
us of home reserve force and in that
way furnish an army of 10000 men
ready for the protection of the home
territory. The men composing the uni
form rank have been organized outside
of the regular army, the regular army
drills have been used and inspections
are always made by experienced Unit
ed States army officers. All are ma
ture men with an average age Of 2S
years. approximately 5000 Of the
number fought in the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. On a whole this army of
10000 would form the best drilled mill
tary body existing in the country. The
Pythians are in practically every state
in the union and in every state the men
have been drilled under regulation army
tactics All that is needed is to have
rifles placed In the hands of the uni
form rank and the county will have
home protection that can not be equal
ed and can be depended upon,