The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-09-14

vacancies In the First regiment, and
one in the Second regiment
These are the present infantry COM
panies and their home stations:
First Regiment-COmpany A. York.
Captain Roy E. Olmstead: B. Stanton.
Captain liver s. Johnson; C. Beatrice.
Captain Charles l. Brewster: d. Nor
folk. Captain Charles L. Anderson;
E. Blair, Captain Frederick A. Alb
bolt; G, Geneva, Captain Harry E.
Ford: H, Osceola, Captain Richard o.
Allen; X, Wymore. Captain Jesse ".
Craig; L. Omaha. Captain Henning F..
Elsasser; Nj, McCOok, Captain J. Roy
Weidenhamer.
Second Resiment-Company A.
Kearney. Captain Harry N. Jones; B.
Beaver City, Captain John Stevens:
C. Nebraska City. Captain Clyde E.
Mccormick: d. Hastings. Captain J.
Hamilton Rifee; e. Holdrege. Captain
Frank A. Anderson: F. Lincoln. Cap
tain Phil L. Hall. Jr.; G, Omaha. Cap
tain Earl E. Sterricker; H, Aurora.
Captain Carl G. Johnson: X. Schuyler.
Captain Charles H. Johnson: L. Alma,
Captain Arthur Kimberling; NJ. Al
biOn, CAPTAIN Leon II. Davis.
The commander in chief of the Ne
braska national guard is Governor
Chester H. Aldrich. Direct manage
ment is entrusted by him to a general
staff. of which General Ernest H.
Phelps. the adjutant general. is the
head, he being a regular salaried Of
ficer, and having several salaried Of
fees of the rank of major or captain
assisting him. Next to the adjutant
general are three heads Of depart
ments, whose services are called but
occasionally, they being Colonel Allan
D. Faiconer. quartermaster and com
missary general; Colonel A. d. Fetter-
man. inspector general, and Colonel
willard A. Prince, Judge advocate
general.
A large part of the advisory work
is dorc by the military board. which
meets monthly, and which consists OF
the adjutant general. the brigade CON-
mander, the two regimental command
CTS and the chief surgeon of the med
ical corps.
Attached to the general staff is the
medical corps. of which Major John
NJ. Birkner of Lincoln is chief sur
geon. He has fifteen surgeons under
him. All of the field forces Of the
guard. previously named. are organ.
lied into a brigade, of which General
Joseph A. Storch of Fullerton is in
command. He has the usual brigade
stan.
Under him are the First regiment,
Of which the field officers are Colonel
George A. Eberly of Stanton. Lieuten-
ant Colonel W. Edmund Baehr OF
Omaha, Major George E. HOldeman OF
York. Major Charles E. Fraser Of
Madison and Major Albert H. Holdings
worth of Beatrice: the Second regt
ment. of which the field officers are
Colonel Fred J. Mack of Albion. Lieu
tenant Colonel Hugh Elton Clapp Of
Steele City, Major Herbert II. Paul
of st. Paul. Major Walter F. Sam
mons Of Kealrey and Major Otis NJ,
Newman of Aurora: the machine gun
company. Captain Henry A. Jess: the
field hOspita; company. Major John NJ.
Birkner; the machine gun company.
Captain Herbert T. Weston, and the
engineer company. Captain F. Otto
Hassman.
Altogether. the brigade consists Of
about 1,4OO officers and men. as they
turn out for dsey. after eliminating
those who are i'll or who have substan-
tial reasons for not reporting.
This brigade. OfIicered by Spanish
war veterans as rule, for the two