The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-02-26

: the scheme for taking moving pictures
Of the Michigan National Guard on
duty. These pictures were shown at
all the home stations of the organiza-
lions. The same movies have been
shown pretty nearly everywhere and
the National Guard has gained no little
, fame through that means.
War Game Is a Hobby.
Major Daniel w. Smith of Detroit,
/ lays claim to some little historical i'm
portance. He first enlisted as "A pri-
vate i'm Co. +, Fourth Infantry, May Is,
1891. He was made brigade trumpeter
and startled everybody by taking IA
horse to camp. He thus appeared AZ
the first mounted brigade trumpeter
the Michigan National Guard ever had.
Now the brigade trumpeter is always
mounted and follows the staff of the
commanding officer wherever he goes.
Musician Smith was discharged Jan
uary %, 1897, and re-enlisted after the
reorganization in Detroit as second
] lieutenant Co. &, First Infantry. He
was made captain and adjutant of the
First Infantry February Is, 1905 by Col.
| Kirk
| During the Spanish war. Major
Smith was quartermastoer sergeant Of
Co. NJ, Thirty third Michigan. Infan-
try, serving from May l6, 1898, until
honorably mustered out November 8,
1898
1t is probable that Major Smith IS
the wealthiest man in the Michigan
National Guard. With his brother he
has made the Peter Smith Heater COM
pany Of Detroit, the largest in the
country. Major Smith is president Of
the concern and in charge of the sales
department.
Captain Martin Was a Tar.
Capt. William Henry Martin of Sag
NAV is musician, sailor and soldier
as well as a successful practicing az
torney in private life II was May A.,
| 1891, that Martin enlisted as a mu-
stefan in Company ID. Third infantry
of Saginaw. He served II months AMI
was discharged. December 6, 1894, he
enlisted as a landsman in the second
division Michigan state naval brigade
and served his full three year enlist
ment January %, 1899, Martin again
enlisted as a bands man and in 1901
was made coXswain and i'm June of
the same year was promoted to quar-
termaster. He was honorably dis
charged at the end of his enlistment
and in July 1902 enlisted as a private
In Company G. Third infantry, Sagi-
nav. In December of the same year
he was elected second lieutenant. Jam
uary IS, 1904, Company r was organ
lied and invited Lieut.. Martin to ac-
cept command of the company. This
he did and has since served in that
capacity.
Capt. Martin has already served two
years on the military board and is
one of its most valuable members. As
"a result Of his efforts i'm Saginaw, he
succeeded in having transferred there
the famous Third Infantry band and
has one Of the best armories in Mich-
gan for the housing of the troops.
Vandercook indispensable.
BY virtue of his office as adjutaut
general of Michigan, Major Roy e..
! Nandercook is also member and sccrc-
tary Of the military board. No moro
efficient or hard working officer is to
be found in the nation than Major
Nandercook. Moreover he is most pop
ular both among military men and
with the public generally. \ newspa-
perman first and "a mighty good one.
he is after all a soldier and an officer
who ranks high wherever he goes.
Major Vandercook first enlisted as a
private in Company +. First Infantry,
Mason. and so served from March II,
1890, To January 3, 1896. lie re-cnlistcd
in May, 1896. and a year later was
/ elected second lieutenant. In this ca
paCity he served i'm Company +, Thir-
ty-irst Michigan, in the Spanish war,
and after the war was commissioned
first lieutenant in the Mason company
| of the Independent battalion. He was
then appointed aide on the brigade
staff In 1905 Nandcrcook conceived
the idea of a battery of artillery. lie
was then living in Lansing and there
| organized Battery y, and was elected
its first captain. lie took hold of this
work with all his enthusiasm The war
department sent up the guns and
equipment and Battery \ soon became
recognized as the most efficient Ma
tional Guard battery i'm the nation. No
regular army officer has yet been TO
Michigan who has not commented
upon this battery and the efficiency o.
both officers and men. Several years
Capt Nandercook took his battery to
Sparta Wis. there to practice with the
regulars, and everywhere the men
were soon recognized as nearly APP
preaching the efficiency of the reGu-
lars. Several years the officers of the
battery have gone to artillery schools
and have taught the men what they
learned there.
The Quartermaster General.
Two years ago the second battery
was organized, and Capt Vandercook
was promoted to the rank of jor
in command of the two batteries. lie
has worked hard To bring Battery Il
up to the point efficiency i'm which
Battery A stands. AS result Michi-
gan may well he said and is recos-