The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-01-16
GENERAL KIRK
] NOW COMMANDS
STATE MILITIA
YpsiIanti Man Succeeds p. L..
Abbey, of Kalamazoo, as
Brigadier-Gene
BUT ONE OF OLD STAFF
RETAINS HIS POSITION
NJ ]. Phillips, of OwOssO. Inspec-
tor of Small Arms, Still
Member

LANSING. Mich, Jan. l6.-(Sp>
|cial)--Goy. Ferris has announced the
poxsonnel OF the new state military
beard, which assumes control OF the
state militia today, The appoint
|ments:
Cen. John p. Kirk. Of Ypsilanu. br|
GAde inspector or sDnaIA arms practlce'
Can't w. IL Martin. Saginaw, com
lwanding Go. II, Third infantry, MAJ
Roy c. VandercOsk, adJuiant general
Landing. recorder OF the board, anu
MAI. Walter ID. Rogers, OF L~anSlAA'
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The changes In the board were Nc
Ce1strated by the retirement OF Brig
Gen. Abbey, OF Kalamazoo, who LAS
been brigade commander and chiet OF
stan tor three years. Maj. William
n. Hatch. OF Union City, who was ori'
eade Qnartermaster and a member vi
tia boaru, also goes on the retired
/ iis1
Other members OF the brigade stan,
who were not members ot tae MIL
tary board, now retired from active
service are: Adjutant, MAJ. George Il
Harvey, Port Huron; the commissArs'
Md. Oscar E kilstrom, Grand hap-
Ida The only member OF the old STAN
70 hold over is haj. Phillips. OF
<Dwosso.
While Gen Kirk has not formally
ANNOUNCED the makeup of his stan.
Il 3 learned that II would include the
following: AdjutaEt, Mai. -aniel W.
Smith, of Detroit brigade quarter
matter, Mai. Henry M. Lamb, Detroit;
INSPECTOR o. small arms practice MAJ
Philips, of Owossc; brigade commits
sary. Maj. John c. Evans, OF Detroit;
brigade inspector, Maj. A &. WILSON,
AMI Arbor, medical officers, MATS
IL. Hooper and James 4. Mead. OF De-
ktrolt; assistant quartermaster. Capt.
Ia. G.. Wilson. of Ann Arbor.
Members of the new military board
Fare better distributed from a stand
Fpoint Of geography and organization
than we're those OF the old board Gen.
5AbDey and two other members OF the
{Old board were from Second infantry
organizations and lived in western
Michigan, while the First infantry had
Z only one representative, who came
From the populous eastern part OF the
state. The central section furnished
la Third Infantry representative on
1.-THE board. On the new board there
3are two FRS. infantry men from east
fern Michigan, two officers from the
Third, who live In the central part OF
1.-THE state, ana one is from the western
district, representing the Second In
Ifantry.
Gen. Kirk, the new chief of stan.
has been a guardsman for rs years
and has worked to the head OF the
brigade by faithful service ana natural
ability. He enlisted as a private In
lC0. II. Fourth infantry. Ypsilanti, on
April Is, 1886. He was corporal ser
tgeant, second lieutenant, first heuten-
{1nt, captain, major, Northumberland
colonel, and is now brigade general
Gen. Kirk was major of the 3lst Mich
{1gan in Cuba IN 1893, serving from
4 the outbreak OF the Spanish war until
/ Jan. 81, 1899.
In private life he is a lawyer and ia
10 former mayor OF Ypsilanti.
Maj. Phillips started his military
kcareer at the age of Is. on Dec. l,
1895, as a private In Co G, Third In
[4antry, Owosso. During the Spanish
war he was private In Co. @. Thirty
/ third Michigan infantry, and served in
Cuba under Gen. Shafter. He received
mention for distinguished service in
the battle of Santiago for having vol
unteered as sharpshooter in the at
tack on Fort Aguadores. After ths