The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-12-20
LIEUTs., FROST AND HARRIS
First Lieutenancy Goes to Donald W..
Frost and Second to Joseph H. Harris
-Kenosha Officers to Attend Meet
ing at Milwaukee Thursday.

Thomas B. Temple, soldier of the
Spanish War, and a leader.
In the activities of the Kenosha Pro-
visional Battalion, has been selected
to captain the Thirty-ninth Separate
Company of the Wisconsin State
Guard which was recently mustered in
and will be stationed at Kenosha The
other commissioned officers of the com
pany are Donald w. Frost, first lieuten-
ant, and Joseph IL. Harris, second lieu
tenant. The commissions have not yet
been received, but these men have been
recommended by Inspector Adjutant
General Seaman and unofficial recog-
milton of their appointment was made
on Tuesday when they received trans
portation TO attend the officers school
which is to be held in Milwaukee ON
Thursday, December goth.
Capt Temple is well known in mill
tary circles of Wisconsin and is we'll
fitted to lead the Kenosha company.
He served with distinction in Porto
Rico In the Spanish American War and
since that time has been been for eight
years . member Of the Wisconsin Ma
Il fal,ah retired arrY officer
he was appointed instructor OF guafa
duty for Wisconsin, as which he be-
came known throughout the Badger
state. In local military activity he is
captain of Company A of the Kenosha
Provisional Battalion, which change he
will retain in addition to his present
appointments. Lieuts. Frost and Harris
were both members of the first Officers
Reserve Training Camp and are com
missioned officers in the Provisional
Battalion. The Thirty ninth Separate
Company, as the Kenosha unit is now
known, has been recruited to full
strength, and by utilizing the training
gained in the Kenosha Provisional
Battalion, is now ready for service
to preserve law and order in any part
of Wisconsin.
Capt. Temple, Lieuts. Frost and Har1
ris, and Major H. j. Mellum viii co
to Milwaukee on Thursday morning to-
attend the officers school for the Wis.,
consin State Guard, which convenea
there at ten O'Clock in the morning,
in the George H. Walker Hall of the
Auditorium. THIS has been called by
the order of Adjutant General Holway.
This meeting of the officers Of the COM
panies of the state is called, it is said,
to consided the plan of state camp
of two weeks duration to be establish
ed next summer at Camp Douglas for
the members of the Wisconsin State
Guard 1t is also to consider the ad-
visibility of having the members of the
State Guard relieve the United States,
soldiers of the guard duty which is be-
ing performed in the state of Wiscon-
sin as has been considered in many of
the eastern states. Should this be-
come effective it would probably CALI
many Of the Kenosha guardsmen
for immediate service within the boun-
daries of the state.
The non-commissioned officers Of the
Thirty-ninth Separate Company viii be
appointed by Captain Temple in the
near future and it is probable that a
meeting of the company for organiza-
tion will be held early in the year..
The membership of the company is
made up of men who are also enrolled
In the Kenosha Provisional Battalion
and the drill of that unit is expected
to train them for service in the state
company.