The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-05-10
EQUIPMENT IN THIRTY DAYS
Father Terrell Of the Troop Is Happy
AS Thirty More Recruits, to Be Mus
tered In Friday, Give Assurance of
the Loyalty of Kenosha.

At an impressive ceremony forty-six
patriots Of Kenosha were sworn into
the service of the United States at the
Guild Hall last night. At that hour
Lieutenant Johnson of Racine, after
hours of instruction and examination,
lined up before him forty-six of as
fine men as ever joined an army
troop and administered to them the
federal oath for army service.
There were no slackers in the lines
of the Kenosha cavalry troop and
every ono of them stood up like men
and bound themselves for the defense
in regular service Of the United States
army and for three years more as mem
bers Of the reserve forcs of the Wiscon-
sin National Guard. This ceremony,
impressive but short, brought into
formal being the Kenosha cavalry
troop, the first military organization to
be contributed to the nation by Keno
sha since the days of civil war.
The first man to subscribe to the
federal oath of enlistment was Captain
j. S. Coney, the commander of the
troop and there was ripple of APP
plause among the tired troops gathered
at the Guild Hall as he signed up for
service. Then followed First Liepten-
ant r. w. Steinert and Second Lieu
tenant j. d, Alexander, all three of
them hardened men in the service of
the army. Forty-three of the privates
of the troop then took the oath of
service and before the work had been
completed it was nearly morning.
Seventeen more members Of the troop
who have been accepted for service by
the medical examiners will be sworn
in on Friday evening and today Lieu
tenant Johnson began the arduous
work of examining thitry more re-
cruits He had the assurance that the
Kenosha cavalry troop will have more
than the full quota demanded by the
government regulations for the muster
into the service. The work of ex-
aiming these men will be com
pleted today and tomorrow so that
the troop will be ready for immediate
call by Saturday morning.
Tt was proud midnight for Alfred
Terrell, the patriotic Gather of the
Kenosha Cavalry Troop" He did not
have the feeling that his work was
done but Just as soon as he had been
assured that there were men--and good
men--to fill up the ranks of the troop
he got busy with his plans to provide
quarters for the men and stables for the
horses which are to be sent to Kenosha
as part of the equipment Of the troop.
"The equipment will come along
Just as soon as we have quarters pro-
vided fot man and beast said Mr..
Terrell this morning "The uniforms
for the men should ali be here within
thirty days and the horses should be
here just as soon, provided we can
make arrangements to tack care of
them The officers of the troop will
probably be commissioned before the
end Of the week. The issuance Of the
commissions is now up to the adjutant
general and all that he is waiting for
now is the formal discharges Of the
men from the United States army.
These viii reach him today | am
proud of the fact that Captain Coney is
to command as fine body of men as
has ever been sent out from any city in
the country I believe that Kenosha
can be proud of the cavalry. I know
that if these men are put to the SUI
preme test of service, either at home
or abroad, not one of them will be
found wanting in loyalty or courage.
Tt is a great personal satisfaction to
me to know that Kenosha has responded
to this call of the nation. Now I am
hopeful that by the end of another
week Kenosha will have an infantry
company which will have Just as fine
personnel as the cavalry troop"
The coming weeks viii be busy weeks
for the new troopers. They must be
measured for uniforms; they must learn
to ride the horses; they must get bust
ness affairs in condition for the three
years service and say the farewells of
the soldier. Although it was midnight
and after when the troopers put upon
themselves the formal badge of the
Tinted States army, they were enthusi-
astic and as the last man was mustered
into the service there were rounds Of
cheers. Not few patriots who could
not enlist for the cavalry waited all
during the evening to witness the
ceremonies of the muster in.
The full list of the members of the
Kenosha troop will be given out on
Saturday after the last Of the men
have been mustered into the Service.
II is thought certain that there will be
more than seventy-fve men who will
offer themselves AZ volunteers.