The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-04-12
ASK AID OF the GOVERNOR
w. j. Frazier Goes to Madison to Con-
fer With Governor and Adj't General
With View of Organizing Young
Men of City Into An Infantry Co.

with the henOSna cavalry troop
cantering along at a great rate, a new
movement was started in Kenosha on
Monday to organize an infantry for
the Wisconsin National Guard and it
now seems certain that Kenosha will
be represented in both branches of the
service when the augmented Wiscon-
sin National Guard takes to the field
in about month. Kenosha is going
to the fighting strength of the United
States government.
With the cavalry troop under the
leadership of Alfred Terrell, W. J.
Frazier, armed with letters from the
mayor and a half a dozen other local
dignitaries, went to Madison today to
confer with Governor Philip and Adj
jutant General Holway Of the Wiscon-
sin National Guard to secure the organ
ization Of the infantry company for
Kenosha. He had with him the names
of 156 young men in the city who have
declared their willingness to serve in
the National Guard and it is expected
with this sort of list that the order
to mobohze the "Kenosha troops" will
be given by General Holway at once
and that provision will be made by the
state for the equipment of this second
company in Kenosha.
Frazier declares that the men he has
lined up will all stick for any kind of
service that the government may de-
mand of them. The names of the men
signing the roll have not as yet been
made public. If the state accepts the
offer of troops, the big skating rink
over on Washington Island will at
once be turned over to the new COM
pany for use as an armory pending 9th
er arrangements made by the state and
the work of drilling the new company
will be started at once. Frazier, de-
clares that he will be able to get two
hundred men from which the state may
pick a prize company for service.
The second big meeting of the cav
airy troop was held at the Guild Hall
on Monday evening with more than
eighty people present. Twenty more
recruits signed the roll for membership
in the company, bringing the total up
to ffty-nine and now just eleven men
are needed to have the company ready
for muster into the state guard. Just
as soon as the company is mustered in
the state and nation, equipment will be
provided for the men.
The cavalry is proving attractive to
a lot of the best known young men Of
| the city and it has been recruited
| largely from the Office forces of large
| Kenosha factories. These men are be-
! ing assured that their places will be
! kept open for them no matter how long
they are required to serve in the ranks.
The cavalry troop will hold another
meeting on Wednesday night to secure
more recruits and the leaders are hope
| full that at this time the full list of
men will be made up. Thursday night
the Kenosha troops will be out for it's
first public appearance. The men will
meet for regular drill early in the even
| ing and tt en- march to the Elks Club
to atten,, patriotic lecture given by
! Lieutenant Pease of the Naval Train
in Station. The members of the troop
will be guests of honor at a buffet
luncheon to be arranged by the Elks.
1t will be tLeir first chance to receive
the homage of the people for their
offer to serve the nation. The men who
have joined the cavalry troop since the
| publication Of the last list of names
are as follows:
Arthur La Crosse, R. L. Cardy, B.
Goodman, F. w. Johnson, Charles Van
Lone, Orla R. Thomson, Dick Cantwell,
Leo Schend, B. A. Mathews, H. w.
Ellsworth, Theodore Czarniecki, Ray
Bloxdorf, Harry Rose, Edward Moeller,
Walter j. Morton, Clarke Young, Edw.
L. Van Lone, Edward M. Lundskow,
Mauncis Sonderballe, Elmer r. Taylor,
Albert Halberstadt, Harold johnson,
Lawrence Petersen, William Weiss,
George Clifford, John Murphy, Fred
Lehman, William Kreuser, G. Ander-
son, R. J. Bentz, 81. F. Eddy, j. G.
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