Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-02-27
Ladysmith Again Has Full
Pledged Unit in the Ma
tional Guard
ARMORY QUESTION NOW
MUST BE CONSIDERED
SeVenty-iiye Men Enroll i'm Local Cav.
airy TrOOp.-HOrses To BE
Sent Here

Troop X. First Wisconsin Cavalry
is again reality and LadySmith again
has Il full-fedged unit in the Wiscon-
sin National Guard.
The troop was formally mustered in
last Friday evening at the American
Legion hall by Capt. Colin III. Ball. of
the L. S. regular army national guard
instructor for Wisconsin. who gave an
interesting address on the subject.
citizenship and Service"
The commissioned officers are: Cap
tain. ii. NJ. Jones: first lieutenant, \.
H. Galloway second lieutenant, \. w.
Fisher
The muster roll of the company is
as follows:
First Sergt. Edwin NJ. Dahlberg.
Mess Sergt.. George w. Hampton.
Snp Sergt.. EllWOod l.. Bruger
Stable Sergt. Frank II. Catlin.
Sergeants: EldOn A. Preston. Geo.
y McCorison. Emil r. Fisher, Emil c.
Peterson.
C0rp0ralS: Oren X. Ellwood. Lloyd
II. Staples. Elmer Il. Carmain. Guy
Adams. Cecil Barnes. Bernard G..
Schwartz. Stephen S. Jordan. Leuy
+. Horton.
HOrseshOers Allison Skinner. c.. F.
KlOpfenstein.
Saddler. Irwin G. Whereatt.
Cooks: L. H. Spencer, Arthur Kill
gore
BuglerS: Harold c. Carpenter,
Claude f. Carpenter.
First Glass Privates
Miles S. Alden Robert Beaumont
VIM. l. Hurley Phillip McQuillan
Clyde Pcrkey Moses Paradise
Verle W. Poole Leon G. Rietz
Fred SchiOtz August V. Simon
Privates
Frank NJ. Bruce George \. Benson
Jesse ID. Drum Alexander Beranek
Marvin l.. Dodge William Il. Evans
Mark HOldread Clarence w. Everett
James Il. HasSOn Edward A. Fisher
Wallie Hanson John NJ. HOugland
William Jordan Arthur S. Jacobs
Paul KOStka Wesley L. MOyer
" S. Morrison Dewey G.. Moore
Everett Moore George w. Moore
Oscar Olson Raymond Petan
Gilbert Percifield Willard \. perkey
Olen Perkey Elmer III. Radloff
Elmer Robbins Harold w RadlOff
Anton l.. Stusek Archie f. Sanders
Willis III. Smith Floyd l.. Shaw
Noah Shaw Ralph Schmidt
Earl F. Schmidt Orville O. Staples
David y. Wood Phillip c. viii
Mark NJ Williams
As previously announced. OrganiZa-
ti0n of the cavalry troop here will re
suit in the government sending thirty
two cavalry horses here. with full
mounted equipment Feed. forage
bedding and other incidentalS of main.
tcnance will be furnished or paid fol
by the federal government. The sun
of 1870 monthly will he available from
the federal funds 10 pay not exceeding
five men of the troop for the care of the
horses. An experienced cavalry Off
Ger may he sent here to assist for d
time i'm giving instruction in hOrSeman
ship 1t is cOnSerVatively estimated
that the troop will bring at least
$4,000 Of federal money to the city
annually.
The completion of the troop brings
10 I.adySmith the problem of provid
ing an arm0ry. For the present the
gymnasium will be used for this pur
pose.
Madison. Wis-In speaking of thu
cavalry training in the Wisconsin Ma
tional Guard, Major James J. Quill. o.
Milwaukee, unGer whose guidance
hundreds of troopers in old Troop
have received instructions and who il
recognized rs one of the most prOiicien
cavalry officers the state has ever had
says. 'Training in hOrSemanShip vii
consist of thorough instruction in mod
ern equitatiOn. Formerly one merel,
sat on the back of a horse. and guided
the animal as best he could. Nov
cqlitatiOn has been developed to Sucl
Il science that the rider can control /;
horse better than q Ford car. AS train
ing advances. mounted races, cross
country riding. road and park riding
mounted pistol practice. marches ol
Saturday afternoons and Sundays
jumping fOur-fO0t hurdles and ten-foo
bitches may all be INDUCED i'll. One o
the greatest pleasures of horsemal
is TO he able to ride your horse up to :
fOur-fOot fence and have him take i
easily without the slightest fear of in
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