The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1940-09-23

al NY you lIiuSt StiCS ioyoity Ahoo,
even above the ability to shoot a
rifle or handle machine gun :.
We cannot stress too much loyalty
in times like the present"
Major Graham pointed out that
he Inauguration of the Alaska Ma
tional Guard is more or less an his
torical event. Being charter men,
bers, each name on the list will be
permanently filed in Washington,
D. c.
Governor Talks
Following the talk by Major Gra-
ham, Gov Ernest Gruening, spoke
to the company and congratulated
The group on the step to serve the
country, done under their own mi
tiative.
Other speakers on the program
included U. S. Attorney William A.
Holzheimer, Mayor Harry 1. Lucas,
Legion Commander Frank Metcalf,
Chamber of Commerce President
Charles Beale and past Legion Com
mander A. E. Karnes.
Inspection Aides
Aiding in the inspection of the
troops with Major Graham were his
aide, Staff Sergeant Hamilton H.
Bond, recently detailed to the Al
sska National Guard as Sergeant
Instructor: Major Charles H. Hart
Jr., and Capt Harold E. Harrison,
he latter two from Chilkoot Bar
lacks.
Immediately following ne cere-
monies, the company was dismissed
~ Capt William c. Walther, and
he proceedings were terminated,
outside of the fact that several OF
he men had questions to ask. and
a few had not been measured for
uniforms up to that time.
Meet Every Thursday
Capt. Walther also informed the
group that it will meet every Thurs
day evening in the Fair Building at
7 o'clock.
Considerable remodeling of the
fair building will be required to
make it desirable for National Guard
work which will be done in the
immediate future. but the group,
being on the majority, green" in
the work of being soldier, will have
considerable to do to get started in
their new careers.
The complete roster Of the Juneau
unit of the National Guard sworn
in Saturday night by Major w. r.
Mulvihil is as follows:
Headquarters
The roster of the First Battalion
Headquarters Detachment is as fol-
lows.
First Lieutenant NJ j. Whittier,
Battalion Adjutant; Privates Ed
ward Butler, Kenneth Lea, Forrest
Fennessy, Ralph Moreau, Glenn Ed
wards, John Hellenthal, George Will
ley, John Satire and Edward Arnell.
NcuICdI OctdCumcnt
Roster of the First Battalion Med
ical Detachment is as follows: Cap
tain Edward Vollert, Medical Corps;
Privates Virgil Mount, Joseph Bird,
/. Robert Richardson, Henry Holman,
David Conkey, Harry Krane and
Anthony Kuhn.
Company A
The roster of Company A is as
follows: Captain VIM. c. Walther
First Lieutenant VIM. N. Redling
Second Lieutenant Gerald McLaugh-
lin.
Privates Milton T. Bagby, Elmer
B. Benedict, Clyde E. Bolyan, Har-
old r. Brown, William S. Brown Roy
E. Butcher, VIM. w. Byington, Rob-
ert D. Campbell, Myron NJ Christy.
Herbert A. Cooper, Creighton E.
Diener, Walter Dale Druliner, Dom
aid A. Dunn, Clarence M. Ferguson,
Einar M. Flodin, Donald F. Foster,
Bernard r. Friske. Kenneth c. Full
Ter, Louis j. Glavich, George H.
Gombert. Edward B. Hardland, Nell
son Harris, Evan Hill, James H.
Hodges, Charles d. Houck, Louis A.
Hudson. Richard c. Johnson, Allan
E. tombstone, Jr. Owen j. Jones
Milo r. Krivokapich, Haruo Kun
asaka, Edwin r. Lawson, Max M
Lewis, Edwin H. Lyle, Joseph r
Meek. Kenneth F. Willard, Dale v
Miller. Robert E. Moe. Robert S
Moeller, Herbert j. Neff, Maynard
/ p. Peterson, Olaf c. Peterson. Fran.
els w. Pettygrove. Charles L. Pope
| joy, William S. Ramsey, Lyman H
Ritter, Hugh C, Rudolph. Henry F
| Schueman, Carl o. Seegert. John A
| Skok, william H. Smith, David E
Stromme. Joseph j. Thomas, Nor
man L. Thompson, Jack N. Tram
bitas.. Shelby F. Tucker, Maynar'
I. Waiilstrom, sStanwood p. White
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