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This success in so short a time was due to adhering strictly to the example set by Captain Charles S. Tarlton in securing the best possible material for non-commissioned officers, making promotions not from social position or favor- itism, but on efficiency and fitness as evidenced by rigid exam- ination, and inspiring each man to put forth his best efforts towards the success of the company.
The present commanding officer of Company H, Captain William H. Drapier, Jr., was born in Indianapolis in 1869, in which place he has lived practically all of the time. Since graduating from the Shortridge High School in 1887, he has been continuously in the insurance business, being at present the resident assistant secretary of the National Surety Com- pany of New York.
Although previously identified with independent military organizations, his first service in the National Guard was when he enlisted in the Indianapolis Light Infantry as a private in June of 1890. When Colonel James Ross re-organ- ized the company, Captain Drapier became corporal, after- wards sergeant, serving in several detailed positions, and finally, in 1894, as regimental sergeant-major on Colonel Ross's staff, in which capacity he served through the mining strikes of that year. In July of 1896 he re-entered Company D, Second Infantry, as a private, remaining until it was mustered into the United States service.
In the second call for volunteers, he enlisted as a private in Company F, One-Hundred-and-Sixty-first Indiana Infantry, U. S. V., where he passed rapidly through the line of promo- tion to the rank of second lieutenant, being afterwards de- tailed as battalion adjutant and mustered out after about ten months of active service, including garrison duty in Cuba.
In the re-organization of Company H, Second Infantry, I. N. G., he took the position of first lieutenant, succeeding to the captaincy in November 30, 1900. Captain Drapier is an officer of the Indiana Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States and of General John S. Poland Command, No. 13, Spanish War Veterans.
Lieutenant Harry M. Franklin was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on June 24, 1871. He attended the public schools of that city and graduated from the Indianapolis High School in 1887. Shortly afterwards he began the study of law and
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was admitted to practice in November, 1892. He is at present connected with the Potomac Life Insurance Company, in the legal department.
His first military experience was with the Porter Cadets, consisting of a number of boys who drilled faithfully with wooden guns and pasteboard helmets. When H Company was organized he enlisted as a private and was mustered on June 5, 1895, as one of the charter members. During July of the same year he was made a lance corporal, and after passing an examination he was made a corporal February 17, 1896, and on May 16 was made a sergeant.
When the Indiana National Guard was called out in re- sponse to the President's call for volunteers, he reported with his company and was mustered into the federal service on May 10, 1898.
On July 17 of the same year he was appointed first ser- geant by his captain, and was mustered out of the service as such on November 4, 1898, with his company. He assisted materially in the re-organization of H Company and was elected second lieutenant of his old company and commis- sioned as such on July 9, 1900. On November 30 he was elected first lieutenant, and now holds this commission.
Lieutenant Franklin is a member of General John S. Poland Command, Spanish War Veterans.
Lieutenant Albert P. Smith was born in Indianapolis, Oc- tober.10, 1874. and has lived there all his life.
He graduated from the Shortridge High School in 1892; from the De Panw University in 1895: from the Indiana Law School in 1897; and took a post-graduate course in the Har- vard Law School in 1898. He is the junior member of the law firm of Smith, Duncan, Hornbrook & Smith.
His previous military experience consisted of three years in the De Pauw Cadet Corps, having graduated with the rank of first lieutenant. He was elected second lieutenant of Company H. Second Infantry, I. N. G., November 30, 1900. He is a member of the Indiana Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.
The present roster is:
First Sergeant -- Downey, Brandt C.
Quartermaster Sergeant-Hamblen, Gilbert R.
Sergeants-Bauer, Conrad L .: Denny, George L .; and Golder, Clar- ence A.
Corporals-Bone, J. Samuel; Dwiggins, Wesley J .: Haspel, Emil G .; Crabill, Herbert.
Musician-Miller, Claude J.
Wagoner-Breedlove, Roland H.
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CAPT. J. B. KINTER CAPT. J. K. RITTER CAPT. W. O. BRAGG
CAPT. W. H. DRAPIER. JR. CAPT. NOAH LOUGHRUN
CAPT. J. R. GRIFFIS
CAPT. E. L. MIDDLETON CAPT. W. O. JERICHO
OFFICERS OF SECOND INFANTRY
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Privates-Arbaugh, Archibald M .; Barckdall, Clarence B .; Blake, Jesse C .; Bolinger, Walter Q .; Cahill, Ralph; Cordrey, James W .; Fender, Edward C .; Haffield, Wm. T .; Ham, Joseph A .; Holland, George B .; Horton, Roy J .; Howell, Asbury; Jacobs, Stephen S .; Kelly, Austin; Kennedy, Omar R .; Maley, John F .; Moore, Frank; Moore, Grant; Mor- tenbeck, Arthur W .; Munsell, Arthur E .; Pearson, Roy A .; Rains, George H .; Richardson, William H .; Robinson, William F .; Rupkey, Earl; Schaefer, William F .: Schmidt, Isaac F .; Skinner, William A .; Smith, Frank W .: Steadman. Ernest E .; Stetzel, Frank J .; Trout, William V .; Welch, John T .; Williams, Earl A .; Williams, George S .; Winter, John H.
The present Company C was organized early in 1900. It was the twentieth separate company and was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company C when it was re-organized. The officers are Captain Taylor C. Power, First Lieutenant Walter A. Escott, and Second Lieutenant Thomas E. Cathro. Robert L. Moorhead was the first second lieutenant, but was promoted adjutant.
Captain Power enlisted as a private in Company D, in November, 1893, and was appointed a corporal in November, 1894, and sergeant June 1, 1895. On the August 30 following he was appointed battalion sergeant major and regimental sergeant major in October, 1897. He served through the war with Spain as battalion sergeant major, to which position he was appointed March 30, 1898. On the organization of Com- pany C he was elected captain.
First Lieutenant Walter A. Escott was commissioned March 22, 1900.
Second Lieutenant Thomas E. Cathro was sergeant major of the first battalion until February 21, 1901, when he was promoted to his present position.
The roster is:
First Sergeant-Richardson, N. H.
Sergeants-Kostenbader, W. J .; Mertz, F. J. P.
Corporals-Skinner, J. G .: Elliott, J. T .; Murray, R. E .; Bridges, C. W.
Musician-Wyon, W.
Privates-Akin, C. G .: Agal, V .; Asbury, Edward; Averill, H .; Bar- rett, C. B .; Beiger, F. A .; Blue, R. H .: Bronson, W. L .; Buhler, R. E .; Calvin, C .; Carter. H. A .; Covington, E .; Coffin, J. H .; Darter, A. L., De Lury, J. H .; Eberts, G. W .; Easterday, L. R .: Echols, L. G .; Gray, J .; Groves, R. R .; Hadley, E. C .; Harms, A. E .; Havens, G. H .; Johnson, W. M. E .; Jackson, F. T .; Keith, E .; Knickerbocker, E. B .; Laud, C .; Leck, F .; Lease, F .; McDermid, N .; Myers, A. J .; Miles, L. E .; Neal, W. I .; Oldridge, H. G .; Pratt, A. J .; Reed, F. L .; Rock, E .; St. Clair, C. E .; St. Clair, A .; Steiner, H .; Sites, A. L .; Struckman, F. L .; Strauss, A. L .; Tobias, H. O .; Walterman, C. L .; Wacker, C. J .; Wherrott, O .; Whit- ridge, F .; Weinke, W .; Zepp, M. F.
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The Tecumseh Rifles, an organization of sixty-two officers and men, was organized for State service, July 27, 1882, although it was not received into State service until Octo- ber 6, following. It existed as a separate company until the reorganization of the Second Regiment on July 2, 1883, when it was assigned to that organization as Company E. It lasted only until the expiration of its term of service in 1885, when it passed out of existence as a State organization. The offi- cers were:
Captains-E. J. Griffith and Theodore Pfafflin.
First Lieutenant-Frank Richards.
Second Lieutenant-C. S. Tarlton.
The colored people became filled with the military spirit, and this resulted in the organization of the Streight Rifles October 16, 1882, with fifty-nine officers and enlisted men. It was received in the State service October 27 and remained a separate company until 1886, when it re-organized as the Will E. English Guards and was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company K. In 1888 it was changed to Com- pany M of the same regiment and served as such until 1896, when it was detached from the regiment and made the first separate company. It remained unassigned until mustered out of service on its own request April 25, 1898. Many of the members entered the United States service during the war with Spain as members of the Second Separate Company.
The officers were:
Captains-James Rhodes, Lawson Seaton, James Rhodes, and John J. Buckner.
First Lieutenants-W. E. Murphy, Cassius Bartlett, I. B. Davis, J. J. Buckner, and John Edlin.
Second Lieutenants-G. W. Davis, Emanuel Collins, J. J. Buckner, and Jesse II. Ringgold.
The Ross Guards, another colored organization which was in existence until 1898, was organized January 2, 1885, and was mustered into State service the same day. In the year after its organization it was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company M and served as such until mustered out of service on its own request April 5, 1898. The members of the company furnished the nucleus for the First Separate Company during the war with Spain.
The officers have been:
Captains-James H. Thomas, J. M. Porter, Arna L. Stevenson and Jacob M. Porter.
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First Lieutenants-Abraham L. Johnson, Jacob M. Porter, Charles Rogers. and Sidney Moore.
Second Lieutenants -- Henry E. Jones, Charles Rogers, J. A. Foster, A. L. Stevenson, Sidney Moore, and James Powell.
The Carnahan Veteran Guards, organized January 3, 1885, was the only representative of Indianapolis in the First Vet- eran Regiment. The company was in existence but a short time, and served with the Veteran Regiment as Company M. Its officers were Captain Frank E. Benjamin, First Lieuten- ant John A. M. Cox, and Second Lieutenant Francis M. Hay.
The company known as the Shepherd Light Infantry was re-organized June 7, 1886, under the name of the Shepherd Rifles and was assigned to the Second Regiment as Com- pany I. The company existed for a short time only and dis- banded before the end of its first term of service. The offi- cers under State service were Captains Tinsley W. Stagg and D. J. Sullivan, First Lieutenant Ed L. Shepherd and Second Lieutenant W. S. Beck.
The Indianapolis Merchants' Zouaves Cadets were organ- ized June 16, 1886, and assigned to the Second Regiment as Company L. Jacob Fox was captain, but in spite of all that he could do to maintain interest in the organization it became inefficient from loss of members and was mustered ont of service April 2, 1890, and an honorable discharge was given to Captain Fox.
Company E, Second Regiment, first appears in the service in 1889. It was made up of many members of the independ- ent company known as the Indianpolis Rifles, and was as- signed to the Second Regiment as Company E on July 15, 1889. It only appears until 1893, when it seems to have dropped out of existence as an organization. The officers were:
Captains-C. S. Tarlton and M. V. Scott.
First Lieutenants-W. G. Beach and Harry B. Mahan.
Second Lieutenants -- J. K. Dean, Herbert Wilson and James Maher.
THE SECOND BATTALION.
The Second Battalion consists of companies B, of Muncie; 1, of Union City; F, of Winchester; and G, of New Castle; and the headquarters are at Aurora.
The major commanding, John J. Backman, is a native of Aurora and was born there September 13, 1864, and entered the State service March 5, 1891, as first lientenant of Com- pany F. Fourth Infantry. He was promoted captain March 5, 1894, and major of the regiment September 9, 1896. He has
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attended all State encampments since he was mustered in and was in active service for two weeks during the miners' strike of June, 1894. He then was stationed at Clark's Switch. He served through the war with Spain as major of his regiment and was in command of the men with him on all movements except the last. During forty-five days he was in command of the regiment. When the Guard was re-organized he was appointed major of the Second Infantry in April, 1900.
Lieutenant Charles S. Maltby, of Aurora, battalion adju- tant, enlisted in Company F, Fourth Regiment, as a private, and attended the encampments at Ft. Wayne, Frankfort and Terre Haute with the regiment. He served as battalion adju- tant of the Fourth Infantry from December 23, 1897, to May 12, 1898, when he was mustered into the United States service for the war with Spain and served in the same capacity. He was appointed to his present position on July 10, 1900.
The first company which Muncie supported was organized in 1891 and was called the Muncie Fencibles. On November 6, 1891, it was assigned to the Fourth Regiment as Company G, served one term only and was then disbanded. Its officers were:
Captains-Arthur F. Rowley and T. K. Heinsohn.
First Lieutenants-Thomas K. Heinsohn, Jacob Melton, and Walter Shoemaker.
Second Lieutenants-Charles B. Kirk, M. Carmichael, Walter Shoe- maker,, and Gillam Watterhouse.
The present company was the first volunteer company or- ganized in Delaware County for the war with Spain. For nearly three months the company drilled in hopes of getting into service, and Captain Ritter and his friends visited Indi- anapolis many times to try to get the company into service. The best that could be secured was the promise that if an- other call was issued the company would be accepted, but the war was closed before this was done. Many of the mem- bers joined the New Castle company and three were at once appointed non-commissioned officers.
The company was mustered into State service September 27, 1899, as the eleventh separate company, and was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company B. It was at Indianap- olis during the services in memory of General Lawton and it attended the first camp of instruction.
The officers have been:
Captain-John K. Ritter.
First Lieutenants-John R. Seldomridge, Walter E. Petty and Leslie Roy Naftzger.
Second Lieutenants-Jacob S. Melton, Robert P. Youngman.
CAPT. JESSE H. BARLOW 160TH IND. VOL. INF.
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CAPT. HOYT. N. MCCLAIN SECOND INFANTRY
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Captain Ritter has been for many years identified with organizations of a military character, and for two years dur- ing the war with Spain and subsequently he tried to enter the United States service. Being unsuccessful in this, he organized the present company and has since commanded it. He has drilled with Canton Muncie, I. O. O. F., for fifteen years, and has been captain for eight years, having taken part in many competitive drills. He is also an officer in Company No. 90, U. R. K. P. Captain Ritter has always stood high as a commanding officer and in the competitive drill at the Detroit encampment of Knights of Pythias he was placed in command because of his superior qualifications.
Lientenant Roy Naftzger was appointed April 5, 1901. The present roster is:
Sergeants-Fickes, Edwin B .; Kirk, Herbert; Warfel, Jacob M .; Montely, Wm .; Miller, Elmer E.
Corporals-Carey, Chas. W .; Green, Earl; Nold, Ralph; Nickerson, Walter; Green, Dwight; Canfield, J. Branson.
Trumpeter-Tincher, Edward.
Privates-Downing, Dr. J. Franklin; Greer, J. Fenimore; Crawford, Lawson; Cupp, Joseph E .; Carey, Wilbur; Manning, Frank; Crawley, Claude; Huston, Earl; Hager, Russell; LaRue, Herbert; McElvee, Claude; Reid, Lee B .; Ream, Milton; Sweeny, Chas. W .; Winder, Ed- ward; Younce, Edward; Zuber, Edward; Shaffner, Chas. H .; Lotz, Wal- ter J .: Dearth, Ira; Martin, Chas. E .; Harrington, Roy; Snyder, Clay; Carmichael, Porter; Knapp, Geo. H .; Long, Edward L .; Van Nuys, Ash- ton M .; Vance, Walter S .; Nelson, Franklin; Stewart, Claude; Calvert, Ernest J .; Cranor, Otto E .: Tuttle, William S .: Dick, Carl; Bailey, Al- bert; Hedrick, Carl; Paxson, Joseph; Parsons, Roy; Cranor, John.
Company F is the second military organization which has flourished in Winchester. On August 28, 1883, the Winches- ter Light Guards were organized and mustered into State service October 15 following. The company served through but one term of enlistment as Company I of the Second Regi- ment. The officers were Captain Enos M. Ford, First Lieu- tenant Albert M. Russell, and Second Lieutenant Benjamin C. Marsh.
The present company was organized September 22, 1896, with fifty-five members, and was mustered in by Major W. S. Rich. It was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company F, and such it has been since.
There was not a man with any military experience and the members paid no attention to the preliminary work, but at once took up the school of the soldier, with the result that they were turned down on their first inspection and were compelled to wait six months before they could secure their arms and equipment.
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As no camp of instruction was held during the summer of 1897, the company decided to hold one of its own at Lake Pequanaha, about ten miles from Winchester. A requisition was made for tents and kitchen utensils and the company left for the lake on the second Saturday in July. When the men arrived about six in the evening, it was found that the tents and supplies were at Winchester, and it was necessary to send a detail back for them. The things reached the camp about four next morning. The guard mount was ludicrous in the extreme, and blank cartridges were issued to the guards and bayonets were fixed. Three days of the camp were sufficient, and the company returned home. During the winter, dances and minstrel entertainments were given, while football games and indoor gymnastics were frequent.
At midnight on April 25, 1898, the orders to report in Indianapolis for muster into United States service were re- ceived, and. as had been previously arranged, two rounds were fired from a cannon and by one o'clock the drum corps was out. Messengers were sent into the country and Lieu- tenant Jericho received recruits as fast as he could admin- ister the oath and swore in the last one ten minutes before the train left. The company took fifty men in uniform and thirty without, and the one thing most vividly remembered by the members was the first dinner at Camp Mount, which was followed the next day by a chicken dinner, some twenty- five chickens having disappeared from neighboring hen roosts the previous night.
The company served through the war with Spain and on the re-organization of the Guard the former members of the company re-organized it and were assigned to their old regi- ment with the same letter. The company was mustered in June 13, 1900.
The officers have been:
Captains-John R. Wright, Walter H. Daly and William O. Jericho. First Lieutenants-Grant C. Markle, Walter Daly, William Jericho and Ulysses G. Daly.
Second Lieutenants-Walter Daly, William O. Jericho, Harry G. Conklin, W. H. Zeigler and Morton L. Hunt.
Captain William O. Jericho, the present captain, enlisted in Company F as a private, September 22, 1896. He was promoted sergeant November 23, 1896, and became second lieutenant on December 23 following. In February, 1898, he was promoted first lieutenant, and as such served through the war with Spain. On the re-organization of the company he was elected captain.
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Lieutenants Daly and Hunt were commissioned November 22, 1900.
The present roster is:
First Sergeant-Curtis, Will F.
Sergeants-Bourquin, Alva C .; Longfellow, Perry A .; Davis, Charles G.
Corporals-Lewis, Ed J .; Stout, Clyde; Getter, Fred W .; and Con- yers, Tom B.
Musicians-Haggett, Wilbur, and Simmons, Will C.
Privates-Benson, Charles N .; Bartholomew, Charles W .; Cheno- weth, John B .: Chenoweth, Benj. H .; Cox, Raymond G .; Coffin, Ed- ward M .; Conyers, Fred I .; Cummins, Fred; Daly, George W .; Darrah, Joe W .; Darrah. William H .; Diggs, Raymond M .; Edwards, Clinton B .; Ford. Oscar S .; Fisher, Wm. E. (deserted); Gray, Oliver B .; Huffman, Oliver M .: Huffman, Alonzo L .: Hageman, Hamlen M .; Harris, Lewis F .; Hunt, Charles F .; Hickman, Waldo R .; Hiatt, George W .; Hinshaw, Clark C .; Ilbinger. Christian; Jones, Geo. A .; Longfellow, Howard F .; Myers, Edward B .; Mauzy, Nathan; Miller, Alva C .; Mincer, William F .; Murray, Marcus L .; May, Albert; Pierce, Gilvie; Pike, Thomas A .; Paver, Frank A .; Ran, Ora; Shephard, John J .; Simmons, Evert E .; Starbuck, Wendell G .; Summers, Joseph E. (deserted); Stump, Percy G .; Williams, Fred C. a
Company I was mustered into the service of the State of Indiana, at Union City, on March 20, 1900, and was desig- nated as the nineteenth separate company, until the regi- mental organization previous to the annual camp of instruc- tion, when the company was assigned to the Second Battalion of the Second Infantry, and given the letter I.
At the time of the organization and muster-in- of the com- pany the complement of commissioned officers consisted of Captain John W. Arthur, First Lieutenant James R. Griffis, Second Lieutenant Don P. Shockney.
Captain John W. Arthur resigned April 21, 1900, and Cap- tain Edwin A. Anderson was elected to succeed him April 23, 1900. Captain Edwin A. Anderson resigned October 9, 1900, and First Lieutenant James R. Griffis was commissioned cap- tain, and First Sergeant Edward G. Evans was elected first lieutenant, October 15, 1900. First Lieutenant Edward G. Evans resigned February 6, 1901, and Second Lieutenant Don P. Shockney was elected first lieutenant, February 11, 1901, First Sergeant Charles C. Early being elected second lieuten- ant, February 11, 1901.
Captain James R. Griffis was born in Union City, Indiana, December 9, 1876, where he has resided ever since. He gradu- ated from the high school of Union City in 1896, and at once entered Miami University, at Oxford, Ohio, and remained there until the outbreak of the Spanish-American war, when
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he enlisted in the First Regiment Band of the Ohio Volnteer Infantry. After the close of the war he entered Indiana Uni- versity, at Bloomington, Indiana.
He was elected first lieutenant of the nineteenth separate company, Indiana National Guard, when it was mustered into the service of the State on March 20, 1900. In September of the succeeding year he was admitted to the practice of law in Randolph County and immediately was appointed deputy prosecuting attorney in the county. He was elected to the captaincy of Company I October 15, 1900.
First Lieutenant Don P. Shockney was born in Union City. Indiana, March 28, 1880, where he has lived ever since. He graduated from the high school of Union City in 1897, and at once entered Indiana University, at Bloomington, In- diana. On March 20, at the organization and muster-in of the nineteenth separate company, he was elected second lieu- tenant of the company. On February 11, 1901, he was com- missioned first lieutenant of Company I.
Second Lieutenant Charles C. Early was born at Ingomar, Ohio, June 25, 1873. By occupation he is a carriage trimmer. Hc enlisted at Indianapolis, June 20, 1898, for service in Bat- tery H, First United States Artillery, and was discharged February 23, 1899, when he took up his residence at Union City. He was mustered into the service of the State of Indi- ana on March 20, 1900, in the nineteenth separate company, and on the same day was promoted to sergeant. On October 15 of the same year he was appointed first sergeant of Com- pany I, and on February 11, 1901, was commissioned second lieutenant, which position he now holds.
The present roll is:
First Sergeant-Whisler, Rosko L.
Sergeants-Bnpt, Daniel P. I .; Read, Frank; Hoover, Charles S. Corporals-Coby, Curtis; Kaucher, Edward J .; Sutton, Harry J .; and Crawford, George T.
Musicians-Bolen, Claude R., and Underwood, Amos.
Privates -- Bailey, William F .; Black, Leolon; Bannon, William E .; Brown. Charles A .; Cumrine, George W .; Dunn, Frank E .; Dennison, Oliver S .; Doherty, Troy; Eib, James H .; Fowler, Jesse; Farabee, John W .; Fowler, George J .; Fouts, Edward L .; Gerstner, John S .; Horine, Archie H .; Henry, George W .; Hook, Warren S .; Hinsky, John; Hormire, Hurschel; Johnsen, Harry H .; Kemp, Resh .; Kaucher, George W .; Koon, Lonnie E .; Lindley, Oren G .; Lanter, Archie J .; Murry, Herbert; Mckenzie, William; Oyler, Henry; Puterbaugh, Simeon E .; Puterbaugh, John O .; Snyder, James H .; Sharitz, James O .; Sutton, Ernest C .; Stra- ley. Melvin; Tibbitts, John M .; Thompson, Russel F .; Tritt, Albert R .; Underwood, Joseph C .; Vick, James; Wiggins, George B .; Williams, Her- bert B .; Welker, George.
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