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Captain-Eli Huntsinger.
First Lieutenants-Edward M. Seawright and William F. Palmer. Second Lieutenants-W. F. Palmer and James H. Bryant.
The Frankfort Guards, organized March 15, 1888, served as Company K, Third Infantry, until February 3, 1891, when it was transferred to the Second with the same letter, and there served until the end of its second term in 1894, when it left the service. The officers were:
Captains-Frank Holmes, William F. Van Arsdel, and John E. Allen.
First Lieutenants-James H. Staley, O. S. Irwin, W. F. Van Arsdel, John E. Allen, H. M. Kramer, and Calvin B. Pugh.
Second Lieutenants-O. S. Irwin, W. F. Van Arsdel, John Allen, Charles Moody, Ed Evans, C. L. Davis, and Dale Claudy.
In 1899 the company which had been organized and which served through the war with Spain was reorganized and mus- tered into State service as the second separate company. Captain David F. Allen was in command and was commis- sioned March 4. William F. Van Arsdel was elected first lieutenant, but did not muster, and Frank L. Petty, who had been elected second lieutenant, was promoted. Albert F. White was then elected second lieutenant. During the sum- mer Captain Allen, Lieutenant White and the majority of members entered the United States service, so the company was mustered out of State service November 20 of that year.
The Goshen Cadets, organized at Goshen July 5, 1886, was the first military company of that place to be assigned to a regiment, and it became Company B of the First until the re- organization of 1888, when it was I of the Third. The com- pany served only until the expiration of its term of service in 1889 and a re-muster was authorized, but the reorganiza- tion was not perfected and the arms were returned. The officers were:
Captain-Charles Reith.
First Lieutenant-William McClenathan.
Second Lieutenant-Andrew Perry.
The next company was organized September 14, 1894, and was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company C. The company served as such through the war with Spain, but has never been reorganized. The officers were:
Captains-E. H. Fitzgerald, M. P. Bradford, and E. D. Salsbury.
First Lieutenants-Charles Bartlemay, Harry Schilling, Charles Slade, and Joseph A. Collins.
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Second Lieutenants-Harry Shilling, Jacob Leidner, Christian Mc- Mahon, Miles Bradford, Edward Rimpler, Joseph A. Collins, and Thomas H. Mew.
In 1892 a company was organized at Jeffersonville which, in the early part of 1893, was assigned to the First Regiment as Company G. It served one term only and was mustered out in 1895. The officers were:
Captain-L. C. Baird.
First Lieutenants-C. H. Kelly and H. H. Thacker.
Second Lieutenants-H. H. Thacker, W. Crooker and H. E. Barrett.
Knightstown has had but one State military organization, the Knightstown Light Guards, organized October 13, 1882, with fifty-two officers and enlisted men. It was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company H on July 2, 1883, but was only in existence a short time thereafter, as the members were unable to raise the necessary money. The officers were Captain O. E. Holloway, First Lieutenant Frank J. Grubbs and Second Lieutenant T. W. Gray. All were commissioned October 13, 1882.
The company at Knox was organized November 25, 1893, and on May 23, 1894, was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company H. The following year it was transferred to the Third Infantry as Company A and served with that regi- ment until after the war with Spain. The company has never been reorganized. The officers were:
Captains-A. H. Knosman and Charles Windisch.
First Lieutenant-R. D. L. Glazebrook.
Second Lieutenants-Charles Windisch, Charles C. Kelly and George D. Laramore.
The first experience of Kokomo in the State military serv- ice was with the Howard Veterans, organized December 15, 1881, and assigned to the First Regiment as Company F. The company had fifty-four members and served but one term. The officers were:
Captains-Nathaniel P. Richmond and Asher C. Bennett.
First Lieutenants-Joseph H. Hoback and Theophilus Wykes.
Second Lieutenants-Garrah Markland, Hamilton M. Sailors and William HI. Sellers.
The second company was organized in November, 1891, mustered February 4, 1892, and until May 12, 1892, was un- assigned, when it was made Company L., Second Regiment. The company served from that date with the regiment
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through the war with Spain, but has not been organized since it was mustered out of the United States service. The offi- cers were:
Captains-A. N. Grant, Albert Martin, W. T. Meck, Albert Martin and R. L. Jacobs.
First Lieutenants-E. A. Kiefer. Charles Hansell, R. J. Jacobs and Philip Owen.
Second Lieutenants-Charles Hansell, R. L. Jacobs, Philip Owen, Claude Scoven and Joseph Lang.
Lafayette's first military company was one of the veterans -called the Tippecanoe Veterans, and assigned to the First Regiment as Company C. The company was disbanded early in 1887. The officers were:
Captains-Collins Blackmer, Patrick Flynn. William Kreuzberg and Samuel E. Walker.
First Lieutenants-George Beasley, Patrick Flynn, William Kreuz- berg, John W. Warner, Samuel E. Walker and George A. Marks.
Second Lieutenants-William Kreuzburg, David W. Moore, John R. Bennett, John Cain and John Hopf.
The next venture was in the organization of an artillery company which was called the Lafayette Light Artillery, and which was organized May 8, 1886. It was assigned to the First Artillery as Company C and served one term of enlist- ment only. Its officers were Captain J. B. Shaw, First Lieu- tenant Edward Winship and Second Lieutenant William Elsea.
The infantry next claimed attention, and the DeHart Light Infantry was organized March 5, 1888 and assigned to the First Infantry as Company L. It served as such until April 2, 1890, when it was transferred to the Second Infantry, but retained its letter. On the expiration of the term of service in 1891 the company failed to make a reorganization and was mustered out of service. The officers were:
Captains-William C. Mitchell and George B. King.
First Lieutenants-Schuyler F. Logan and L. W. Cissell. Second Lieutenants-Harry Felix and W. J. Warner.
Again, on June 25, 1895, another company was organized, which was assigned to the Fourth Regiment as Company C, and which served through the war with Spain, but which has not been reorganized since. The company entered the United States service with the One-hundred-and-sixtieth In- diana. which was originally the Fourth Indiana, and was with it through all its experiences. The officers were:
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COL. GEORGE S. HASTE COL. JAMES B. CURTIS COL. R. W. McBRIDE
BRIG .- GEN. IRVIN ROBBINS COL. GEORGE H. PENNINGTON BRIG .- GEN. J. K. GORE
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Captains-George B. King and T. R. Marks.
First Lieutenants-M. B. Louis and J. L. Glasscock.
Second Lieutenants-T. R. Marks, Max E. Lieter and C. A. Hubbard.
Laporte's company was organized early in 1893, and on June 1 of that year was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company I. The company served its one term only and was mustered out of State service. The officers were:
Captains-Robert E. Morrison and S. S. McCollum.
First Lieutenants-John C. Richter, S. S. McCollum and W. W. Phillips.
Second Lieutenants-C. S. McCollum, W. W. Phillips and M. H. Marston.
The Ligonier company was organized October 20, 1897, and was mustered into the National Guard as Company L of the Third. The company served through the war with Spain, but was not reorganized. The officers were:
Captain-Charles A. Greene.
First Lieutenants-Fred E. Wier and Jacob L. Ochs. Second Lieutenants-Jacob L. Ochs and Ray Shobe.
Logansport has been represented in the State service many times unofficially in the Logansport Grays, which has been in existence since July 6, 1874. It is the oldest military organization in the State, and although not mustered into State service, has responded to calls many times in its his- tory and has never declined to serve when called upon. It has attended many of the annual encampments and is a fa- mous organization.
Logansport was represented in the war with Spain by Company M, of the One-hundred-and-Sixtieth Indiana, which was organized April 26, 1898, and was first assigned to the Fourth Regiment as Company M. The company served until mustered out of the United States service and did not re-en- ter the Guard. Its officers were Captain David S. Bender, First Lieutenant William C. Dunn and Second Lieutenant Leroy Fitch.
The Marion Light Infantry was organized July 8, 1886, and was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company D. It re- mained as such until the organization of the Fourth Regi- ment in 1891. when it was transferred to it and given the letter A. The company served with the regiment from that date until the close of the war with Spain, but has not been reorganized.
No history of Marion's military organization, no matter with what regiment affiliated, is complete without a sketch
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of Mrs. Alice Wilson McCulloch, who, by her thoughtfulness, her kindness, her unvarying interest in the welfare of the members, her generosity in support of the organization, won and has always held a place of affectionate regard in the hearts of the "boys," so that with or without her consent, they adopted her as the "Daughter of the Company." Mrs. McCulloch has always been one of the first in the support of any movement for the betterment of the company, for the encouragement of that which was for good for the mem- bers and in promoting public support of the organization.
Her love for things military is inborn. A native of Bards- town, Ky .. she is the descendant of a loyal southern family. Her parents moved to Louisville when she was four years of age, and two brothers and two brothers-in-law were enrolled on the side of the North during the civil war.
Captain Upton Wilson, a brother, was a member of Com- pany I, Louisville Legion, Fifth Kentucky Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of Missionary Ridge. J. M. Wilson, another brother, served through the war as surgeon of a Ken- tucky regiment, and then went into the United States Army. Her brothers-in-law were Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Ma- gruder, of the Twenty-seventh Kentucky Volunteers, and Adjutant George Deering, of the Seventeenth Kentucky Vol- unteers.
The Wilson family is of fighting blood, being descendants of Robert Bruce, of Scotland.
While quite young, Mrs. McCulloch was married to John L. McCulloch, and has lived in Marion for thirteen years. From the first, she has maintained an interest in the military organization, and during the Spanish-American war she took a leading part in looking after the welfare of the members in the field. Her many acts of kindness endeared her to those who received them more strongly than ever. When the com- pany returned from active service Mrs. McCulloch started and carried through to success the movement to give them a pub- lic banquet. In many little things she has assisted the com- pany, and so quietly has it been done that few outside of those immediately concerned are aware of it. Her husband has always been known as a public-spirited man, and Mrs. McCulloch is found by his side and equally public-spirited in all that is for the betterment of their home community or of anything connected with it.
The Marion officers were:
Captains-George W. Gunder, Daniel Gunder, L. C. Lillard, Nate D. Elliott, Fred Beshore and Fred !). Ballou.
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First Lieutenants-L. C. Lillard, William H. Bien, Henry Whybrew, Eugene L. Cole, Frank S. Alexander, Isaac J. Bradford and Boston Vail.
Second Lieutenants-Lewis J. Hover, J. L. Hoover, Oren Kern, Henry Whybrew, Eugene L. Cole, Fred D. Ballou, Isaac J. Bradford, Boston L. Vail and Frank Beshore.
One battery of artillery has been the contribution of Michigan City to the State troops in recent years, but it served for one term only, although it became well known in that term. It was organized June 18, 1881, with thirty- three officers and enlisted men and adopted the name of Por- ter Light Artillery. It was assigned to the First Artillery as Company B, and the original officers, all of whom were commissioned June 28, 1881, were Captain Henry H. Wood, First Lieutenant Elias M. Lowe and Second Lieutenant Thomas S. Wirt. Lieutenant Lowe resigned on account of removing from the State, and when Captain Wood was pro- moted major, Lieutenant Wirt was promoted captain, and served as such until the battery went out of service.
Mishawaka's only company was organized in the spring of 1891, and was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company D February 3 of that year. The company served until the latter part of 1892 only, when it was disbanded. The officers were:
Captains-Grant D. Needham, H. H. Hosford and E. Forstbauer.
First Lieutenants-Hugh H. Hosford, Edward Forstbauer and W. McIntosh.
Second Lieutenants-Edward Forstbauer, W. McIntosh and Charles Ely.
The Morristown Light Infantry, organized January 11, 1886, and assigned to the First Regiment as Company K, has been the only organization in the State service from that town. The company was disbanded at the end of its first term and served under Captain D. W. Place, First Lieutenant Wilbur Smiley and Second Lieutenant T. K. Graham.
The Mt. Vernon Cadets were organized March 13, 1888, and were assigned to the First Regiment as Company H and served only until March, 1891, when it failed to make efficient reorganization. The officers were:
Captains-John M. Edson. John A. Haas and G. F. Zimmerman.
First Lieutenants-David D. Owen, A. G. Dunn, A. J. Hovey and W. J. Ruminer.
Second Lieutenants-John A. Haas, George F. Zimmerman, H. Weisinger and S. C. Reagan.
The North Manchester company was organized July 28, 1897, and was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company D.
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It served through the war with Spain, but was not reorgan- ized. The officers were:
Captain-B. F. Clemans.
First Lieutenant-John F. Dunbar.
Second Lieutenants-John N. Jenkins and Charles O. Spurgeon.
A company of veterans was organized at North Vernon October 3, 1882, with fifty-five officers and enlisted men, which was called the Jennings County Veterans. It was assigned to the First Regiment as Company I, and three days after its organization the officers commissioned were Captain Pleas- ant C. McGannon, First Lieutenant David B. Reeder and Second Lieutenant Fred F. Verbarg. The company served as originally assigned until 1885, when it was transferred to the Second Regiment as Company C, and in that regiment completed its period of enlistment and was mustered out of service.
The Ossian company was mustered into the Guard May 3, 1897, and became Company F, of the Fourth Regiment. The company served through the war with Spain, but was not reorganized. The officers were:
Captain-E. E. Derr.
First Lieutenants-A. S. Elzey and R. Floyd Wilson.
Second Lieutenants-M. E. Spencer and George M. Mills.
The company at Oxford was organized in 1893, but, al- though it was received into State service early in the year, was not assigned to a regiment until May 23, 1894, when it became a part of the Second Regiment as Company E. The company had but a brief existence and was soon mustered out of service. Its officers were:
Captains-Worth Kolb and E. S. Shenkenberger.
First Lieutenants-E. S. Schenkenberger and Adrien Stewart. Second Lieutenants-Jesse H. Harrison and Virgil W. Pagett.
For many years a military spirit was strong in Peru, al- though no company is maintained there now. The first com- pany was the Peru Light Infantry, which was organized Aug- ust 5, 1882, with fifty-eight officers and enlisted men. The company served in the Third Regiment as Company C, and in 1885 was transferred to the First Regiment as Company F. When its term of service expired, in 1888, the company was mustered out of service. The officers were:
Captains-Welcome Rice and Henry T. Boley. First Lieutenants-Henry T. Boley and Ed. Maxwell. Second Lieutenants-Phillip Q. Curron and Jacob Schrader.
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On November 13, 1884, the Peru Zouave Cadets were or- ganized, but they served one term of enlistment only and were mustered ont in 1887. They were first assigned to the Third Regiment as Company I, and in the year following their organization they were given the letter G. The officers were Captain Edward Maxwell, First Lieutenant Charles C. Ja- cobs and Second Lieutenant Scott Wilson.
Peru gave its attention to Gatling gun squads, and an at- tempt was made to maintain two of them. That one of which Elmer Morris was captain and Charles Griswold sec- ond lieutenant was organized July 3, 1886, and was first designated as Company L and then as Company K. Dr. G. L. Robison was battery surgeon, with the rank of second lieu- tenant. The other one, known as Company H and then as Company I, was organized November 18, 1885, and the offi- cers were Captain Charles P. Porter and First Lieutenant W. H. Kranzman. Each battery had one Gatling gun, and an effort was made in 1889 to combine the two and organize a new battery, but it failed, and both passed out of existence.
The next effort was the Peru Guards, organized March 3, 1888, and assigned to the Third Regiment as Company H. The company served its entire term with the regiment, but in 1891 it failed to make an efficient reorganization and was not remustered. Its officers were:
Captains-W. H. H. Spaulding and William H. Moore. First Lieutenants-William Apt and Joseph Kile. Second Lieutenants-Joseph Kile and Henry Kroning.
The company at Plymouth was organized early in 1893, and was assigned to the Third Regiment as Company D. It served one term and then was mustered out of service. Its officers were:
Captains-R. B. Oglesbee and A. E. Wise.
First Lieutenants-A. E. Wise. J. K. Houghton and J. C. Capron.
Second Lieutenants-A. E. Crisman, J. C. Capron and Frank Cha- ney.
Portland made a strong effort to maintain a cavalry com- pany, and the Portland Cavalry was organized June 4, 1881, with forty-seven officers and men. It was received into State service August 9 following, and its officers were Captains James S. Maxwell and C. M. Shanks, First Lieutenants C. M. Shanks and John Fuller and Second Lieutenants Curtis C. Farber and Canada Wood. In spite of all efforts, the com- pany disbanded in a short time on account of inability to raise funds to meet expenses.
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as Company H. Second Regiment and on the expiration of the term was mnatered out of service.
Richmond has furnished some famous organizations. One of the earliest to enter the State service was the Richmond Light Gnards, organized January 19. 1979, and which was as- signed to the Second Regiment as Company D. The company served but one term of enlistment and was then disbanded. Its officers, who served until 1991. were
Captains-John L. Yaryan. Joseph P. Kiff and Joseph Cook.
Firar Lieutenants-Alexander Horey. Samuel F. Fidy and James A. Stim.
Second Lieutenants-Samuel F Tidy Earey I. Barnes. Joseph E. Cook and Frederick Marchant.
Angust 22. 1981, was the birthday for two military organ- izations in Richmond. One was composed exclusively of old veterans, and was called the Old Wayne Veterans. It had a membership of fifty-three officers and men. and wis as- signed to the new First Veteran Regiment is Company E. It served its one term only and was mustered out in 1984. The officers were:
Captain-Walter Webster.
First Lieutenants-Edvard J. Prescott and Joim B. Hogan. Second Lieutenants-John B. Hogan and John Howardi.
The second company. organized Aurist 12. 1SSL was the result of the disbanding of the Light Giards. and it vas called the J. F. Miller Grenadiers. The company had sixty- nine oficers and men. ind was assigned to the Second Regi- ment as Company K. On the organization of the Third Regi- ment it was changed to Company C. and continued as such until it disbanded. April 25. 1885. The officers were:
Captains-George W. Koontz.
First Lieutenants-E. W. Lincoln. Aloynes L. Pfeiffer. William E. Shepherd and Edward MulL.
Second Lieutenants-A. D. Fowler. Louis Gross and Samuel Wig- gins.
Until 1890 there was no military organization in Rich- mond. In the spring of that year a new company was or- ganized, and under date of April 2. 1890. it was odicially designated as the second separate company On the organ- ization of the Fourth Infantry. the company was assigned to it as Company D until the fall of IS !! 2. when it was mastered out of service on the expiration of its term. The officers were:
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Captains-Ed Muhl and Ed A. Anderson.
First Lieutenant-A. C. Grice.
Second Lieutenants-Ed A. Anderson and R. E. Farmer.
At the outbreak of the war with Spain, Richmond re- sponded with one company, which entered the United States service with the One-hundred-and-sixty-first Regiment. It was assigned to that regiment as Company F, and the officers were Captain William M. Smith, First Lieutenant Paul Com- stock and Second Lieutenant Elmer E. Kimmel.
Roachdale's company was mustered into the Guard Octo- ber 6, 1897, and was assigned to the First Regiment as Com- pany F. The company served through the Spanish war, but was never reorganized. Its officers were:
Captain-John H. Morris.
First Lieutenants-Augustus Bettis and Guilford S. Garber, of Madi- son.
Second Lieutenant-Robert F. Turner.
Rockville's first company was the McCune Cadets, organ- ized April 30, 1880, and which was assigned to the Second Regiment as Company D. The company served its first term of three years and then dropped out of State service until May 3, 1886, when it was reorganized and assigned to the Third Regiment as Company I. When the company was re- organized at the end of its term, on May 3, 1886, it was trans- ferred to the First Regiment as Company B and served until May 3, 1889, when the company was mustered out, as the town was not deemed large enough to support two military companies. The officers were:
Captains-Clinton Murphy and Isaac R. Strouse.
First Lieutenants-Frank Stevenson and Lansing R. Ticknor.
Second Lieutenants-Edward Lambert, Oscar McCord and Oscar M. Fulwider.
When the first term of the McCune Cadets expired the Rockville Battery, assigned to the First Artillery as Com- pany F, grew and strengthened. It was organized March 12, 1883, and was first commanded by Francis E. Stevenson, who held the rank of first lientenant. When the organization was completed, he was elected captain. As other batteries dropped out of the service the letter was changed, and in 1886 it was Company D, and in 1888 Company C. Under the latter letter it remained until 1897, when it was mustered out of the service on the expiration of its term of service.
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The prize drill team of the battery won honors in the drills at Indianapolis, in 1883; Lafayette, Ind., in 1886; Jack- sonville, Ill., in 1886; Evansville, Ind., in 1887; Lincoln, Ill., in 1887; Jacksonville, Ill., in 1887; Evansville, Ind., in 1888; Nashville, Tenn., in 1888; Vincennes, Ind., in 1890; Indian- apolis, in 1891; St. Louis, in 1895, and Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1895. Exhibition drills were given in many other cities.
The officers were:
Captains-Frank E. Stevenson, C. F. Lambert and F. E. Stevenson.
First Lieutenants-Frank E. Stevenson, Will A. Mason, C. E. Lam- bert, B. T. Hadley, G. A. Bracken and Charles E. Lambert.
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