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FIRST LIEUTENANT GEORGE E. GOODRICH.
Lieutenant Goodrich assumed the management of Bless- ing's opera house, the only theater in Shelbyville, but resigned from the management near the close of his second successful season, in January, 1894, to accept a position on the reportorial staff of the Shelbyville Daily Democrat, edited by the late W. Scott Ray, one of the best known Indiana editors of his day. The position had been vacated
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by Edward A. Major, appointed postmaster of Shelbyville during President Cleveland's second tenure in office. Dur- ing Lieutenant Goodrich's connection with the Democrat he served three years in the Indiana National Guard as first sergeant of Company K, Second Regiment, commanded by Colonel Ross. He continued with the Democrat until the second call for volunteers to serve in the Spanish- American war was made by President Mckinley, in May, 1898, when he secured a leave of absence from his duties the following month to enlist in the company then being recruited at Shelbyville, and departed with the company for Camp Mount, July 2. Having been previously elected first lieutenant by the members of the company, he was mustered into the service as such on July 11, 1898, and commissioned by Governor Mount on July 20, 1898, and appointed adjutant of the Third Battalion by a regimental order a few days later. Lieutenant Goodrich is a member of Kiowa Tribe, No. 199, I. O. R. M., of Shelbyville.
IVY LESTER REYNOLDS.
Second Lieutenant Ivy Lester Reynolds was born in Franklin, Johnson county, Indiana, September 18, 1876, and in 1881 removed to Shelbyville, Indiana, with his parents. He was educated in the public schools of Shel- byville, at the age of fourteen entered the employment of the Shelby Printing Company as carrier and collector, and later attached himself to C. Steinhauser, watchmaker and jeweler, at Shelbyville, to learn the art of watchmaking. Serving three and a half years there, he went to Indianap- olis to complete his trade with Dyer & Matsumoto, manu- facturing jewelers, and later with Ikko Matsumoto, which position he filled much to the satisfaction of his employer,
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until in the fall of 1897, when he opened a shop at No. 49 Public Square, Shelbyville, and was favored with much success, closing up the business to enlist with the company under Captain Hudgins.
Under direction of Captain Clayton, Ivy Lester Rey-
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nolds captained a company of boys brigade at the Christian church of Shelbyville, a few years later enlisted in Com- pany K, of the Indiana National Guard, under Captain J. R. Clayton, serving two years of his enlistment, when, on going to Indianapolis, was transferred to Company A, Sec- ond Regiment Indiana National Guard, Captain H. C. Castor, in which company he rapidly received promotion from the rank of lance-corporal to second lieutenant in
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twenty-three months. During the service with Company A he participated in several prize drills at Indianapolis at the state fair gounds. Upon returning to Shelbyville, in 1897, he organized, drilled and uniformed the Rex Zouaves, a company which became very proficient in fancy military drills and was always a public favorite. He also commanded Company C a number of weeks at Jack- sonville and Savannah during the time when Captain Hud- gins commanded the Third Battalion in the absence of Major M. R. Peterson.
Upon arriving in Cuba Mr. Reynolds, with St. C. A. Jackson, was called to General Ludlow's staff and assigned to the police department as military instructor and inspector of police of the city of Havana, they receiving many high compliments as a result of diligent work.
HISTORY OF COMPANY C.
The trials, tribulations and vicissitudes attendant upon the organization and acceptance of Company C into the service were many and varied. To begin with, Captain Hudgins, an ardent supporter of the project then actively engaged in the political affairs of Shelbyville, was compelled to meet the accusation of a local newspaper of opposite political proclivities to the effect that the project was a political intrigue to induce certain voters to accompany him (Captain Hudgins) to some point not yet decided upon, and by keeping them out of the city until after election day, thus occasion them the loss of their votes. Nothing daunted by the assertion thus made, the captain persisted in his work of recruiting the company; an interesting feature of the final organization, being that one of his accusers, then on the reportorial staff of the paper in question, was not only 23
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won over to the captain's way of thinking but afterwards became one of the active supporters of the project and eventually a commissioned officer in the company. The first meeting relative to the proposed organization was held in the city council chamber.
Early in April, 1898, other meetings followed, with the result that when the first call for volunteers was made, later in the month, its services were offered in response. Not discouraged at its failure to be accepted, new quarters were sought in the armory of the old militia company, in the service of the Indiana National Guard, from April, 1894, to April, 1897, and drills vigorously continued. Not until after the second call for volunteers was made by direction of President Mckinley, during the latter part of May, were the officers of the company formally elected by the members of the organization, although it was generally understood who they were to be. Renewed interest was now taken in the drills, which occurred nightly. Then came the crushing information that no new regiments would be mustered into the service, but that the additional volunteers, designated in the call for seventy-five thousand troops, would be used to recruit the regiments already in the field up to the full war strength, one hundred and six enlisted men. For a time the fate of the company wab- bled in a balance, due to the " desertion " of a large num- ber of recruits of the company to the organizations of the various branches of the service then in the field. This but served to strengthen the determination of those who "stuck to the old ship." To recruit the organization to its former strength with the result that when another regiment became an assured fact and the preliminary examination of the men was begun by Dr. J. W. Bowlby, designated by the governor to perform the duties, the influx of recruits was so great that for a few days it was necessary to provide
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for their maintenance by going into camp at the fair grounds of the Shelby County Joint Stock Agricultural Association. To this project the citizens of Shelbyville responded most liberally in the donation of supplies, and a handsome cash balance was given the company, the net proceeds of a fes- tival and bazar given under the supervision of about thirty of Shelbyville's best known young ladies. This was fol- lowed by a reception tendered the company by the Epworth League of the First Methodist Episcopal church, of Shel- byville, in the parlors of that edifice. A deplorable acci- dent occurred just following the receipt of the information that the services of the company would be accepted. It having been agreed upon that Strong's Light Artillery, an organization within the Sons of Veteran's Encampment, of Shelbyville, should be the first to herald the information, on the day of its receipt they repaired to a spot just beyond the city limits, and while engaged in firing a speci- fied number of volleys a premature discharge of their piece, an old cannon used in the Civil war, resulted in the loss of an arm to Warren Haehl and a mutilated hand to Wilber Smith, members of the battery. The departure of the company for Camp Mount, on July 2, was the occasion of a demonstration witnessed only in times of war, when home ties are broken and the pride of a household takes his departure from home and friends, probably never to return. The scene with its attendant incidents are best portrayed in the following clipping from the Shelbyville Republican, of that date:
" The company of which Thomas J. Hudgins is captain, George E. Goodrich, first lieutenant, and I. L. Reynolds, second lieutenant, finished its recruiting last evening and this morning marched in from the fair ground. Mechanic street was decorated from Vine to Harrison and as the boys marched along the people cheered them along. Harri-
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son street to the public square was decorated and the square and East Washington street to the station was almost a mass of flags. As the company neared the square they were met by the colored boys' "drum" corps. On the south side of the square the company was joined by the Grand Army of the Republic, the Strong Light Artillery and the Rex Zouaves, The column being formed with the Grand Army men at the post of honor, the Modern Wood- man band in the lead, the march was taken up to the sta- tion. Washington street was simply a mass of people, the boys being given an ovation they will never forget. War- ren Haehl, who lost his arm last week, was propped in bed and placed at the window so he could see the procession and as it passed it cheered and cheered and cheered. The recognition brought tears to the eyes of many. Two cars were on the side track in waiting, but the crush of people was so great that it was some minutes before the cars could be reached. When the doors were finally opened the The soldier boys filed in and their friends after them. jam was simply a crush. Women and strong men cried; mothers embraced their sons, sisters clung to their brothers and sweethearts made no attempt to check their tears. Hundreds and hundreds of people crowded along the cars to shake the hands of the boys and to give them a word of encouragement and advice. All this time the band was playing, the drums were beating and the Sons of Veterans were firing a salute.
" As the train that was to carry the boys away entered the city, the factory whistles that had been blowing a perfect salvo during the morning, greeted the train with a welcome blast that was continued until the train was out of the city. After the usual stop at the station it required but a few minutes for the train to back down and take on the two extra cars. In another minute, the air being filled
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with cheers, the waving of flags, handkerchiefs, the blasts of the whistles and the sound of musketry Shelbyville's first company in the war against Spain started for the front -a brave, gallant set of boys."
The company, together with its friend, Hon. Sidney Conger, arrived at Camp Mount shortly after ten o'clock, having been tendered an ovation at all the villages along the route, and were immediately quartered in barn H. In the physical examination that followed over one hundred and twenty men met the requirements, a sufficient number were retained to recruit the company to its full war strength, one hundred and six enlisted men; the remainder were transferred to other companies not having the required number of men. The company was mustered into the service on the evening of July 1I, being among the first to be thus administered the oath of allegiance. A few days later the company was presented with a handsome flag by a delegation of ladies and gentlemen of the Ladies Relief Corps, an auxiliary of Dumont Post No. - , G. A. R., of Shelbyville, representing the citizens of that city. The presentation speech was made in the presence of the company by Mr. John Byers, a veteran of the Civil war, and was feelingly responded to by Captain Hudgins. The corp itself gave to each member of the company a comb, whisk broom, towels, etc. This was followed_a few days later by the presentation of a copy of the New Testament to each of the officers and men by Rev. L. A. Gould, of the First Baptist church, representing the churches of Shel- byville. The company's departure for Jacksonville, Flor- ida, on August II, was made the occasion of a monster demonstration in Shelbyville by reason of the fact that the special trains conveying the regiment passed through the city via the Big Four route.
It is safe to assert that three-fourths of the citizens of
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Shelbyville, blocked the streets for squares in all directions, bands played, salutes were fired and other tokens of the high esteem in which the company is held were manifest. During the stay of the regiment at Camp Cuba Libre, Company C suffered considerably from the prevailing maladies, and many of the sick men were compelled to succumb and go to the hospital, a great many never to rejoin their command. Being left behind at the time of the removal of the regiment to Savannah, Georgia, they were scattered in the various hospitals throughout the country and recovering from their illness were mustered out of the service after the regiment was sent to Cuba. During the interval when the sickness at Camp Cuba Libre was most marked, the relatives and friends of the boys at home forwarded by express a large amount of palatable delicacies and nutritious food best suited for the use of the ailing. The removal of the troops to Camp Onward marked a gradual improvement in the health of the com- pany. This was also true of the period spent at Camp Columbia, Havana, when the general health was excellent. During its career in the service not a single death occurred in Company C, and during their entire stay in Cuba, with the exception of four or five days following their arrival, the company was on detached service as a special guard at General Lee's corps headquarters, and rejoined the regi- ment on its march to the docks to embark on the United States transport " Logan," homeward bound.
COMPANY C ROSTER.
THOMAS J. HUDGINS, Captain, Shelbyville, Ind. GEORGE E. GOODRICH, Ist Lieut., Shelbyville, Ind. IvY L. REYNOLDS, 2d Lieut., Shelbyville, Ind.
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SERGEANTS.
Maddox, Robert C., 1st. Serg't, Shelbyville, Ind., Drug Clerk, discharged Nov. 19, 1898.
Parkison, Moses A., Shelbyville. Ind., Cabinetmaker, promo- ted to 1st Serg't Nov. 19, 1898.
Hudgins. Robt. H., Jr., Q. M. Serg't, Shelbyville, Ind., Telegrapher.
Hopkins, John S., Hariford, Maryland, Painter.
Ballard, Walter B., Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk.
Miles, Con L., Shelbyville, Ind., Furnisher, discharged March 31, 1899.
ยท Dickman, Joseph, Shelbyville, Ind., Upholsterer, promoted from Corp. to Serg't Dec. 3, 1898, discharged Janu- ary 27, 1899.
Alexander, Earl, Indianapolis, Ind., Pressman, promoted Serg't from Corp. Feb. 7, 1899.
Wilson, Major, Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk, promoted Serg't from Corp. April 5, 1899.
CORPORALS.
Kuntz, Mathias, Shelbyville, Ind., Harnessmaker.
Vanarsdall, Elmer, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, promoted to Corp. Jan. 25, 1899.
Davis, Edwin F., Workland, Ind., Stationary Engineer.
Ray, John T., Hope, Ind., Farmer.
Matthews, James G., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged Dec. 22, 1899.
Vanpelt, Downey, Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk.
Dale, George H., Jamestown, Ind., School Teacher, promoted to corporal Feb. 7, 1899.
Goodrich, Charles, Shelbyville, Ind., Painter, promoted to Corporal Feb. 12, 1899.
King, William F., Shelbyville, Ind., Cabinetmaker, ap- pointed Corporal October 31, 1898.
Law, Eugene E., Shelbyville, Ind., Wel!driller, promoted to Corp. Aug. 1, 1898.
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Leffler, Fay, Shelbyville, Ind., Upfitter, appointed Corp. Dec. 3, 1898.
Oaks, Bert, Edinburg, Ind., Finisher, appointed Corp. Dec. 3, 1898.
Roemerman, Chris., Shelbyville, Ind., Factory Hand, pro- moted to Corp. Aug. 8, 1898, Jan. 14, 1899.
Wiles, Miller, Shelbyville, Ind., Varnisher, promoted to Corp. April 5, 1899.
MUSICIANS.
Michelsen, William A., Shelbyville, Ind., Barber.
ARTIFICER.
Moore, Wiley F., Shelbyville, Ind., Blacksmith, transferred from Artificer to Musician, Aug. 8, 1898.
WAGONER.
Cummins, Walter, Indianapolis, Ind., Fireman, discharged Nov. 4, 1898.
PRIVATES.
Beard, Otto, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged Feb. 6, 1899.
Bounsall, William H., Unionville, N. Y., Painter, dis- charged Jan. 30, 1899.
Byers, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Polisher.
Carson, Arthur, Shelbyville, Ind., Painter, assigned company cook Feb. 21; 1899, relieved as cook April 10, 1893.
Chesser, Marshall, Winterowd, Ind., Carpenter, made artif- icer Aug. 8, 1898.
Chueden, Albert, Shelbyville, Ind., Painter, reduced to ranks Aug. 8, 1898.
Clark, Harry, Indianapolis, Ind., Barber.
Collins, William, Shelbyville, Ind., Machinist, discharged Jan. 26, 1899.
Comstock, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Plasterer.
Cooper, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Metalworker, assigned com- pany cook April 10, 1899.
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Cosler, Curtis, Shelbyville, Ind., Bicycle Polisher, discharged Feb. 6, 1899.
Cutsinger, Henry, Shelbyville, Ind., Engineer.
Dale, August M., Jamestown, Ind., Farmer.
Davis, Larue, Shelbyville, Ind., Cabinetmaker.
Dickman, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk.
Didlein, Herman A., Indianapolis, Ind., Bookkeeper.
Ditsch, Frank, Indianapolis, Ind., Textile Worker.
Ebner, Edward, Indianapolis, Ind., Varnishmaker.
Ellis, Fred, Anderson, Ind., Lather, appointed Wagoner Oct. 31, 1898.
Evans, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Painter, discharged Feb. 15, 1899.
Feaster, Ora, Shelbyville, Ind., Bandsawyer.
Feaster, Wilber, Shelbyville, Ind., Machine hand.
George, Horace, Indianapolis, Ind., Plumber.
Gregg, Charles E., Indianapolis, Ind., Waiter, deserted Sept. 10, 1898, discharged without honor Nov. 4, 1898.
Hietand, John F., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Hendrickson, True, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged Feb. 27, 1899.
Hilt, Henry, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Itce, John, Shelbyville, Ind., Gardener.
Johnson, Camden A., Oakland, Ind., Farmer, discharged Jan. 11, 1899.
Johnson, George S., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Jolliff, Finley, Flatrock, Ind., Farmer.
Kelly, Austin U., Indianapolis, Ind., Waiter.
Lane, Harry, Shelbyville, Ind., Finisher.
Law, George, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged Jan. 14, 1899.
Louden, Charles A., Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk.
Ludwig, John M., Indianapolis, Ind., Laborer.
Madden, Charles H., Indianapolis, Ind., Bookkeeper, dis- charged March 21, 1899.
Mitchell, Charles, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
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Mott, Charles G., Shelbyville, Ind., Laborer, deserted Oct. 16, 1898.
Morris, Leroy, Shelbyville, Ind., Painter, discharged Jan. 25, 1899.
Omsted, Edward, Edinburg, Ind., Laborer.
Osborn, William, Mount Vernon, Ind., Wood Turner.
Parrish, George W., Shelbyville, Ind., Hardwood Finisher.
Perkins, Omer E., Rushville, Ind., Farmer.
Perry, Andrew J., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged Feb. 2, 1899.
Perry, Howard, Lawrence, Ind., Teamster.
Palmer, Marshall, Fairland, Ind., Farmer, discharged March 20, 1899.
Prosser, Ora, Indianapolis, Ind., Laborer.
Price, Ira J., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Roberts, William, Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk, discharged May 4, 1899.
Roth, Robert, Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk.
Runyon, James, Shelbyville, Ind., Laborer.
Rupert, Frank, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Stittsworth, Ora, Louisville, Ind., Farmer.
Schacherer, Louis, Shelbyville, Ind., Factory Hand.
Schumaker, William, Sunman, Ind., Merchant.
Shipley, George, Indianapolis, Ind., Painter.
Simms, Thomas, Shelbyville, Ind., Teamster.
Sieg, John, Flatrock, Ind., Farmer, deesrted Dec. 10, 1898. Sims, Everet, Indianapolis, Ind., Tinner.
Smith, John A., Shelbyville, Ind., Laborer.
Spice, Arthur, Huntington, Ind., Glassworker.
Southern, Harry J., Indianapolis, Ind., Moulder, deserted Sept. 8, 1898, discharged without honor Nov. 21, 1898. Steely, John, Indianapolis, Ind., Machinist, discharged Aug. 19, 1898.
Titus, Joseph R., Winterowd, Ind., Carpenter, discharged at Winterowd, Ind., March 1, 1899.
Towns, Arthur, Shelbyville, Ind., Mechanic.
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'Vaught, Fred, Shelbyville, Ind., Mechanic, discharged Sept. 29, 1898.
Wheeler, Jerry, Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer.
Westerfield, Commodore, Manilla, Ind., Engineer.
Wiles, Robert, Jr., Shelbyville, Ind., Finisher.
Wilson, William W., Shelbyville, Ind., Cabinetmaker, dis- charged Feb. 17, 1899.
Williams, James A., Shelbyville, Ind., Farmer, discharged March 16, 1899.
Winterowd, Floyd, Indianapolis, Ind., Laborer.
Woods, George, Smithland, Ind., Farmer.
Worland, Frank, Shelbyville, Ind., Gardener.
Worland, Maurice, Shelbyville, Ind., Plumber.
Wycoff, Oscar, Edinburg, Ind., Laborer.
Youngman, Leon E., Shelbyville, Ind., Carpenter.
LATER ENLISTMENTS.
Molder, William, Shelbyville, Ind., Furnituremaker, enlisted Aug. 9, 1898.
Vanpelt, George W., Shelbyville, Ind., Clerk, enlisted Aug. 10, 1898.
Kloer, Arthur, Terre Haute, Ind., Clerk, enlisted Dec. 9, 1898.
TRANSFERRED.
Hamm, Michael, Vincennes, Ind., Butcher, transferred from Co. A, 159th Ind. Vol. Inf., Dec. 1, 1898.
Kopp, John G., Evansville, Ind., Barber, transferred from Co. E, 159th Ind. Vol. Inf., Dec. 1, 1898. Burke, John, Vincennes, Ind., Student, transferred from Co. L, 159th Ind. Vol. Inf., Dec. 1, 1898.
McCrisaken, James, Vincennes, Ind., Butcher, transferred from Co. L, 159th Ind. Vol. Inf., Dec. 1, 1898.
Soden, Charles, Vincennes, Ind .. Laborer, transferred from Co. L, 159th Ind. Vol. Inf., Dec. 1, 1898.
Coats, William T., Shelbyville, Ind., Student, transferred from Co. K, 161st Ind. Vol. Inf., Jan. 26, 1899.
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COMPANY G.
ALBERT D. OGBORN.
Captain Albert D. Ogborn was born on a farm in Wayne county, Indiana, in 1864, and spent the first eight- een years of his life there. He was educated in the com- mon schools, graduating therefrom at thirteen. In Janu- ary, 1883, he removed to Newcastle and worked for a firm
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dealing in farm implements and later for a dealer in shoes. During this time he educated himself as a stenographer. In November, 1887, he was appointed storekeeper of the Northern Indiana Hospital for Insane at Logansport. He gave up this position in April, 1889, to accept that of offi- cial shorthand reporter for the judicial circuit in which he resides. While a court reporter he found time to study law. He was admitted to the bar in 1894, and is now practicing law in connection with court reporting. He has been deeply interested in military affairs from boyhood, and for ten years before entering the army was an enthusiastic worker in the Uniform Rank Knights of Pythias. He is colonel of the Third Indiana Regiment in this organization, having been granted an unlimited leave of absence to enter the army. Captain Ogborn is unmarried.
JAMES I. MEYERS.
First Lieutenant James I. Meyers first saw light in Wells county, Indiana, in September, 1864. He was edu- cated at the schools of the city of Bluffton. He learned the baker's trade and followed it for several years. In 1887 he removed to Newcastle and was engaged in the res- taurant business there when he entered the army. He received the practical knowledge of things military pos- sessed by him when he enlisted, in the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias; and resigned the captaincy of Newcas- tle company in that organization when he became a sol- dier. He is married and has a fine family of three chil- dren.
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FIRST LIEUTENANT JAMES I. MEYERS.
CHARLES M. PITTMAN.
Second Lieutenant Charles M. Pittman was born in Newcastle, in 1874, and was educated in the schools of that city, graduating from the high school in 1892. While. in school he was agent for a city newspaper, the daily edi- tion of which he delivered to his patrons. For a time after leaving school he was engaged with his father in the farm machinery business. Later he began the study of civil engineering and was engaged in the practice of that profession when he entered the army. He lives with his. parents and is unmarried.
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HISTORY OF COMPANY G.
In the Civil war Henry county sent as many soldiers to the front. as any county in Indiana in proportion to its pop- ulation; and one of them, the venerable William Grose, came back a major-general. The bravery and patriotism of these men, proven on a hundred battlefields, descended to. their sons. When the Spanish students tore down the American flag in Barcelona in 1895, Captain Ogborn sent the following message to Governor Matthews: "If Spain insists upon being whipped, I desire a commission to raise: 24
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a company in Henry county to help to do it." When the Maine was destroyed he again tendered his services to Indi- ana's governor, believing that war was inevitable. Before the formal declaration of war and afterwards he begged the governor to accept his services in any capacity in which they might be thought useful.
When the first call for volunteers was made many young men of Henry county went to Indianapolis and tried to get in the service, some of them succeeding; among them was Lieutenant Charles W. Pittman. Believing that a sec- ond call would be made, and that if it were, a company could get in from. Henry county, Captain Ogborn and Lieutenant Myers began to organize a company in antici- pation thereof, and were afterward joined by Lieutenant Pittman. One hundred and thirty names were enrolled, a majority from Newcastle, the remainder all from Henry county ; drilling was kept up in the face of long delay, and the quiet opposition of the "Peace at any price " ele- ment. Young men who drilled faithfully were sneered at by apron string slaves, too lazy and too cowardly to enlist or drill. The turning point was reached one night in June, when the ears of a small band of the faithful who were drilling in the street were greeted by the "Rogues March " whistled by some one in a barber shop; the squad was wheeled and lined up along the sidewalk, and a demand made for the offender. He finally admitted his identity; and was warned that it would not be safe for him or any other person to ridicule any one who had enlisted in the company. From that hour the tide was with the vol- unteers.
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