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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC.
Governor Crapo Post, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized on June 5, 1883. The charter members numbered twenty-three. Its first com- mander was Comrade Richard H. Hughes and, succeeding him, the follow- ing named members have held the office: Frank E. Willett, Oscar F. Loch- head, Charles A. Bassett, John Algoe, Andrew J. Ward, George W. Buck- ingham, Welcome L. Farnum, George W. Newall, Marvin C. Barney, Edward C. Marsh, Charles W. Austin, James H. Failing, Orange S. Thomas, John W. Benjamin, John W. Begg, George W. Hilton, Joseph Rush, George Raab, Charles L. Bentley, Thomas A. Willett, Jarvis E. Albro, E. A. Jennings, Wallace Caldwell and James Van Tassell. The present commander is T. A. Willett.
The various soldiers and sailors who have at different times been mem- bers of the post number five hundred and five, and the membership of the post at its floodtide was three hundred and fifty. It now numbers seventy- eight, many of whom are feeble in health and unable to attend the meetings. Of its members who held rank in the army, were Gen. T. B. W. Stockton, breveted brigadier-general; Col. William B. McCreery, colonel of the Twenty- first Michigan Infantry ; Philo D. Phillips, who was major of the One Hun- dred Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry; Rev. H. H. Northrup,
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chaplain of the Thirteenth Michigan Infantry; James C. Willson, surgeon of the Eighth Michigan Infantry, ranking as major; John Algoe, captain; George W. Buckingham, captain; Charles A. Bassett, captain; M. F. Camp- bell, captain; Ira Wilder, captain; Martin L. Wiley, captain; Charles S. Brown, captain; Almon A. Thompson, surgeon Twelfth Michigan Infantry, and James H. Failing, lieutenant commanding company.
The members of the post are loyal to the memory of their comrades in that the duties of the officers includes the decorating of the graves of the deceased. Old soldiers are laid to rest in the various cemeteries of the city and also in the Whigville cemetery, the Burton cemetery, the Grand Blanc cemetery, the Five Points cemetery, the McFarland cemetery, the Bristol cemetery, the Cronk cemetery and the Tupper cemetery, also Flushing, Good- rich, Davison and Richfield, in each of which lies some former member of the post.
The present officers of the post are: Commander, T. A. Willett; senior vice-commander, William A. Bloomer; junior vice-commander, Rufus Ranney; adjutant, E. A. Jennings; quartermaster, James Van Tassell; sur- geon, A. Van Aerman; chaplain, M. C. Barney; officer of the day, George Raab; officer of the guard, Wray Mitchell; sergeant major, E. C. Marsh; quarter sergeant, William R. Pratt; patriotic instructor, James H. Failing.
The present roster of the post contains the following: Charles Baker, Jr., Ninth Michigan Cavalry ; Marvin C. Barney, Tenth Michigan Infantry; William D. Bailey, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry ; John Begg, First United States Engineers; Melvin C. Bowman, Eighth Michigan Cavalry; Luke Boyce, First Nebraska Cavalry; John R. Buchanan, Twenty-ninth Indiana Infantry ; Frank C. Burnham, Maine Coast Guard; John H. Carey, Twenty- seventh Michigan Infantry; Mortimore Carter, Eighth Michigan Infantry ; John Cleveland, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry ; Silas Collins, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry ; C. H. W. Conover, United States Engineers; Miles P. Cook, Twentieth Ohio Battery; William H. Crawford, First Michigan Cav- alry ; John Donlon, United States Navy; James H. Failing, Fifteenth Mich- igan Infantry; Ira L. Fales, First Michigan Cavalry; J. Brush Fenton, lieu- tenant Eighth Michigan Infantry; Corydon E. Foote, Tenth Michigan Infantry ; Charles B. Ford, Tenth Michigan Infantry; Thomas W. Gilbey, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry; Andrew H. Gillies, lieutenant Eighth Mich- igan Infantry ; Jonathan Gordon, First New York Cavalry; Henry M. Graff, Ninety-eighth New York Infantry ; John Grierson, Eighth Michigan Infantry ; John Hollingsworth, Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry ; J. E. Howe, Twenty- third Michigan Infantry; Oscar F. Lochhead, Second Michigan Infantry ;
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Irving McConnell, Second New York Heavy Artillery; Edward C. Marsh, Eighth Michigan Infantry; Wray Mitchell, Twenty-seventh Michigan Infantry; Ira G. Ormsby, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry; Albert Palmer, Iowa Cavalry; Thomas Pack, musician, Eighth Michigan Infantry ; Charles R. Pomeroy, Fourteenth Vermont Infantry; William R. Pratt, Eighth Michigan Infantry; George Raab, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; Edgar Randall, First Michigan Infantry; Freeling H. Rich, Tenth Michigan Infantry; Joseph Remington, Fifteenth Michigan Infantry; Joseph Rush, One Hundred Sixtieth New York Infantry; Amader Ruby, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry; Phillip Smith, One Hundredth Ohio Infantry; Reuben C. Smith, Twenty-second Michigan Infantry ; John H. Soper, Ninetieth New York Infantry; Enos Sullivan, Eighth New York Cavalry; George W. Sweet, First Michigan Engineers; John W. Taylor, Second Michigan Infantry ; Jeremiah Thompson, Sixth Michigan Cavalry; George H. Turner, lieutenant Eighth Michigan Infantry ; George A. Tyler, First Michigan Cav- alry; Abram Van Aerman, One Hundred Fifty-first New York Infantry; James M. Van Tassell, Third Michigan Cavalry; Frank E. Willett, Eighth New York Cavalry; Thomas A. Willett, gunner's mate, United States Navy ; William Angle, Eighth Michigan Infantry; Frank Butcher, Fifty-first Indi- ana Infantry; Charles Dye, Eighth Michigan Infantry; Charles Dunham, Seventeenth Indiana Infantry; Dolphus Davis, Eighty-third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry; Leroy Ellis, Twentieth New York Cavalry; Morris Fast- man, Fourth Michigan Infantry ; Charles Eichof, One Hundred Fiftieth New York Volunteer Infantry; John Emery, Eighth Michigan Infantry ; Thomas Fouch, Loudon Rangers, Virginia; R. H. Fosdick, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; John Morrish, Fourth Michigan Cavalry; Talman C. Owens, Tenth Mich- igan Infantry ; Charles H. Penoyer, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry ; Rufus Rainey, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry; Milo Swears, Tenth Michigan Infantry; William Sperl, One Hundred Fifty-second New York Infantry; William Vanderwood, Twenty-fourth Michigan Infantry.
Soon after the installation of the post in Flint, there were smaller posts started in Davison, Clio, Fenton, Swartz Creek, Gaines, Mt. Morris, Linden and Flushing. From Davison and Davison township a number of men, pro- portionately greater to its population than almost any township in Michigan, answered to the call of their country, and at the conclusion of the war one of the strongest orders in the county perpetuated the memory of their com- rades. In 1884 they organized Henry W. Knapp Post No. 284, Grand Army of the Republic. Its first commander was Lester S. McAllister and it had thirty-one charter members. The commanders since then have been, A. A.
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Elmore, Alexander Campbell, William M. Knapp, Willard Clemmons, S. S. Clemmons, John Cottrell, B. F. Sanford, G. R. Van Tine, B. W. Perkins, S. A. Comstock, William A. Monroe, C. B. Smith, M. H. Hewitt, A. M. Davis, James Cooley, Milo Swears, and the present commander, L. G. Adams. The post increased in membership until it was represented at the national encampment at Detroit in 1891 by sixty-four members. The natural decrease among the membership from death has reduced the same to seventeen at the present date.
"We believe as a post we have been an educator in patriotism and good citizenship," says A. A. Elmore, to whom this book is indebted for this account of the post.
At Clio, James Bradley Post, Grand Army of the Republic, was organ- ized in 1883. The membership, diminished by the inevitable death of the old soldiers, has left but a remnant of its one-time roster. It numbers at present C. H. Woolson, William Wood, Joseph Buffum, A. S. Shelley, Sil- vester Leach, George Vanest, Porter Greenfield, Jerome Courier, Edward Ormsby, J. J. Powell, Cyrus Perrigo, Henry Richardson, John Sloan, P. H. Loomis, Evard Leach, W. C. Lewis, Louis Speckler, Charles Barker, Hiram Chase, William Bone and Ira Phillips.
Ransom Post No. 89, Grand Army of the Republic, was organized in Flushing in October, 1882. It had forty-two charter members, and at one time had as many as sixty members. It had for its first commander Stewart Curle, and since that time the following have served as commanders : James M. Greenfield, W. H. J. Martin, Cornelius E. Rulison, William Davie, S. H. Thomas, John W. Caldwell, Cyrus Phelps, W. J. Ottaway, Chester Felton, Walter V. Banning, Albert Crosby, A. D. Olmstead, O. H. Perry, Isaac Wheeler, John Wheeler and William Stone. The post was named for Capt. . Randolph Ransom, an uncle of A. E. Ransom, editor of the Flushing Observer.
The present officers of the post are: Commander, James M. Green- field; senior vice-commander, Spellman Loop; junior .vice-commander, S. H. Thomas; officer of the day, John W. Caldwell; quartermaster, Cyrus G. Phelps, chaplain, W. J. Ottaway. The roster of its present membership includes the following eleven members, the few survivors of the many who have been members of Ransom Post: A. E. Bennett, Seventeenth Connecti- cut Infantry ; John W. Caldwell, Sixteenth Michigan Infantry; Enos Delong. Tenth Michigan Infantry; G. W. Darling, Third Ohio Infantry ; C. S. Free- man, Twenty-third Michigan Infantry; James M. Greenfield, Seventh Mich- igan Infantry; H. H. Kahl, One Hundred Twenty-first Ohio Volunteer
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Infantry ; Spellman Loop, One Hundred Sixth New York Infantry; W. J. Ottaway, Thirteenth Michigan Battery; Cyrus Phelps, Tenth Missouri Infantry ; S. H. Thomas, First Michigan Infantry.
Colonel Fenton Post No. 24, Grand Army of the Republic, was organ- ized August 29, 1881, at Fenton, and is thus the oldest in the county. Its first commander was Dexter Horton, and since that time the following named comrades have served in that capacity: Charles F. Barber, James Robertson, Ernest T. Winters, Thomas G. Skelton, Louis V. Curry, C. F. Wertman, Alva H. Marsh, William Butcher, James N. Ripley, Silas K. Free- man, Vernon C. Smith and Charles A. Sadden, who is the present com- mander.
Of the present membership of twenty-six, we are able to give the fol- lowing partial roster: Charles A. Sadden, William Butcher, Ernest T. Winters, Vernon C. Smith, Perry Birdsall, Henry Munson, M. D. Hering- ton, Daniel Harrington, Hiram Hodges, Edgar Durphy, George Wass, Frank Potter, Mumford Billings, Emory Denton, George W. Barber, Frank Fessenden, Adam Andrews, Charles Bentley, Gilbert Angus, Francis Cleve- land, J. J. Carmer, George Gates, Edward Bennett and Mr. Ferchencer.
Each year sees the sad diminishing of the post. Each year a few more brave men go to claim the great reward; each year those who are left, pos- sibly, are too feeble to take an active part in the gatherings of their com- rades. There are, however, some who are still hale and hearty. May they round out many years of usefulness in giving visible evidence of the spirit of '61, and in furnishing an inspiration for the oncoming generation. We salute them.
WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.
Governor Crapo Relief Corps No. 23, located at Flint, auxiliary to the Grand Army post, was organized in October, 1884, with fourteen charter members. The first officers were: President, Mary A. McConnelly ; senior vice-president, Mrs. Hattie P. Thompson; junior vice-president, Mrs. Anna Willett; secretary, Mrs. Mary Lochhead; treasurer, Mrs. Catharine Part- ridge; chaplain, Mary Muma; conductor, Lydia Hughes; guard, Nettie Barney. These and others compose a small band of earnest, patriotic women who took up the work of assisting the soldiers of the Rebellion and their dependent ones. The membership during the first year increased to upwards of one hundred and they have clothed the needy, comforted the sick and buried the dead. As the Woman's Relief Corps is the only auxiliary to the
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Grand Army of the Republic, their work is supposed to be for Civil War veterans only. They have, however, frequently digressed from the national rules and at one time did much for a widow of a soldier of the war of 1812. During the Spanish war, over three hundred dollars was raised and expended for the local soldiers who saw service and for their relief from affliction after their return from Cuba. In the thirty-two years of its existence, the corps has expended over three thousand dollars in its benevolent work.
Twice it has been honored by having the department (state) head- quarters in Flint. The president, secretary and treasurer have twice been elected or appointed from the local corps, an honor that has never come to any other corps of the state. Mrs. Mary A. McConnelly and Mrs. Harriet P. Thompson were the ladies of Flint honored by being elected presidents of the state society.
The line of work of the Relief Corps has been patriotic and benevolent, assisting the soldiers in decorating the graves of their deceased comrades. presenting flags to schools, churches and the boy scouts, and similar benevol- ent work. The Woman's Relief Corps is a secret society and its philan- thropic work is not proclaimed to the public. Few of its acts of charity are ever known outside of the order, but the good deeds of this band of conscien- tious women need no recording.
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF VETERANS AND SONS.
The National League of Veterans and Sons had its birth in the state of Michigan, at the city of Saginaw, in the year 1899. A local camp, Camp William Mckinley, was instituted at Flint in the month of December, 1902. Its first colonel was George Raab, of the Fourth Michigan Cavalry. Subse- quent colonels have been Frank Willett, of Eighth New York Cavalry; Milo Swears, of Tenth Michigan Infantry; M. C. Barney, Tenth Michigan Infantry ; R. J. Bassett, son of a veteran; P. H. Andrews, Eleventh Maine Volunteers; Frank E. Halliday, son of a veteran; William H. Lingle, son of a veteran, and Robert J. Gillespie, son of a veteran. The National League of Veterans held its national camp at Flint in the year 1903, and at this meeting M. C. Barney, of Flint, was elected as lieutenant-general of the national organization. The national organization has about eight hundred members and the local camp about one hundred. Present officers of local camp: William H. Lingle, colonel; E. A. Jennings, adjutant, which office he has held for several years.
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REGIMENTAL REUNIONS.
The various regiments which were in part recruited or raised in Genesee county have had reunions from time to time, and especially the Tenth and Eighth Michigan Infantry. These regiments have had their annual meeting at Flint, Davison and Flushing, at various times. The Tenth Michigan held its golden jubilee at Flint on September 10, 1911. The Second Mich- igan Infantry held its reunion at Flint in 1915. The Twenty-first Michigan also meets here at times; the Sixteenth Michigan Infantry and the First Michigan Engineers have also held reunions at Flint. The annual reunion of the Eighth Michigan is held on June 16, the anniversary of the battle of James Island, at which the regiment distinguished itself and suffered heavily in killed and wounded.
The Twenty-third Michigan held its reunion in Davison on August 7, 1893.
FLINT UNION BLUES.
The Flint Union Blues was a patriotic society organized after the Civil War, in 1872, for the purpose of raising and maintaining a military com- pany in Flint. The first meeting was held at Awanaga Hall in June, 1872, and at a meeting in July the following officers were elected: President, Charles S. Brown; vice-president, Ira H. Wilder; secretary, O. F. Loch- head; treasurer, S. N. Andrus. It was resolved to adopt a uniform of dark blue, with white trimmings, and to assume the title of the "Flint Union Blues." As the state only furnished muskets, equipments and rent for arm- ories, the question of paying for the uniforms was an important one, which was solved by a subscription circulated among the citizens, who contributed . liberally, Messrs. Alexander McFarlan, J. W. Begole and William B. McCreery heading the list with handsome amounts.
The first election for company officers occurred on August 14, 1872, with the following result: Captain, William R. Morse; first lieutenant, O. F. Lochhead; second lieutenant, George E. Newall; first sergeant, Ira H. Wilder ; second sergeant, W. Rosenthal; third sergeant, Peter Lennon; fourth sergeant, Charles H. Wood; fifth sergeant, J. D. Lavin; corporals: first, Charles A. Fox; second, W. J. Seymour; third, Alexander McFarlan, Jr .; fourth, Andred Bailey; fifth, Thomas J. Post; sixth, A. E. Foote; seventh, H. N. Gay; eighth, W. H. Pier.
The company was mustered into the state service by Adjutant-General (45)
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John Robertson, October 18, 1872, and made its first street parade the same day. During the evening following this event they gave a military ball and reception, by which they realized one hundred and eighty dollars. The Blues soon after were the guests of the Detroit Light Guard, received the most cordial hospitality and won many encomiums for the excellence of their drill and gentlemanly deportment. During the same year the ladies of the first ward presented the company with a beautiful silk flag; there- upon George E. Childs was appointed color-sergeant, and A. E. Fotte and John King, color guards.
In 1873 the company was ordered to Lansing to participate in the cere- monies connected with the laying of the corner-stone of the new state capitol. During 1874 the Detroit Light Guard were its guests and the occasion of their visit is a memorable one in the annals of the company. The company was ordered to the scene of the railroad riots in 1877 and promptly responded, as they did also on a subsequent similar occasion when required by the sheriff.
The principal officers of the company from 1872 to 1878 were as fol- lows :
1873-Captain, O. F. Lochhead; first lieutenant, George E. Newall; second lieutenant, Ira H. Wilder; first sergeant, John King.
1874-Captain, O. F. Lochhead; first lieutenant, George E. Newall; second lieutenant, Ira H. Wilder ; first sergeant, John King.
1875-Captain, George E. Newall; first lieutenant, John King; second lieutenant, George E. Childs; first sergeant, Charles A. Fox.
1876-Captain, George E. Newall; first lieutenant, John King; second lieutenant, George E. Childs; first sergeant, Charles A. Fox.
1877-Captain, George E. Newall; first lieutenant, Ira H. Wilder ; second lieutenant, George E. Childs; first sergeant, H. M. Sperry.
1878 -- Captain, Ira H. Wilder; first lieutenant, George E. Childs; second lieutenant, H. M. Sperry ; first sergeant, W. H. Pier.
The Blues were members of the Third Regiment of Michigan state troops and were designated as C Company in regimental formation. Flint is the headquarters of the regiment and among the regimental officers who have emanated from the company are the following: Col. O. F. Lochhead, Adjutant C. S. Brown, Sergeant-Major John King, Color-Sergeant C. H. Wood, Commissary S. V. Haker.
Since 1872 the Union Blues have had fifteen commading officers, as follows: Captains, William R. Morse, O. F. Lochhead, George Newall, Ira Wilder, George E. Childs, Edward S. Lee, Charles H. Miller, Fred W.
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Brennan, George M. Sayles, Frank D. Buckingham, W. E. Stewart, James S. Parker, Charles F. Martin, Guy M. Wilson and Thomas Colladay, who is now captain. Of the above captains, O. F. Lochhead became colonel of the Third Infantry; James S. Parker also rose to the same rank; Guy M. Wilson is now major in the same regiment.
The company has one of the best rifle ranges in the country, about four miles out of the city on the road to Mt. Morris, and allows shooting up to one thousand two hundred yards.
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War the following officers and men were mustered into the United States service on May 14, 1898, at Island Lake, Michigan :
Captain, William E. Stewart; first lieutenant, James S. Parker; second lieutenant, Charles S. Martin ; first sergeant, Joseph J. Carscadden; quarter- master sergeant, Heinrich M. Gagnus; sergeants, Hubart M. Long, Thomas W. Hamilton, G. Arthur McConnelly and Claude G. Webster; corporals, Samuel J. Kimbrose, Ordell E. George, Fred V. Favereaux, Clarence L. Booth, Willis A. Coe and George Piggott; musicians, Fred J. Wright, Bert E. Bryan and Artificer Wallace Eddy; wagoner, Charles H. Ferguson.
Privates : John H. Baker, Elmer Baker, John Baird, David H. Blaine, Claude Breede, William J. Barritt, James B. Ballinger, Barney E. Bath- well, John M. Brown, George H. Cox, Robert A. Catlin, William H. Carr, Charles M. Corville, Philo E. Carr, Claude B. Cole, Jesse H. Dickerson, Percy D. Davison, Charles E. Davis, Willard A. Delong, Neil A. Dewar, Stephen DeLisle, Edward G. Evans, Arthur G. Evatt, Rodney W. Eaton, Walker B. Foster, Michael Flynn, William A. Frise, Bert Fredenburg, Irvin Hall, Albert H. Hauer, Herbert E. Hempstead, Cornelius J. Hayes, Harry F. Hosler, Clarence Hartford, Henry G. Jason, Edwin E. Jones, Frank E. Johnson, George Kenewell, John Kenewell, Karl Kendrick, William A. Win- ters, Thomas J. Welch, Claude C. Lowry, William Loranger, Weldon M. Lewis, William E. Locke, James E. McReady, Duncan McColl, Ernest McLean, Frank P. McAuley, Arthur McCormick, Harry C. Hulty, Wallace Reid, Lewis S. Ross, Harry M. Stevenson, William J. Stringer, Daniel T. Stanton, Frank Stewart, Albert J. Stanard, William L. Scully, Martin Skall, Guy F. Scott, Roy L. Scott, George L. Soper, Robert Sinclair, John Scanlon, William C. Stevens, Albert J. Stevenson, Lewis Talmadge, James M. Tubbs, Allie Van Slyke, James P. Van Buskirk, William Varb, John N. Wagoner, Charles M. Williams, Martin Welsh, William J. Weidman, George J. Wiel, James A. Wheeler, Fred W. Warren, Wilbur H. Warren, Cornelius Wilcox, Edward A. Wilson, Henry W. Ziegel.
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After the company had reached Camp Alger, near Dun Loring, Vir- ginia, Captain Stewart was detailed for other duty, and so the company went to the island of Cuba under command of Lieutenant, afterwards Colonel, James S. Parker, who commanded the company through the war.
The company landed in Cuba on June 27, 1898, and the first day of July they took part most valiantly in the battle of Agnadoras. Their next duty was to guard a camp of Spanish prisoners and, being men of Mich- igan and renowned for versatility, they were ordered by General Young to build a dock. This they commenced on July 4, 1898, and after its accom- plishment they were employed in improving the roads. They next had a rest in a camp of recuperation and came back to Montauk Point, New York, and thence home. A tablet of marble in the armory of this company of Flint has the following inscription :
"In Memoriam-Company A, Thirty-third Infantry. Ablino J. Bab- cock, promoted lieutenant Company L, died Siboney, July 26, 1898. Alfred J. Stevenson, died Siboney, July 26, 1898. Allie P. Van Slyke, died Siboney, August 17, 1898. Clyde Breede, died at sea, August 21, 1898. Edward A. Wilson, died at sea, September 4, 1898. Wilbur H. Warren, died at Otis- ville, September 18, 1898. James M. Tubbs, died at Holly, September 25, 1898. William J. Weidman, died at Detroit, October 3, 1898. Walter B. Foster, died at St. Ignace, December 24, 1898.
"This company organized at Flint, Michigan. Mustered in at Island Lake, May 14. Left by railroad for Camp Alger, May 29. Marched from Camp Alger to Dun Loring, June 22. From there by railroad to Alexandria. Took S. S. Washington for Fortress Monroe. Thence by U. S. S. Yale at Hampton Roads for Cuba, June 23. Arrived at Siboney, June 27. In action at Agnadoras before Santiago, July I. In camp at Siboney until July 20. Left Siboney by railroad for Sardinaries. Remained there until August 20. Left by railroad for Santiago and sailed on Harvard for Camp Wikoff. Landed, August 26. Left for Flint, September 2. Arrived home, September 4, 1898."
The company was mustered out of the United States service at Flint, December 19, 1898.
Twice since the Spanish-American War has the call come for the Blues to perform military service at critical times. The first was when the state institution at Lapeer was visited by an epidemic and the quarantine regula- tions required a strong arm for their enforcement. The company under Captain Wilson performed this duty in an eminently satisfactory way. The
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routine of guard duty in the severe winter weather was very trying, but the men met every requirement and won the praise of their superiors.
Again, when the peace of the copper country was jeopardized by the strike, the company was called on. In the first instance the company was ready on three hours call, and in the last, on two and a half hours call. The call for mobilization of the state troops came from Colonel Bersey, adjutant- general, to Major Guy M. Wilson, commanding the second battalion, on the afternoon of June 18, 1916; the quick response of the Union Blues, Com- pany A, Thirty-three Infantry, Capt. Thomas Colladay, evidenced the high spirit of the company. The men began to assemble at the armory at once and was soon ready to entrain. The roster of the company that responded ready to go to the camp is as follows:
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