History of Monroe County, Michigan, Part 99

Author: Wing, Talcott Enoch, 1819-1890, ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: New York, Munsell & company
Number of Pages: 882


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GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND AUX- ILIARY ORGANIZATIONS.


The patriotism of Monroe county is perpetu- ated by the following organizations of the Grand Army of the Republic :


Dundee-William Bell Post, No. 10. Monroe-Joseph R. Smith Post, No. 76. Carleton-Perry Baker Post, No. 200. Milan - Lncius Taylor Post, No. 274.


Petersburgh-Morgan Parker Post, No. 281.


In these posts three hundred and fifty-three old " vets " " rally around colors " that in 1861 to 1865, with red cheeks, wavy brown hair, steps firm and eyes bright, with heads erect, marched past the mustering officer and were sworn into the United States service. Then in the flush of healthy manhood they went to the front; now some of them look into the glass and behold the wrinkled brow, the dim eyes, gray hairs, sunken checks, and turn away finding themselves feeling, walking and look- ing like old men. We see them all as they march proudly away under the flaunting flags, keeping time to the wild, grand music of war, marching down the streets of great cities, through the towns and across the prairies


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-down to the field of glory, to do and die, if need be, that there shall be no dishonor on the flag of their country. We go with them in the camp and bivouac, on the weary marches and gory fields, in the prisons of hatred and fam- ine, and see the remnant of them return to the bosom of their families in the land they helped make free, and under the flag they helped keep stainless.


Auxiliary to this grand army of veterans to whom we owe so much, we find the Woman's Relief Corps: Dundee W. R. C., No. 11, Milan W. R. C., No. 116, and Joseph R. Smith W. R. C., No. 150, with a total membership of 98 ladies. Also the Sons of Veterans: Dundee, Thomas W. Palmer Camp, No. 125; Monroe, John J. Stephens Camp, No. 136; Milan, Edward P. Allen Camp, No. 137, having a total member- ship of 114 young men.


DUNDEE.


William Bell, a private in Company I, Sev- enth Michigan Volunteer Infantry, enlisted September 4, 1861, and was wounded in both feet at the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, and honorably discharged, his right leg being amputated November 3, 1862, after which he returned to Dundee, where he died March 30, 1874. From him William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R., was named, and received a charter granted by the Department of Michi- gan, October 9, 1879, on which date it was mustered, with eleven charter members, by Comrade Daniel W. Sawyer, assistant adjutant general, with the following officers :


Post Commander, Edward Gray; Senior Vice Commander, A. Glenn ; Junior Vice Commander, Peter Clark ; Quartermaster, H. A. Stewart ; Surgeon, J. W. Mason ; Chaplain, M. Langton ; Officer of the Day, N. J. Carney ; Officer of the Guard, Jerome B. Galloway ; Adjutant, S. B. Rowell; Sentinel, James H. Cassidy ; Guard, E. C. Munger.


The membership has increased to 115, and meetings are held every alternate Wednesday evening. The office of Post Commander has been held by Edward Gray, 1879-1880 ; Sidney B. Rowell, 1881; Augustus Glenn, 1882; Sid- ney B. Rowell, 1883; Ramus B. Davis, 1884- 1885; Justus S. Wilkerson, 1886; Nathaniel Newell, 1887; David C. Spears, 1888.


For 1889 the officers were: Commander, H. A. Stewart ; Senior Vice Commander, James


Knowles; Junior Vice Commander, John Rod ; Chaplain, Rev. C. W. Carrick; Quartermaster, R. B. Davis; Officer of Guard, James Van- Nest; Officer of the Day, M. V. Fox; Surgeon, Dr. G. W. Jackson ; Adjutant, Truman Gee.


MONROE.


At a meeting of the ex-soldiers of Monroe, held at Floral City Lodge Rooms, in Eaton Block, thirty-two applicants, armed with their honorable discharges from the service of the United States during the War of the Rebel- lion, presented themselves as proper material from which to start a post of the G. A. R. Colonel Smith, of the regular army, was an old resident of Monroe, and in honor of him the name of Joseph R. Smith Post, No. 76, was chosen. The comrades selected the fol- lowing officers, who were duly installed by O. A. James, from C. J. Dickerson Post, No. 6, of Hillsdale, he having been detailed by Depart- ment Headquarters as mustering officer :


Commander, S. W. Curtis, late major Seventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry; Senior Vice Commander, Constant Luce, late colonel Sev- enteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry ; Junior Vice Commander, Egbert Webb, late first ser- geant, Fifth Michigan (Custer's) Cavalry ;. Adjutant, W. H. Beisel, late lieutenant Com- pany K, Eighteenth Michigan Volunteer In- fantry ; Quartermaster, Theodore Kirchmeier, late private, Company C, One Hundred and Thirtieth Ohio Volunteer Infantry ; Surgeon, Job C. Eaton, late lieutenant Company K, Eleventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry ; Chap- lain, I. R. Grosvenor, late colonel Seventh Volunteer Infantry ; Officer of the Day, F. A. Nims, late lieutenant Company C, Fifth Mich- igan Volunteer Infantry ; Officer of the Guard, William G. Ross, late lieutenant Company I, Eleventh Michigan Volunteer Infantry ; Ser- geant Major, J. J. Hubble, late private, Com- pany F, First Michigan Volunteer Infantry ; Quartermaster Sergeant, D. H. Norris, late private of Company I, Eleventh Michigan Vol- unteer Infantry ; and twenty-one comrades, as follows : J. D. Ronan, Thomas R. Shirk, George Haag, William F. Haight, W. C. Brown, H. A. Austin, F. Benderritter, Thomas L. Sed- . elbauer, J. F. Wagner, Warren Lenox, Burton Parker, George D. Paul, C. F. Gruner, Fred Beck, F. X. Soleau, George B. DeLong, J. P.


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Root, Fred Spath, J. H. Wickliffe, John Jack- son, jr., and J. A. Wagner.


The meetings are held alternate Monday evenings, and one hundred and thirteen com- rades in good standing are on the roster. The post of Commander has been held by the fol- lowing comrades: S. W. Curtis, 1882; Con- stant Luce, 1883; J. D. Ronan, 1884; William II. Beisel, 1885 : George Spaulding, 1886; Bur- ton Parker, 1887; William F. Haight, 1888.


For 1889 the officers were: Commander, Frank Caux; Senior Vice Commander, Charles L. Peck ; Junior Vice Commander, Frank


Benderritter; Adjutant, Alex. T. Navarre; Quartermaster, George B. DeLong ; Surgeon, Job C. Eaton ; Chaplain, Joseph Huber; Offi- cer of the Day, William Hagan; Officer of the Guard, St. Clair Durocher; Sergeant Major, Frank Nelson ; Quartermaster Sergeant, Egbert Webb.


CARLETON.


In the fall of 1883 the veterans of Carleton and vicinity came to the conclusion to organ- ize a post of the Grand army of the Repub- lic, which was done November 15, 1883, the acting chief mustering officer being Major A. M. Holt, of Fairbanks Post, No. 17, Detroit. Fourteen comrades answered to the roll for muster on the first night, and selected the name of William F. Sherman, but on receiving their number, 200, general orders compelled a change in the name, and to select one of the dead. Accordingly it was named Perry Baker, after a resident of Ash, who in September, 1861, enlisted in Company A, Fourth Michigan Vol- unteer Infantry, and during the seven days fight on the Peninsula in 1862 was captured, and died in prison at Belle Isle. The officers at the organization of Perry Baker Post, No. 200, were as follows :


Commander, John P. Wallace, Co. G, 7th O. C .: Senior Vice Commander, Jeremiah Hyatt, Admiral Porter's Flag Ship, "Siren :" Junior Vice Commander, Hulbert Spicer, Co. H, 124th N. Y. H. A. : Adjutant, Edward J. Warner, Co. E, 1st Mich. C .; Surgeon, Fred- erick Bullin, Co. B, 47th O. V. I .; Quarter- master, Reuben T. Hause, Co. D, 44th III. V. I .; Chaplain, Joseph B. Crane, Co. 1, 11th Mich. V. I .; Officer of the Day. John F. Baker, Co. A, 4th Mich. V. I .; Officer of the Guard, Peter Batway, Co. G, 24th Mich. V. I .; Sergeant Major, Thomas Adams, Co. D), 11th Mich. V. I .;


Quartermaster Sergeant, Charles P. Kentz, Co. E, 126th N. Y. V. I .; Color Sergeant. Charles W. Bordine, Co. A, 28th Mich. V. I .; Inner Sentinel, James Colf, Co. C, 17th Mich. V. I .; Onter Guard, Peter Cutcher, Co. HI, 111th O. V. 1.


These comrades have held the fort until they now number forty-six members, with the fol- lowing officers: Post Commander, John F. Baker; Senior Vice Commander, Lévi Clark : Junior Vice Commander. Charles W. Bordine; Adjutant. John P. Wallace; Surgeon, M. L. Baker; Quartermaster, Edward Baker; Chap- lain, C. M. Baker; Officer of the Day, George HI. Post; Officer of the Guard, Peter Cutcher ; Sergeant Major, F. M. Ballen; Quartermaster Sergeant, Frank Roberts; Gnard, Joseph Bran- cheau: Sentinel, Hiram Johnson; Color Ser. geant, Solomon Baker.


The commanders of the Post have been : John B. Wallace, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886 : George H. Post, 1887: Isaac Biddlecomb, 1888; John F. Baker, 1889.


Regular musters are held on the first and third Saturdays of each month.


MILAN.


September 22, 1884, Comrades Hampton and Holt, of Fairbanks Post, No. 17, Detroit, mus- tered twenty-nine charter members into Lueins Taylor Post. No. 274, with the following officers :


Post Commander, Jerome Allen ; Senior Vice Commander, Daniel Case; Junior Vice Commander, Lorenzo A. Hitchcock ; Surgeon, James Blackmer; Chaplain, Morris Vincent; Quartermaster, Andrew D. Jackson ; Officer of the Day, Joseph Gauntlett; Officer of the Guard. Carlos Allen ; Adjutant, Nathan C. Putnam : Sergeant Major, Herbert H. Taylor ; Quartermaster Sergeant, Wesley Robison.


The meetings are held on the first and third Wednesday evenings of the month, and men- bership fifty. The rank of Commander has been held by the following comrades: Jerome Allen, 1884-1885; Andrew D. Jackson, 1886- 1887: Wesley Robison, 1888-1889.


The officers for 1889 were: Commander, Wesley Robison : Senior Vice Commander, C. T. Buxton; Junior Vice Commander, II. Hooker; Quartermaster, Daniel Case ; Chap- lain, Rev. J. Huntington ; Surgeon, Chester Daniels : Officer of the Day, John Steidle ; Offi- cer of the Guard, E. H. Davis.


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PETERSBURGH.


Morgan Parker Post, No. 281, G. A. R., lo- cated at Petersburgh, was mustered the third day of October, 1884, by Comrade Ramus B. Davis, Post Commander of William Bell Post, No. 10, of Dundee, starting out with eighteen members on its muster roll. R. R. Kirby was chosen Commander, which rank he held during the balance of the year, and during the year 1885. It has since been held by Horace Bren- ningstall, 1886; Isaac Faunce, 1887; James Ousterhout, 1888 ; and for 1889, with forty-five members on the roll, and meeting alternate Saturday evenings the officers were: Post Commander, R. R. Kirby; Senior Vice Commander, Isaac Faunce ; Junior Vice Com- mander, E. H. Cornwell ; Surgeon, A. Bren- ningstall ; Chaplain, Rev. D. A. Curtis; Quar- termaster, Daniel Fisher; Officer of the Day, G. C. Sayre ; Officer of the Guard, J. A. Bol- ster ; Adjutant, Horace J. Brenningstall.


WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.


DUNDEE.


The efforts to organize a Woman's Relief Corps in Dundee auxiliary to William Bell Post, No. 10, G. A. R., culminated May 8, 1884, in the formation of W. R. C. No. 11, with twenty-six ladies enrolled as members, and was the first Relief Corps mustered by Mrs. Hamp- ton, now Past National President. She, being assisted by Mrs. Moore, Conductor of Corps No. 10, of Detroit, installed the following offi- cers : President, Mrs. Mattie D. Smith ; Senior Vice President, Mrs. Martha Jackson ; Junior Vice President, Mrs. Sarah A. Bell; Secretary, Mrs. Clara Clute; Treasurer, Mrs. Amy J. McBride ; Chaplain, Mrs. Anna M. Kenyon ; Conductor, Miss Rita Bell ; Guard, Miss Susie Mugg. The meetings are held on the first and third Tuesdays in the month, and membership has increased to fifty-seven. The office of Pres- ident has been held by the following ladies : Mrs. Mattie D. Smith, 1884-1885 ; Mrs. Sarah J. Mason, 1886; Mrs. Augusta Davis, 1887; Mrs. Mattie D. Smith, 1888; Mrs. Augusta Davis, 1889. For 1889 the officers were : President, Mrs. Augusta Davis; Senior Vice President, Mrs. Mattie D. Smith ; Junior Vice President, Mrs. Nancy Spaulding; Secretary, Mrs. Eliza Slayton ; Treasurer, Mrs. Julia Drew; Chaplain, Mrs. Helen Carrick ; Conduc-


tor, Mrs. Mary A. Stewart; Guard, Libbie Lockwood ; Assistant Conductor, Susie Deiter ; Assistant Guard, Sarah Casey ; Organist, Mary Hunt.


MILAN.


On June 23, 1887, the ladies of Milan held a meeting in Marble's Hall for the purpose of forming a Woman's Relief Corps Auxiliary to Lucius Taylor Post, No. 274, and selected the following officers: President, Mrs. Libbie Case ; Senior Vice President, Mrs. Hattie Vin- cent; Junior Vice President, Mrs. Sarah R. Whaley ; Secretary, Mrs. Rachel F. Robison ; Treasurer, Mrs. Francis A. Jackson ; Conduc- tor, Mrs. Ellen H. Taylor; Assistant Conduc- tor, Mrs. Delia Allen; Guard, Mrs. Nellie Whaley ; Assistant Guard, Mrs. Emma Gaunt- lett; Chaplain, Mrs. Hattie Davis-who were duly installed and W. R. C. No. 116 fully or- ganized by Mrs. Sarah A. Plummer, Depart- ment President.


The meetings are held on the second and fourth Wednesday afternoons of each month, the menbership being twenty. Mrs. Libbie Case held the office of President until the De . cember election of 1888, when the following officers for 1889 were chosen : President, Mrs. Wesley Robinson ; Senior Vice President, Mrs. F. M. Throop; Junior Vice President, Mrs. William Whaley ; Secretary, Mrs. H. A. Tay. lor; Treasurer, Mrs. Daniel Case ; Conductor, Mrs. Charles Davis; Assistant Conductor, Mrs. William H. Whaley; Chaplain, Mrs. Hiram Jackson; Guard, Mrs. E. H. Davis; Assistant Guard, Mrs. J. H. Brownell.


MONROE.


Woman's Relief Corps No. 150, auxiliary to Joseph R. Smith Post, No. 76, G. A. R., was organized June 22, 1888, by Mrs. Lonisa A. Robbins, Department President, assisted by Phebe H. Curtis, Department Treasurer, both of Adrian, Michigan. Eighteen ladies appeared to answer to their names as charter members, and the following officers elected and installed : President, Lizzie K. Austin; Senior Vice President, Eliza Wende; Junior Vice Presi- dent, Maria Caux; Secretary, Lu H. Wagner ; Treasurer, Sarah A. Peck ; Chaplain, Mary L. Norman; Conductor, Ada Roberts; Guard, Mary Benderritter ; Assistant Conductor, Sarah Whipple ; Assistant Guard, E. S. Carlisle.


The last report showed twenty-one ladies on


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their roll. For 1889 the officers remained the same with the exception of Junior Vice Presi- dent and Assistant Conductor, the former being held by Parmelia Mitchell, and the latter by Fannie Webb. The Corps meet each alternate Monday evening, in Eaton Hall.


SONS OF VETERANS.


To aid the veterans, and to do, as far as pos- sible, the work that they have been doing, after they have passed away, is formed another order, for which the " old boys," as a rule, have a warm side, and works in unison with the G. A. R. Very appropriately is it named.


DUNDEE.


Thomas W. Palmer Camp, No. 125, Division of Michigan, was mustered March 5, 1888, by Frederick A. Rogers, with the following offi- cers : Captain, W. W. Drew; First Lieuten- ant, F. E. Fleming; Second Lieutenant, Henry Bunkleman ; Chaplain, Oscar McBride; First Sergeant, George H. Pulver; Quartermaster Sergeant, Fred A. Gee ; Color Sergeant, Henry J. Burton ; Sergeant of the Guard, Frank Par- ker; Principal Musician, Charles Carrick ; Corporal of the Guard, Alonzo Squires; Camp Guard, George Newel ; Picket Guard, Charles Galloway-and thirty-three privates. Their meetings are held on alternate Wednesday evenings, and membership increased to fifty- four.


MONROE.


John J. Stephens Camp, No. 136, with rank from June 25, 1888, was organized with twenty- four charter members, by Captain W. W. Drew, of Thomas W. Palmer Camp, No. 125, detailed for that purpose by colonel command- ing the Division of Michigan. The officers were: Captain, George J. Smith (whose father was Sergeant Co. B, 9th Mich. V. I.) ; First Lieutenant, Frank M. Olmstead (father, Sergeant Co. F, 11th Ky. Cav.) ; Second Lieu- tenant, William A. Gibson (father, Co. A, 4th Mich. V. I.); Camp Council, Hal E. Stevens (father, Captain Co. K, 18th Mich. V. I.), Marvin Cousino (father, Co. K, 8th Mich. Cav.) and Charles T. Southworth (father, Surgeon 18th Mich. V. I.); Chaplain, George I. An- deregg (father, C'o. A, 11th Mich. V. I.); First Sergeant, Henry Weiss (father, Co. A, 4th Mich. V. I.); Color Sergeant, Edward Bicking (father, Co. A, 11th Mich, V. I.) ; Quartermas- er Sergeant, George G. Beck (father, Co. F,


4th Mich. Cav.) ; Chief Musician, Fred Fuller (father Co. 1, 3d Mich. Cav.) ; Sergeant of the Guard, George D. Gintler ; Camp Guard, John W. Haag (father, Co. G, 8th N. Y. Cav.) ; William Sedelbauer (father, Co. K, 15th Picket Gnard, Mich. V. I).


The present membership is thirty, and meet- ings alternate Wednesday evenings. The offi- cers for 1839 were: Captain, William A. Gib- son ; First Lieutenant, Frank M. Olmstead ; Second Lieutenant, Edward Wagner; Camp Council, Edward Bieking, Charles T. South- worth and Jesse Dussean; Chaplain, George Anderegg; First Sergeant, Sidney Eaton ; Color Sergeant, Henry Anderegg : Quartermas- ter Sergeant, Charles Fuller ; Chief Musi- cian. Fred Fuller; Sergeant of the Guard, Merrill E. Webb; . Corporal of the Guard, Hal E. Stevens; Camp Guard, Erastus Spath ; Picket Guard, Allen Haskell.


MILAN.


Edward P. Allen Camp, No. 137, was mus- tered June 30, 1888, by Captain W. W. Drew, from Thomas W. Palmer Camp, No. 125,' of Dundee, with the following charter members : Captain, George E. House ; First Lieutenant, George Whaley ; Second Lieutenant, Aba Rich ; Chaplain, Clark Fulcher ; First Sergeant, Charles H. Robison ; Sergeant of the Guard, Frank Jackson; Color Sergeant, Herbert Brownell: Corporal of the Guard, Charles Taylor ; Camp Guard, Alfred Crolieus ; Picket Guard, Norman Bliss; Principal Musician, William HI. Whaley; Quartermaster Sergeant, Arthur Sloan-and Privates Arthur DeLa- Force, Charles Davis, George Johnson, Charles King, James Pullen, Charles Steidle, Albert Steidle. Albert Smith, Arden, Vealcy. The membership has increased to thirty, and nights of meeting on the second fourth Tuesday evenings of the month. and The officers for 1889 were: Captain, George Whaley ; First Lieutenant, Charles H. Rob- ison ; Second Lieutenant, Charles A. Taylor ; Camp Council, Charles Davis, Frank Johnson, Arden Vealey.


NATIONAL GUARD, MICHIGAN STATE TROOPS.


The citizen soldier has a representative in the MONROE LIGHT GUARDS.


In September, 1870, the Workingmen's Soci- ety held a festival at the grove in honor of


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Alexander Humboldt, and the military discip- ine with which the parade was conducted stirred the ardor of some of the citizens, and suggested the organization of a militia com- pany, which materialized on the evening of September 23d, by forty six enrolling them- selves as members of the Monroe Light Gnards, and electing Charles F. Gruner, Cap- tain ; Fred Beck, First Lieutenant ; and John A. Wagner, Second Lieutenant. The roster had the names of


Anderegg, John.


Loeffler, Martin.


Acker, William.


Miller, J. L.


Angerer, Charles.


Mann, J. H.


Altemos, Jacob.


Meyer, Charles.


Banke, Fred.


Mohr, Nicholas.


Bicking, John.


Meyer, C.


Bab, Mathew.


Messerle, Christian.


Boehn, Christopher.


Ohr, George.


Bramlich, Augustus.


Rupp, George.


Ealer, Henry.


Reinhard, Conrad.


Falk, Andrew.


Roeder, Jacob.


Frei, Christian.


Rupp, Adam.


Friesbauer, Fred. Grob, Christopher.


Rudolph, George.


Gruber, Henry.


Stoeckert, William.


Gaensler, John.


Sedelbaner, John L.


Hoerner, Fred.


Schneider, Philip.


Haag, George.


Spath, Fred.


Kronbach, M.


Sturn, John.


Kronbach, Adam.


Wagner, Adam.


Krenchauf, C.


Weiss, George.


Krueger, William. Zimmerman, Joseph.


Lieutenant Beck objected to being mustered into the State Militia and resigned, his place being filled by George Rupp, and December 29, 1870, the Guards were mustered into State service by Adjutant-General John Robertson (it being the fifth company mustered into ser- vice), and was assigned as Company F, First Regiment, Michigan State Troops. May 19, 1876, the State Troops were divided into-three regiments, and the Light Guards were assigned as Company D, First Regiment. July 3, 1885, they received their present assignment as Company G, Fourth Regiment. During the nineteen years in which the Company has had an existence it has been called out but once to preserve the peace, and then, although not put into active service, the prompt response of its members showed that the Guards were not merely holiday play soldiers. At 9 P. M., July 24, 1877, during the railroad strike at Jackson,


the Captain received a telegram from Adjutant" General Robertson to take the first train for the front, and the first train actually carried fifty-four men out of fifty-five on the roll of the Company. Fortunately the company were not called into action, but the prompt response showed that in cases of emergency the Guards could be depended upon to do their duty.


As the membership was largely, at first, made up of those of Teutonic descent, the by-laws were printed and records kept in the German language, until in 1875 the Company "angli- cized" and became a thoroughly American company. At first all the support the Com- pany received from the State was the old " Springfield," which after a few years were superseded by the "Sharps" rifle, and in 1887 this in turn gave way to their present equip- ment, the "Improved Springfield.". At the outset, nothing but arms being furnished by the State, the members provided their own uniform, which consisted of the cavalry fatigue cap, jacket and pants with the trimming taken off. Two years later it was changed to the regulation uniform, but it was not till 1874 that the State furnished uniforms as well as guns.


During its connection with the Michigan State Troops, the high standing and gentle. manly deportment of the members of the Guard have attracted the attention of their as- sociates, and at various times their officers have been temporarily assigned, but at Camp Alger, in 1886, Captain A. Rupp was elected Major of the Fourth Regiment, but did not serve on account of his health. The Gnards have always been present at State encamp- ments, and their record has always been one that Monroe could be proud of. . The camps they have participated in have been as follows : Regimental Camp, at Jackson, July, 1876 ; Regimental Camp, at Jackson, July, 1877 ; Rifle practice, at Jackson, 1878-A. Rupp, best score; Camp Cresswell, at Adrian, August, 1879; Brigade Camp Chandler, August, 1880; Brigade Camp Jerome, at Island Lake, August, 1882; Brigade Camp Griffith, at Island Lake, August, 1883; Brigade Camp Withington, at Island Lake, August, 1884; Brigade Camp Al- ger, at Island Lake, July, 1886; Brigade Camp Robertson, at Island Lake, August, 1887; Brigade Camp Luce, at Mackinaw, July, 1888; Brigade Camp Smith, at Battle Creek, August, 1889.


Streif, Christopher.


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The roster has had as Captains: C. F. Gru- ner, 1870-1875 ; J. J. Stevens, 1875-Novem- ber, 1875; V. Kindler, December, 1875-No- vember, 1877 ; J. D. Ronan, November, 1877- November, 1879; A. Rupp, November, 1879- October. 1886; M. E. Webb, since October, 1886.


First Lieutenants-Fred Beck, to December, 1870; George Rupp, 1870-1872 ; J. A. Wagner, 1872-1875; V. Kindler, January to November, 1875; J. D. Ronan, 1875-1877; A. Rapp, 1877 -1879; George C. Loranger, 1879-1884; M. E. Webb, 1884-1886; F. L. Ilgenfritz, 1886-1887 ; J. M. Gutmann, 1887.


Second Lieutenants-J. A. Wagner, 1870- 1872; John Sedelbauer, 1872-1873; V. Kin- dler, 1873-1875; J. D. Ronan, June to Novem- ber, 1875; B. J. Adams, 1875-1877 ; George S. Loranger, 1877-1879; Jerome Bissonette, 1879 -1880; T. Bodell, 1880-1881; M. E. Webb, 1881-1884; F. L. Ilgenfritz, 1884-1886; J. M. Gutmann, 1886-1887 ; I. S. Harrington, 1887.


The roster has fifty-six names, with the fol- lowing officers: Captain, Merrill E. Webb; First Lieutenant, John M. Gutmann; Second Lieutenant, Irving S. Harrington ; First Ser- geant, Fred Reisig; Second Sergeant, Felix Dusablon ; Third Sergeant, Andrew Mitehell ; Fourth Sergeant, Fred Gutmann; Fifth Ser- geant, William Stoeckert; First Corporal, George J. Schmid; Second Corporal, Edward Reisig ; Third Corporal, Otto E. Reisig; Fourth Corporal, Frank Newel ; Fifth Corpo- ral, Dennis Sharkey; Sixth Corporal, Edward Eaton ; Seventh Corporal, John Egle; Eighth Corporal, August L. Beck. The civil affairs of the Company are administered by President, Irving S. Harrington ; Financial Secretary, George Flint; Corresponding Secretary, Ed- ward Eaton ; Treasurer, John M. Gutmann.


At the organization (1970) drill was held in Rapp's Hall. In 1876 they moved to the Beau- bien building, where they remained till 1880, when they occupied Kremer's Hall, and in June, 1889, the command took up permanent quarters in their new armory on the corner of Washington and Second Streets. January 24, 1889, the Armory Association was incorpo- rated, composed of the members of the Guards, and the rink property on the corner of Wash- ington and Second Streets, consisting of a lot 100 x 150, with a building 45 x 145. purchased and refitted for the use of the Company, hav- ing besides a main hall or drill room 45 x 85; large dressing and club rooms, with stage, so as to be used, if desired, as an amusement hall.




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