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WASH ARNG PAM 870-1-5 WASH ANG PAM 210-1-5 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD PAMPHLET THE OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD VOLUME 5 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR I HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DEPARTMENT STATE OF WASHINGTON OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL CAMP MURRAY, TACOMA 33, WASHINGTON THIS VOLUME IS A TRUE COPY THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT ROSTERS HEREIN HAVE BEEN REVISED BUT ONLY TO PUT EACH UNIT, IF POSSIBLE, WHOLLY ON A SINGLE PAGE AND TO ALPHABETIZE THE PERSONNEL THEREIN DIGITIZED VERSION CREATED BY WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY VOLUME 5 WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR I. CHAPTER PAGE I WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN THE POST ..................................... 1 PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION PERIOD II WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD MANEUVERS ................................. 21 WITH REGULAR ARMY 1904-12 III BEGINNING OF THE COAST ARTILLERY IN ........................................... 34 THE WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IV THE NAVAL MILITIA OF THE WASHINGTON .......................................... 61 NATIONAL GUARD V WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN THE ............................................. 79 MEXICAN BORDER INCIDENT VI WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN THE ........................................... 104 PRE - WORLD WAR I PERIOD VII WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN WORLD WAR I .......................114 - i - - ii - CHAPTER I WASHINGTON NATIONAL GUARD IN THE POST PHILIPPINE INSURRECTION PERIOD It may be recalled from the previous chapter that with the discharge of members of the Washington National Guard to join the First Regiment of United States Volunteers and the federalizing of the Independent Washington Battalion, the State was left with no organized forces. Accordingly, Governor Rogers, on 22 July 1898, directed Adjutant General William J. Canton to re-establish a State force in Conformity with the Military Code of Washington. By 1 October 1898 the following units had been mustered into service, however, no regimental commanders or staffs were appointed: FIRST REGIMENT Company A, Tacoma, Captain A. L. DeHuff, Commanding Company B, Seattle, Captain C. H. Crane, Commanding Company C, Seattle, Captain John Y. Terry, Commanding Company E, Tacoma, Captain James H. Dege, Commanding Company F, Chehalis, Captain C. W. Johnson, Commanding Company G, Vancouver, Captain W. W. Sparks, Commanding SECOND REGIMENT Company A, Spokane, Captain E. W. Lyons, Commanding Company B, Colfax, Captain Ortis Hamilton, Commanding Company C, Goldendale, Captain H. C. Phillips, Commanding Company D, Walla Walla, Captain Albert T. Bedell, Commanding Company E, Spokane, Captain R. A. Koontz, Commanding Company F, North Yakima, Captain B. B. Coombs, Commanding Company G, Garfield, Captain R. W. Roberts, Commanding LIGHT ARTILLERY Battery A, Davenport, Captain H. G. Anderson, Commanding CAVALRY Troop B, Tacoma, Captain Everett G. Griggs, Commanding On 1 December 1898, Adjutant General W. J. Canton resigned to accept a commission as Major with the Washington Regiment, then in the Philippines, and Edward H. Fox was appointed Adjutant General. Brigadier General Fox was born in Georgetown, Pettis County, Missouri in 1855. He entered State service with Company F, 2nd Regiment of the Territorial Militia at Dayton on 5 March 1887. He was elected Second Lieutenant of the Company on 1 May 1887 and to Captain on 4 August 1890. He resigned on 25 February 1891. He was again elected Captain of the same company on 25 June 1891 and to Major of the Second Regiment on 1 June 1892. His appointment as Major was terminated in October of 1895. Following his resignation as Adjutant General on 15 January 1901 he was appointed Lieutenant Colonel of the First Washington Infantry Regiment. He was later appointed Colonel to command the regiment and resigned his commission on 11 October 1901. On 9 November 1899, following the return of the First Washington Regiment of U. S. Volunteers, the Washington National Guard was reorganized pursuant to General Orders No. 11 of that date. Major John J. Weisenberger of New Whatcom was appointed Colonel to command the First Infantry Regiment of the Washington National Guard. Captains John Y. Terry of Seattle, Abraham L. DeHuff of Tacoma and James A. Drain of Spokane were appointed Majors in the regiment. In a reorganization of the companies, - 1 - the following were redesignated: Company A, Tacoma; Company B, Seattle; Company C, North Yakima; Company D, Seattle; Company E, Tacoma; Company F, Chehalis; Company G, Vancouver; Company H, Spokane; Company I, Walla Walla; Company K, Spokane; and Company L, Colfax. On 20 January 1900, a company was mustered in from New Whatcom and designated Company M. This left Companies C and G, Second Regiment of Goldendale and Garfield, respectively, unattached. Troop B, Cavalry remained assigned to Tacoma and Battery A, Light Artillery to Davenport. Governor Rogers continued to maintain a personal staff there was a General Staff and the Brigade Staff continued under Brigadier General J. D. McIntyre with station in Seattle. Strength at this time was 79 officers and 783 enlisted men for an aggregate of 862. On 16 January 1901, Major James A. Drain was appointed Brigadier General and Adjutant General of the Washington National Guard vice Brigadier General E. H. Fox, resigned. General Drain was born in Kirkwood, Illinois in 1870. He enlisted in Troop D, First Cavalry, Washington National Guard on 4 March 1894 and was discharged on 27 June 1895 upon disbandment of the troop He reenlisted in Battery A, Light Artillery on 7 October 1895 and was discharged on 13 July 1896 following his removal from Spokane. He was appointed a First Lieutenant on 1 August 1898; Captain on 8 May 1899 and to Major on 9 November 1899. In May 1901, Colonel J. J. Weisenberger died and was replaced by Colonel E. H. Fox. Upon his resignation Lieutenant Colonel George B. Lamping replaced him. Major Ortis Hamilton replaced Colonel Lamping as the Lieutenant Colonel of the First Washington Infantry. In 1901 the State Legislature amended the Militia Laws to eliminate the Brigade organization in the Washington National Guard. This action which was effective as of 1 April 1901 eliminated General McIntyre and his eleven staff officers. The year 1901 signaled the beginning of a new era for the Washington National Guard. Appointment of officers was based upon written examinations and rigid inspections of both personnel and units were inaugurated by the Adjutant General. Also candidates for membership in the Washington National Guard were also subjected to the same type of physical examinations as those in the regular army. These changes were reflected in the annual encampment in 1902, again held at Camp Murray. Major W. R. Abercrombie of the 30th U. S. Infantry Regiment, detailed by the Secretary of War to inspect and report on the camp, stated in his report "that the discipline was the best he had ever seen in a National Guard encampment, Pennsylvania and New York, considered; that it was the cleanest camp he ever saw; and that for the first time in his experience he saw the enlisted men of the National Guard properly and satisfactorily subsisted". In the meantime a general inspection of all organizations at their company stations had been held during October and November of 1901. Captain John Kinzie of the United States Army; Retired, was appointed and commissioned Lieutenant Colonel on the Governor's Staff and detailed to make this inspection. The Inspection covered administration and the record of the company on the target range. It had been announced previously that any company not attaining a rating of at least satisfactory would be mustered out of States service. In consequence thereof, the following companies were disbanded, immediately following the close of the inspection: Company A, unattached, of Davenport; Company C, unattached, of Goldendale, Company G, unattached, of Garfield; and Company I, First Infantry, of Walla Walla. Later on Company K, First Infantry, Spokane, was found to have fallen below the standard and was disbanded. In June 1902, of necessity, Companies A and E, First Infantry, Tacoma were consolidated, and the new company designated Company A, First Infantry. In December 1901 a new company was mustered in at Everett and given the designation of Company I, First Infantry. This left the force of the State of Washington at eleven companies of Infantry, band, hospital corps, one troop of cavalry and one signal company which had been previously organized in Seattle and given the designation as Company A, Signal Corps. The following is a roster of the Commissioned Officers and Units of the Washington National Guard as of December 4, 1902: - 2 - GOVERNOR HENRY McBRIDE, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES A. DRAIN, ADJUTANT GENERAL GOVERNOR'S STAFF Colonel M. McCarthy, Walla Walla, Chief of Engineers Colonel A. E. Joab, Tacoma, Commissary General Colonel William A. Shannon, Seattle, Surgeon General Colonel Charles C. Dalton Seattle, Judge Advocate General Colonel M. R. Sherwood, Aberdeen; Quartermaster General Colonel L. F. Boyd, Spokane, General Inspector of Rifle Practice Colonel W. W. Sparks, Vancouver, Paymaster General Lieut. Colonel John Kinzie, Pullman, Aide-de-camp Lieut. Colonel E. M. Wilson, Aide-de-camp Lieut. Colonel B. Hufty, Aide-de-camp Major J. Howard Watson, Olympia, Assistant Adjutant General and Military Secretary INFANTRY NAME GRADE AND ASSIGNMENT George B. Lamping Colonel First Infantry Ortis Hamilton Lieut. Colonel, First Infantry A. L. DeHuff Major, 2nd Bn., First; Infantry M. M. Richardson Major, 3rd Bn., First Infantry Otto A. Case Major, 1st Bn., First Infantry J. C. Bush Captain, Co. F, First Infantry Fred E. King Captain & Commissary, First Infantry William L. Lemon Captain & Quartermaster, First Infantry John Stringer Captain, Co. E, First Infantry William H. Hildebrand Captain, Co. M, First Infantry Frank T. Baker Captain, Co. L, First Infantry Charles K. Greene Captain, Co. K, First Infantry Arthur S. Weisbach Captain, Co. A, First Infantry F. T. Liggett Captain, Co. G, First Infantry R. M. Barnhart Captain, Co. H, First Infantry William M. Inglis Captain, Co. D, First Infantry Matt H.