Missouri State Archives Finding Aid 133.02 Office of the Adjutant General National Guard Abstract: Records include Enlistment Contracts (c.1900 – 1945), Service Files (c. 1910- 1960), Reserve Military Force Service Files (ca. 1941-1946), Military Commissions (ca. 1920-1931), Regimental Returns (ca. 1877-1917) and Muster Rolls (ca. 1878-1926). Extent: 148.3 cubic Feet (386 legal-size Hollinger boxes) Physical Description: Paper Location: Missouri State Archives ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Access Restrictions: No special restrictions Publication Restrictions: Copyright is in the public domain Preferred Citation: [Last Name, First Name or Item Description], [Box], [Folder]; National Guard [Series], Office of the Adjutant General, Record Group 133.2; Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. Acquisition Information: Agency Transfer. Accession numbers 2001-0163 and 2017- 0051. Processing Information: Processing completed by volunteers in September 2015 (Enlistment Contracts) and January 2018 (Service Files). Finding aid completed by CM on March 8, 2018 and updated by MKS on December 12, 2018. Office of the Adjutant General HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES Since 1808, Missouri has had an organized standing militia. In 1820, when the state constitution was drafted, the founders recognized the need to maintain a state militia and created an act to establish the Office of the Adjutant General to oversee this militia. The first Adjutant General appointed was John O’Fallon, the nephew of territorial governor William Clark. The Adjutant General is the military secretary and chief of staff to the governor of Missouri, as well as the administrative head of the military establishment of the state. Currently, this includes the Missouri Military Council and the Missouri Army and Air National Guards. The Adjutant General must also perform other military duties as ordered by the governor and is responsible for the maintenance of the personnel records of the Missouri National Guard. In 1877, the Twenty-Ninth General Assembly passed a new militia law that officially named the state volunteer militia the “National Guard, State of Missouri” (Laws of Missouri, 1877, p298-309). The federal Militia Act of 1903 required that the state National Guard units’ organization, equipment, arms and discipline be consistent with that of the regular army; provided federal funds for equipment, training and summer encampments, and codified when state troops could be federalized. The revised National Defense Act of 1916, mandated the term “National Guard,” which was already in use in Missouri; increased the number of drills from 24 to 48 annually and annual training from 5 to 15 days; and provided federal payment for drills. In addition, the National Defense Act of 1916 gave states the authority to organize military reserve units for duty when the National Guard was federalized. Missouri created reserve units, often referred to as the State Guard, during both World War I and World War II. The 1933 National Mobilization Act placed the states’ National Guard on permanent federal status under the U.S. Army, which ensured that National Guard units would remain intact when called into federal service. The National Defense Act of 1947 established the Air National Guard as a separate entity. In 1974, as part of the Omnibus State Reorganization Act, the Office of Adjutant General was moved from the direct control of the governor to the newly created Department of Public Safety. Missouri State Archives Page 2 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION Bibliography Historical Annual: National Guard of the State of Missouri, 1939. Baton Rouge: Army and Navy Publishing, 1939. Westover, John Glendower. Evolution of the Missouri Militia into the National Guard of Missouri, 1804-1919. Jefferson City: Missouri Society for Military History, 2005. Related Material RG 133.1 World War II Reports of Separation RG 133.6 Soldier’s Bonus Commission (WWI) RG 133.7 World War I Index Cards SERIES The records are broken down into the following series: Enlistment Contracts Service Files Reserve Military Force, Service Files Military Commissions Regimental Returns Muster Rolls Missouri State Archives Page 3 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, c. 1900-1945 Extent: 131.6 cubic feet (316 legal-sized Hollinger boxes) Arrangement: Alphabetical Scope and Content Enlistment contacts document the soldier’s enlistment into the National Guard. Container List Box Contents 01 Aarant – Adams, Ira 02 Adams, J. – Akes 03 Akin – Allen, Curtis 04 Allen, Daniel – Alliston 05 Allman – Anderson, Edward 06 Anderson, F.W. – Antrim 07 Appell – Arnold, George 08 Arnold, Harry – Atwood 09 Aubrey – Bacon 10 Badaracco – Baity 11 Baker – Ball 12 Ballagh – Barksdale 13 Barlean – Barren 14 Barrett – Basye 15 Bates - Beaird 16 Beal – Becker 17 Beckett – Bell 18 Bella – Bennington 19 Benoist – Bery 20 Besanceney – Bilyen 21 Binaggio – Bizzell 22 Black – Blanner 23 Blanset – Blythe 24 Boain - Boley 25 Bolger – Booze 26 Boquett – Bowersox 27 Bowington – Boyd 28 Boyden – Branblett 29 Branch – Braznell 30 Breadlove – Brimm 31 Brinar – Bronstein 32 Brooke – Brown, C. Missouri State Archives Page 4 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General Box Contents 33 Brown, D. – Brown, Otis 34 Brown, Paul – Brunner 35 Brunig – Buchwald 36 Buck - Burford 37 Burg – Burnley 38 Burns – Bustos 39 Butcher – Caito 40 Calahan – Campagna 41 Campbell – Canter 42 Cape – Carpenter 43 Carr – Carter, Paul 44 Carter, Perry – Caswell 45 Catalano – Chambers 46 Chamblin – Chase 47 Chatham – Christison 48 Christman – Clark, J. Franklin 49 Clark, James – Clayworth 50 Clear – Clyne 51 Coady – Cokerham 52 Colaflower – Collier 53 Colling – Conine 54 Conley – Cook, D. 55 Cook, Earl – Cooper, C. 56 Cooper, Daniel – Corlis 57 Cormack – Cowan, L. 58 Cowan, N. – Craig, John 59 Craig, Keith – Creed 60 Creegan – Crotty 61 Crouch – Collison 62 Cullom – Curry 63 Curtain – Dalzell 64 Dame – Davey 65 Davi – Davis, Guy 66 Davis, Hadley – Davis, Yandell 67 Davison – Debusk 68 DeCamp – Demayer 69 Denbo – Develder 70 Deveney – Didier 71 Diebling - Distler 72 Ditcher – Doke 73 Dolan – Dorvitt 74 Dose – Doyan 75 Dozier – Duester 76 Duff – Dunlap Missouri State Archives Page 5 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General Box Contents 77 Dunn – Dwyre 78 Dyar – Eatman 79 Eaton – Edwards, G. 80 Edwards, H. – Elkins 81 Ellebracht – Ellyson 82 Elmer – Engram 83 Enke – Estrada 84 Ethell – Evatt 85 Eveland - Falwell 86 Fancher – Fattig 87 Faubion – Ferguson, L. 88 Ferguson, M. – Filson 89 Finazzo – Fiss 90 Fitch – Flippin 91 Flodman – Fordham 92 Fore – Fouts 93 Fowler – Frank 94 Franke – French 95 Frenett – Fuhrman 96 Fulbright – Gallaher 97 Galloway – Garoutte 98 Garr – Gaynor 99 Gear – Geyer 100 Gibbany – Gilkey 101 Gill – Glastetter 102 Glatstein – Golden 103 Goldfish – Gorton 104 Gosch – Grahman 105 Grainger – Grayum 106 Grear – Greenwood 107 Gregg – Griffitts 108 Grigg – Grover 109 Groves – Gustin 110 Gutgesell – Hagensicker 111 Hager – Haling 112 Hall – Halterman 113 Ham – Hammontree 114 Hamner – Hanretty 115 Hans – Harilson 116 Hark – Harris, H. 117 Harris, J. – Harstone 118 Hart – Haswell 119 Hata – Hawthorne 120 Hay – Hazlitt Missouri State Archives Page 6 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General Box Contents 121 Heacock – Heimsoth 122 Hein – Henderson, J. 123 Henderson, K. – Hensley 124 Henson – Heyssel 125 Hiatt – Hilker 126 Hill – Hinesley 127 Hink – Hocutt 128 Hoddy – Holcroft 129 Holden – Holmes, L. 130 Holmes, M. – Hoover 131 Hope – Horvath 132 Hosea – Howden 133 Howe – Hudgens 134 Hudgings – Hughes, P. 135 Hughes, R. – Hunt 136 Hunter – Hutchinson 137 Hutchison – Inwood 138 Irby – Jackson, O. 139 Jackson, P. – Jamerson 140 Janak – Jenkins 141 Jenna – Johnson, C. 142 Johnson, D. – Johnson, L. 143 Johnson, M. – Jonas 144 Jones, A. – Jones, I. 145 Jones, J. – Jones, T. 146 Jones, V. – Juvenal 147 Kaas – Katzmark 148 Kavanaugh – Kekich 149 Kelaler – Keltner 150 Kemmerer – Kerr, Frank 151 Kerr, George – Kinrey 152 Kimsey – King, O. 153 King, P. – Kirchner 154 Kirk - Klipstein 155 Klle – Kocher 156 Kochler – Kraymore 157 Kreamer – Kunkel 158 Kunsky – Lally 159 Lamackei – Landwig 160 Lane – Lanphear 161 Lansaw – LaTurno 162 Laub – Lazier 163 Leabo – Lefurjah 164 Legan – Leporin Missouri State Archives Page 7 of 81 Finding Aid 133.2 Office of the Adjutant General Box Contents 165 Lerch – Lewis, Harry H. 166 Lewis, Harry J. – Linberg 167 Link – Liston 168 Litaker – Loftus 169 Logan - Longan 170 Longbrake – Lowe, L. 171 Lowe, M – Lunchford 172 Lund – Lytle 173 McAboy – McCawley 174 McCleary – McCoy, C. 175 McCoy, D – McDavid 176 McDearmon – McFetridge 177 McGaha – McGynes 178 McHale – McKinzie 179 McKnight – McNamee 180 McNary – MacCurdy 181 MacDermott – Maguolo 182 Mahaffey – Maltzahn 183 Mamer – Maples 184 Maranville – Marshal 185 Marshall – Martin, O. 186 Martin, P. – Mastrogiacomo 187 Matchael – Maxey 188 Maxfield – Mazzola 189 Meachum – Meminger 190 Menardi – Meyer, F. 191 Meyer, G. – Millchard 192 Miller, A. – Miller, I. 193 Miller, J. – Millham 194 Millikam – Mistler 195 Mitas – Moist 196 Moldovan – Moore, B. 197 Moore, C. – Moore, Z. 198 Moorehead – Mororano 199 Morrill – Mortorano 200 Mosby – Mueller, Ralph 201 Mueller, Richard – Murphy, James 202 Murphy, Jeremiah – Myerson 203 Mygatt – Necessary 204 Nee – Nethery 205 Netka – Nichols, L. 206 Nichols, Noble – Nokes 207 Nolan - Nulson 208 Nunes – O’Dwyer Missouri State Archives Page 8 of 81 Finding