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BACK In the days when Fort Essllnger was a mound from which speakers delivered their patriotic orations in Waihlngtoit tark, members ot CdrtSfiany a, also VifijWn as the Manitowoc volunteers and the Becker Guards, put on their dress uniforms with swallow-tail coats and their plumed hcl-metta to make possible this momento of the oldest military company In the state. The pic Wire was taken more than 50 years ago and but few of the members still survive.Company A was the military organization boomrd after the Civil war and for years this city enjoyed the distinction of being the sponsor of the first organized unit. It was organized on July 18, 1868 and disbanded in 1884— the year after olas'iliiR IIS silver Jubilee—became limited state allowance* dlil not permit two compsnle I » -Hr the of Manitowoc end Company H was already attached to lli» Second reglmcnl. The (lot oftlcei* »«r» Fred Bailor, captain: W. II. Hemschemeye' firs! bentensnt: Henry Sohweltser, MfOWI lleoieii.at and Carl Coltllcb Schmidt. Hitt sergeant. 'Tlicro was no regimental orrnnlullon 111 the stale nor won os slstanes granted from the public treasury other than long and fiias-H’niKsy of Herbert Mur) (Photo by KlloghoU.)Enfield rlOee -ere furnished. Annory rent ard other espwtfss cumo out of the members' pocket. hall* sml picnics being their only sources of le-renuu and tholr annual inMk-d boll on Washington's V.fiildbr ««• coWWCi.iu r»ei any ant*b*»1«Y dvcits'hi xV.e sermon. ' * Drilling who largely a mailer of ngrenmont niiiouv the members When III* company was first orgnnlwd but lalnr regular drills wore held and iho men waro ooon able to givo a credltahVa account of thorn-aelvci. Their Interest grow ai their .kill lucrensrd and more than M years ogo they weri able lo brio* the elaio oncnmpment to Manitowoc.They wcro never called Into service lull won bald at tho old Tamer Hall her* for two days nnd two nights whlta awalllii* ordars to proceed to Milwaukee whar* martial la* was threatened become of a sartous strike. The orders never valno u»d tho members tlrew l»o days' psy from tin state for smiling. It is about tl» only remuoerv tloi they received from tho coDsmoawesltli.From left to right thoy are: Tom IMMer, drummer; Anion Topic, m plain: A. C. Becker, orderly; Pet-r H.lirviairdt. unldeiitlfcd. William FrScke. William R*th6*ck. F. W. Meyer. It. Kacort. Fnrdlnarvd Jents, Ed. culorf. Pole* la Flcuer. John P. Rrhrethardt. Stephen KHUntk. Charles Krumiu. first serteust. Henry Rchwrllzcr. Leo® Kodow. Albert Bockvr. unldenllfled. Robert 0lot per. Frank Kgtcrl. Joseph Traslek. ualdenUrM. Joseph Pfeffer. uuldenilfltd. .Ion Endarly. Anton (Hi John Pn-r«ulk, Joa Delbler. Alex Du-told. Ferdinand Rehultz and Lieutenant Winiasa Mengs-
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Manitowoc Herald News
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Thu, Apr 14, 1932
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