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Lawrence Guard Traces Its Origin to 1884 Elections in Lawrence
Lawrence Guard traces its origin to the 1884 general election campaigns in Lawrence when two clubs the Cyclones and Jeffersonians formed drill teams for parades. After the election they organized the Usher Guard Company in 1885, later becoming Company H of the Kansas National Guard. Commanded by Capt. Maurice H. Knott, the unit trains weekly at the Community Building armory, maintains trucks and jeeps, and has seen action in wars from the Spanish American War to World War II, including extensive flood duty in Lawrence.
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Jim Head
Delmonico Cafe
Usher Guard
Jom
John P. Usher
Lincoln
Interior
H. W. Howe
U Guards
Kansas
Old Ashe Guard Company
Regule
Army
Maurice H. Knott
Haskell Indian Institute
Fifth Army
Italy
Robert FE. Oakson
Loren Ford
Karl H. Reber
Reber
McPherson
Company A
George Aneis
Curtis Fads
Kenneth FL Long
Denali Ous
B. Hauser
Nawin Malntz
Set. Ford
Ser. Oaks
Fare
10Th and
Del
Sts
Kansas National Guard
Laywrente
20Th Kansas
Ishi
Meuse-Argonne
Verdun
U. S
Camp Fanston
Company H National Guard
Karl Reber
Ed Young
Donald Lee Farrier
Pfe
Amos Birdereck
del. Sts
Richard Savage
George Easter
Sidney Mason
Donald Earls
Robert Schloetzer
John Evers
Sgt
Young
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