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!-• HEP:HEP! HEP! HfcPf HEP! HtP! HFP! HEP! HEP! HEP!UJIIIlt;LUi1Company G19auiXNORWALK'S CRACK MILlTABY ORGANIZATION THE PRlOE OF aUITHE FIFTH REGIMENT—IT'S PROUD ANCESTRY ANO EFFl IaUiXCIENT WORK.By ui:rT. a. \v. unviMNs.• •HEP! HtP! HEP! HEP! HEP! HEP! HEP! HEP! HEP! HEP!If thoro i :t mil It o ry ooinpan in |i ho si;uo of Ohio with u hot tor rocykotiilivoon-f o| -oVi% %oril or proutfor anoostry than Co. (J, r*Ol» O. N. (h, wo havon’t hoard of it. Thorr may ho otlu r.; jn-t as pood I.m wo will not admit that thoro is any military company in tho Ohio National (Inanl comprint of oloanor cut. hot tor torn, honor oitizom, hot j tor *oldio» than Co. CS.Von spi\ t o. (2 ha a rorord to tip to, and i» i* a talt;k that it stonily hoforo tho oylt; ^ of ovrry low in tho command, h tarlod hack in IS77 ami tho lint mou of Huroncounty hiiVo boon onrollrd on it; ro--ict. To holong »o t o. (f is »n honor ! that mou young turn of .Vorwalk and Ihtron count) aspire to. And Co. (J ot to lay i ; .m riving hard to keep it^ rsrutihron bright; and wo boliovo i; doing vo sail-faotorily.Co. C, miii a Iin oldiorM organization hv a long dio» It does whatever it tifion to do and doesii tbe ho t i know * how. It made a good record hack if* the Cincinnati rio.s lt;!* tin* uaHy sue*. and in tho Mas^idon /oal strikes of tho early fON. I* %,*0 served in tho Cleveland .*■ i r« et car strike*, anti in lftl3 it did yroim n soi*vh*c in the Dayton floods It scivod faiihfnlly throughout the*s l ti* t Spanish-\merioan war.j And it ha also chono on parade. It hook part in the inauguration exerciser of CJc.vernors Porakcr ant! (’amp-1 hell and o* Pre«idents Harrison andMARFA►fitCt-eitItr-t -tr»*towntin y$-eekpooj.lerie •ill lit CJhoci inftcom i„ow-f rP.kLT.A productCOL. A.o« Co. lt;;N.e w Colonel ofW. DAVIS.and Talked of a-I fie Uejrijprmi,ly | McKiidc). On the shooting range itulola\kP-n*dIu*iei*ha made ;tn enviable record. Lieut.Mi in and Forgi. Burr ar«* both mem bei the mate team, and no higher honor ran come to a sharp dtooler. And in 19o9 ilie hand tome trophy for •the Fifth infantry champion’hip forilOlb-cnve skirmi h was won hy Co.(I.'I'h» spring, in the splendid armory I nib in No?walk by the stale in 1911. indooi target work will lie taken up. Tile target will he here next week and ihe wifk will ilien he started in r. iiirm-i. Iliis summer the company « \j i lt;•* to inin it reglint tit in nta-; i *• • i\ t rk \n i111 ilie regular army anti ■ti ihf Mh hi an ami Ohio national guard, lb re i- tl’.i* brief liiuory of Co. (J n gleaned front the archive;:On i lie night of July 27. 1V77, a num*b r of Aorv.alk men met in the office id VV. ii. Waive non to organize a military comp;tit unde' the militialaw s o' Ohio. Mr. M’olverton wa =..{iiointed ehairtmin and D. A. Baker, Jr.. • i roi'ii) of the meeting. K. C. • nip. J*’. A. Wildman and \V. S. IB h-iii'son were appointed a committeeNj n» draw up a (on.-tittition and set ofi by law . and W. B. NVooiverton. VV’. S.W' kham and .lame- (5 Gibblt; wereaera:idFink, Joseph Flood. Guy Grannell,VVtn. lianville. Clyde Ha Vila no. Carl Holiday. Clair Jocahs, Ot Ilt; Jacobs, Willis Lawrence. Charles Mack. George Mack. Limit North, Leannder Ott, Frank Rafferty, Harry Hire, Al-* •bcrt Ryan, Carl Rhode;, Ralph Smith, j fectsf 1______ _ rn I __. _ « 1 ft fl« ____ I I •! 1 ? • •Hetman Thomas, Lclnnd Terry. Wil-lis Trumbull. Roy 11. Witter. Lynn Washburn.The lieutenant colonel ot the regiment is a former Co. G captain, who has gone through the rank —Col. Al l.en \V. Davis, who headed the company in the Spanish*Am ■'lean war. win re the regiment did duty at Tampa. Many men today prominent in the affairs of Norwalk have been old member; o*’ Co. G and the loyalty tha:• xist - throughout tin comity for themini M isthatandpinthisaecoTi lo s l.telawMoS;minicompany finds ri -ponse in ihi !ie;irt • ,-ip.j**boOf tin•fCo. ii l*» .in i :* mu *h\ow n, ui i u Din h iin!n?Mltinlon of Cm* roniw, : Hu i-ourtot till*a pariIioimo it-i If.VILLAnriLENT!;tfrort duypinfrieii stay j towt Tiaskfwill!
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Norwalk Reflector Herald
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Fri, Feb 27, 1914
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