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THE WATERLOO PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 19119ome Co. ? Sftvitvxva 'KaVvowav v\.a,Yiiiburn Company Largely made up of Waterloo Men.—A Company with a Good Record.'HAT a man shall serve his country in time of war * is noble, brave and patriotic, but that man shall tperly prepare himself in time of peace for war, is all !se things and more.It is noble with a nobility that is real, not ideal, s brave with a bravery which assumes in time of emotional peace many burdens, among them that of .ring the lack of appreciation of those who do not sider military preparation or training necessary.Dinted[led See-CAl’TVIV LESTER VEAGLER.at Auburn. Indiana, and edu- attended war man a the Auburn Common and l’oint. Ky.. where 1 diools. Entered liiiln.iry ser- t() *a private in Company K, 3d ond’V.ient'' July^ 1. 1 900. Promot-nt of Infantry, at Auburn. e() (o F;rst Lieut.. Sept. 1 1, 1900. . January 3, 1900. Promoted without examination. Commissioned leer, May 1st, 1901. Proniot- Captain March ISlli, 1 909. Was ap-.ergeant, February 1 7. 1 902. pointed member of Examining Board ■jly discharged, January 31, in June 1910. Which appointment Re-enlisted January 31st, of he still retains. In rifle shooting he e year. During fall of 1 903, ranks as a marksman.History *of Co. Kany K, 3rd Infantry, Indiana 1 Guard, was organized and d into the service of the a January 12, 1S92, by Ma-les K. Gore.Captain A. L.Dozens of‘n, 1st Lieut.Chas. F. Du\Vanfleers were v(Lieut. C. M.Kemp weretheand at its totjeers of thecompany, wlliiclimem hers of t|the servicewith fifty mered with conirst general inspection off henearly twentyY was madein June ofthewere presentsar by MajorGeorge W.Me-that maneuveow Adjutant. .General of111-of the finestand although onlyfivethey ever saafter its o-rganizationandin October,n two months after riflesandparticipated i:snts had been issued, with tbers practically without pre-xperience, the company was g second in the Regiment of companies, the only t-pjiipuuy legiment with a higher rating the one at South Bend, it that time was easily the jipany in the entire State, firs.t encampment attended by y K, tvas held at Frankfort lummer of 1892, and, on at-the unusual rating attained (Company in so brief a period, given special official mention 3 designated as “Escort, of the in a ceremony at that time try in the Army, hut s'nee dis-ed.is a “Red Letter Day for ly K. The Regiment was up in line and the Company, id by the Regimental Band, i the National and Regimental from the headquarters and ed them 10 the RegimentalCommander in front of the Regiment while the entire line “presented 3,“ the ceremony necessitating a h of the Company along the en-front of the Regiment.minent, military of-liing the ceremony sion the officers and Company K were show-lgratuhit ions for the ad-formance, and, after f years, old officers who on that day mention ?r of Company K as one exhibitions of marching, of 1 892, the Company n the celebration of the rersary of the Discovery and the deification of Fair buildings at Chi-periAt the |' the oi eneral iVas holds youtlr he lived lis parents, helping wi .•ork, acting as engineer gW, hauling logs, ilroad, and doinjtheanyHe began his education in the faulty •ountry schools and continued by was h entering the Auburn high school, 1 lt;it.fi, hen attended Central C'allege, Hun- date, ! ington, Indiana, and later the Tri- Was d ft me College, of Angola. Indiana. tion t lie has taught school for twelve been fears in DeKalb county, of which .19ltd, lie last five have been in Waterloo, March vliere he now holds the position as and lt;lupe l'imendeni. by Cilie lias taken a firm stand in moral exportthanJ o addresses on the problem liquor traffic alone, and has great deal of attention to luoa'Yonal problems, ilered the military service as e in Company “K” Third In-I. N. G. June 19, 1 903, and icrahly discharged Sept. 21. ml re-enlisted on the same (1- in the following Decor,iber' Lhe company.thespring of the following year, (1S93 the Company was rated highest i '.he Regiment, and during the sun met was in attendance at the encampment at. Terre Haute.In September the Company responded to a call from Governor Matthews and went t.o Roby to assist in ridding Indiana of Chicago gamblers and prize lighterIn the early part of 1891, Lieu-1%nants Du Wan and Kemp from lhe service and were succeeded by J. F. Labnutil as First Lieutenant and .1. N. Grover as Second Lieutenant.In the summer of 1S94 occurred the great railway strike, and Company K was called to Hammond to assist in preventing destriropcrty, being stationed during most of the time at Whiting, the men iceupying Lake Shore passengermoved to be joined With the seat ■usliiniis and thus make beds.A box car contained their provisions beside their train, while the pialt; hake Shore passenger depot, served Rossville. is a “guard house in which were unfilled the prisoners who were captured while holding up trains, and the men had Lake Michigan for bathing purposes.The years 189J. ’9G and ’97 were 't particularly eventful for the Company, only the regular state encampments being participated in, excepting in the autumn of 1S95, Fort Wayne celebrated the anniversary of the founding of Fort Wayne, and included in its celebration a Military Tournament in which Company K partii ipa'od and won the first prize, purse of 53(10.up,On March 23, iSKc. Captain Kuhl-511 was promoted to Major, and to 1 the vacancies caused by his pro-Dtion, J. F. Lahnum was advanced the position of Captain; O. I), ifner was elected First Lieutenant d John J. Wolf was elected Sec-(1 Lieutenant, ahd these officers .'re in charge when President McKinley called for troops for the Spanish War, on April 2Gth. 1898.Company K responded promptly to the call for troops, receiving the orders by telegraph in the early morning of April 26th, and leaving Auburn on the morning Lake Shore txi l’or the rendevous at Indianapolis.The Company was recruited to S3 members at Indianapolis, and was mustered into the United States Volunteer service on May 10th, 1S98, and started for Chickamauga, Georgia, with the 1 o7th Indiana Volunteer Infantry cn the same day, marching down Meridian Street in Indianapolis to the railway station, through immense throngs of people who had turned out on that May Sunday to see the firs', Indiana Regiment start for “the front.”Bells chimed patriotic music while the Regiment was passing the soldiers’ monument, and if, was a scene which will linger for life in the memory of those who marched throughamauga to Ringgold, Georgia, where it boarded trains for Port Tampa, Florida, where it arrived on June 1, and went into camp on the palmetto beach on the shore of the Gulf of Mexico, to await orders to embark for Cuba. At the camp near Port Tampa, the 13 7th Indiana was brigaded with the First Ohio Regiment from Cincinnati, and the Third Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, and all companies were recruited to 10 8 men.Several times oruers were received to embark on the transports and for three days the Regimental officers' horses were loaded on ship, hut the orders for the Regiment, were finally countermanuea and the Ind.ana soldiers settled down to the monotony of camp life.After several months at Port Tampa, the enure Division of nine Regiments were transferred to Fernan-uina, on the Atlantic eeast, and inThe Value of a Military Training Told In an Historical MannerluiianaStates service on Nov. 1st,At the I*,* o of the war was without any National Guard organization, hut a reorganizatKm was effected in 1 899, ana Company K was again mustered into the state service on Dec. 14, 1S99, as the 14th separate company, having previously asked to receive its old designation of Company K, with J. F. Lahnum as Captain, J. F. Joliff as First Lieutenant, and J. W. Brown as Second Lieutenant, the Company being again assigned to the Third Regiment and to the Battalion under command of Major A. L. Kuhl-nian,** hut there were many new One year later James W. Brown was succeeded by John R. McDowell as 2nd Lieutenant, who was later promoted to the position of First Lieutenant upon the resignation of •1. F. Joliff. Wade McDougall was i lien elected Second Lieutenant to1 the vicy i3 by IeralAt Chi ck a manga 30,000 were assembled and the 157 diana Regiment KM brigaded with the First Wisconsin and the Sixteenth Pennsylvania, and was for a brief period under command of Gen-■al Henry W. Lawt.on. On May 29, the Regiment was ordered to move loser to the “front” and Company C marched with its Regiment from ts camp on the battlefield of Chicking of Mi Dowell, resignation of Captain Lahnum. Lieutenant McDowell was promote*! to Captain and McDougall to First Lieutenant, leaving the Second Lieu-filled by the election of H. A. Lob-miller to that plate. In the spring of 1901, Company K attended the fu-neral servites of Ex-President Benjamin Harrison, and during the encampment of '.he same spring participated in the dedication of the “Soldiers and Sailors Monument” at Indianapolis, this being the finest monument of its kind in (.lie world. During the summer of 1903 the Company was equipped with the new Krag-Jorgenscn rifles, and during the fall of the same year the Com-KECOND LIEUT.Vas educated in the Common and Tigh Schools of Auburn, Indiana, and a ter entered the Indiana State Un-versity where he completed his ra'ning. Entered the military ser-'ice as a private in Company K December 20, 1 901. Two years was rhird Infantry at Auburn, Indiana,HARRY M. SHULLappointed Corporal, soon after which time lie was appointed Sergeant and later assigned to First Sergeant duties, which he followed until elected Second Lieuenant, April 16, 1909, in which capacity he still serves.In rifle shooting he ranks as at beingthe first of such maneuvers which were made possible by the passing of the “Dick bill.”Upon the resignation of First Lieutenant. Mlt; Dougall, Lieutenant Lob-miller was promoted !,o this place, this leaving the Second Lieutenant's place vacant, which was filled by the election of Wilson Grogg as Second Lieutenant. Later upon the resignation of Captain .McDowell and Second Lieutenant Grogg, Lieutenant Lohmiller was promoted to Captain and Lester Feagler elected and promoted to First Lieutenant, and Alfred L. Mo tidy elected as Second Lieuten-The year 1 906 saw the beginning of target practice, since which time Company K has turned out a goodly number of marksmen, sharpshooters and expert riflemen. In 190S the Ilt; rag-Jorgenson rifles were exchanged for the United States NewCont iniCO. K READY FOR A HIKE DURING MANEUVERS AT FT. HARRISONFIRST SERGEANT ROY LIGEWas born in DeKalb County, Indiana. Educated in the DeKalb Common Schools and later receiving his business training from the Commercial College of Business at Rochester, N. Y., afer which time he accepted a position with the City Na-itonal Bank of Auburn, Indiana, and remained with this institution nearly four years. Entered the military service April 24, 1 908, as a private in Company “K” Third Infantry, at Auburn, Indiana. Appointed Quartermaster Sergeant one 3'ear later, and in April of the following year was assigned to the duties of First Sergeunt, which capacity he still retains. In rifle shooting ho ranks as Expert Rifleman, having fully cora-tlie[lli.'CtinState of Indiana for Expert Riflemen.ffiiu e January 1, 1911, he has been idcn'ified with 'he Lige Heating . Ventilating Company, of which firm he is now secretary and treasurer.CO. K ON A DECORATION DAY
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