Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1885

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Commander-in-Chief and Staff
Office:	Rank:	Name:	Residence:
Commander-in-Chief	Governor	Jeremiah M. Rusk	Viroqua
Adjutant General	Brigadier General	Chandler P. Chapman	Madison
Quartermaster General	Brigadier General	Jerome A. Watrous	Milwaukee
Surgeon General	Brigadier General	Henry Palmer	Janesville
Acting Judge Advocate General	Colonel	Willard C. Bailey	Green Bay
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Gotlieb Sweitzer	Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	H. D. Farquharson	Lancaster
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	William S. Stanley	Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Calvin E. Morley	Viroqua
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	N. R. Nelson	La Crosse
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Charles King	Milwaukee
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Charles W. Chase	Madison
Aide-de-Camp and Military Secretary	Colonel	Lycurgus J. Rusk	Viroqua
Assistant Inspector General	Lieutenant Colonel	Frederick A. Copeland	La Crosse
Aide-de-Camp to Quartmaster General	Captain	John W. Curran	Sparta

First Regiment Headquarters, Janesville Janesville Guards, Bower City Rifles, Custer Rifles, Delevan Guards, Beloit City Guards, Racine Light Guard, Monroe City Guard, Governor’s Guard – Madison, and Darlington Rifles.
Colonel	William B. Britton	Janesville	April 6, 1882
Lieutenant Colonel	H. H. McLenegan	Beloit	April 6, 1882
Major	Samuel J. Lewis	Monroe	April 3, 1884
Surgeon	George G. Chittenden	Janesville	May 22, 1882
Assistant Surgeon	F. W. Byers	Monroe	May 22, 1882
Adjutant	M. A. Newman	Janesville	Feb. 1, 1879
Quartermaster	Joel W. Richmond	Whitewater	Jan. 5, 1885
Judge Advocate	Joseph W. Bates	Janesville	May 22, 1882
Chaplain	Thomas W. McLean	Janesville	May 22, 1882

Second Regiment Headquarters, Fond du Lac Manitowoc Volunteers, Oshkosh Guards, Evergreen City Guards, Ripon Rifles, Fond du Lac Guards, Oshkosh Rifles, Appleton Light Infantry, Rankin Guard, Watertown Rifles, and Burchard Guard.
Colonel	Sumner L. Brasted	Fond du Lac	May 21, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel	Worthie H. Patton	Oshkosh	May 21, 1883
Major	Anthony A. Kelly	Fond du Lac	Sept. 21, 1883
Surgeon	F. J. Wilkie	Oshkosh	April 19, 1882
Assistant Surgeon	Llewellyn A. Bishop	Fond du Lac	May 22, 1882
Adjutant	Edward Foulkes	Fond du Lac	July 25, 1883
Quartermaster	Charles P. Richmond	Appleton	Jan. 22, 1883
Judge Advocate	H. E. Giese	Ripon	July 21, 1883
Chaplain	Thomas S. Johnson	Beaver Dam	Oct. 15, 1884

Third Regiment Headquarters, La Crosse Sherman Guard, Governor’s Guard – La Crosse, La Crosse Light Guard, Mauston Light Guard, Germania Guard, Guppy Guard, Wausau Light Guard, Ludington Guard, Sparta Rifles, and Tomah Guards.
Colonel	M. T. Moore	La Crosse	June 11, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel	B. F. Parker	Mauston	June 11, 1883
Major	T. J. George	Menomonie	June 11, 1883
Surgeon	J. B. Edwards	Mauston	Nov. 17, 1884
Assistant Surgeon	J. E. Garrey	Wausau	Nov. 17, 1884
Adjutant	Alfred F. Metzger	La Crosse	Oct. 23, 1883
Quartermaster	George A. Lugington	Neillsville	April 23, 1884
Judge Advocate	R. J. McBride	Neillsville	June 11, 1883
Chaplain	James P. Galiger	Tomah	Sept. 20, 1884

Fourth Battalion Headquarters, Milwaukee Sheridan Guard, Kosciusko Guard, South Side Turner Rifles, and Lincoln Guard.
Major	Samuel C. Mower	Milwaukee	April 25, 1884
Assistant Surgeon	Herman E. Hasse	Milwaukee	May 3, 1884
Adjutant	Rollin B. Mallory	Milwaukee	April 29, 1884
Quartermaster	Henry G. Rogers	Milwaukee	May 3, 1884
Judge Advocate	M. Almy Aldrich	Milwaukee	Aug. 15, 1884
Chaplain	Joseph W. Sanderson	Milwaukee	May 3, 1884

Military Companies
Company:	Location:	Captain:	First Lieutenant:	Second Lieutenant:	Organized:	Co.	Reg.
Appleton Light Infantry	Appleton	Nathan E. Morgan	Charles P. Richmond	Michael E. Lennon	Oct. 27, 1881	G	2
Beloit City Guard	Beloit	E. J. Bending	W. T. Bois	C. A. Smith	Aug. 31, 1877	E	1
Bower City Rifles	Janesville	J. B. La Grange	Charles E. Brown	L. H. Lee	Aug. 18, 1878	B	1
Burchard Guard	Beaver Dam	O. F. Weaver	John Carroll	E. E. Lewis	Oct. 4, 1880	K	2
Custer Rifles	Whitewater	Allen F. Caldwell	Charles J. Walton	James G. Kestol	July 7, 1877	C	1
Darlington Rifles	Darlington	George S. Anthony	William W. Murphy	Daniel S. Rose	July 8, 1881	K	1
Delavan Guard	Delavan	R. J. Wilson	I. G. Fitzer, Jr.	H. B. Austin	April 27, 1880	D	1
Evergreen City Guard	Sheboygan	Charles A. Born	Henry W. Trester	Otto Gussenhainer	Nov. 24, 1877	C	2
Fond du Lac Guard	Fond du Lac	Charles J. Hunter	G. H. McNeel	George L. Burrows	April 9, 1883	E	2
Garfield Guard	Racine	James W. Greeley	Nicholas L. Murray	W. H. Brigham	Aug. 30, 1881	G	1
Germania Guard	Wausau	William Kickbush	Charles Krueger	Charles Koplin	Jan. 10, 1875	E	3
Governor’s Guard	Madison	William Helm	John Heyl	George Neckerman	Mar. 24, 1875	I	1
Governor’s Guard	La Crosse	Julius Kirchies	C. A. Wolford	George Falk	Aug. 1, 1873	B	3
Guppy Guard	Portage	Volney E. Brewer	George C. Carnagie	James Older	June 23, 1877	F	3
Janesville Guard	Janesville	J. B. Doe, Jr.	M. A. Newman	George Scarcliff	Aug. 8, 1878	A	1
Kosciusko Guard	Milwaukee	F. J. Borchardt	Jacob Novak	Martin Schubert	Aug. 24, 1877	B
La Crosse Light Guard	La Crosse		E. A. L. Memhard	Daniel L. McArthur	Aug. 1, 1878	C	3
Light Horse Squadron	Milwaukee	George J. Schoeffel	L. W. Halsey	Louis Auer	April 27, 1880	S*
Lincoln Guard	Milwaukee	C. W. G. Miller	William Dahlman	Emil Wilde	May 2, 1881	D	4
Ludington Guard	Menomonie	George R. Brewer	Sewall A. Peterson	Amasa Ladd	Jan. 16, 1877	H	3
Manitowoc Volunteers	Manitowoc	F. Becker	Henry Schweitzer	Ferdinand Schultz	July 18, 1868	A	2
Mauston Light Guard	Mauston	Henry Schall	W. P. Winsor	Frank Underwood	Oct. 11, 1875	D	3
Monroe City Guard	Monroe	Samuel P. Shadel	Andrew Arnott	George M. Snyder	Mar. 30, 1882	H	1
Oshkosh Guard	Oshkosh	Harvey W. Leach	John Kolf	David A. Merritt	March 25, 1876	B	2
Oshkosh Rifles	Oshkosh	Henry C. Horn	J. H. Gudden	John N. Neughey	April 8, 1880	F	2
Racine Light Guard	Racine	John F. Vaughan	William C. Hood	John Crewe	Apr. 6, 1881	F	1
Rankin Guard	Manitowoc	Emil Baensch	F. P. Jones	Ernest Wagner, Jr.	Dec. 29, 1881	H	2
Ripon Rifles	Ripon	B. E. Jussen	Edward Kath	Frank Gruetzmacher	March 28, 1878	D	2
Sherman Guard	Neillsville	James W. Ferguson	William Poate	Louis Schuster	May 15, 1875	A	3
Sheridan Guard	Milwaukee	John E. Coogan	William J. Malone	Wm. McCaigue	June 23, 1869	A	4
South Side Turner Rifles	Milwaukee	Geo. P. Traeumer	Albert Bluel	Herman Kloehn	June 20, 1879	C	4
Sparta Rifles	Sparta	John J. Esch	Frank F. Oster	Isaac D. Bleecher	Sept. 27, 1883	I	3
Tomah Guards	Sparta	George Graham	Charles K. Erwin	John F. Richards	May 28, 1884	K	3
Watertown Rifles	Watertown	Albert Solliday	C. F. Zautner	Nicholas Bruegger	July 7, 1880	I	2
Wausau Light Guard	Wausau	J. D. Womer	Orlando Holway	Donald J. Murray	Dec. 30, 1882	G	3
S* = separate company.

Source: 1885 Wisconsin Blue Book

The Watertown Rifles

Troop B, 1-105TH Cavalry

Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1885

Commander-in-Chief and Staff

First Regiment

Headquarters, Janesville

Second Regiment

Headquarters, Fond du Lac

Third Regiment

Headquarters, La Crosse

Fourth Battalion

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Military Companies