Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1889

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Commander-in-Chief and Staff
Office:	Rank:	Name:	Residence:
Commander-in-Chief	Governor	William D. Hoard	Fort Atkinson
Adjutant General	Brigadier General	George W. Burchard	Fort Atkinson
Quartermaster General	Brigadier General	Michael Griffin	Eau Claire
Surgeon General	Brigadier General	Henry Palmer	Janesville
Assistant Inspector General	Colonel	Charles King	Milwaukee
Acting Inspector Rifle Practice	Colonel	Theodore W. Goldin	Janesville
Acting Judge Advocate General	Colonel	Isaac H. Wing	Bayfield
Acting Engineer in Chief	Colonel	David W. Curtis	Fort Atkinson
Military Secretary	Colonel	Henry Casson	Viroqua
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Jesse Stone	Watertown
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	Frederick Becker	Manitowoc
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	James A. Cole	Madison
Aide-de-Camp	Colonel	George W. Peck	Milwaukee
Assistant Adjutant General	Major	Frederick L. Phillips	Fox Lake
Assistant Quartermaster General	Major	John W. Curran	Sparta

First Regiment Headquarters, Madison Janesville Light Infantry, Custer Rifles – Whitewater, Delevan Guards, Beloit City Guard, Racine Light Guard, Garfield Guard – Racine, Monroe City Guard, Governor’s Guard – Madison, and Darlington Rifles.
Colonel	William Helm	Madison	Oct. 22, 1888
Lieutenant Colonel	Allan F. Caldwell	Whitewater	Oct. 22, 1888
Major	Samuel P. Schadel	Monroe	Jun. 18, 1888
Major	Melvin A. Newman	Janesville	Nov. 12, 1888
Surgeon	Frederick W. Byers	Monroe	Nov. 6, 1885
Assistant Surgeon	Theodore W. Evans	Madison	Aug. 13, 1885
Assistant Surgeon	F. R. Garlock	Racine	Feb. 6, 1886
Adjutant	Charles S. Young	Monroe	Oct. 18. 1886
Quartermaster	Joel W. Richmond	Whitewater	Apr. 15, 1885
Insp. of Rifle Practice	Joseph B. Doe, Jr.	Janesville	July 26, 1887
Chaplain	Charles H. Lemon	Waukesha	July 26, 1887

Second Regiment Headquarters, Oshkosh Manitowoc Volunteers, Oshkosh Guards, Evergreen City Guards – Sheboygan, Ripon Rifles, Fond du Lac Guards, Oshkosh Rifles, Appleton Light Infantry, Rankin Guards – Manitowoc, Beaver Dam Guards, and Prison City Guards – Waupun.
Colonel	Worthie H. Patton	Oshkosh	Feb. 8, 1886
Lieutenant Colonel	Anthony A. Kelly	Fond du Lac	Feb. 8, 1886
Major	Fritz Becker	Manitowoc	Feb. 8, 1886
Major	Orland F. Weaver	Beaver Dam	March 20, 1888
Surgeon	Frederick J. Wilkie	Oshkosh	April 19, 1882
Assistant Surgeon	Frank C. Moulding	Watertown	June 11, 1887
Assistant Surgeon	A. J. Schweichler	Manitowoc	June 21, 1887
Adjutant	Albert Solliday	Watertown	May 22, 1882
Quartermaster	William F. Dickie	Manitowoc	April 15, 1885
Insp. of Rifle Practice	Gordon H. McNeel	Fond du Lac	April 13, 1887
Chaplain	Thomas S. Johnson	Beaver Dam	Oct. 15, 1884

Third Regiment Headquarters, La Crosse Sherman Guard – Neillsville, Governor’s Guard – La Crosse, Hudson City Guard, Mauston Light Guard, Griffin Rifles – Eau Claire, Guppy Guard – Portage, Wausau Light Guard, Ludington Guard – Menomonie, Sparta Rifles, and Tomah Guards.
Colonel	Martin T. Moore	La Crosse	June 11, 1883
Lieutenant Colonel	Benjamin F. Parker	Mauston	June 11, 1883
Major	Thomas J. George	Menomonie	June 11, 1883
Major	Jacob D. Womer	Wausau	Aug. 23, 1884
Surgeon	John B. Edwards	Mauston	Nov. 17, 1888
Assistant Surgeon	John E. Garrey	Wausau	Nov. 17, 1884
Adjutant	Alfred F. Metzger	La Crosse	April 15, 1885
Quartermaster	George A. Lugington	Neillsville	April 15, 1885
Insp. of Rifle Practice	Gurdon H. Winsor	Mauston	June 26, 1886
Chaplain	James P. Galiger	Tomah	Sept. 20, 1884

Fourth Battalion Headquarters, Milwaukee Sheridan Guard, Kosciusko Guard, South Side Turner Rifles, Lincoln Guard, and Rusk Guard.
Lieutenant Colonel	Otto H. Falk	Milwaukee	Oct. 29, 1888
Major	Louis Auer	Milwaukee	Dec. 18, 1888
Assistant Surgeon	Harry E. Bradley	Milwaukee	Nov. 3, 1888
Adjutant	Horace M. Seaman	Milwaukee	July 5, 1887
Quartermaster	Edward Shea	Milwaukee	Dec. 24, 1888
Insp. of Rifle Practice	George H. Russell	Milwaukee	Oct, 29, 1888
Chaplain	Judson Titsworth	Milwaukee	May 3, 1886

Cavalry

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Light Horse Squadron

Assistant Surgeon

Horace M. Brown

Milwaukee

Aug. 31, 1883

Artillery

Headquarters, Milwaukee

First Light Battery

Assistant Surgeon

James A. McLeod

Milwaukee

Nov. 22, 1886

Military Companies
Company:	Co.	Reg.	Organized:	Location:	Strength Jan. 1, ’89:	Captain:	First Lieutenant:	Second Lieutenant:
Appleton Light Infantry	G	2	Oct. 27, 1881	Appleton	62	Nathan E. Morgan	Charles A. Green	Harry W. Cook
Beloit City Guard	E	1	Aug. 31, 1877	Beloit	58	Albert F. Ayer	Thos. J. Rogers	Frederick W. Parsons
Beaver Dam Guards	K	2	Oct. 4, 1880	Beaver Dam	48	Elbridge E. Lewis	John F. Guilfoyle	Julius Morrow
Custer Rifles	C	1	July 7, 1877	Whitewater	61	John D. Hogan	Frank B. Goodhue	James R. Johnson
Darlington Rifles	K	1	July 8, 1884	Darlington	51	Lyman F. Gray	Pence Van Hook
Delavan Guard	D	1	April 27, 1880	Delavan	55	Richard J. Wilson	Orrin W. Blanchard	Emmet A. Woodford
Evergreen City Guards	C	2	Nov. 4, 1877	Sheboygan	64	Charles A. Born	Henry W. Trester	Richard Goldschmidt
Fond du Lac Guards	E	2	April 9, 1880	Fond du Lac	61	Charles J. Hunter	Ed. T. Markel	Louis H. Gillet
First Light Battery			May 11, 1885	Milwaukee	65	Joseph B. Oliver	Henry M. Thompson George A. Streeter	Howard J. Gilson
Garfield Guard	G	1	Aug. 30, 1881	Racine	59	Henry Jerstad	Austin W. Erwin	Christopher Millstead
Governor’s Guard	I	1	Mar. 24, 1875	Madison	63	George H. Joachim	George M. Neckerman	Henry Quintmeyer
Governor’s Guard	B	3	Aug. 1, 1873	La Crosse	65	Julius E. Kirchies	George Will	Ernst H. Kaulfuss
Griffin Rifles	E	3	Oct. 20, 1888	Eau Claire	68	Harry B. McMaster	Joseph M. Ballard	John F. Farr
Guppy Guard	F	3	June 23, 1877	Portage	52	George C. Carnagie	James A. Older	George Voertman
Hudson City Guard	C	3	June 18, 1887	Hudson	64	Alfred P. Goss	Henry F. Dinsmore	James A. Freer
Janesville Light Infantry	A	1	Dec. 1, 1887	Janesville	64	Frederick H. Koebelin	Robert W. McLean	George G. Paris
Kosciusko Guard	B	4	Aug. 24, 1877	Milwaukee	62	Francis J. Borchardt	Lucas J. Michalski	Roman Czerwinski
Light Horse Squadron			April 27, 1880	Milwaukee	63	Charles P. Huntington	Winslow A. Nowell	Rudolph G. Richter
Lincoln Guard	D	4	May 2, 1881	Milwaukee	59	Emil Wilde	Andrew J. Kluppak	Constant Rennicke
Ludington Guard	H	3	Jan. 16, 1877	Menomonie	56	George R. Brewer	Milton O. Doolittle	Amasa S. Ladd
Manitowoc Volunteers	A	2	July 18, 1868	Manitowoc	71	Albert C. Becker	Edward Wendorf	Emil Schmidt
Mauston Light Guard	D	3	Oct. 11, 1875	Mauston	50	William F. Winsor	Frank A. Underwood	William A. Grimmer
Monroe City Guard	H	1	Mar. 30, 1882	Monroe	65	Daniel A. Stearns	Rice D. Gorham	Paul M. Schroeder
Oshkosh Guards	B	2	March 25, 1876	Oshkosh	71	Geo. B. McC. Hilton	Nicholas P. Kolf	Thomas A. Quinn
Oshkosh Rifles	F	2	April 8, 1880	Oshkosh	64	Charles R. Boardman	Julius A. Nemitz	Henry W. Koch
Prison City Guards	L	2	June 26, 1885	Waupun	51	C. H. Lindsley	Peter Linnen	Rufus H. Oliver
Racine Light Guard	F	1	Apr. 6, 1881	Racine	62	William C. Hood	Christmas Evans	Hubert A. Wood
Rankin Guard	H	2	Dec. 29, 1881	Manitowoc	53	William Brandt	William Abel	August Biegel
Ripon Rifles	D	2	March 28, 1879	Ripon	59	Frank W. Gruetzmacher	Emil Reek	Richard Wallner
Rusk Guard	E	4	Oct. 29, 1888	Milwaukee	76	Oscar B. Zwietusch	Hiram E. Manville	Charles R. Williams
Sherman Guard	A	3	May 15, 1875	Neillsville	69	George A. Ure	John W. Hommel	Ralph H. Tolford
Sheridan Guard	A	4	Jan. 23, 1869	Milwaukee	65	John E. Coogan	Arthur R. Hanley	John J. Lynch
South Side Turner Rifles	C	4	June 20, 1879	Milwaukee	70	Albert Bleuel	Herman Kloehn	Emil F. Deuster
Sparta Rifles	I	3	Sept. 27, 1883	Sparta	41	Timothy O. Thorbus	Bertram O. Raymond	Wm. A. Dickinson
Tomah Guards	K	3	May 28, 1884	Tomah	63	Ranolph A. Richards	Louis Schalle	Luman C. Warriner
Wausau Light Guard	G	3	Dec. 30, 1882	Wausau	75	Luelle Bellis	Louis A. Pradt	Nathaniel B. Eldred

Source: 1889 Wisconsin Blue Book

The Watertown Rifles

Troop B, 1-105TH Cavalry

Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard in 1889

Commander-in-Chief and Staff

First Regiment

Headquarters, Madison

Second Regiment

Headquarters, Oshkosh

Third Regiment

Headquarters, La Crosse

Fourth Battalion

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Cavalry

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Artillery

Headquarters, Milwaukee

Military Companies