Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard when it was activated for World War I
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Organization of the Wisconsin National Guard
When it was ordered into Federal Service for World War I on 15 July 1917
Wisconsin National Guard
Organization and Roster of Officers as of 1 August 1917, Strengths as of 31 August 1917
Commander-in-Chief
Emanuel L. Philipp
Governor of the State
Inaugurated 4 Jan. 1915
Adjutant General’s Department
LTC John G. Salsman, Madison
1 Officer
Quartermaster Department
LTC Charles R. Williams, Camp Douglas
1 Office and 5 Enlisted Men
Medical Department
LTC Gilbert E. Seaman, Milwaukee, Chief Surgeon
1 Officer
Dental Corps
1LT Wm. W. Barney, Milwaukee
1LT Frederick J. Bergholte, Waukesha
1LT Otto B. Hins, Oshkosh
1LT Francis L. Gullickson, West Salem
1LT Frederick Vater, Milwaukee
1LT Clyde R. Modie, Madison
1LT Frank H. Fancher, Racine
1LT Wm. Russell Cressey, Milwaukee
1LT Frank Erwin Machus, Oconomowoc
1LT Garlon (Gordon) Ellise Harrington, Marshfield
1LT Halbert I. Lewis, Washburn
Veterinary Corps
2LT Stanley L. Pilgrim, Wauwatosa, assigned to 1st Cav.
2LT Wm. C. Schultz, Milwaukee, assigned to 1st FA
2LT Ray Whitman Smith, Racine, assigned to 1st FA
1ST Wisconsin Infantry Brigade
BG Charles R. Boardman, Oshkosh, Commander
MAJ Charles Andrew Greene, Appleton, Brigade Adjutant
1LT Alex. James Lytle, Rhinelander, Aide
1LT Otto G. F. Zeman, Superior, Aide
1ST Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL John P. Joachim, 1st Wis. Inf.
LTC Glen W. Garlock, West Salem
MAJ Wm. F. Mehl, Milwaukee
MAJ Charles Stephen Buck, Beloit
MAJ Paul Ahnert, Milwaukee
CPT Gustav Stearns, Milwaukee, Chaplain
1LTs Thos. P. Colbert, Beloit; Samuel W. Oakey, Madison; Horace L. Anderson, Beloit; Battalion Adjutants
Off. |
EM |
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HQ
Co. |
Madison |
CPT
Myron C. West |
1 |
58 |
||
MG
Co. |
Oconomowoc |
CPT
Anthony G. Derse |
1LT
Edw. Llewelyn Jones |
2LT
Geo. W. Behrend |
4 |
74 |
Supply
Co. |
Madison |
CPT
George Francis O’Connell |
2LT
Francis X. Ritger |
2 |
37 |
|
Co.
A |
Reedsburg |
CPT
Leo M. Darrenougue |
1LT
Herbert H. Prange |
2LT
Thos. H. Tudor |
3 |
150 |
Co.
B |
Fort
Atkinson |
CPT
Arthur R. Langholff |
1LT
Delbert D. Hills |
2LT
Louis B. Reich |
3 |
148 |
Co.
C |
Whitewater |
CPT
R. H. Lindbaum |
1LT
P. E. Trautman |
2LT
J. A. Plank |
3 |
149 |
Co.
D |
Milwaukee |
CPT
Frank Meske (Meeke) |
1LT
J. A. Johannes |
2LT
Thomas L. Rickert |
3 |
146 |
Co.
E |
Milwaukee |
CPT
Raymond Arnold |
1LT
Nick P. Salm |
2LT
Fred A. Clemens |
3 |
141 |
Co.
F |
Milwaukee |
CPT
Henry W. Biemdiecke |
1LT
W. F. Gaulke |
2LT
Fred Schroeder |
3 |
138 |
Co.
G |
Madison |
CPT
William Smith |
1LT
Fred T. Finn |
2LT
Steven (Stephen) O. Brigham |
3 |
150 |
Co.
H |
Monroe |
CPT
Allen Ernest Mitchell |
1LT
Fred W. Heer |
2LT
Charles H. (R.) Kohli |
3 |
150 |
Co.
I |
Neenah |
CPT
Bert L. Smith |
1LT
B. O. Bell |
2LT
Anthony J. Webber |
3 |
149 |
Co.
K |
Milwaukee |
CPT
Leo S. (L.) Kosak |
1LT
Albert Gulczynski |
2LT
Leon (Leo) M. Gurda |
3 |
146 |
Co.
L |
Beloit |
CPT
E. Howe Allen |
1LT
Floyd C. Henderson |
2LT
Ray C. Dickop |
2 |
150 |
Co.
M |
Janesville |
CPT
Edgar N. Caldwell |
1LT
Fred T. Rau |
2LT
Harold S. Pelton |
3 |
150 |
Sanitary
Detachment |
MAJ
Jas. W. Frew, Milwaukee |
CPT
Robt. W. Blumenthal, Milwaukee |
1LT
Ernest F. Hafemeister, Milwaukee |
5 |
33 |
|
Total
Strength: |
56 |
1969 |
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Note: prior to Aug. 1917, the MG Co. had been Co. M, 1ST
Inf. and Co. M had been the 2D Separate Co. of Inf. |
2D Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL Wilbur M. Lee, 2nd Wis. Inf.
LTC Philip Jacob Zink, Beaver Dam
MAJ Walter Addison Marden, Oshkosh
MAJ Wm. B. Hall, Oconto
MAJ Adolph Michael Trier, Fond du Lac
CPT John T. Kendall, Viroqua, Chaplain
1LTs George Merkel, Appleton; Fred Blasius Rhyner, Marshfield; Allan B. Ellis, Appleton; Battalion Adjutants
Off. |
EM |
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HQ
Co. |
Appleton |
CPT
Thomas Byron Beveridge |
1 |
58 |
||
MG
Co. |
Ashland |
CPT
Matthew C. Tomkins |
1LT
Arthur S. Childs |
2LT
Stanley W. Smith |
4 |
69 |
Supply
Co. |
Oshkosh |
CPT
Frank H. Crane, Beaver Dam |
2LT
Robert A. Hellard |
2 |
35 |
|
Co.
A |
Marshfield |
CPT
Frank Bernard Reigel |
1LT
Walter Christian Mueller |
2LT
William Frederick Beseler |
3 |
149 |
Co.
B |
Oshkosh |
CPT
John F. McCusker |
1LT
John D. Spencer |
2LT
E. H. Newton |
3 |
140 |
Co.
C |
Sheboygan |
CPT
Paul W. Schmidt |
1LT
William N. Jensen |
2LT
August Wolf |
3 |
148 |
Co.
D |
Ripon |
CPT
Emil G. Prellwitz |
1LT
Aug. C. Buchholz |
2LT
Harry L. Dornbrook |
3 |
148 |
Co.
E |
Fond
du Lac |
CPT
Adelbert R. Brunet |
1LT
J. Smith |
2LT
Hy Vogt |
3 |
144 |
Co.
F |
Oshkosh |
CPT
Gustave C. Schwandt |
1LT
Richard B. Salsieder |
2LT
A. R. Bahr |
3 |
141 |
Co.
G |
Appleton |
CPT
Lothar G. Graef |
1LT
Alvin J. Bogan |
2LT
August A. Ahrens |
3 |
145 |
Co.
H |
Manitowoc |
CPT
Edward J. Schmidt |
1LT
Wm. Jung |
2LT
J. Goetz |
3 |
140 |
Co.
I |
Marinette |
CPT
Edward M. Mayville |
1LT
Harry M. Donaldson |
2LT
H. A. Pardome |
3 |
138 |
Co.
K |
Beaver
Dam |
1LT
Theodore J. Parker |
2LT
Geo. L. Draheim |
2 |
144 |
|
Co.
L |
Rhinelander |
CPT
Forest H. Himes |
1LT
Clarence J. Wesley |
2LT
Kirk W. White |
3 |
146 |
Co.
M |
Oconto |
CPT
J. H. Kampo |
1LT
A. C. Pate |
2LT
Herman H. Modrow |
3 |
139 |
Sanitary
Detachment |
MAJ
Jas. R. Scott, Appleton |
CPT
William Clarence Watkins, Oconto |
1LT
Wesley Louis Boyden, Seymour; 1LT Wm. J. Frawley,
Appleton |
4 |
33 |
|
Total
Strength: |
55 |
1917 |
3D Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL John Turner, 3rd Wis. Inf.
LTC Wm. Y. Burton, Hudson
MAJ Frank H. Fowler, La Crosse
MAJ Robt. A. Merrill, Sparta
MAJ Ulysses G. Carl, Oshkosh
1LT Wm. F. Hood, Rice Lake, Chaplain
1LT J. H. Ensch, Mauston, Battalion Adjutant
HQ
Co. |
Sparta |
CPT
Orville L. Arnold |
1 |
54 |
||
MG
Co. |
Rice
Lake |
CPT
Dan L. Remington |
1LT
John McCullon |
2LT
James P. Clemens |
4 |
71 |
Supply
Co. |
Superior |
CPT
Harvey F. Wiles |
2LT
Leo R. Schwanekamp |
2 |
32 |
|
Co.
A |
Neillsville |
CPT
Allen W. Wildish |
1LT
Leo M. Jackson |
2LT
Fred Rossman |
3 |
146 |
Co.
B |
La
Crosse |
CPT
Herman A. Rupp |
2LT
Paul F. Nuffke |
2 |
141 |
|
Co.
C |
Hudson |
CPT
Otis H. King |
1LT
Andy Lystad |
2LT
Albert J. Lyksett |
2 |
148 |
Co.
D |
Mauston |
CPT
Delos L. Strong |
1LT
Harry J. Lyon |
2LT
Charles G. Babcock |
2 |
150 |
Co.
E |
Eau
Claire |
CPT
Richard F. Sortomme |
1LT
Harvey C. Vemilyea |
2LT
Roy W. Boberg |
2 |
146 |
Co.
F |
Portage |
CPT
Samuel B. Ernsperger |
1LT
Gregory W. Dempsey |
2LT
Wm. Crawhall |
2 |
147 |
Co.
G |
Wausau |
CPT
Elmer L. Lucas |
1LT
Frank N. Drake |
2LT
F. L. Gottschalk |
3 |
123 |
Co.
H |
Menomonie |
CPT
Albert Nathness |
1LT
Harry C. Nelson |
2LT
E. C. Hill |
3 |
128 |
Co.
I |
Superior |
1LT
Martin Ackerson |
2LT
Elmer Olsen (Olson) |
3 |
141 |
|
Co.
K |
Tomah |
CPT
John G. Graham |
1LT
Clyde G. Strachan |
2LT
R. A. Schendel |
3 |
143 |
Co.
L |
Sparta |
CPT
Wm. A. Holden |
1LT
Harold E. Markham |
2LT
Alex L. Nicol |
2 |
142 |
Co.
M |
La
Crosse |
CPT
Geo. H. Hale |
1LT
Daniel M. Erickson |
2LT
Alvah M. Hill |
3 |
149 |
Sanitary
Detachment |
MAJ
Lewis A. Moore, Monroe |
CPT
Jesse R. Bryant, Wausau |
1LT
John M. Scantelton, Sparta |
5 |
33 |
|
Total
Strength: |
50 |
1894 |
2D Wisconsin Infantry Brigade
COL John Turner, 3rd Wis. Inf.
LTC Wm. Y. Burton, Hudson
MAJ Frank H. Fowler, La Crosse
MAJ Robt. A. Merrill, Sparta
MAJ Ulysses G. Carl, Oshkosh
1LT Wm. F. Hood, Rice Lake, Chaplain
1LT J. H. Ensch, Mauston, Battalion Adjutant
BG | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT |
Strength: 4 |
4TH Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL Robert B. McCoy, Sparta
LTC John B. Schneller, Neenah
MAJ Edgar A. Firth, Chippewa Falls
MAJ Anton C. Martin, Neillsville
MAJ Robert Connor, Marshfield
1LT Charles Willard Brown, Fox Lake, Chaplain
1LTs Robert L. Wiley, Chippewa Falls; Henry J. Breitman, Crandon; Battalion Adjutants
Off. | EM | |||||
HQ | Chippewa | CPT | 1 | 58 | ||
MG | Tomahawk | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 4 | 74 |
Supply | Waterloo | CPT | 2LT | 2 | 40 | |
Co. | Chippewa | 1LT | 1 | 150 | ||
Co. | Stanley | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Waupaca | CPT | 1 | 150 | ||
Co. | Black | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 2 | 150 |
Co. | Menasha | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Shawano | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Antigo | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Crandon | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Platteville | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Stoughton | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Waukesha | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Kenosha | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Sanitary | MAJ | 1LT | 2 | 33 | ||
Total | 47 | 2005 | ||||
Note: prior to Aug. 1917, Co. A had been 1ST Separate |
5TH Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL Peter Piasecki, Milwaukee
LTC James McCully, Ashland
MAJ E. T. Markle, Fond du Lac
MAJ Stanley Edmund Piasecki, Milwaukee
MAJ Martin D. Imhoff, Milwaukee
1LT Geo. C. Eilers, St. Francis, Chaplain
1LTs Philip Archibald Frear, Milwaukee; Jerome H. Cole, Milwaukee; Howard Mallory Sivyer, Milwaukee; Battalion Adjutants
Off. | EM | |||||
HQ | Milwaukee | CPT | 1 | 46 | ||
MG | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 4 | 69 |
Supply | Port | CPT | 2LT | 2 | 37 | |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 2 | 102 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Hartford | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 107 |
Co. | Watertown | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 86 |
Co. | Sturgeon | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Co. | Berlin | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 84 |
Co. | Chilton | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 113 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 149 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 128 |
Co. | Wautoma | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 133 |
Co. | Fond | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 150 |
Sanitary | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT | 3 | 33 | |
Total | 53 | 1687 |
6TH Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
COL Marshall Cousins, Eau Claire
LTC Emanuel Rossiter, Superior
MAJ Walter Able, Manitowoc
MAJ Percy C. Atkinson, Eau Claire
MAJ Emil F. Kraning, Oshkosh
1LT Philip Henry Linley, Eau Claire, Chaplain
Off. | EM | |||||
HQ | Superior | CPT | 1 | 57 | ||
MG | Durand | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 51 |
Supply | Viroqua ? | CPT | 2LT | 2 | 30 | |
Co. | Phillips | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 126 |
Co. | Superior | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 135 |
Co. | Mellen | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 101 |
Co. | Washburn | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 109 |
Co. | Spooner | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 111 |
Co. | Rice | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 102 |
Co. | Ashland | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 100 | |
Co. | Hayward | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 102 | |
Co. | Baraboo | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 105 |
Co. | Marshfield | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 101 |
Co. | Galesville | CPT | 2LT | 1 | 97 | |
Co. | New | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 91 | |
Sanitary | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 28 | |
Total | 47 | 1446 |
1ST Wisconsin Field Artillery Regiment
COL Philip C. Westfahl, Milwaukee
LTC Guy D. Armitage, Milwaukee
MAJ Alonzo J. Comstock, Milwaukee
MAJ Geo. W. Rickeman, Racine
1LT Frederick S. Penfold, Racine, Chaplain
CPT Louis G. Fuhrman, Milwaukee, Adjutant
CPTs Alvin A. Kuechenmeister, Milwaukee; Otto J. Langbecker, Milwaukee; Battalion Adjutants
Off. | EM | |||||
HQ | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 90 | |
Supply | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 35 | |
Battery | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 5 | 160 |
Battery | Green | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 5 | 176 |
Battery | Racine | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 5 | 195 |
Battery | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 4 | 178 |
Battery | Green | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 5 | 184 |
Battery | Racine | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 5 | 190 |
Sanitary | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT | 6 | 23 | |
Total | 47 | 1231 | ||||
Note: prior to Aug. 1917, Battery D had been MG Co., 1ST |
1ST Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment
COL Carl Penner, Milwaukee
LTC Irving A. Fish, Milwaukee
MAJ Aug. M. Krech, Milwaukee
MAJ Herbert B. Einfeldt, Milwaukee
MAJ Oliver O. Treadwell, Milwaukee
1LT William O’Connor, Milwaukee, Chaplain
1LTs Lester Bigelow, Milwaukee; Irwin C. Ritzler, Milwaukee; James R. Harper, Milwaukee; Battalion Adjutants
Off. | EM | |||||
HQ | Milwaukee | CPT | 1 | 76 | ||
MG | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 4 | 85 |
Supply | Milwaukee | CPT | 2LT | 2LT | 3 | 51 |
Troop | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 104 |
Troop | Milwaukee | 1LT | 2LT | 2 | 95 | |
Troop | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 105 |
Troop | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 103 |
Troop | Kenosha | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 105 |
Troop | Lake | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 100 |
Troop | Grand | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 105 |
Troop | Merrill | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 105 |
Troop | Stevens | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 102 |
Troop | Ladysmith | CPT | 1LT | 2 | 100 | |
Troop | Eau | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 101 |
Troop | Sheboygan | CPT | 1LT | 2LT | 3 | 103 |
Sanitary | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT | 6 | 33 | |
Total | 56 | 1473 |
1ST Wisconsin Engineer Battalion
MAJ Howard Greene
| Off. | EM | ||||
HQ | Milwaukee | CPT | 1 | 7 | ||
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 163 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 164 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 159 |
Sanitary | 1LT | 1 | 11 | |||
Total | 15 | 504 |
1ST Wisconsin Signal Corps Battalion
| Off. | EM | ||||
HQ | Milwaukee | 1LT | 1 | 8 | ||
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 77 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 3 | 81 |
Co. | Milwaukee | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 71 |
Sanitary | 1LT | 1 | 4 | |||
Supply | 6 | |||||
Total | 14 | 247 |
Sanitary Troops
| Off. | EM | |||||
Field | MAJ | CPT | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 4 | 68 |
Field | MAJ | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 6 | 80 |
Ambulance | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 5 | 120 |
Ambulance | CPT | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 1LT | 5 | 119 |
Total Strength: | 20 | 387 |
Aggregate Strength of | Officers | Enlisted Men |
Staff | 3 | 5 |
HQ | 4 | 15 |
1ST | 56 | 1969 |
2D | 55 | 1917 |
3D | 50 | 1894 |
HQ | 4 | 15 |
4TH | 47 | 2005 |
5TH | 53 | 1687 |
6TH | 47 | 1446 |
1ST | 47 | 1231 |
1ST | 56 | 1473 |
1ST | 15 | 504 |
1ST | 14 | 247 |
Sanitary | 20 | 387 |
Total: | 471 | 14,795 |
Sources include:
Wisconsin in the World War
The 32nd Division in the World War