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NATIONAL GUARD OF WASHINGTON. brigadier general and one field officer, appointed by
. the governor, have the power to adopt rules and regu-
FROM Friday, June 20th, to Monday, June 30th, lationsfor the conduct of the guard, receive and di8.
the National Guard of Washington were in bri- burse the appropriation and otherwise control military
gade camp of instruction at Camp Ferry, so affairs.
named in honor of the governor of the state, on The roster of officers of the National Guard, of
the shore of American lake, eleven miles from Tacoma. Washington, is as follows : Commander in chief, Gov.
The camp was under the command of Brig. Gen. A. P. Elisha P. Ferry, with the following staff: Brig. Gen.
Curry, and was participated in by the first and second R. G. O'Brien, adjutant general, commissary general
regiments under Col. J. C. Haines and Col. E. W. and quartermaster general; Col. Henry Landers, pay.
Pike, respectively. master general; Col. Chas. E. Claypool, judge advocate
The National Guard of Washington became an ef- general; Col. Edward L. Smith, surgeon general; Col.
fecti vc organization in January, 1888, by the act of the W. T. Sharp, chief of ordnance; Col. J. K. Stout, chief
territorial legislature, adopting rules for its govern- signal officer; Col. J. D. Mclntyre, chief of engineers;
ment and levying a tax of .0002 for its support. Pre- Col. W. L. Visscher, assistant commissary general;
vious to that time there had existed for a number of Col. J. R. Hayden, assistant inspector general; Maj.
years independent militia companies, some of them Chas. H. Ayer, assistant adjutant general; Lieut. Cols,
well officered and drilled, and unsuccessful efforts had Clinton P. Ferry, L. Frank Boyd, Chas. Reichenbach
been made to maintain battalion organizations. How- and C. M. Alkins, aides de camp,
ever, with no pecuniary aid from the territory, they Brigadier general, commanding the brigade, A. P.
struggled along under a load of difficulties that ren- Curry, with the following staff ; Lieut. Col. John I.
dcred them practically valueless as a military support Booge, assistant adjutant general ; Lieut. Col.. Paul
to the civil authorities on a large scale. But that this D'Heirry, assistant inspector general ; Lieut. Col. H. F.
was not entirely the case was demonstrated in Febru- Garretson, assistant quartermaster general; Lieut. Col.
ary, 1880, during the anti-Chinese riot in Seattle, when S. D. Walters, assistant commissary general; Capt.
the Seattle RifleB (now Co. B., 1st Reg.) under Capt. E. M. Wheelock, chaplain; First Lieuts. G. A.Brooks,
Joseph Green, and Co. D., under Capt. J. C. Haines, J. W. Stearns and J. J. White, aides de camp,
performed excellent service. First regiment Colonel, J. C. Haines; lieutenant
Washington's national guard law was drafted by colonel, S. W. Scott; major, C. M. Riddell. Staff
Col. Haines, and was modeled upon that of Oregon Capt. L. R. Dawson, surgeon; Capt. L. H. Wells, chap
which had been adopted the year before. In one re- lain; Lieut. T. M. Reed, Jr., adjutant; Lieut. J. A. Hat
spect it is an improvement, since the military estab- field, commissary; Lieut. F. T. Grant, quartermaster;
lishment is smaller, with provision for an increase Lieut. R. C. Washburn, paymaster. ' The line officers
whenever the revenuo from the tax shall be sufficient are: Company B, of Seattle-Captain, Joseph Green;
to warrant it. The result is that Washington is sup- first lieutenant, ; second lieutenant, Lawrence
porting fourteen companies and about 700 men, with Booth. Company C, of Tacoma-Captain, W. J. Fife;
the same tax that Oregon levies for thirty-three com- first lieutenant, J. M. Howell; second lieutenant,
panics and 1,(100 men. Consequently the Washington Ross. Company D, of Seattle-Captain, C. I, F. Kel-
guard is much better clothed and equipped than those logg; first lieutenant, ; eecond lieutenant, W.
of Oregon and can go into camp of instruction, a por- Gorham. Company E, of Seattle-Captain, W. R.
tion of practical military training the Oregon troops Thornell; first lieutenant, W. J. Grambs; second lien
can not yet afford. The wisdom of this is too evident tenant. E. S. Ingraham. Company G, of Tacoma
to need much comment. WWn th ii. i. .. i
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. om, compost of the adjutant general, ma-Captain, J. C. MeCrimmon; first lieutenant,