WAUPACA COUNTY POST

July 15, 1920

NATIONAL GUARD UNIT IS NOW PROUD BOAST OF WAUPACA PROMOTERS

List Now Consists of Sixty-five. 

Mustered in July 8^th by Lieut. Johns

To Drill Every Monday and Friday Night Until Going to Camp Douglas for Two Weeks in August

            Waupaca has a National Guard company consisting of sixty-five sturdy young men mustered in by Lieutenant Johns Thursday evening, July 8.

            Drills will be held every Monday and Friday night until the company goes into training at Camp Douglas August 16 for two weeks or up to August 28.

            It is estimated that when a suitable hall has been provided for drill purposes that rent of hall, salaries of officers and pay of privates with some incidental expenses the cost to the federal government will be about $10,000 per year.

            The men will be furnished with uniform and all equipment by the U.S. war department.

            Following is the roster of Waupaca National Guard:

                        Captain – Roy Holly

                        1^st Lieut. – Bradley M. Barnes  

                        2^nd Lieut. – Loren L. Gmeiner

                        1^st Sergeant – Lyle Barnhart

                        Supply Sergeant – Eugene Nerone

                        Mess Sergeant – James H. Jensen

                        Cooks – Herbert J. Wagner, Lester W. Davis

                        Mechanic – George Rothenbach

                        Sergeants – Joseph E. Monroe, Harvey E. Peterson, Philip S. Pitt, Edward J. Wollert

                        Corporals – Edmund H. Atkinson, William E. Erickson, Allan W. Johnson,

Earl E. Peterson, Birney H. Wilson, Lee I. Yorkson

                        Privates, 1^st Class – Carl C. Anderson, Vernon H. Bovea, William E. Calahan,

Fred W. Dahm, Homer E. Elkins, Harry J. Flagg, Reuben J. Frihart,

Floyd A. Jones, Joseph A. Misky, Anton W. Peterson, Chris A. Peterson,

Ely A. Peterson, Andrew Ryan

                        Privates – Chester R. Atkinson, Alfred D. Bowan, Levi W. Boyce, Clifford P. Brozil,

Orlie L. Button, Edwin Cartwright, Carl C. Christensen, Edward Cook,

Vernon M. Curtis, Lois E. Dahm, John Davidson, Merle Dunbar,

Gerald J. Eastman, Clarence Frihart, Henry A. Fritz, Mack A. Grant,

Alton R. Hanson, John W. Hanson, August Hoppe, Warren E. Kreunen,

Harry A. Lund, Nels A. Lund, Walter R. McGregor, Floyd Peterson,

John Poulos, Christian B. Rasmussen, Merl J. Ravey,

Herbert E. Redman, Abe A. Rice, Roy W. Rickaby, Alvin J. Roloff,

Harold B. Smith, Augustus E. Sutton.