History of the 6 th Infantry Regiment, Company H, National Guard of California

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1 History of the 6 th Infantry Regiment, Company H, National Guard of California This history was completed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in conjunction with the California National Guard and the California State Library. Digitized by the History Office, Camp San Luis Obispo, 23 January 2015 Original document on file at the California State Library

2 Company H,, Sixth Infantry Regiment, Third Brigade Location: Merced, ~erced County Reference: Adjutant General's File Organized May 24, 1893 Reconstituted Decem'ber 9, lags* :ustered into Federal Service May 11, 1898** ustered out of Federal Service December 15, 18 Reorganized as Company H, Sixth Infantry Re~iment ustered out May 10, 1~07++ co *** y a, a me JOhn R. Graham, Captain May 24, 189 GeorRe fi. Conwa:v.. First Lieut ' l[.ay 24, 1893 ' r E. sm.l.th, First Lieut. Oot. a, 18~4 Feb. 27, 1895 ~ Guthrie, Captain l!ay 24, 18\i'l June 24, 189'7 Andrew C. Corwin, First.Lieut. June 21', 1897 July.3, 1897 (Resigned Mar.?, 1898) oy Vandenheurel, First Lieut. Mar. 28, 1898 April 30, ooo, Sixth Infantry Regiment, Third Brigade redesignated Ninth Infantry Battalion, December 7, l8\i5. Two days ber \1, Company H, Ninth Infantry Battalion redesip.nated Sixth Infantry Re iment, Third Brigade. 1 Report ~6, General Order Nos. 17, 18, * company H as part or the Sixth Inf ederal Service during the Spanishd.jutant General Report 1BV6-l8V8, *** jutant Gen +<tadjutant Gen t:s. eport , pages 5, 6. nt mustered into ar, May 11, or the Sixth Infantry Regiment, re-entered the y 8, 18111~. ueport lsy~-1~00* General Order No. 7, pa11:e 59. l Report l~o'l-1908, pa~e 3.

3 1 22, lyol) CCW!'ANY ll \Continued) Commendinn Officers (Continued) o. 2, 11, D. J BJmbauer, Captain Aug. 27, 1901 Sept. 14, 1V01 John l... raham, Fir.st.L.iout. May 27, 189'1 Sept. 1~, 1901 John B. Graham, Captain lter Casad. First Lieut. lter Casad, Captain L. Silman.. First.Lieut. n ;a 't."'-- ~,. Oct. Oct. Nov. Nov... #fl , 1V03 24, 1V03 15, b, Nov. Nov. Jan. Jan , , lvo 3, , co.w- on-com.. <:>unri &:00 6:30 7:1 :00 :15 8:4 9:00!'leer's scbool 9:1 10:00 10:00 12:00 5:50 :00 t>:30

4 Activities: COl.lPAI~Y (Continued) Ret rea Tattoo Tap H (Continued} Sundown ll:oo P.~. 11:30 P.M. y roll-call by the First Sergeant of each company, took at reveille, retreat and tattoo; and the report was received ty one of the company officers, who was present uring... roll-call. The men absent from roll-call "without leave" ere, immediately upon return to camp, placed in the guardhouse y the Firdt Sergeant. Thes~ arrests were in turn reported at once to the company coomander and releases were made only upon n order from the Commanding Officer or Ot.:ticer of the Day. e troops were also given warnings asainst profane and improper language or conduct, either iu or out of cump. There was daily -detail of one of'.ficer. one sergeant, one corporal and six pr1 va tes selected from the companies comprising the Sixth Infantry Regiment, which was termed as a provost guard. This uard uas instructed to patrol the city or Stockton and arrest all men guilty of misbehavior. This severe military discipline as enacted in order to acquaint the National G-u.ardsmen with the rule,.,. o"' 1 r 111r.AXmy life, should an occasion arise, call1r. the guard into active service. The brigade encampments ere acclaimed to be of such benefit to the troops that another as l.elc. ln l897. This camp was located at Santa Cruz e.nd given the name of cia..:.] Budd in honor of Governor Budd. The units, including Company E, were t..=lcar. to.:. :rom August 15 to 22, There were drilled under somewhat the same routine as in 1894, except that many up-to-l....-!.e war m.... neuvers were practiced. During the years that follolre,1, Company H saw active servic on three different occasions, 1894, 1898 and os affiliated with the National Guard but a period.of one year when the Railroad Strike of 1894 claimed the unit for active duty. The members of the company had just prior to this time, been issued their new uniforms which tended to create a military atmosphere among the troo-,s. This being t heir first opportunity of serving their country in active ervice, the Guardsmen were ~ager to render tle1r services herever needed. The Railroad Strike had withheld the operation of trains throughout t he United States tor a week previous to Company H being called into ~ervice. This caused an accumula.tion of mail 1n all cities, \,hich was one idiportant reason to~ attempting to break the strike. In California the fruit season was at its best and if &L1I~inc was to be withheld indefinitely, the crop would be almost an entire loss. The duty or the Guardsmen to assist in re-establishing service and maintain law and order. One detachment of Company H was ordered to Bakersfield Qn July fourteenth, where the unit was put on train duty. A second detachment was sent out the :tollowin~ day and the remainder -3-

5 COMPANY H.ctivities: (Continued) of the company on July nineteenth. assigned the same type o duty until July t Company H w small detac hen they wer volunteere In 1906, th practically or service. C hip had f<rad u, e m.emoers o ilitary rout~n represented upon olidays, i honors were ot the.most (Continued) ~.. -oooconcerning tbe activities o! Company H r. rei'er to the History ot the Sixth rie;ade. activities ot Company B he History of the ***Stockton Evenin ail, June 24., 1901, page 5, column

6 COMPANY H (Continued).ctivi ties (Continued) survey ot tha annual inspection.and muster reports of Co ~or the Year of 18~5 ~?: ives the followin_g ratinas: ny H rty The co. better ere rcen"tare presen en as port sent ent re to panies to other ustered rship existence to ' ent, -ooo- *mhe roe Jt:Dr t 18, 1~07, p 3 col