. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. ton, armed and equipped with ball cart-ridge. Signed, John R. Tanner. Shortly after the receipt of the above order and justas the train was pulling into the station. Captain Cole-baugh received a second telegram instructing him notto embark for Fulton un
. History of companies I and E, Sixth Regt., Illinois Volunteer Infantry from Whiteside County. Containing a detailed account of their experiences while serving as volunteers in the Porto Rican campaign during the Spanish-American war of 1898. Also a record of the two companies as state troops from the date of organization to April 30th, 1901. ton, armed and equipped with ball cart-ridge. Signed, John R. Tanner. Shortly after the receipt of the above order and justas the train was pulling into the station. Captain Cole-baugh received a second telegram instructing him notto embark for Fulton until further orders, but to holdhis company in readiness to leave at a moments men remained in the armory all that night expect-ing to be ordered out again, but were not and they re-turned to their homes in the early morning. The dis-turbance at Fulton was caused by the friction arisingfrom the removal to Rock Island, 111., of the head officesof the Modern Woodmen of America, but peace and quietwere restored without the aid of the State troops. Com- 48 History of Companies I and E. pany G of Dixon received the same order which CaptainColebaugh had acted upon in ordering his men toassemble for riot duty. The Dixon boys were on boardthe train which was to carry Company I to the sceneand were the only troops present at the COL. WALTER FIELDH0U3E,Aide de Camp. Illinois National Guards. 49 CHAPTER VI. Roster of the Companies. The following [)ages contain a separate roster ofeach company from date of organization to April 30th,1901. The roster of commissioned officers of theindividual companies precedes that of the enlistedmen. Upon the receipt of a commission by an en-listed man his record is carried to and complet-ed in the roster of commissioned officers unless he againenters the service as a private, which seldom occurs. The roster of Company I contains the names offour hundred and five men who have at one time or an-other been in the State service with this comp
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