. History of Milwaukee, city and county . as due in large measure to the watchful care of General Falk that Wisconsinescaped the trouble caused by the great Pullman and western railway strike of 1894,the only disturbance in the state occurring at Spooner. In the winter of 1893 he wasin command of the relief expedition sent to northern Wisconsin and Michigan to giveaid to the starving miners. While serving as adjutant general he revised the rules andregulations of the laws governing the National Guard of Wisconsin. In 1894 he servedas president of the National Guard Association. When at his own
. History of Milwaukee, city and county . as due in large measure to the watchful care of General Falk that Wisconsinescaped the trouble caused by the great Pullman and western railway strike of 1894,the only disturbance in the state occurring at Spooner. In the winter of 1893 he wasin command of the relief expedition sent to northern Wisconsin and Michigan to giveaid to the starving miners. While serving as adjutant general he revised the rules andregulations of the laws governing the National Guard of Wisconsin. In 1894 he servedas president of the National Guard Association. When at his own request General Falkwas retired by Governor Upham, the latter said: Few officers in the state have heldso many appointments or filled them so well. Whether as adjutant, battalion com-mander, quartermaster or adjutant general, he brought to the discharge of his dutiesrare ability, sound judgment and enthusiastic devotion. In the equipment of the stateforce and in the system existing in this office, he has left a monument to his executive. GENERAL OTTO H. FALK HISTORY OF :iAVATKi:K 63 SKill. His unfailing courtesy and consideration will be long remembered, and he carrieswith him to his retirement the respect and esteem of the Wisconsin National Guard. With the outbreak of the Spanish-American war General Palk was once more calledupon for active duty. While there were no vacancies in the state militia the presidentof the United States ciimmissioued him major and chief quartermaster on the .sth ofJune, l^, and the ;!mh of the same month he was assigned to the Third Army torps,reporting for duty at the corps headquarters on the 4th of July, after which he wasassigned as chief quartermaster of the First Division with a station at ChickamaugaPark. When two months had passed he was made quartermaster of the entire corps,stationed at Anniston. Alabama, and with the disbandment of the corps early in Octoberhe became chief quartermaster of the Second Division of the Fourth Corps. On
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