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The Second
Regiment of Missouri Infantry, National Guard
This regiment was
organized October 25, 1890. It comprised Company A (Carthage), Captain
William K. Caffee;
Company B (Butler),
Captain Harvey C. Clark; Company C (Eldorado Springs), First Lieutenant
Morgan Ryan;
Company D
(Sedalia), Captain Harry C. DeMuth; Company E (Peirce City), Captain F. C.
Stellhorn; Company F
(Springfield),
Captain A. E. Finley; Company G (Joplin), Captain F. C. Florrance, and
Company H (Nevada),
Captain Harry
Mitchell.
A meeting to elect
field officers was held at Nevada on November 12, 1890, and the following
were selected:
Colonel William K.,
Caffee, Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald B. Diggins, and Major Harry T.
Allen.
The dates of
organization of the Companies in the regiment are as
follows:
Company A
(Carthage), originally known as the "Carthage Light
Guard," was
organized October 8, 1888.
Company B (Butler), originally known as "Butler Rifles", was organized October 8, 1888. Company C (Lamar), was organized December 14, 1892 Company D (West Plains), was originally organized November 20, 1905, as Company K, Second Missouri Infantry. On January 23 1908,
it was transferred to the Sixth Missouri Infantry and designated as
Company A. On July 9,
1914, it was
transferred back to the Second Missouri Infantry and designated Company D.
Company E (Sarcoxie) was the successor of the Peirce City company of the same letter and was organized April 29,
1916.
Company F (Clinton), was the successor of the company of the same letter at Springfield and was organized May 14, 1895, and
mustered out of the service September 18, 1909. This company was
reorganized as Company G on
December 2, 1913,
and given its old designation March 2, 1915.
Company G (Joplin), was organized December 17, 1890, and mustered out on December 2, 1902. It was reorganized February 24, 1910, as Company F, and on March 2, 1915, given its old letter. Company H (Lebanon) was organized December 20, 1915. Company I (Webb City), was organized January 24, 1909. Company K (Springfield) was organized March 2, 1896, and mustered out September 14, 1899. It was reorganized January 16, 1908.
This company is the successor of old Company F, one of the original
companies of the
regiment
Company L (Jefferson City) was organized June 21, 1897, as Company A, First Separate Battalion, and was attached to the
Second Infantry as Company L May 4, 1898. It was mustered out March 7,
1900. This company was
reorganized June 9,
1909.
Company M (Aurora) was organized September 4, 1915. The Machine Gun
Company (Nevada) was organized November 12, 1915. This organization
succeeds Company H, one of the original companies of the regiment.
The following
companies have, during the period of their existence, been attached to the
regiment:
Company C (Eldorado Springs), one of the original companies of the regiment, was organized February 1, 1890 as the "Eldorado
Guard" and was mustered out May 28, 1891.
Company D (Sedalia), originally known as the "Sedalia Rifles," was organized March 25, 1890. It was mustered out of the service
on May 4, 1910.
Company E (Peirce City) was organized as the "Peirce City Light Guard" May 3, 1890, and was mustered out of the service on
March 11, 1916.
Company F (Springfield) was organized September 16, 1890, as the "Springfield Rifles" and mustered out of the service December
18, 1894.
Company G (Aurora) was organized April 24, 1905, following the disbandment of the Joplin Company of that letter and was
mustered out May 24, 1913.
Company H (Nevada)
was organized December 17, 1890, and mustered out of the service April 24,
1915, its
successor being the
Nevada Machine Gun Company.
Company H
(Harrisonville) was organized October 14, 1915, and mustered out January
7, 1916.
Company I (Sedalia) was organized April 27, 1898, and mustered out September 14, 1899. Company I (Greenfield) was organized February 18, 1902, as Company M, Sixth Separate Battalion, and was attached to the
Second Regiment and designated Company I March 4, 1902; It was mustered
out December 16,
1908.
Company L (Harrisonville) was organized April 24, 1905, and mustered out of the service July 1, 1901. Company M (Springfield) was organized April 27, 1898, and was mustered out September 14, 1899. This company was reorganized
April 2, 1903, and mustered out September 3, 1909.
Company M (Neosho) was organized April 17, 1906, and mustered out April 16, 1915. At the outbreak of
the Spanish-American war the National Guard was not called as such, but
the President
called for 200,000
volunteers and the National Guard entered the service in this way, every
officer and man
in the Missouri
National Guard volunteering for service. Governor Stephens announced that
the Missouri
National Guard
would be permitted to volunteer by organizations and that he would
commission their officers
with the rank they
held in the National Guard (thus permitting each organization to be taken
intact.) The
entire Second
Missouri Infantry regiment, officers and men, volunteered and were
mobilized at Jefferson
Barracks on May 6,
1898, and duly mustered into federal service on May 12, 1898. On May 20,
1898, the
regiment arrived at
Chickamauga where it was assigned to the Third Brigade, Third Division,
and First Army
Corps and remained
in the concentration camp there until August 27, 1898, when it was moved
to Lexington, Ky.
On November 8,
1898, it moved to Albany, Ga., and remained there until its muster out of
federal service on
March 3, 1899.
The following
companies constituted the regiment when mustered into federal service in
May, 1898:
Company A (Carthage), Captain John A. McMillan Company B (Butler), Captain Vernon L. Johnson Company C (Lamar), Captain Frank M. Thorpe. Company D (Sedalia), Captain George S. Edmonson Company E (Peirce City), Captain William A. Raupp Company F (Clinton), Captain Asa C. Landon Company G (Joplin), Captain Robert A. Spears The held officers
were Colonel William K. Caffee, Lieutenant-Colonel Harry C. DeMuth, Major
Harrison
Mitchell, Major
Franklin E. Williams, and Major Ralph Harrison.
On the return of
the regiment from the Spanish-American war, Colonel Caffee resigned and
Lieutenant-Colonel
Harry Mitchell, who
had commanded Company H when the regiment was organized and had served
with it during the Spanish-American war as major and lieutenant-colonel,
was made colonel. He retired on July 31, 1906, and
Lieutenant-Colonel
William A. Raupp was elected Colonel. Colonel Raupp was an enlisted man in
Company E when
the regiment was
organized and had served through all of the grades. He was one of its
captains during the
Spanish-American
war and in the absence of one of the majors commanded a battalion during
the entire period
of that service.
The regiment has had only three colonels since its
organization.
Under the order of
the President dated June 18, 1916, the regiment was mobilized at its home
stations on June
19, 1916, and
arrived at the State mobilization camp on June 24, 1916. It was mustered
into federal service
on June 28, 1916,
and departed for the border on July 6, arriving at Laredo, Texas, on July
8, 1916. It remained on duty there until December 28, 1916, when it
moved to Fort Riley, Kansas, and was finally mustered
out of federal
service on January 17, 1917.
On September 6,
1916, the regiment took over the patrol duty of the Laredo District,
comprising 145 miles of
the Border, and
remained on river duty until October 17, 1916. While on such duty it was
stationed as follows:
At Zapata, First
Battalion Headquarters, Major Halliburton;
Company B (Butler) Captain Clark; Company D (West Plains) Captain Springer. Ramerino, Company A (Carthage), Captain Trowbridge Urebino, Company C (Lamar), Captain Hall San Ygnacio, Third Battalion Headquarters, Major Smith Company I (Webb City), Captain Nesbitt Company L (Jefferson City), Captain Moore Dolores Ranch, Company K (Springfield), Captain Frye, less one platoon La Perla Ranch, one platoon of Company K (Springfield) Santa Rosa Ranch, Company M (Aurora), Captain Oglesby Dolores, Second Battalion Headquarters, Major Loy Company E (Sarcoxie), Captain Tydings Company G (Joplin), Captain Fillingham Machine Gun Company (Nevada), Captain Williams Perone's Ranch, Company F (Clinton), Captain Hibler Company H (Lebanon), Captain Martin |
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