Volume 012-1 - January 1958 (2 pages)

gers, Company D, 5th Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade formed at Moore’s Flat. The Howell Zouaves, Unattached, 4th Brigade was formed in Grass Valley on July 27, 1865 under command of Captain J. H. Stebbins. Headquarters, 5th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade was formed in Nevada City on August 25, 1866 with Colonel N. W. Knowlton as commander. Battery C, Ist Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, which was formerly the NEVADA LIGHT GUARD, was organized on March 19, 1880. Company H, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade was formed in Grass Valley on June 3, 1893, under command of Captain P. T. Riley. Company C, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade was formed in Nevada City on December 9, 1895 and this unit, it is interesting to note, has quite a recorded history. It attended the first encampment in August, 1897 at Santa Cruz. On April 21, 1898 Company C was not mustered into service during the Spanish American War but stayed in Nevada City as a home guard company. In 1899 Company C had the largest percentage of its members qualified as Marksmen and won the “Silhouette Target Firing Trophy that year at Camp Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County betw een August 13th to 26th. Prior to s, Company C attended the Inde pendence Day celebration in Sacramento on July 5th, 1899, after marching overland from Nevada City and the Mountain Men received a large hand of applause all’ along the route of march for their resplendent appearance and their rugged aggressive spirit after such a long march. In the month of April, 1906, Company C was ordered to San Francisco for duty during the earthquake where they served from April 20 to May 15th. Their first camp was set up at 21st and Telegraph Ave., in Oakland, where they per formed patrol duty in Oakland until the 24th. On April 24th they were moved to San Francisco and camped in Jefferson Square and did patrol duty in that area. On April 25th they were moved to Haight and Cole streets, and on May 9th to Cole and Vivola streets where they remained until] they were released from active duty on May 15. Dudley Eldridge ‘“‘The Little Plumber” of Grass Valley was a member of the unit at this time. The next unit to be formed was Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, which was formed in Grass Valley on July 14, 1897. Company D, 5th Infantry California National Guard was composed of quite a few local boys during World War I. This unit was stationed at the San Francisco Exposition Grounds during September of 1917. Between World War I and World War II there seems to be a lull in military activities in Nevada County until Company E, 115 Engyneer Battalion (Combat) was organized in Grass Valley in January, 1941 and entered federal service in World War II on March 3, 1941, under the command of Captain Herbert E. Abell with William Durbrow, Jr., as First Lieutenant and William Clough also as First Lieutenant. Ralph Hunt was the first sergzz:ant. This unit mustered 100 men into federal service, with the large majority of the men going on to receive commissions during the war years. Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 115th Engineers was organized about this same time with Captain Daniel Hirsh as Company Commander and was called into Federal service during: World War II also. Company E “NEVADA _ RIFLES,” 184th Infantry Regiment, 49th Infantry “Argonaut” Division, California National Guard was activated February 25, 1947, one of the first Infantry companies in northern California to be organized when the California National Guard was reorganized following World War 10 This local unit saw State active duty during the flood of 1955, spending six days between Christmas and New Year’s on patro] duty at East Nicholaus. This same year also saw the official authorization to adopt the nickname “NEVADA RIFLES.” HELP TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTY'S IMPORTANT AND ROMANTIC PAST:— Join the NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Membership — Only $1 per year Dr. Elbridge Best, Vice-President & Membership Chairman, Cedar Ridge. Phone 956 Ed. Fellersen, President, Mrs. Clara Weeks, Sect’y. Kalph Salisbury, Treasurer Grass Valley, phone 2278 Grass Valley, phone 1058 159 Race Street, Grass Valley VISIT THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Located at Cornér of Main and Commercial Streets, Nevada City ar 11:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Every Day, June through August (Winter Season by Appointment) Nevada County Historical Society April, 1958 Volume 12, No. 1 History of Nevada County Militia Organizations Compiled and Written by Walter B. Murphy, Chief Warrant Officer, CAL. ARNG. An Early-Day Unit of the Light Guard, Company C, Nevada City Standing, left to right: Tompkins, Davidson, J. Dunster, Joe Tredennick. Seated, left to right: Jack Kilroy, (uncle of Elza Kilroy), Levi Nicholson, C. Dennis. (Photo loaned to N. C. Historical Society for display in its Museum by Elza Kilroy). Nevada City was first christened “Nevada” in 1850, and was so called until . 1864 when Nevada State was chartered and usurped the name, after which the word City was added. When, in 1858, a group of leading business and professional men, headed by Henry Meredith and Rufus Shoemaker. organized a Volunteer Militia company, they named it the NEVADA RIFLES. The organization of the militia company was done under the provisions of the “Act concerning the organization o* the Militia of the State of California” and the proper legal procedures were published in the Nevada Journal, owned and published by Mr. N. P. Brown. First publication was on twenty-nine January 1858 and continued until the twelfth of February 1858, as attested to by Mr. Thomas P. Hawley, Notary Public, who appeared before County Judge T. H. Caswell. Mr. Hawley was duly authorized by Judge Caswell to “Open a book in which he was to enter the names of all persons so volunteering, which he did with the following listed therein: Henry Meredith, Captain; Phil Moore, Ist Licutenant; George Story, 2nd Lieutenant: Jerome Moore, 3rd Lieutenant: J

gers, Company D, 5th Infantry Battalion, 4th Brigade formed at Moore’s Flat. The Howell Zouaves, Unattached, 4th Brigade was formed in Grass Valley on July 27, 1865 under command of Captain J. H. Stebbins. Headquarters, 5th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade was formed in Nevada City on August 25, 1866 with Colonel N. W. Knowlton as commander. Battery C, Ist Artillery Regiment, 4th Brigade, which was formerly the NEVADA LIGHT GUARD, was organized on March 19, 1880. Company H, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade was formed in Grass Valley on June 3, 1893, under command of Captain P. T. Riley. Company C, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade was formed in Nevada City on December 9, 1895 and this unit, it is interesting to note, has quite a recorded history. It attended the first encampment in August, 1897 at Santa Cruz. On April 21, 1898 Company C was not mustered into service during the Spanish American War but stayed in Nevada City as a home guard company. In 1899 Company C had the largest percentage of its members qualified as Marksmen and won the “Silhouette Target Firing Trophy that year at Camp Atascadero, San Luis Obispo County betw een August 13th to 26th. Prior to s, Company C attended the Inde pendence Day celebration in Sacramento on July 5th, 1899, after marching overland from Nevada City and the Mountain Men received a large hand of applause all’ along the route of march for their resplendent appearance and their rugged aggressive spirit after such a long march. In the month of April, 1906, Company C was ordered to San Francisco for duty during the earthquake where they served from April 20 to May 15th. Their first camp was set up at 21st and Telegraph Ave., in Oakland, where they per formed patrol duty in Oakland until the 24th. On April 24th they were moved to San Francisco and camped in Jefferson Square and did patrol duty in that area. On April 25th they were moved to Haight and Cole streets, and on May 9th to Cole and Vivola streets where they remained until] they were released from active duty on May 15. Dudley Eldridge ‘“‘The Little Plumber” of Grass Valley was a member of the unit at this time. The next unit to be formed was Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, which was formed in Grass Valley on July 14, 1897. Company D, 5th Infantry California National Guard was composed of quite a few local boys during World War I. This unit was stationed at the San Francisco Exposition Grounds during September of 1917. Between World War I and World War II there seems to be a lull in military activities in Nevada County until Company E, 115 Engyneer Battalion (Combat) was organized in Grass Valley in January, 1941 and entered federal service in World War II on March 3, 1941, under the command of Captain Herbert E. Abell with William Durbrow, Jr., as First Lieutenant and William Clough also as First Lieutenant. Ralph Hunt

was the first sergzz:ant. This unit mustered 100 men into federal service, with the large majority of the men going on to receive commissions during the war years. Medical Detachment, 2nd Battalion, 115th Engineers was organized about this same time with Captain Daniel Hirsh as Company Commander and was called into Federal service during: World War II also. Company E “NEVADA _ RIFLES,” 184th Infantry Regiment, 49th Infantry “Argonaut” Division, California National Guard was activated February 25, 1947, one of the first Infantry companies in northern California to be organized when the California National Guard was reorganized following World War 10 This local unit saw State active duty during the flood of 1955, spending six days between Christmas and New Year’s on patro] duty at East Nicholaus. This same year also saw the official authorization to adopt the nickname “NEVADA RIFLES.” HELP TO PRESERVE OUR COUNTY'S IMPORTANT AND ROMANTIC PAST:— Join the NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Membership — Only $1 per year Dr. Elbridge Best, Vice-President & Membership Chairman, Cedar Ridge. Phone 956 Ed. Fellersen, President, Mrs. Clara Weeks, Sect’y. Kalph Salisbury, Treasurer Grass Valley, phone 2278 Grass Valley, phone 1058 159 Race Street, Grass Valley VISIT THE NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM Located at Cornér of Main and Commercial Streets, Nevada City ar 11:00 A. M. to 5:00 P. M., Every Day, June through August (Winter Season by Appointment) Nevada County Historical Society April, 1958 Volume 12, No. 1 History of Nevada County Militia Organizations Compiled and Written by Walter B. Murphy, Chief Warrant Officer, CAL. ARNG. An Early-Day Unit of the Light Guard, Company C, Nevada City Standing, left to right: Tompkins, Davidson, J. Dunster, Joe Tredennick. Seated, left to right: Jack Kilroy, (uncle of Elza Kilroy), Levi Nicholson, C. Dennis. (Photo loaned to N. C. Historical Society for display in its Museum by Elza Kilroy). Nevada City was first christened “Nevada” in 1850, and was so called until . 1864 when Nevada State was chartered and usurped the name, after which the word City was added. When, in 1858, a group of leading business and professional men, headed by Henry Meredith and Rufus Shoemaker. organized a Volunteer Militia company, they named it the NEVADA RIFLES. The organization of the militia company was done under the provisions of the “Act concerning the organization o* the Militia of the State of California” and the proper legal procedures were published in the Nevada Journal, owned and published by Mr. N. P. Brown. First publication was on twenty-nine January 1858 and continued until the twelfth of February 1858, as attested to by Mr. Thomas P. Hawley, Notary Public, who appeared before County Judge T. H. Caswell. Mr. Hawley was duly authorized by Judge Caswell to “Open a book in which he was to enter the names of all persons so volunteering, which he did with the following listed therein: Henry Meredith, Captain; Phil Moore, Ist Licutenant; George Story, 2nd Lieutenant: Jerome Moore, 3rd Lieutenant: J