Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Will Have to Wait. [ARTICLE]

Will Have to Wait.

Adjutant General Ward has notified the proposed state militia company here that they cannot be mustered into the service of the state until sufficient companies are assured to form a new regiment. The tnird regiment is now complete and the fourth regiment, of which the Rensselaer company will form a part, will probably be complete and mustered into the service of the state within the year. Acting under the instruction of the adjutant general an election of officers was held Monday night. Dr. I. M. Washburn was elected captain, George H. Healey first lieutenant and True Woodworth second lieutenant. The law requires before an election can be legal that two-thirds of the company be present, and as only fifty members, or less than the necessary two thirds were present, the election will not be recognized. Nothing further will be done in the matter until the adjutant general comes to muster in the company, when another election will be held.