Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1898 — Wisconsin National Guard. [ARTICLE]

Wisconsin National Guard.

Madison, Wis., April 11. —It is expected that the national guard of Wisconsin will be called into the federal service this week. It is given out that Capt. Charles King, ex-adjutant general of the state, will be placed in command of the Wisconsin national guard when it goes to the front. The Wisconsin national guard has a total strength of 217 officers and 2,450 men, making 2,667 in all. It is divided into four infantry regiments, one battery of light artillery and one troop of cavalry.