Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1898 — To Form Wisconsin National Guard. [ARTICLE]
To Form Wisconsin National Guard.
Madison, Wis., June 28. —Adjt, Gen. Boardman has selected companies from the following places to form the state national guard and notified the company officers that their tender of services had been accepted: Kenosha, Oconomowoc. Port Washington, Waupaca. Reedsburg, Milwaukee (two com* panics), Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, Rhinelander, Rice Lake and Ashland. In sending the notification Gen. Boardman stated that the selection of the companies to make up the national guard did, not necessarily indicate that they would be sent to the front In the event of a third call, aa it was necessary to have part of the guard here forborne protection.
