At the close of 1878, the companies in the Indiana Legion and the officers were:

Terre Haute Light Guard-Captain Charles O. Wood, First Lieutenant F. C. Crawford and Second Lieutenant W. H. Armstrong.

Indianapolis Light Infantry-Captain Nicholas R. Ruckle, First Lieutenant George Butler and Second Lieutenant James R. Ross.

Lafayette Guard-Captain James R. Carnahan, First Lieutenant Collins Blackmer and Second Lieutenant Charles E. Erving.

Monroe Guard, of Bloomington-Captain H. J. Feltus, First Lieutenant Alfred R. Howe and Second Lieutenant Thomas C. Purcell.

Evansville Rifles-Captain William M. Blakey, First Lieutenant Jacob W. Messick and Second Lieutenant Henry Hammersley.

Marshall County Guard, Company A, of Plymouth-Captain James E. Houghton, First Lieutenant Hiram Moore and Second Lieutenant William Holland.

Lebanon Cadets-Captain Felix Shumate, First Lieutenant Frank Gregory and Second Lieutenant John H. Busby.

Marshall County Guard, Company B, of Bourbon-Captain George Stockman, First Lieutenant Charles H. Wynant and Second Lieutenant John K. Lawrence.

Lane Guard, of Crawfordsville-Captain John A. Denneen, First Lieutenant D. W. Staras and Second Lieutenant M. G. McCarty.

Rochester Light Guard-Captain H. P. Bitters, First Lieutenant John J. Myers and Second Lieutenant Benjamin M. Elliott.

Governor's Guard, of Terre Haute-Captain W. P. Hector, First Lieutenant John T. Staff and Second Lieutenant Newlan Rogers.

Shelby Rifles, of Shelbyville-Captain John W. Vannoy, First Lieutenant August Depray and Second Lieutenant William Craycraft. Russ Rifles, of Indianapolis-Captain Robert Emmett, First Lieutenant J. R. Forbes and Second Lieutenant C. S. Butterfield.

Richmond Light Guard-Captain Joseph Iliff, First Lieutenant Samuel F. Judy and Second Lieutenant Henry T. Barnes.

Newport Light Guard-Captain Jacob A. Souders, First Lieutenant Robert B. Sears and Second Lieutenant A. C. Brokaw.

North Manchester Guard-Captain A. A. McKain, First Lieutenant Samuel Dunbar and Second Lieutenant James Arnold.

Trees' Grays, of Anderson-Captain Larry Anderson, First Lieutenant David R. Berg and Second Lieutenant Cornelius Dougherty.

Tykle Guard, of Middletown-Captain Charles C. Shedron, First Lieutenant Joseph A. Young and Second Lieutenant Joseph A. Swope. Kokomo Guard-Captain Francis M. Gideon, First Lieutenant William T. Wiley and Second Lieutenant Baker A. Bannum.

Lime City Battery, of Huntington-Captain George Wetmore, First Lieutenant Charles W. Walkins and Second Lieutenant A. J. Rosebraugh.

Nearly all these companies ceased to exist before regiments were organized, and but four, the Terre Haute Light Guard, the Indianapolis Light Infantry, the Evansville Rifles, and the Richmond Light Guard, became companies when the new order was instituted. All others had disbanded.

During the two years from 1879 to 1881, a number of new companies were organized and enrolled in the militia. All

of them were included in the regiments, and they were the Sherman Guards, of Frankfort, the Waterloo Rifles, the McCune Cadets, of Rockville, and the Remington Guards.

Again, and it proved to be the last call to active service before the organization of regiments, the Indianapolis Light Infantry was called out to preserve the peace. An atrocious murder was committed at Salem and the "Regulators," then quite numerous in that part of the State, had demolished the jail in an effort to lynch the prisoner. In the disguise of women's clothing he had been hurried to New Albany by the sheriff, and on October 31, 1879, the Light Infantry was sent as a guard when he was returned to Salem for trial. Many threats were made of blowing up bridges over which the train passed, and dreadful deeds said to be about to be done, but the company took him back, remained on duty three days during the trial, and returned him to New Albany in safety.

CHAPTER IV.

ENCAMPMENTS AND ACTIVE SERVICE.

The National Guard system of to-day is a comparatively recent product in Indiana. To General James R. Carnahan, who became Adjutant-General January 17, 1881, is due more credit for it than to any one man, and he may be justly called the father of the National Guard. General Russ had commenced the work, and, later, General N. R. Ruckle perfected the details. To those three men is due the credit for the foundation of the system of to-day, but to General Carnahan is due greater praise than either of the others.

He gave to the Legion a tremendous impetus; he first organized regiments and he held the first encampments. This was done, not with the aid of the State but in spite of the State, for no support was given the Legion by the State. The organization was maintained through pride only and entirely at the expense of the members. There were separate companies in the State when General Carnahan entered upon the duties of his office, but he was not satisfied with a Legion of separate companies.

He assumed seemingly impossible tasks and carried them through successfully, and he inspired among the members of the Legion a feeling of pride in their organization. He brought the Legion prominently before the public as an organization and he received substantial aid and support from the veterans of the civil war.

Public spirit had died down somewhat and there were few organizations as a nucleus for General Carnahan to work around. He lost no time and by the end of his second year he had an organized Legion of twenty-nine companies of infantry, with 103 officers and 1,491 enlisted men; five companies of artillery, with eighteen officers and 175 enlisted men, and one company of cavalry, with three officers and forty-four enlisted men, or a total of 214 officers and 1,710 enlisted men. This was but a small proportion of those in the State subject to military duty, the number then being 320,546, but it was a well organized, well drilled, and, considering that the State did practically nothing for it, a well equipped force.