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 poses. The newly-formed companies, batteries and troops, with their newly- appointed instructors, were assigned to the old barracks, as follows:

10th P. T. R. Michigan and Wisconsin

Company A — First Company, Captain D. McCaskey.

Company B Second Company, Captain D. Wuest.

Company C — First Battery, Captain Bateman.

Company D Third Company, Captain W. E. McCaskey.

Company F — Fourth Company, Captain Parrott. Company G — Fifth Company, Captain Barnard. Company H — Cavalry Troop, Captain Sterling. Company I — Sixth Company, Captain Von Dem Bussch. Company K — Second Battery, Captain R. S. Parrott. Company L — Seventh Company, Captain Cruson. Company M — Eighth Company, Captain Hill. Company N — Ninth Company, Captain Woolnough.

Company O Tenth Company, Captain Leavitt.

Company P — Third Battery, Captain Worley.

11th P. T. R. Illinois

Company 2 — First Company, Captain Hamilton.

Company 3 Second Company, Captain Bach.

Company 4 — Third Company, Captain Kimbaugh.

Company 5 — Fourth Company, Captain Madison.

Company 6 — First Battery, Captain Morrow^.

Company 7 — Second Battery, Captain Osborne.

Company 8 — Cavalry Troop, Captain Nicholson.

Company 9 — -Fifth Company, Captain Sheldon.

Company 1 — Sixth Company, Captain Graham.

Company 11 — Seventh Company, Captain Wise.

Company 1 2 — Eighth Company, Captain Dow^.

Company 1 3 — Third Battery, Captain Meredith, followed by Captain

McGruder.

Company 1 4 — Ninth Company, Captain Trott.

Company I 5 — Tenth Company, Captain Byars.

The afternoon of the 1 6th was one of great activity. A change of quar- ters was necessary for practically every man. He first must locate his new^ barracks, then a cot. The cot, of course, he preferred to have near a former friend, but this was not always possible. Friends of the first month were separated, but new bunks in new companies were to lay the foundation for new friendships. The moving of personal possessions did not take long after a cot had been located. In fact, the entire transformation w^as accomplished with a surprising lack of confusion. By Saturday evening the majority were ready for the new^ tasks of Monday, and w^eek-end passes w^ere enjoyed as usual.

On Monday, June 18th, at 7 A. M., the new^ly-formed companies, bat- teries and troops assembled, were temporarily organized into platoons and

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