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Show WHEN WEBER COUNTY ID fl BUNT OF SOLDIERS o In 1S66 Weber county had a regiment regi-ment of militia. From Merlin J. Stone, the following scrap of history Is obtained: ob-tained: Weber County Mllltla, 1866. On July -1, 1S6G, the militia of Weber county. Utah territory, was reorganized reorgan-ized and the following officers were elected for the First regiment, First brigade. Nauvoo legion, in Webor military mili-tary district, according to the United States army regulations, "General E. Upton's Tactics." Colonel commanding, William NIcol Fife, Ogden. Lieutenant colonel, William Elmer, Ogden. First major, David McKaj', Hunts-ville. Hunts-ville. Second major, William Sharp, Plain City. Quartermaster, Captain Henry Tribe, Ogden. Assistant and aide, First Lieutenant John Dee, Ogden. Chaplain, Captain Joseph Parry, Ogden. Og-den. Captain, Company A, Charles F. "TIHrUntnn flrHpn Captain, Company B, Mark Hall, Ogden. Og-den. Captain, Company C, Thomas Doxey, Ogden. Captain, Company D, James Owen. Ogden. Captain, Company E, William H. Pidcock, Ogden. Captain, Company F, David Bybee, East Weber. Captain, Company G, William God-des, God-des, Plain City. Captain, Company H, Caleb Parry, Marriott, Captain. Company I, Benjamin Ca-zler, Ca-zler, North Ogden. Captain, Company J, Joslah M. Fer-. Fer-. rin, Eden. Captain, Company K, Wilmor Bron-son, Bron-son, Iluntavillo. Captain, Company D, Edmund Ellsworth, Ells-worth, West Weber. Regimental adjutant, Charles McGregor, Mc-Gregor, Ogden. Regimental color sergeant, William Brown, Ogden. Regimental drum major, Richard D. Sprague, Ogden. First bugler, Thomas R. Thomas, Ogden. Og-den. Second bugler, William Pugh, Ogden. Og-den. Third bugler, Arthur Pugh, Ogden. Regimental sergeant major, David E. Browning, Ogden. Number of musicians in brass and martial bands, 42. Number of first lieutenants and second sec-ond lieutenants, 24. In all, twelve companies, 960 men Regimental company and platoon drill on Tabernacle square every Saturday Sat-urday until November, from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. Three days' drill and parade pa-rade with camp and garrison duty, with the Box Elder county regiment, at Camp Weber, on the Ifhe between Box Elder and Weber counties. (Signed.) CHARLES M'GREGOR, Adjutant DAVID E. BROWNING, Sergeant Major |