Identifier: detroitlightguar00clow (find matches)
Title: The Detroit Light Guard : a complete record of this organization from its foundation to the present day : with full account of riot and complimentary duty, and the campaigns in the Civil and Spanish-American wars : a complete roster of members at the time of muster-out of the United States service, as well as a roster of all classes of members
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Clowes, Walter F. 4n
Subjects: United States. Army. Michigan Volunteer Infantry, 31st United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories United States -- History War of 1898 Regimental histories
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : J.F. Eby & Co.
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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laterwar. More would be difficult to write of a man of vigor andsterling character, with so large a balance of lifes prime tohis credit that his achievements are not history as yet, butrather fresh born memories—memories, that passing, leavea trail of pleasant reminiscences, but of such a characterthat one naturally falls to prophesying greater things aboutthe colonel, for in civil life he is also a man of large affairs,and has twice made lengthy journeys to the island which hefirst visited as a soldier, for the purpose of syndicatingCuban mahogany timber lands. Once before, the Light Guard armory sheltered a regi-mental headquarters—when Col, Wm. G. Latimer com-manded the Fourth, M. IST. G., and now Colonel Harrah hasbrought a return of the gratifying situation, for soldiers arsvery proud of any military distinction that comes their way,and his military successes having been responsible for thepresent distinction, forms another reason why the boys sorespect and esteen The Major.
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MaJ. Wm. G. Latimer, Thirty-fourth M. V. I., in his Headquarters at Seviila, Cuba, July 14th, 1S9S, in Command of Six Hundred Men from the Regiment Engaged in Road Building and Keeping it Open Between the Army in Front of Santiago, and the Base at Siboney. COL. WILLIAM G. LATIMER. Col. William G. Latimer was born February 23rd,1866, four years later than the birth of Colonel CharlesW. Harrah, and a singular fact is that Colonel Latimer,although four years younger than Colonel Harrah, enteredthe Light Guard four years earlier. The record reads that^Private William G. Latimer, Company A, First Battalion,Detroit Light Guard, enlisted on the 7th day of July, 1882,at Detroit, Michigan, and from this record it may be seenthat Colonel Latimer had very early military aspirations.After graduating from the Michigan Military Academyin 1883 as cadet captain, at the age of seventeen, he becameenrolled as a member of Company A (D. L. G.), 4th Eegt.,M. S. T., on July 8th, 1883. In December of the fo

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