Reagan Guards - 1886, Wood County, Texas

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Submitted by: Don Brownlee <vcspc006@csun.edu> 
        Date: March 31, 2002
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Galveston Daily News, 27 April 1886:

Mineola, April 26. Last night the members of the Reagan Guards, a military
company organized here April 8, were sworn into service. The following are the
names of the commissioned officers: H. H. Cate, captain; R. H. Bruce, first
lieutenant; L. N. Turman, second lieutenant.

The company has a full complement of men. Two leading Mineola merchants -- Mr.
B. F. Read and Mr. J. H. Newsom -- had the privilege of naming the company,
having contributed the largest amount of money for the purchase of uniforms.