While the company of Horse Guards took no active part as a unit in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, men from the organization had left the Company to take important parts in all four conflicts. A second amendment to the charter, approved June 17, 1901, provided that upon application "either or both companies of the Governor's Horse Guards" could be organized as a troop of cavalry in the Connecticut National Guard with a personnel of "one captain, one first lieutenant, one second lieutenant, one first sergeant, one quartermaster sergeant, six sergeants, six corporals, two farriers, one saddler, two trumpeters and not more than forty nor less than thirty-five privates." Seeing in this act an opportunity to become a military unit, the organization promptly presented a petition, and an order was issued by Adjutant General Cole July 5, 1901, authorizing the immediate formation of the troop, to be designated as Troop "A," Connecticut National Guard. This was followed by the election of Luzerne C. Ludington to the office of captain of the Troop. William J. Bradnack was chosen first lieutenant and Robert J. Woodruff second lieutenant, with John Hugo first sergeant and the following members:— Q. M. Sergt. Herbert Purmort Sergt. George McDermott " Frank A. Atwood " Henry H. Lord " Simon M. Hugo " Herbert F. Tiesing " Joseph L. Rosenberg Corp. Henry Klein " Friel H. Webber " Albert Newman " William M. Derickson " Alexander O. Coburn " Chas. F. Hofmeister Cook Floyd Doer " Harry Salerno Trumpeter Fred E. Wright " Robert T. Hibbard Private Allen, Henry " Atwood, Frank G. (Farrier) " Bradnack, John H. " Brainard, Merrit D. " Cook, Harry " Clark, Willard S. " Clark, Alvin " Frost, Edward P. " Guilford, Harry T. " Hall, Fred W. " Holbeck, Andrew H. " Hoyt, Ralph H. " Johnson, Clifford " Kirkland, Charles L. (Farrier) " Knight, Charles K. " Knight, Noble de R. " Korte, Rudolph S. " Landers, Lorenzo S. " Mongovan, George H. " Morgan, Benjamin F. " Mower, George E. " Ownes, James H. " Palmatier, Fred W. (Saddler) " Perkins, George " Potter, Charles H. " Reynolds, Charles " Schwille, George " Schindler, John " Smith, Samuel W. " Smith, Harry A. " Snow, Clarence S. " Snow, Dwight B. " Sparks, William C. " Todd, Horace I. " Watson, George E. " Williams, David G., Jr. " Woodruff, Walter L. " Woodruff, Charles B. " Wooding, Milo N. " Wright, Floyd E. " Yale, Howard C.