Powder River invasion : $b War on the rustlers in 1892Mercer, A. S. (Asa Shinn)
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Powder River invasion : $b War on the rustlers in 1892
Mercer, A. S. (Asa Shinn)
Cattle trade -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century; Johnson County War, 1892; Wyoming -- History
As evidence of complicity between Wyoming’s acting governor and the
invaders, it is in order to present the following transcript from the
books of the Adjutant General’s office:
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 23, 1892.
General Order No. 4.
Colonel De Forest Richards, Commanding First Regiment,
Wyoming National Guards:
Sir:
Colonel De Forest Richards, commanding First Regiment Infantry,
Wyoming National Guards, is hereby directed to instruct his company
commanders that they shall obey only such orders to assemble their
commands as may be received from these headquarters, to assist the
civil authorities in the preservation or enforcement of the laws of
the state of Wyoming.
By order of the Governor and Commander-in-Chief.
(Signed) FRANK STITZER,
Adjutant General.
In order to show that the above order is in direct violation of the
laws of Wyoming, the following copy of Section 33, Chapter 85, Session
Laws, 1890, is given:
“Sec. 33. Whenever in any county there is tumult, riot, mob or any body
of men acting together with intent to commit a felony, or to do or
offer violence to person or property, or by force or violence to break
or resist the laws of the territory, or in case of an Indian outbreak,
and the civil authorities are unable to suppress the same, or there is
reasonable apprehension thereof, the governor or sheriff of the county,
or the mayor or judge, during the absence of the governor, may issue
his call to the commanding officer of any regiment, battalion, company,
troop or battery, to order his command, or any part thereof, describing
the same, to be and appear at a time and place therein specified to act
in aid of the civil authority.”
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