National Guard
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- Nov 9, 1891The Court-Martial That Dismissed ItselfColonel Haines walks free after a military court decides it had no authority to try him—leaving Governor Ferry to answer for the expense.Olympia, WA
- Jun 27, 1892Showdown at the National Guard CampA confrontation over drill tactics leads to an officer's arrest and a push to clear illegal liquor tents from the encampment.Seattle, WA
- May 14, 1894The Army Occupies the ArmoryWhen the Coxey's Army movement reached Seattle in 1894, federal troops were brought in to prevent a rescue of imprisoned protesters.Armory, Seattle, WA
- Jul 10, 1894Troops Take the Yards as Seattle Braces for the Great Railroad StrikeRegular artillery, deputy marshals and a nervous militia dig in across the city — even hauling the state's rifles up to the university for safekeeping — as the 1894 Pullman boycott reaches Puget Sound.Seattle, WA
- Jul 10, 1894The Night They Burned the Bridges: Sprague Makes Its StandA mob stones the returning militia, torch-wielding strikers destroy trestles on both sides of town, and a governor wires back orders to 'use all force at your command' to disperse the rioters.Sprague, WA
- Jul 31, 1894The General, the Strikers, and the Company That Wouldn't Ride With a Scab CrewBrig. Gen. A. V. Curry explains why he handed the rifles back to Spokane's Company G after its men refused to travel with a substitute crew — and why he thought the colonel who disarmed them had acted too hastily.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 5, 1917Waiting in the Wind for the Troop TrainKennewick residents braved a chilling wind at the depot to show solidarity for departing National Guard members.Kennewick, WA