Unit Papers on File at California State
Archives:
a. Organization Papers 2 documents (1855)
b. Bonds 2 documents (1855-1857)
c. Correspondence (Unclassified letters) 7 documents (1855-1861)
d. Election Returns none
e. Exempt Certificates, Applications for none
f. Muster Rolls, Monthly returns 2 documents (1855)
g. Oaths Qualifications none
h. Orders none
i. Receipts, invoices 2 documents (1856)
j. Requisitions 1 document (1855)
k. Resignations none
l. Target Practice Reports none
m. Other none
Official History
The City Guard was organized on February
3, 1855, in Los Angeles, at a meeting presided over by S. K.
Labatt. William W.Twist was elected Captain, of the new company
and John 0. Wheeler their First Lieutenant. Two days after. the
organization of the City Guard, the Bond of the new company was
filed with the County Judge of Los Angeles. Evidently the haste
in filing Bonds was due to the great need of help by the civil
authorities in suppressing lawlessness, which.was prevalent in
that vicinity at that time. In the latter part of February the
company received their arms and accouterments from the Adjutant
General. Although no further activities of this unit could be
found, it was assumed that the company played an important part
in preserving order in Los Angeles County and vicinity.
On February 16, 1856, `W.W. Moore was elected Captain of the
City Guard, and that election return was the last official paper
to be recorded in the Adjutant General's Office. Evidently Brigadier
General Andreas Pico of the First Brigade was in touch with the
City Guard, as the unit was reported as still being in existence
in 1861 by the Adjutant Generals Report of that date. The Report
of 1862, however, does not list the City Guard as a unit in the
California Militia and it was assumed the company disbanded in
the latter part of 1861.
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