MALONE (NY) ARMORY ARCHIVES
AA.1999.0006
9.25 linear feet

Scope and Content

This series of records relate to the New York National Guard and New York Guard units stationed in Malone, N.Y. from 1878 to 1947. The series contains company journals, descriptive books, duty rosters, order books, financial records, photographs and other records dealing with the operation of the company. Included is a large group of military personnel records jackets from 1917 to 1948. These record jackets contain an individual soldier’s service record, enlistment record, discharge information, marksmanship record, descriptive list, etc.

Container / folder list

Box 1.

Included is a large group of military personnel records jackets from 1917 to 1948. These record jackets contain an individual soldier’s service record, enlistment record, discharge information, marksmanship record, descriptive list, etc.

Book 1. Roster of Company E (27th Separate Company) 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y. July 13, 1901 to 1908. 75 p.

Book 2. General Order Book. Contains the General Orders of the 27th Separate Company’s commanding officer from 1886 to 1903. Included are records of attendance for compulsory drill, instruction and arms practice. 281 p.

Book 3. Property Account Book, Company E (27th Separate Company) 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y. Record of equipment and supplies issued to company members from 1902 to 1908. Approx. 350 p.

Book 4. Journal and Endorsement Book, Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion,
N.G.N.Y. A correspondence log received by Company E (27th Separate Company) 4th Battalion,
1902-1910. Approx. 200 p.

Book 5. Collection of Special Orders issued by the regiment, or battalion, headquarters to the company, 1906 to 1921. Approx. 300 p. Arranged
chronologically. The Company’s regimental lineage includes: 1st Regiment N.G.N.Y.; 5th Battalion Infantry, N.Y.G.; Third Infantry N.Y.G.; and 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G.

Book 6. Report Book of the 27th Separate Company N.G.S.N.Y., Jan. 1, 1886 to Jan. 1, 1894. Records include company member attendance records and a record of company events.

Book 7. Report Book of the 27th Separate Company N.G.S.N.Y., 1894 to 1901.
Records include company member attendance records and a record of
company events.

Book 8. Report Book of Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y., Jan. 1, 1901 to Nov. 26, 1906. Records include company
member attendance records and a record of company events.

Book 9. Report Book of Company K, 1st Regiment (27th Separate Company) N.G.N.Y., Nov. 26, 1906 to Jan. 1, 1912. Records include company
member attendance records and a record of company events.

Book 10. Typed and printed Special Orders issued by State, Division and
Regimental New York National Guard Head Quarters’ to the Company, 1901 to 1916.

Box 2

Book 1. Descriptive Book of the 27th Separate Company N.G.S.N.Y., Jan. 1, 1886 to Oct. 31, 1900. Includes company member’s name, grade, date of rank and commission, business address, physical description, previous service, and resume of previous service. Indexed.

Book 2. Descriptive Book of Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion
N.G.N.Y., Oct. 31, 1900 to Jan. 31, 1907. Includes company member’s name, grade, date of rank and commission, business address, physical description, previous service, and resume of previous service. Indexed.

Book 3. Descriptive Book of Company K (27th Separate Company), 1st Regiment
N.G.N.Y., Jan. 1907 to Nov. 1911. Includes company member’s name, grade, date of rank and commission, business address, physical description, previous service, and resume of previous service. Indexed.

Book 4. Enlistment Book for the 27th Separate Company, 1878 to 1912. Gives name, enlistment number, age and enlistment date. Alphabetical.

Book 5. Forms of Books and Blanks for use by the National Guard S.N.Y., 1895.
Printed book which contains various forms used by the National Guard. Prepared by Frederick Phisterer. 150-200 p.

Book 6. Record of Property, Company K, 1st Regiment Infantry, N.G.N.Y., June 30, 1908 to Feb. 18, 1915. Lists property on hand, received and turned into the company. Organized by equipment type. Indexed.

Book 7. Reports of Company K, 1st Regiment Infantry, N.G.N.Y., Jan. 1, 1914 to Feb. 13, 1917. Copies of company reports, which include: “Report of Attendance”, “Return of Delinquents and Delinquencies”, “Requests Authority to Drop Enlisted Men”, etc. Related correspondence is included. Approx. 100 p.

Book 8. Company Order Book, Company K, 1st Regiment Infantry, N.G.N.Y., 1905-1913. General orders from the company commander to the company. 30 p.; 21 orders laid in.

Book 9. Order Book, Company K, 1st Regiment Infantry, N.G.N.Y., ca. 1920’s.
Roster and attendance book. Lists name, rank & attendance. Includes the “chair rental” account, 1923-1925. Approx. 80 p.

Book 10. Ledger Book of the John R. Stewart Post, Corps #50, Department of New York Woman’s Relief Corps (Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic), 1942 to 1970. Record of Malone area women who were dues paying members of this organization. Approx. 100 p.

Box 3

Book 1. Copybook of correspondence sent by the 27th Separate Company, 1895 to 1900. 20 p.
Dealing mainly with personnel issues.

Book 2. Copybook, 27th Separate Company, 1906-1907. Primarily copies of personnel and attendance records. Approx. 180 p.

Book 3. Letter book, Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y., July 26, 1895 to Jan. 12, 1905. Correspondence and reports relating to general Company business. Approx. 400 p. Indexed. Chronological order.

Book 4. Letter book, Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y., Dec. 5, 1901 to March 3, 1904. Correspondence and reports relating to general Company business. Approx. 300 p. Indexed. Chronological order.

Book 5. Letter book, Company E (27th Separate Company), 4th Battalion, N.G.N.Y., March 10, 1904 to April 9, 1906. Correspondence and reports relating to general Company business. Approx. 300 p. Indexed. Chronological order.

Book 6. Copybook, Company K (27th Separate Company), 1st Infantry Regiment, May 1907 to March 1909. Primarily copies of personnel and attendance records. Approx. 300 p.

Book 7. Copybook, Company K (27th Separate Company), 1st Infantry Regiment, March 29 1909 to Sept. 30, 1911. Primarily copies of personnel and attendance records. Approx. 350 p.

Book 8. Letter book, 27th Separate Company, 1905-1907. General correspondence. 18 p.

Box 4

F. 1 Company I, 105th Infantry payrolls, 1919.
F. 2 Correspondence relating to Camp Smith, 1932.
F. 3 New York Guard circulars, 1947.
F. 4 N.Y.N.G. circulars, 1947.
F. 5 Company I, 105th Infantry Active Training payroll records, 1932-1938.
F. 6 Company I, 105th Infantry training camp records, 1936.
F. 7 Company I, 105th Infantry drill payroll records, 1932-1933.
F. 8 Papers relating to Camp Smith training, 1933.
F. 9 Drill payroll records, 1936.
F. 10 NYS Adjutant General’s Office General Orders & Bulletins, 1940-1946.
F. 11 Camp and drill payrolls, 1928-1929.
F. 12 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., bills and receipts, 1945-1946.
F. 13 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., bills and receipts, 1944-1945.
F. 14 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., Company fund records, 1942.
F. 15 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., Company fund records, 1941.
F. 16 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., Company fund records, 1943.
F. 17 Company I, 105th Infantry, Pine Camp war games, 1935.
F. 18 New York Guard General Orders & Directives, 1941-1945.
F. 19 Company G, 6th Regiment N.Y.G., Company fund papers, 1944.
F. 20 Company I, 105th Infantry, Camp Smith records, 1934.
F. 21 Company I, 105th Infantry, Camp Smith training correspondence, 1931.
F. 22 Company I, 105th Infantry drill payroll records, 1031-1932.
F. 23 Company I, 105th Infantry, Camp Smith training correspondence, 1930.
F. 24 Drill & payroll records, 1929-1930.
F. 25 Drill & payroll records, 1927-1928.
F. 26 N.Y.N.G. & N.Y.G. Adjutant General Orders, 1946-1947.
F. 27 N.Y.N.G. General Orders, 1947.
F. 28 Annual training practice march maps, ca. 1905.
F. 29 Monthly reports of target practice & correspondence regarding target range lease, ca. 1940.
F. 30 Armory drill payroll records, July 1, 1934-June 30, 1935.
F. 31 Armory drill payroll records, July 1, 1935-June 30, 1936.
F. 32 Post administrative orders and instructions for Camp Smith field training, 1947.
F. 33 Armory drill payroll records, July 1, 1936-Dec. 31, 1938.
F. 34 Company G, 6th Infantry N.Y.G., company weekly strength reports, 1945-1946.
F. 35 Field service march maps, 1900.
F. 36 Band, 6th Infantry N.Y.G. strength reports, 1945-1946.
F. 37 Company K, 3rd Regiment, N.Y. Infantry N.G., record of monthly attendance at drills, Oct. & Nov. 1920.
F. 38 N.Y.N.G. Adjutant General Bulletins, 1940-1944.
F. 39 N.Y.N.G. General Orders, 1940-1946.
F. 40 Honorable discharges, A-H, 1917-1938 [Principally Co. I, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G, Company K, 3rd Infantry, N.Y.N.G. & Company A, 5th Battalion, N.Y.G.]
F. 41 Honorable discharges, I-Z, 1917-1938 [Principally Co. I, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G; Company K, 3rd Infantry, N.Y.N.G. & Company A, 5th Battalion, N.Y.G.]

Box 5

F. 1 N.Y.N.G. regimental regulations, 1920.
F. 2 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [BA-BL].
F. 3 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [BO-BR].
F. 4 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [C].
F. 5 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [D-G].
F. 6 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [H-L].
F. 7 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [M-O].
F. 8 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [P-R].
F. 9 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [S].
F. 10 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1911 [T-Z].
F. 11 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [A].
F. 12 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [B-C].
F. 13 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [D-G].
F. 14 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [H-L].
F. 15 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [M-R].
F. 16 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. military correspondence, 1912 [S-Z].
F. 17 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. pay rolls, 1909, 1917.
F. 18 Company K, 3rd Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. record of monthly attendance at drills, June-Sept., Dec., 1920.
F. 19 Company K, 3rd Infantry Regt. & Company A, 5th Battalion Infantry, N.Y.N.G., discharges, 1918-1919.
F. 20 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1911-1912.
F. 21 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1913.
F. 22 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1914.
F. 23 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1915.
F. 24 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1916 (a).
F. 25 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1916 (b).
F. 26 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1917 (a).
F. 27 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1917 (b).
F. 28 Company K, 1st Infantry Regt., N.Y.N.G. company correspondence, 1917 (c).
F. 29 Company E, 4th Battalion (27th Separate Company) N.G.N.Y. miscellaneous correspondence, 1901-1906.

Box 6

F. 1 Company I, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G. monthly attendance to drill reports,
Nov. 1929-June 1930.
F. 2 Company I, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G. monthly attendance to drill reports,
Aug. 1928-June 1929.
F. 3 Federal inspection correspondence regarding armory and company inspections, ca. 1935.
F. 4 Head Quarters, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G. circulars regarding summer training at Camp Smith, 1932-1938.
F. 5 Adjutant General, N.Y.N.G. directives regarding the reorganization of the
Guard, 1945-1948.
F. 6 6th Regiment Band, N.Y.G. discharges, 1943-1947.
F. 7 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Jan. 1940-Sept. 1940.
F. 8 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Aug. 1931-June 1932.
F. 9 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, July 1930-June 1931.
F. 10 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, July 1927-August 1928.
F. 11 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, July 1926-June 1927.
F. 12 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Jan. 1926-June 1926.
F. 13 Company K, 1st Infantry N.G.N.Y. payroll records, Aug. 1915 & June 1916; Record of Monthly Attendance at Drills records, Sept. 1916-June 1917.
F. 14 Capt. William H. Barney’s discharge from the N.Y.N.G., 1887; telegrams regarding the disposition of Company K, 1st Infantry N.Y.N.G., March 1917; Company K, 1st Infantry N.Y.N.G. morning reports, 1913 & 1914.
F. 15 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, July 1932-June 1933.
F. 16 Circulars and orders regarding shipment of used and damaged N.Y.N.G. property back to the state arsenal in Brooklyn, ca. 1925.
F. 17 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Jan. 1937-Dec. 1937.
F. 18 N.Y. State Armory and National Guard inspection correspondence regarding inspections of Company I, 105th Infantry and the Malone (N.Y.) Armory, 1933-1939.
F. 19 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, July 1935-Dec. 1935.
F. 20 Correspondence concerning Federal inspection of National Guard Armories in New York State, 1935-1939.
F. 21 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Jan. 1936-Dec. 1936.
F. 22 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, June 1933-June 1934.
F. 23 Company I, 105th Infantry N.Y.N.G. Reports of National Guard Duty Preformed forms, Sept. 1934-June 1935.
F. 24 Correspondence regarding the issue, showing and return of US Army training films, 1938-1940.
F. 25 Correspondence regarding regimental rifle training and competition, 105th Infantry, N.Y.N.G.
F. 26 Training orders and memos regarding drill agenda for Co. I, 105th Infantry, 1937-1938.
F. 27 Memos & correspondence regarding marksmanship testing and rifle scores, 105th Regimental rifle competition, 1934-1939.
F. 28 Training and ordnance circulars issued by HQ 105th Infantry to the
companies regarding training and equipment, 1938-1939.
F. 29 National Guard drill attendance reports and files for Co. I, 3rd Bn., 105th Infantry, 53rd Brigade, 27th Division, Jan. 1939-Dec. 1939.
F. 30 Memos regarding training and schooling for N.Y.N.G. members, 1932.
F. 31 Attendance to drill records for Co. I, 105th Infantry, Jan. 1938-Dec. 1939.
F. 32 Ordnance inventories and receipts, Co. I, 105th Infantry, 1925-1937.
F. 33 Ordnance and equipment reports, Co. I, 105th Infantry, 1932-1938.
F. 34 HQ, 105th Infantry special orders regarding promotions and assignment of officers and men, 1947.
F. 35 Regimental Supply Officer, Co. I, 105th Infantry, correspondence and reports, 1935-1938.
F. 36 Memorandums and correspondence between Co. I, 105th Infantry and HQ, 105th Infantry, 1938.

Box 7

F. 1 Correspondence, Co. K, 1st Infantry N.G.N.Y., 1910.
F. 2 Correspondence between Co. K, 1st Infantry and HQ, 1st Infantry & Adjutant General, N.G.N.Y., 1909-1911.
F. 3 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (A-B). Several letters to and from Col. James S. Boyer.
F. 4 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (C). Includes correspondence with State Senator H. P. Coates.
F. 5 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (D-G). Includes correspondence relating to the election of the regimental major.
F. 6 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (H).
F. 7 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (I-L). Includes correspondence with Gen. James H. Lloyd.
F. 8 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (M).
F. 9 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (N-Q).
F. 10 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (R). Includes correspondence with Ridabock & Company accompanied by Ridabock promotional material and a swatch of cloth for an officer’s uniform.
F. 11 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (S).
F. 12 Misc. Company correspondence, 1909-1911 (T-Z).
F. 13 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (A-C).
F. 14 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (D).
F. 15 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (E-H).
F. 16 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (I-P).
F. 17 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (Q-S).
F. 18 Company correspondence, 1923-1942 (T-Z).
F. 19 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (A-B).
F. 20 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (C).
F. 21 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (D).
F. 22 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (E-G).
F. 23 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (H).
F. 24 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (I-K).
F. 25 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (L).
F. 26 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (M).
F. 27 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (N-P).
F. 28 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (Q-R).
F. 29 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (S).
F. 30 Company correspondence, 1907-1909. (T-Z).
F. 31 Miscellaneous company forms and correspondence, 1907-1908.
F. 32 Quartermaster and ordnance forms and correspondence, 1916-1917.

Box 8

Military service records of New York National Guard members from, 1917-1948 (A-G).
These records may include the Service Record, Enlistment Record, Discharge, Marksmanship Record, Descriptive List, Identification Card. The information included in these records includes physical description, occupation, prior service record, education, family, etc.

Box 9

Military service records of New York National Guard members from, 1917-1948 (H-R).
These records may include the Service Record, Enlistment Record, Discharge, Marksmanship Record, Descriptive List, Identification Card. The information included in these records includes physical description, occupation, prior service record, education, family, etc.

Box 10

Military service records of New York National Guard members from, 1917-1948 (S-Z).
These records may include the Service Record, Enlistment Record, Discharge, Marksmanship Record, Descriptive List, Identification Card. The information included in these records includes physical description, occupation, prior service record, education, family, etc.

Box 11

Photographs relating to New York National Guard units and individuals from Malone N.Y. and associated with the New York State Armory at Malone, ca. 1870-1940.

Box 12

F. 1 Photographs, dated Feb. 2 & 5 1945, of snowstorm, Malone, NY.
F. 2 Photographs (with negatives) taken at Camp Smith, Peekskill, NY, ca. 1940, probably of the 6th Regiment, N.Y.G. from Malone, NY.
Scrapbook. Scrapbook of Company K, 1st Regiment, N.Y.N.G., 1916- 1920’s. Approx. 75 pages. Dedicated to the memory of Norman J. Paro, killed in action Sept. 29, 1918. Includes newspaper clippings dealing with the company’s history from their activity during the Mexican Border crisis, their W.W. I experience, as Co. K, 107th Infantry, to their activities in Malone during the early post-war years.

Box/ITEM 13

27th Separate Company Order Book. Manuscript; approx. 80 p. July 22, 1878-Sept. 23, 1885.

Box/ITEM 14

5 oversized photographs.

Box 15.

F. 1 Joint Declaration, 1954 Highway Safety 5 copies
F. 2 Civil Defense Emergency Pass 7 copies
F. 3 DMNA Circulars and General Orders 1950s
F. 4. New York State Military Regulations 1954-57
F. 5 New York National Guard Station List February 1955
F. 6 Selective Service System Handbook 1940s
F. 7 Malone Armory Caretaker Payroll 1935-39
F. 8 Malone Armory Payroll 1939-40
F. 9 Instructions for Dressing Lockers Placard. 1940s 6 copies.
F. 10. Personnel Records 1920s-1930s (MA.A. 1996 18)
F. 11 1950 Appointment of Gordon Roberts as Colonel
F. 12 General Orders 1960- November 1967
F. 13 Co. I, 105th Infantry Personnel Records 1940
F. 14 Payroll Records 1932-34
F. 15 Payroll Records 1935-38

Box 16

Annual Reports 1900-1933

Box 17

Book 1. Frank Leslie’s Leaders & Battles of the Civil War. 1889. Hardcover. Fragile. Contains illustrations from Frank Leslie’s Civil War newspaper (2004.0231)

Box 18

Book 1. 27th Separate Co., Co E 4th Battalion, Co. K 1st Regiment Enlistment Roll. 1878-1928. Hardcover. Fragile.

Box 19

Box 20

Personnel Service Records Malone Armory 1910-1930
William Adams through William Duffy

Box 21

Personnel Service Records Malone Armory 1910-30
Emile Dufore through Frederick Lamica

Box 22

Personnel Service Records Malone Armory 1910-1930
Hughey Lamica through Andrew Revette

Box 23

Personnel Records Malone Armory 1910-1930
Ernest Revette through Michael Zochouski

Box 24

Personnel Records Malone Armory 1940-42
Chateaugay Platoon
Leo Benware through Orville Yando

Map Case 10 Drawer 5

M16A1 Series Targets Alternate Course C
Large Targets identified as “Target International, Silhouette.”
Muster-Out Roll, Company M, 203rd Infantry. 1898-99
Malone Evening Telegram August 18, 1917 Co. K Roster. Fragile.
Blue prints. 1980s
Albany County Airport
Washington Ave State Armory
New Scotland Ave State Armory
Troy State Armory
State Armory Amsterdam
State Armory Glens Falls
State Armory Gloversville
State Armory Saranac Lake
State Armory Saratoga Springs
State Armory Schenectady
State Armory Ticonderoga
State Armory Oneonta
State Armory Whitehall
State Armory Hoosick Falls
Blue Print. Malone Armory proposed Masonry Repairs Feb. 10, 1943
Blue Print. Camp Drum June 1968.

Subject Headings

Armories—New York (State)—Malone
Franklin County (N.Y.)—History, Military
Malone (N.Y.)—History, Military
New York Guard. 6th Regiment, Company G
New York Infantry. 1st Regiment, Company K (National Guard)
New York Infantry. 3rd Regiment, Company K (National Guard)
New York Infantry. 27th Separate Company (National Guard)
New York Infantry. 105th Regiment, Company I (National Guard)

Michael Aikey April, 1997;
updated: Ann Prentice March, 2004

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