[Hosea Stout Diary] Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday Nov. 17th 18th and 19th 1846. Was engaged at working at my house & drawing logs wood & hay
On Wednesday evening met the council at Rockwoods tent when the subject of the sheep herd was talked over at length & I left before council was out.
On Thursday evening I met the guard at Rockwoods tent as had been previously called together to be organized into a "Regular Standing Police" Guard, President Young & Kimball was there with myself as the committee spoken of before to organized them which was done & I was chosen Captain by the unanimous vote of all present.
The names of those present were as follows
1 Johathan C. Wright. 9 Perrigreen Sessions
2 Phineas H. Young 10 Elijah J. Sabin
3 Isaac C. Haight 11 George D. Grant
4 Peter W. Conover 12 Edmund Ellsworth
5 William Kimball 13 Lyman Whitney
6 George W. Langley 14 Augustus Stafford
7 S. A. Dunn 15 Garrett W. Mikesell
8 Jas W. Cummings. 16 Luman H. Calkins
The whole number chosen at his time was 25 not counting myself. The names of those who were absent were as follows
17 Ira Eldridge 21 Henry Herriman
18 Appleton M. Harmon 22 Elias Gardner
19 Stephen Winchester jr 23 A. O. Smoot
20 Alvah L. Tippitts 24 John D. Parker
25 Daniel Carns
President Young gave us the necessary instructions and also said that our number will be perhaps increased to thirty-two
It appears by the foregoing organization that the system of the "Old Police" so much feared despised and beloved in Nauvoo is now revived on precisely the same plan and mostly the same men as there was which composed the old Police in Nauvoo & with the same Captain at their headthose who dreaded us because of their wickedness there may well have the same fears now. For the same men and the same organization the same leader, the same circumstances to act on will naturally produce the same results.
After the foregoin regulations I proceeded to arrainge the guard to commence duty tomorrow evening & came home
[source: Diaries of Hosea Stout]
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