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1. Company H, First Regiment, West Virginia National Guard from Parkersburg, W. Va.

A photograph of a Guard unit lined up in a camp. 'Gen. Clarence L. Smith commanded the W. Va. Nat'l guard (father of C. E. Smith)'

2. Unit of West Virginia National Guard

3. West Virginia National Guard Band in a Field

4. West Virginia National Guard

A photograph of the National Guard drilling in a field.

5. West Virginia National Guard

Taken the day they started to war against Spain (Spanish-American War).

6. Company I of the West Virginia National Guard

The West Virginia National Guard drills in Parkersburg, W. Va. during World War I.

7. National Guard, Parkersburg W. Va.

West Virginia National Guard members marching during drills in Parkersburg, W. Va.

8. National Guard, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Members of the West Virginia National Guard drill in Parkersburg, W. Va.

9. National Guard, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Colonel C. L. Smith, later Brigadier General, graduated from West Virginia University.  He practiced law in Fairmont, W. Va., and established the Fairmont Times with O. S. McKinney.  He was a colonel of the First regiment of the National Guard.

10. Colonel C. L. Smith

The 201st was first activated in 1735 and is the longest serving unit of the National Guard. The men pictured are veterans of WWI.

11. 201st Infantry Regiment, West Virginia National Guard, Point Pleasant, W. Va.