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Wars · Military
This addendum runs the five military tests the depth audit found unrun in Wars & Military Service: the militia years, the named Guard lineage, the armory succession, the wartime airfield test, and the standing modern unit test. Each is worked from the open record named in the audit register — the county histories of Chapman (1880) and Howard (1907), the Indiana Adjutant General's published record as carried in the state compilations, the Indiana National Guard's own lineage and station pages, and the State Armory Board's minutes — and each closes at the strength that record supports, with the searches shown where the answer is a negative. As of November 2026.
The militia years: the county's standing companies, named from organization forward
1801 – 1895
The county's militia begins as Indiana's does: the Indiana National Guard's own history traces the institution to 1801, when the Indiana Territory organized militia companies to defend the settlements, and the forefathers of the…
The Guard lineage carried to the present unit: the 151st in South Bend, the 293rd tested
1846 – November 2026
The county's present Guard unit is infantry, and its line is the 151st: the battalion stationed in South Bend today is the 2nd Battalion, 151st Infantry Regiment, an element of the 76th Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 38th Infantry…
The armory succession, tested: none in the two townships; the county's in South Bend, in order
1928 – November 2026
Documented negative, at boundary size: no armory has ever stood in Clay or Harris township. The Indiana National Guard's community and armory listings, and the State Armory Board's minutes of 8 January 2025, name armories and…
The wartime airfield test: no installation on this ground
1941 – 1945, tested November 2026
Documented negative: no wartime airfield, base or air installation stood in Clay or Harris township in any war. The county's airport, Bendix Field — built by Vincent Bendix west of South Bend and worked from 1933 by Homer…
The standing modern unit test: no unit stationed inside the line, as of November 2026
As of November 2026
Tested at locator strength, like the Legion and VFW test in Wars & Military Service: as of November 2026, no National Guard, reserve or active-duty unit is stationed inside the Granger CDP. The Indiana National Guard's unit and…