Captain William R Sample
Kentucky Post, Thursday, 14 April 1904, page 8
Captain William R Sample, Regimental Adjutant of the Third, who
conducted a detachment of recruits to San Francisco and afterward enjoyed a
leave of absence on the Pacific Coast, has returned to duty.
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Kentucky Post, Tuesday, 10 May 1904, page 8
It is understood that when the tour of four years duty of Captain William R Sample as Regimental Adjutant of the Third expires by limitation of law, on July 1, 1904, Colonel Woodbury will appoint Captain John W Barker, commanding Company G Adjutant of the regiment and Captain Sample will again be in command of his old company C.