Balsley v. State

This is a claim for injuries received by the claimant while serving as a member of Battery A, I. N. G., in annual encampment at Camp Lincoln in the summer of 1900.

Being assigned to the duty of firing the sunset gun during the week of the encampment, the claimant on the afternoon or early evening of July 29, called upon private Jesse Rupert, who was acting quartermaster, but not commissioned, and private Albert G. Stephens to assist him in discharging the cannon and lowering the flag, in pursuance of such order.

From evidence offered, it appears that the cartridge (about one pound of powder in…