State v. Industrial Commission

Doeiífler, J.

The claimant, Johnson, sustained his injuries at Camp Douglas, while at target practice, as a member of the National Guard of Wisconsin.

The position taken by the attorney general is that the National Guard of Wisconsin is a part of the federal army, and not an organization of the state militia, and that consequently, being a federal employee, he is not entitled to compensation from the state under the workmen’s compensation act. On the other hand, counsel for the defendants contend that claimant at the time of receiving his injuries was a member of the National Guard; that such…