This honorable discharge certificate, dated April 18, 1892, records the military service of Sergeant Carl L. Stone in Company F, First Regiment, Minnesota National Guard. Elaborately lettered and bearing the state seal, the document attests to Stone's five-year enlistment, honorable character, and physical description at the time of service. A later notation records his re-enlistment in 1897. Documents such as this trace the pre-war militia careers of citizen-soldiers who would go on to serve in the Spanish-American War and the Philippine campaign, illustrating the continuity between state militia service and federal military mobilization at the turn of the twentieth century. Project: 218223