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Clan Forbes Society
Forbes in the Military
20th and 21st Centuries
Edwin Alexander Forbes
U.S. California National Guard
Commander, various units;
Adjutant General
Years of Service:
1879 - 1915
Forbes is known as the Father of the California Cadet Corps. He also had the reputation of being a crack shot. As captain of the Marysville company in 1895, he broke the world record for target shooting in competition with 50 men.
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