As we related here yesterday, Carey had initially been resistant to calling a special session of the legislature, but he ultimately acquiesced and it was in fact held.
Carey was the first person to serve as Governor of Wyoming who had been born in the state. He continued his father's ranching operations and he was a banker as well. Serving his first term as Governor, Carey had survived the fact that he had not served in World War One, a somewhat surprising fact that was used against him during his campaign. He was a member of the Progressive branch of the GOP and had been a Progressive Party member, like his father, during its brief active period.
Elsewhere on this day, the Kingdom of Spain formed the Spanish Legion, which was modeled on the French Foreign Legion. Spain remained a colonial power with interests in nearby North Africa, and no doubt took note of the successful use of the French Foreign Legion in France's overseas affairs. Unlike France, however, Spain was not successful in recruiting very many foreign born solders to its legion, and therefore its ranks were primarily filled by Spanish recruits. Today, in order to join it, recruits must be either Spanish or from a former Spanish colony.
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