Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-05-06

the district court and holds that such a
con tract was not legal or binding and
that the bank cannot recover.
The Official Order.
From Saturdays Daily.
The official orders of the war depart
ment for the mastering and mobiliza-
ton of volunteers from the state of
North Dakota were received this morn
ing. The officials Of the state guard
have been waiting for these orders be-
fore issuing orders to company COM
manders to report with their companies
at the point of concentration designated,
although the companies have had their
quotas fllel and reported. themselves
ready for duty. The order for the mob
~ilazation signed by Secretary Alger is as
follows:
''To the Governor-Sir: Under the
act OF congress to provide for temper
arily increasing the military establish.
ment, of the United States in time Of
war, and for other purposes approved
April %. 1898, and calling for $4,000
volunteers, by direction of the president
l have the honor to request you to pro.
vide from your state the quota of volun-
teers as follows: Two battalions of in.
fantry to serve in the arms for service
designated for the period of two years,
unless sooner discharged. Attached
will be found a statement showing the
organization for artillery, cavalry and
Infantry.
PLEASE cause the Adjutant General
81 lsfEhkselSarmy to be informed of the time
yodEsauota will be at it's rendezvous, as
it will be met as soon as practicable
thereafter by. an officer to muster it into
the service and pay of the United
States. The mastering officer will be
instructed to receive no man under the
rank of commissioned officer who is in
years over As or under 10 or who is not
in physical strength and vigor. AS
soon as mustered into the United States
service it is the intention that troops
from your state shall be assembled with
others for instruction and service under
the direction of the major general COM
handing the army at some point or
points to be designated hereafter.
sit is desired. for reasons stated in
kilograms of this date, as far as practi-
cable, the national guard be given pref
erence. The rendezvous for your state
will be Fargo. If, for any cause, it is
found necessary to change the point or
concentration, your recommendation is
requested.
"Bands may be organized from the
strength of regiments, as in the regular
army, viz: (See par. 245, army regula-
tons 1852 Very respectfully,
RUSSELL A. ALGER,
Secretary of War"
Accompanying the official order of the
war department was a statement of the
organization Of the volunteers, showing
the following strength of companies:
One captain, one first lieutenant, second
lieutenant, first sergeant, quartermaster
sergeant, four sergeants, twelve corpor-
ais, two musicians, artificer, waggoner,
and. ffty-nine enlisted men, a total of
e%ighty-four men.
The official complement of the two
battalions will be as follows: Lieuten-
ant colonel, two majors, adjutant, with
rank of extra lieutenant; quartermaster
with rank of extra lieutenant, surgeon,
two assistants, chaplain, sergeant major,
quartermaster sergeant, chief musician,
twoSprincipal musicians and three hos
pital} stewards.
Notifications were at once sent to the
captains of the several companies, ad-
| vising them that they would move upon
orders to Fargo and there report to Col.
Peake, in command of the battaions.
Arrangements have been made with
the Great Northern road for the trans,
portation Of the troops along their line
of road. The rate charged will be about
q cent a mile per man, and the train
will carry the companies along the line
as follows:s
Leave Devils Lake, 4:10 p. M, Mon.
day, May 2, arriving at Fargo at 1890.
Leave Grafton at $50 n. M, Monday,
Maya arriving at Fargo at 1880 p. m
Leave Wahpeton at BIZ d. M, Mon.
day, May 8, arriving at Fargo at $40.
The orders for the moving Of the com.
panies along the Northern Pacific from
Dickinson, Bismarck, jamestown and