Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1898-06-10

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of the "alleged situation" The Herald
certainly knows better than this and
ought not foster such an idea among
the members of the Grand Forks COM
pany. The war department is handling
the call for troops and we cannot bring
ourselves to believe that the war depart
ment has any particular grudge against
the Grand Forks company-indeed we
doubt whether the war department has
ever heard that such a company ex-
listed, although it is possible of course.
The trouble with Grand Forks was that
the town failed to take enough interest
in the company to keep it alive, allowed
it to be mustered out without a word of
protest, and when the opportunity came
for companies to distinguish them
selves the penalty was paid by Grand
Forks in not having a representative
company in the national guard. Now
everyone is being blamed for the situa-
ton but the city of Grand Forks-to
which the blame belongs.
A press dispatch says one of the lieu
tenants of the North Dakota volunteers
carried a banjo case instead Of a sword.
It may be suggested that he was in his
peace armament and had not gotten on
his wal paint yet.
While no more volunteers will be &C.
copied from North Dakota, officials OF
the state militia will make an effort to
have the battery at Lisbon accepted by
the war department. This was one of
the first organizations in the state to
tender it's services to the government
through the adjutant general of the
state and is ready and anxious to go to
the front.
Up at Langdon q row in the state
militia company cost a man q news
paper plant and earned him another.
When the call for volunteers came,
Captain Chisholm of the Langdon com
pany, it is stated, refused to put a mo-
ton to allow the men to volunteer as a
company and as a result the company
was left out of the call. Gushing of the
Langdon Republican took the side OF
the company as against the captain, and
D.. H. Mcmillan, who sided with CHS
holm, evened matters up by firing Cush-
ing out of the Republican without civ.
ing him an opportunity to write his
Notwithstanding unprecedented in
the history of North Dakota newspaper.
dom. Of the result the st. Thomas
Times says: That militia row up in
Langdon bids fair to make the old wal
more bitter than ever. Dan Mcmillan
has kicked out Gushing from the con-
troll of the Republican because Gushing,
being an old guardsman, sided with the
men who wanted to volunteer. The
democrat crowd, usually against any
thing to help Mcmillan, sided with the
same fellow. McHugh and Mooney,
the old war horses Of Cavalier county,
started interest in a lev paper to be
controlled by Gushing, and it is said
within a month Cush will control a 49,
. 400 plant in Langdon by the best
business in the city.
The following is reported from Wash
ington: Senator Hansbrough called on
Secretary Alger to ascertain the number
of troops that would be assigned to
North Dakota under the last call for
volunteers. The senator learned that
under the first call North Dakota had
secured a larger quota than the state
al entitled to under both calls and that
consequently che will not be required to
furnish any additional. troops. Under
the first call North Dakota's quota
amounted to 800 and under the second
$50. Six hundred and forty-eight men
were accepted at the time Of the first
call, which is in excess Of the quota fol
both calls. The senator said that in
case other states failed To furnieh tha;,