Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1899-08-10
Representatives Will be at
San Francisco to Welcome
the Volunteers.
Executive Committee Appoint
cd by HansbrOuGh to
Represent the Towns.
Matter Of Transportation OF
Troops from San Francisco
Not Decided.


the cities in North Dakota having com
panies in the regiment now enroute
from Manila to San Francisco, held at
Fargo Saturday, several important mat
ters were decided.
The regiment will be mustered out
at San Francisco, according to the
wishes of the men as expressed before
leaving Manila.
They will be met at San Francisco by
the governor, the two senator's. the con-
Qressman and the adjutant general re-
nresentipp the state OF North Dakota.
Each city having company is to be
represented by one or more persons
Each city will bear the expense or
bringing It's own company home, II 1t 's
deemed advisable to pursue such
course. Otherwise the boys will pay
there own fare.
The conference was called to order by
Adjutant General Miller and Senator
Hansbrough Was chosen chairman ana
Thomas H. Poole as secretary. lhe
call for the meeting was read and the
object of the gathering was stated. ibis
was followed dy recess to await the
arrival of the delegates from the towns
out west. A resolution offered by Major
Maplone was amended as follows:
Resolved, that the chairman OF this
committee request the local committees
where companies exist to name mem
Der for a general com mittee to whom
all matters connected with the bringing
home OF our boys be referred, with
power to act in conjunction with Cover
ner Fancher who ls to be an ex-offlclo
member OF the committee.
This was adopted. The executive
committee, az selected by the different
towns, was appointed by Chairman
Hausbrough. as follows:
Devils Lake-H. G. Hansbrough,
Fargo, J. A. johnson; Grafton. 0. d..
Ssuter; Wahpeton, W. E. Purcell; Val
ley City, G. F. Mudgett; Bismarck,
Judge Winchester. jamestown and
Dickinson to report names to Senator
Hanbough, chairman. The suggestion
OF Gov. Dickey for transportation
com mittee was carried. The following
is the committee named for that pur-
pose: II. c. nsbrough, Devils Lake;
B. F. Spauldlng. Fargo; Alfred Dickey,
Jamestown; A. P. Peake, Valley City
W. E. Purcell, Wahpeton.
It was moved and carried that this
committee suggest that the following be
made committee on reception at San
Francisco: Governor Fancher. Senator
Hansbrough, Senator McCumber, Con-
gressman Spalding, Adjutant General
Miller. II was resolved that each of the
cities having companies in the First
North Dakota select representative
to 60 to San Francisco to act as local
reception committee for their respective
cities.
Upon the motion of Governor Dickey
the following resolution introduced by
Judge Winchester was unanimously
adopted. Resolved the committee on
transportation act and report at once
to the executive committee which Is d.
rectly to publish the best possible rates
attain able and that local com niittees be
authorized to act in bringing home their
respective companies as they deem best.
Following the adjournment of the
conference committee the executive
committee held meeting and organized
by the election of Senator Hansbrough b
ss chairman and Il. H. Poole as secre-
tary. An adjournment was then taken
unt1l Aug. IA, at 1870 at Fargo.