The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-04-26
is GREAT ACTIVITY IN
STATE GUARD CIRCLES
First South Dakota Regiment Filled
and Second Has Nine
Companies.
ARE REASONS FOR THE HURRY
Must he Organized by June 20 in Order
to Got Federal Appropriations
Companies and Captains
of tho First.

Sioux Falls, S. D., April 23.-Unprece.
denied interest is being manifested In
South Dakota in military circles
Within thirty days from the time that
IS. j. Conklin was appointed adjutant
general he had filled the twelve com.
panies assigned to the First regiment
and there are already nine companies
about filled for the Second regiment.
OF these nine, four are from the Black
Hills and five from east of the Mis-
souri, river.
AS soon as uniforms and equipments
can be secured the organization of the
Second regiment will be completed
Assistant Adjutant General A. B. SEES
sions Of this city is receiving daily from
thirty-five to fifty letters from all parts
of the state, and as the allowance for
clerk hire is not yet available. he has
reason to regret that the military spirit
Is 30 rampant.
The reason for the haste in the or
ganization Of the First regiment liz
that 1t must be completed by June 20
IN order to secure from the federal gov
lernment the 5000 allowed to the state
regiments and the adjutant general
and the governor must certify that the
regiment Is complete at that time
There are now at Pierre enough
Hprtngaeld rifles and uniforms to equip
tone regiment. The South Dakota rep
Iresentatives in congress have beer
asked and will try to induce the war
|of 5000 to the second regiment, and aa
tho war department Is seeking to
GtinulHte the Organization of such
Regiments through the country there
20 some reason to hope that the request
will be granted.
Another Reason for Haste.
A further reason for haste is that the
South Dakota regiments want to be
ready to participate in the division en-
Icampments which are likely to be pro-
lvtded by the next congress. In the
tevent OF favorable report by the
commission now investigating the mat
ter It is thought likely that congress
lWtll provide for q grand division en-
icampment in each OF the four military
divisions into which 1t Is sought to d.
vide the country, and az these en-.
campments will be under the charge
Of regular army officer and as the
south Dakota boys do not want to lose
the fun.
1 Company A, located at Eureka, has
already been mustered In by Gov. Herr
reid. This company aspires to be the
crack one Of the state. as ii is the gov
errors home guard, and has the honor
OF carrying the first letter. Col T. e.
Orr will muster in Co. NJ at a date not
hxed, and AdJt. General Conklin will
muster in Co. Of Redneld. Asst. Adjt.
General Sessions will muster In the
others. Co. B and Co. G Of Sioux Falls
VIII be mustered In on Tusday and
"Wednesday evening Of this week, and
then the assistant adjutant general
Will leave to muster in the remaining
companies.
Companies and Captains.
The captains have not yet been Sc
1ected but It ID lilsely that the places
Will be bestowed as follows:
y Company A, Eureka, no selection.
Company B. Sioux Falls. e. D. Aldrich.
Company G. Sioux Falls, e. e. Hawk
Company 2. Mitchell, 9. ": coursey.
Company e. Canistota. Arthur Lange.
Company q, Redheld. III. d. johnson.
Company n. Howard. J. w. seney.
s. Company I. Armour, G. p. Houston s
& Company x, Milbank. b. H. Benedict
4 Company Z, aberdeen, G. w. Hubbard.
Company NJ. Evarts, 7. 9. Orr.
X About hnlf the members Of the last
named company are Indians and Captain
Orr says the rest Of the Fellows will have
20 look to their laurels when he gets his
company organized, AZ tho noble red men
take great Interest and promise him to
perfect themselves speedily In the arts OF
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