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 Be Organized by June go in Order
to Get Federal Appropriations
Companies and Captains
of the First.

7 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 filed the twelve COM
panies assigned to the First regiment
and there are already nine companies
about filled for the Second regiment.
lOf 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 this
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 so rampant.
The reason Tor thc haste in the Or
ganization of the First regiment lie
that 1t must be completed by June 20
On order to secure from the federal gov
ternment the 5000 allowed to the state
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and the governor must certify that the
regiment Is complete at that time.
There are now at Pierre enough
springfield rifles and uniforms to equip
lone regiment. The South Dakota rep
lresentatives In congress have beer
|asked and will try to induce the war
department to anticipate the allowance
|of $500 to the second regiment. and aa
the war department Is seeking to
stimulate the organization Of such
Regiments through the country there
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-
campments which are likely to be pro-
Evided BY the next congress-. In the
event OF q favorable report by the
fommtsston now investigating the mat
ter It 10 thought likely that congress-
VIII provide for a grand division en-
nampment In each OF the four military
divisions into which 1t is sought to d.
VIDE the country, and as these en-
nempments will be under the charge
o. regular army officer and as the
meld work Will be on large scale, the
South Dakota boys do not want to lose
the fun .
Company A, located at Eureka, has
already been mustered In by Gov HerA
reid. This company aspires to be the
crack one Of the state, as 1t Is the gov
ernor's home guard, and has the honor
OF carrying the first letter. Col. T. q
Orr Will muster in Co. M at q date not
hxed. and Adjt. General Conklin will
muster In Co. q Of Redfield. Asst. Adjt.
General Sessions will muster in the
others. Co. 3 and Co G Of Sioux Falls
VIII be mustered In on Tnsday and
"wednesday evening OF this week, and
thea the assistant adjutant general
Will leave to muster In the remaining
companies.
Companies and Captains.
The captains have not yet been se-
'lected but It 10 likely that the places
WIN be bestowed as follows:
4 Company a, Eureka, no selection
~ Company 3, Sioux Falls, q. d. Aldrich.
Company G. Sioux Falls, e. q. Hawk
Company p. Mitchell, o. ". coursey.
company ~ yolgn, Victor Dalthofp.
Company g. Canistota. Arthur LANCE.
Company g, hsdnead. n. q. johnson.
I Company I. Armour, g. =. Houston. ),
company =. Milbenk, b. n. Benedict.
Company b AberdSan, g.. w. Hubbard.
4 Company u. Evarts, i. O. orr.
About half the members of the last
Z named company arc Indians and Captain
CRf seys the rest Of the fellows will have
% look to- their laurels when he gets his
oompahy organized, - the noble red men
faks 9rsat Interest and promiss him to
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