Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-01-08

the appointment of a, committee to
investigate the recent violent expall-
GUNS FOR BATTERY
Will COST $50 OOl||
How Four New Field Pieces for Lis
bon Artillery are to be Secured is
Problem Mandan Should Bestir
Itself for an Infantry Company.
What is to ibe done with the bat
terry :" is question that is a.seriosls
one with the military authorities Of
/ the state. For many years the one
battery OF the state guard has BEEN
located at Lisbon, and an excellent
organization has been mainta aimed.
Three years ago the two obsolete
muzzlea oaders termed cannon were
condemned and turned in to the gov
{5ernment after they had nearly killed
two members Of the battery. Since
then the battery has done duty with
am old gat6idng gun, at only for the
dump heap, and caTbines The men
have struggled on patrioticaNy with
thhs equipment Id the hope of come
day; being provided with modern ar
1tiI4ery. Under The provisions Of the
f.sDick bill. saIch an, organisation wil
not be accepted as q hiatt ee1r:y,, and as
lit IS part of the state guard IL III
s3ndangering the state part of the
national mdlitia app prqiatdon. Under
! present regulat four guns con
stitltes a battery, and half Al battery
! will not he permitted. To- equip a.
battery according to the regulations
would cost the state about $3O, 900,
and require over 100 men. This ex-
penditure would eat uE, more tthsn
one years state and national appro
/ prdation and would, Iii addition re
quire members Of the battery to- he
thoroughly equNDed In the technical.
science OF modern gunnery. In view
Of these facts 1t is little wonder the
situation is one requiring not only.
serious consideration but pgompt ac-
20 4isgJon lis comp lively a small
city. No town In the state has more
energetic or progressive people. For
years 1t has sburdfly madnt aimed both
the regimental band and the battery,
either one of which would have over
taxed most towns OF the same size.
But with all it's patriotism there IS
/. "a limit to all things and il might be
Il a question If it. could furnish the men
I necessary tor q fouT-egnln battery
Is doubtful if Il any city in the
state could do it. It Dis struggle for
most towns to maintain an infamtry
company OF forty men, even Grand
Forks having failed in this. The ex-
. panse Of mainta aiming the ten connpar
nies OF infantry, battery and band
the past year put the militia fund
ont OF sight, and where the sac, GOO
for -four pieces Of artil lery lis to- come
from is q hard nut to crack And II
the battery doas not have the gums
the government win not have the
battery Does anybody know of q
1 Moses
H Halley has started q move
8 merit In Mandan looking to the or
/ ganization of a Tniltia company at that
point and, if given encoalrag aent by
! the state authorities, 1t IS understood
the young men OF that city will be
able to form d good comp my The
location of military company at
Atandan would prove a good thing for
the Bismarck company ALSO, as 1t
would not only stimulate i healthy
sivaIry between tae two organizat Ions
4 but would enable them to Join in
battalion movements and other drill
impractic able for one company IT
would probably also result In compe-
+ t5tion drills and In many ways IN
crease Interest width the rank and file.
With the mastering out of Company
n at Langdon there viii be three COM
4 pany vacancies fl the GUARD Grand
HsFlss has tried for two years To Ne
i ss,scitate ita company without success
ana Jamestown a,as MOI Vet come to
I sdie 5font witch new company tas
agraess 80 Il would ssens sls though