The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-08-16
WHIPPED THE ]. S.
REGULARS IN
BATTLE
N. D. National Guard Home
From Wyoming Company
6 in City Today.

60. Z OF Grafton passed through the
city this morning on the delayed N.
P. train from the east, returning home
from Fort Russell, Wyo., where the
entire North Dakota national guard
has been encamped for the past ten
days. Col. w. G. Treumann and Major
]. H. Frame were in command. The
North Dakota militia left Ft. Russell
on Monday afternoon by special train,
which conveyed them as far as Detroit,
MIMI, where the various companies
took different trains for their respec-
tive homes. The North Dakota boys
were the only militiamen at Fl. Rus
sell during their weeks stay and they
were put through great many maneu-
Vers with the regulars stationed there
which furnished valuable experience.
That they made good showing at the
encampment is instanced by the fact
that, after twenty mile march, they
engaged in a sham battle with a crack
regiment of cavalry, which attacked
them in the rear and captured their
transport wagons, and, after fierce
engagement, managed to outgeneral
and defeat them. The boys appear to
have been put through a hard course
of sprouts, one of the first things re-
quired of them, after stalking out their
camp, being march of twenty-one
miles up the mountain SIDE This, at
an altitude of about 5000 feet, is most
trying upon any man in prime physi-
cal condition. but it is understood that
only three men out of the entire regi-
ment had to fall out on account of
fatigue.
The members are not only delighted
with the trip, but are justly elated over
the splendid showing made by the
boys from this state. The ten days
camp life was not a new thing to many
of the boys, for they had seen the
real thing in army life in the Philip
pines. But to those who had not seen
the work of a great army in operation,
the sight was a source of double de-
light.
About $4,000 of the regulars were
in camp and the national guard of one
state is combined with the regulars at
time. North Dakota had two bat
talions and made a showing which
opened the eyes of the regular army
officers. In addition to the work of
the commissary and hospital divisions,
a large part of the maneuvers con-
sisted of real battle work. For the
carrying out of this, referees were ap-
pointed who rendered their decisions
upon the actual work of the contend
ing armies. The ground was broken
and decidedly mountainous and Afford
ed an opportunity for real maneuvers.
The North Dakota boys were pitted
in these contests against the regulars,
and In every contest were awarded the
victory. The regular army officers,
while somewhat disguised at being re-
peatedly defeated by the militia, were
loud tn their praise of their work.
One of the officers who was in camp
when asked for an explanation of this,
stated that it was probably due to the
fact that the regular army officers
were theoretical men from West
Point who had never had any expert
ence in handling men over such
ground, while nearly every officer of
the North Dakota crowd had had at
least a years experience in the Philip
pines over territory very similar to
that over which the maneuvers were
held.
The boys are delighted with the
records they have made and they are
certainly credit to the state.