Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-01-12

been necessary, however, to resort
to this scheme as 1t is the company,
commander who Is responsible for
and should see to the Theoretical and
practical instruction Of his company,
not only II drill but u eyeryth ln h
necessary TO make them fielent1.
The proper perfermanee Of guard
duty is essential to efficiency.
The scheme outlined earlier in this
paper has been found to be very
practical method of instructing q
company In guard duty and has al
ways resulted in well-instructed sem
,tinels and nonrcommissioned officers
besides being Of benefit to officers.
III applied to a company Of national
guard it is believed that the results
would be equally good. I would rec
sommend its use, particularly just be-
fore going into camp.
ssThe ENLISTED Man,
Private D. s. Brogunier of Com
pany I, N. D. N. G., spoke as follows
on .'The Enlisted Man:
Since the passage of the Dick bill
the state national guard is considered
the reserve Of the standing army;
and, this being true, it is the duty
of those in authority to be on the out
look for the means whereby our ma
tional guard can be placed upon such
a standard Of excellency that will
bring credit to our state. We main
tanned that standard during our little
misunderstanding with Spain, and I
believe with a little forethought we
can even do better If called upon.
I wish to call your attention to a
few things as seen by the enlisted
man during the encampment: 90
A booklet containing the manual of
arms on company drill should be is
sued to all enlisted men. The cost
would be very little, and they would
have better conception Of the orders
when given. C2) More attention
should be paid to the demands of the
captain by the quartermaster gen
erals Office in regard to equipment,
not as to quantity but as to quality
of goods sent. A large enough re-
serve stock should be kept SO that
orders could be filled just as they are
ordered, and nothing substituted; the
equipment of shoes especially, for a
poor-fitting shoe can put man out
Of service about as quick as any
thing. (3) We would like to see a
dentist on the hospital staff. Many
of the boys were suffering from the
toothache and they received abso-
lutely no relief. Now we do not wish
to criticise the ability Of the hospital
STAFF, for they did the best they could,
but we think it Just as important to
be relieved Of the toothache as any
other physical disorder. ca There
is no telling what the secretary of
war will do in the future about mo-
bilizing the state guard, and if our
guard ever goes out of the state
again to new camp we would like
to have someone sent ahead to make
ample provisions for the necessary
comforts Of the men. It is just as
important to have something to sleep
on the first night as 1t is the last.
Many Of the men were unfit for SER
vice just from the lack Of a little
hay upon which to sleep. 4
1t also looked as if we were not
treated very well by having us to
carry our equipment uphill for TWEEN
ty miles while the rest Of the state
guards came in by down hill route
and had their equipment hauled for
them. I am sure if it was a ques-
ton Of finance the boys would have
been willing to pay for it from their
own pockets. Such unnecessary hard
ships only cause dissatisfaction and
hard telling among the men. It is
just the same in the national guard