The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-23
GUARDS MUSTERED IN
Separate Company A Mustered in Fri.
day Evening by Captain Ray
Nj. L. Shade Captain.


day Evening by Captain Ray
Nj. Il. Shade Captain.
With the mastering in of forty
two young men at the city hall Friday
evening by Captain Ray of Yankton
Separate Company A of the South
Dakota National Guard was created
and Mitchell will once more have a
military organization. A fine group
of young men gathered and the per-
sonnet of the new company will be
the equal Of any in the state.
After mastering the men in Cap
tain Ray gave a talk to the members
of the company In which he paid
them a compliment for. the number
which the company had upon organ
ization and upon the high standard
which they had set for the members.
He noted the different walks Of life
which were represented and predict
ed a brilliant future for the body
with the officers which had been elect
ed. He bespoke for the company the
cooperation of the business men, es-
pectally in the way of granting their
employees who were enlisted favors
in the way Of time to devote to the
drills and encampments. In refer
ence to the 8 Of tho auditorium.
which is rented from the city, he
seemed surprised that II should be
leased for anythiso morv than
enoush= to pay for the heating and;
llighting. In other cities 81 the staesy
such as Sioux Falls. Pierre. Canton.
and Yankton. the militia company ID
granted the free use Of an armory
for drill purposes. The captain vas
q good speaker and impressed the
newly made members with the Inn
portance Of their duties to the state
ana nation.
Captain Ray has seen service In
the Philippines, having enlisted Ia
Company C at Yankton when but Is.
years old.
The election resulted as follows:
Captain, Myron L. Shade; first lieu
tenant, Earl B. Rowley; second lieu
tenant, VIM. e. M. Devers. Captain
Shade appointed. temporarily as SER
geants, VIM. H. BARLEY and Irwin r.
Stephens; corporate, Ray w. Dixon.
Ernest B. Trieschel. Harry Kjelmyr.
and Robert Z. Williams. The three
commissioned officers have had con-
siderable experience in the national
guard, the captain also served with
the volunteers in the PHILIPPINES and
the second lieutenant the full term
of four years in the navy. The non
CONS. have in several instances had
previous experience.
The members of the company,
aside from those already mentioned,
are: Verne w. Abeel, Robert w. Ag-
new, Rush w. Brown, Howard H.
Bjodstrup, John S. Chapman, Earl E.
Comfort, Lawrence v. Coughlin,
Mike L. Condron, Earnest l.. Darling,
Wallace A. Darling, Vernon Hilbert,
G. Herbert Fuller, Herman n. Gaines,
Frank A. Grace, Leslie S. Grace, VIM.
H. Gee, Howard H. Hathaway, Err
mar G. Hathaway, Byron Harbert,
Frank Jensen, Louis H. Johnson,
Clark B. Potter, Harley b.. Paige,
William Roche, George H. Rohde,
Leo B. Rowley, Fred H. Scott, Karl
Shaver, George Shipton, Fred N.
setterstrom, Albert L. Sheldon, Will
liam r. Slater, George Spry, John T.
Tobin, Edward S. Tobin, Albert w.
Witzel, George w. Willett.
Six or seven men were rejected on
account of not possessing the ply
steal qualifications but with several
yet to be added who have signifed
their intentions the full membership
Of SO will be attained. The next
meeting has been scheduled for Jan
uary 18th and by that time it is ex.
pected to have the new olive drat
uniforms, tents, blankets, and the
new army rifles with ammunition
The rife which is furnished is the
1903 model Springfield. It shoots 8
pointed bullet and is a most power
full weapon.
A TEST OF ENDURANCE