The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-23

was held at Aberdeen. S. ID. Company
was on hand, small but efficient,
under the command of Lieutenant
ScnoenheitS who was afterwards pro-
mpted TO the captainoy upon. the resig-
nation of Capt. j. r. Crewes. who
succeeded Captain Foy. J.. nj. Thonip-
son was at thfs time first sergeant.
Lieutenant Written resigned and re-
moved to Great Falls, Mont. During
the summer of 1885,, the officers being
Captain Schoenheit, Lieutenants Fell
lows and Bird, there was trouble in
the company. which almost resulted
In the disbanding Of the organization.
Certain members of the company were
tried by company court martial, and
dismissed, for voting as they thought
right on the election Of some new
members. This so-caIled court mar
tiaI was a decided farce, in addition
to being illegal, as no company organf-
zation has the right to try by court
martial. In addition to this, the ac-
cused had no intimation whatever that
they were TO be tried and were not
supplied with copies and specifications
against them, and were thus utterly
unable to make any defense, even il
they had so desired. This proceeding
was unjust and unnlilitary through
out, and when the company was re-
organized: the proceedings Of the
"caurt martial" were stricken from the
records Of the company The imrried-
late result of this court martial was
the withdrawal of ten or fifteen OF the
best men in the company, and this re-
duced the strength of the command
so much as to- bring. it below the min
imum allowed by law, and tine com
pany would have been mustered out
but for, the exertions of some of the
members, notably j. H. Mulcahey and
|. H.. Wilson who induced Gov. A. H.
Burke (at that time treasurer of Cass
county,, to accept the captaincy.
Under his. command company B re-
ported for duty at the Huron, S. D..
encampment in 1887 The company
al this time was Differed as follows:
Captain; A. III Burke; first lieutenant.
/. H. wilson, second lieutenant.
Percy Crenshaw; first sergeant, w.
r.. Sprake, now of Casselton, N. ID.
At this encampment Captain Burke
was detailed as acting assistant ad-
iutant general, the immediate COM
Ildnu VI Tile NOIlpd1ly LIluS uGNOlNInR
upon Lieutenant Wilson. who showed
himself to be a very efficient officer.
Iii the summer of 1889 an encampment
was held at sWatertown S. d. The
officers were; Captain, Al. H. Burke;
first lieutenant 4. II, Wilson; second
lieutenant, ca c. Grafton who had
been first sergeant from the time Ser
geant Sprake was elected second leu
tenant John Hayden was acting frst
sergeant at this. encampment. Lieu
tenant Wilson acted as regimental
adjutant on this occasion, and fully
sustained his reputation for efficiency.
Ii was during this term of duty that
the celebrated "call to arms occurred;
the long roll being beaten. about 2
o'clock eon a Saturday morning. Com
pany B was in line. with the first. butt
the costumes Of officers and men were
not strictly according to regulation,
and many were the searches after
misplaced or borrowed Shoes trous-
ers, waist belts, etc, when the men
turned into camp again, Some UNI
charitable people suggested that the
cali was a joke, gotten up by, an
officer VINO was quite prominent in
company Bat that time, bat the sug-
question was never, verified. This was
the last occasion upon which the old
d. N, G. Of territorial days was in
camp as a. brigade; and when the
FIRST regiment broke camp. the second
came in a body under arms to take
a farewell of their old comrades. and
with each regiment cheering the other,
tine North and South Dakota troops
parted. After the admission to the
union of the territory as two states,
this company became known as COM
pany B, first infantry, N. ID, N. @. 1t
was also, during the captaincy of9sA.
Fl. Burke that the company purchased
the. arrnory building most of the
funds being advanced by Governor
Burke, who was as good captain
as any company could possibly desire,
always ready and willing t9 do. alb in
his power for the advancement of his,
command. In 1890, upon the election
OF Captain Burke as governor OF North
Dakota. and sltfs necessary resignation
as captain of the company, the fol-