Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1911-07-14

certain whether or not the deplorable
conditions described were actually and
in fact true. - - 4. ia y S5s 'S
=. 1t was the latter part OF May, when
an opportunity presented of witness
ing a Division Review consisting 81
10000 men and 5000, animals consti-
tuting the Manoeuyre Division: 81 n S Sit5E
From a cursory examination Of the
condition of the men and animals at
that review, Col. Frame was more than
doubtful of the story in Golfers hav-
ing stated all the facts and on investi-
cation it developed that while the
story of the number of men falling out,
the number of stragglerss' along the
road and the exhausted condition 81
the men was practically true as told
of one regiment, there were number
of conditions either not known or not
mentioned at least, by the writer Of
that article which put an entirely diff
renent face on the matter and vitiated
any conclusions or deductions that
may have been properly made from the
recitals in the article itself. s:s p,
In the first place the correspondent
failed to state that while the road it
Iselfi from the edge of the camp was a
good macadam road, that from the
camp of the regiment in which SO
much struggling was observed, to the
road, distance of perhaps three quar-.
tiers of a mile, the soil was gumbo,
mixed with, small limestones and flint
pebbles, so sticky and hard to get thrro
that it took one full hour to get men
and teams from the camp to the road
and that effort to make it was so great
that the. men were much more exhaus.
ted than they would have been on a
ten mile march on fair: ordinary roads
In the second place it was unknown
or carefully suppressed that on. the
afternoon of the; day prior. to athe
march the men had been inoculated
with the Typhoid serum and that thu
normal results from "a to 80 hours
after such incubation is slight fever
, headache and general soreness. Gen
!; orally the men are not permitted K
indulge in violent work or exercise fol
day after the incubation. This ii
itself may and does explain much O.
the poor condition and execrably bal
marching commented on in Golfers,
knowledge of actual conditions; i.
always desirable and in case any de
fects exist in OUT army or other Of .ou
public institutions or departments, i
is proper that the people be mad,
aware Of it and at the earliest possibI.
moment, but mis-statements or incom
!. plete; statements Or statements from
which wrong conclusions or deduction,
may be drawn are harmful to the peo
! pie at large, and the statements. mad,
In Golfers article were unjust to inar,
working xii e, Jealous patriotic body of me,
and really beneath the dignity Of :,
journal SO able and usually honest q.
Golfers. y s.l. : sjl IT,.
a 1%;s As a fair statement of the Am
erican soldiers ability to march
a. brief account Of a subseauen
march ma over the same ground by @th
r same men dis Witnessed in person b,
q Col. Frame is hereto appended. o,
I Friday the End of June the same mel
marched oyerGthe same ground maxim,
the /; same camp distance IL miles
\ and not man fell out .of any sof tn,
three t Brigades OF Infantry participat
ling in the march The next day til,
march was taken up and the Diyisio,
a arrived at Leon Springs with the sam,
4 record reg of not q man having fallen out
5ll I''1d y this was not a hard march. con
& sisting Of only: ! 2 miles the first sda,
3 and ~ - or fourte the second day
i Il the there are several things to be takell
a Il into constd eration HI Judging Ii. I'll,
\ weather was extremely hot and III,
& roads very dusty so that the marchin,
Of approx ately 8, 900 men on q gingl,
q a i road AZ the June Gather and under !;
blazing sun such as Texas has, lis I;
reason ably fair test III me marching
caapaacits IA times Of peace and Mi thou ,ali
d d tase excitenl expected coming actor
a 70 ~ dtice extra EXERT on.
4 on arrival at con ngs tie; mel
were march prob and man
a e e'1l & every until the failing B
! the the vat supp eomne1 lied the IL
4 turn turn of the troops On the evening d
4 June sth. as decided to make Il