Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-08

! The North Dakota National Guaro
association ended it's ninth annua
convention at the Armory of the cap
ital city Saturday evening. The am
ity, esprit de corps, and unity OF
sentiment marked new mile stone
, in the progress of the organization
and the meeting just brought to 9
! close was one OF the most successful
that has ever been held.
Great Interest Taken.
President ]. M. Hanley presided
over both the morning and Afternoon
sessions and there was full attend
ance of delegates. The interest tax
en- in the various gatherings has beer
intense and it speaks we'll for the
regiment as a whole that it's repre-
sentatives at the annual meeting
should be so alert and so vigilan'
in their endeavors to acquire all the
information available looking toward
the betterment of North Dakota's fight
ing forces.
Report Of Resolutions Committee.
Col. J. H. Frame of Grafton sub
mitted the report of the committee
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of business was called. During the
balance of the day other resolutions
were adopted and they appear entire
Immediately preceding this article.
Work Of the Hospital Corps.
The question of the relation of the
hospital corps to the different branch
es of the service has always been
materially of interest to the associa.
ton, and Sergeant Dickerson of the
hospital corps of the state was in
troduCed and presented very able
paper on this subject. The main
theme which he emphasized was the
need of every man in the service
being familiar with first aid regula-
tons, and he further stated that mil
itary hygiene should be studied more
thoroughly by the companies of the
regiment
Discussion on the work of the hos
pital corps was led by Col. Frame.
Among other things he said:
Dead Men No Good to Country.
"A dead man is no good to his
country, no matter how efficient he
might have been when he was alive.
A sick man is only detriment The
tremendous loss of life at camps of
instruction and other camps during
wars of the past years among men
who never saw battlefield is evil
dence enough of the vital need of
proper military sanitation and of the
necessity for thorough preparedness
upon this subject"
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Capt. J. M. Hanley and Chaplain
Ellsworth whose remarks emphasized
still more strongly the sentiment ex-
pressed in the preceding discussions.
Gen. Peake Introduced.
Capt. Hanley then introduced to the
members of the organization an Off
Ger who was associated with the old
territorial forces, and who has been
a member of the North Dakota regi- |
ment since statehood, the officer who,
during the past two years, has been
the adjutant general of this state, and .
for whom Saturday marked the last
day of his active service with the state :,
military organization, General Amasa !
P. Peake.
Early History Of Guard.
In his Introductory remarks Gen.
Peake outlined briefly the history of
he national guard of North Dakota.
It was organized as body of terri
orial militia during the years 1888
1856. In addition to the organized
body of troops there were at that
ime several independent companies
# infantry, one of which was cap
aimed by COL Treumann and another
~ Col. Frame. Later these two
both became affiliated with
he militia. The companies received
practically no assistance from the
;tate during those years and forty
aen was considered the maximum of
trength. |;
Early Camps. |;
The first camp was held at Fargo