The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-10-20
ORDER
TO NORTH DAKOTA
GUARD OUT
Designated Gearey as Com
handing Head With Dev-
lis Lake as Place

In preparation for a possible call to
arms. orders have been issued to the
North Dakota heads of the state mill
tia by the head Of the chief division Of
military affairs at Washington, desig-
mating h mobilization camp, the
head of the modified army and the
recruiting officers through the state.
r. c. Gearey. Jr., Of Fargo has
been named as c~ommandant of the mo-
%bilization camp at Devils Lake. Should
a call to arms be made, North Dakota
militia companies would at once be set
on h move and within a much short
er time than would have been possi-
BILE under the old order Of things, the
army would be unified, recruiting t
tions esta blished for the gathering Of
additional recruits and a definite sys-
tenn would be working which would
increase the efficiency of the militia in
the state. 100 per cent. .
Valuable in Outbreaks
Not only in actual war would the
system be of great value, but in case
Of an outbreak of any kind, or any
occasion where the entire militia of
the state was needed. the order pro-
vides authority to the proper officials
contingencies. The order has been is
sued in order that the officials de-
signated in it may educate themselves
on matters of mobilization, as much
as anything else. The order reads:
Officers of each local organization
will keep themselves informed of all
the requirements Of their offices and
will, by application t. the adjutant
general OF h state, secure the lee
essary blanks"
Devils Lake has been designated as
the site of the mobilization camp and
were the state militia needed, that is
the point to which they would be
ordered. Captain E. c. Gearey. Jr.,
of Fargo Is placed in charge Of the
camp. Recruiting stations have been
designated at different points through
out the state and in case Of mobiliza-
ton each commandant is ordered to
forward his company in charge Of the
second officer and to remain at his
station as recruiting officer.
Collar Recruiting Officer
Major T. G. Patterson of Lisbon has
been named to head the band and hos
pita1 corps. Recruiting stations have
been established at the following sta
tons with the following officers in
charge: Bismarck. Second Lieut..
Frank Cushing, Co. A LIST Inf. Fargo,
fist Inf; Grafton. j. c. Lewis. Co. c.,
LIST Inf; Mino .tceSdnoC rmilifE ocff
LIST Inf; Minot. Second Lieut.. Charles
F. Graham, Co. D.. LIST Inf; Williston,
Second Lieut.. Emery w. Jeffries. Co.
E.: Mandan. Second Lieut.. T. q. c.
Kennedy. Co. F.; Valley City, Second
Lieut.. Henry F. Halvorson. Co. G..
jamestown, Second Lieut.. Roy Sappen.
field. Co. H.: Wahpeton. Second Lieut.,
Sturgeon w. ellison. Co I, Dickinson,
Second Lieut.. Lawrence n. Barker, Co.
K, Hillsboro. Second Lieut.. A. ]. Nor
man. Co. L. Second Lieut.. Joseph w.
Peterson, Co. NJ.
In regard to the purpose Of the ap-
pointment OF the officers. the official
order says. I'm compliance with a let
ter of instruction from the office of
the chief division Of military affairs,
, Washington. D. c.. the following
named officers, North Dakota national
guard are hereby designated as re-
cruiting officers for war"