Grand Forks daily herald and the evening times., 1914-08-28
CUARDSMFN ARE
IN ARCTIC ZONE
Never Experienced any Out
door Rigors Such as Are
Afforded in Camp.
OPEN
AIR NIGHT STOP
Col. Frame Takes Compass
sion on Militia Men at
Sparta
(Ry Staff Correspondent.

NNS SteiL So1i
Camp Mccoy. Wis, Aug. 2s.-Frig-
Id weather conditions yesterday caus-
ed Colonel j. H. Frame and the 9TH
err officers of the North Dakota Ma
tional Guard to abandon their plans
for the open air bivouac which had
been scheduled for last night.
h combat exercises which had
been planned, however. were held yes
terday afternoon in a modified form.
The mercury lowered u~npleasant]y
close to the freezing point Wednes-
day night, and the guardsmen from
kota decided that they had never
known what real cold weather was
until they arrived in Wisconsin,.
All of the extra blankets available
We're distributed by the quartermas-
ter's department. but in spite of this
many of the boys shivered during a
large portion Of the night.
In view of the weather conditions
Colonel Frame decided that to hold
the proposed bivouac scheduled for
this evening would probably NEAR
taking a large portion Of his command
back to North Dakota with pneumo-
mia, and the plan was accordingly
abandoned.
A council Of the officers is now be-
AiiS hCAO " uclCIlIllllo WlldC 10TH Inc
revised program Of combat exercises
shall take. 1t is proable the regiment
will be divided into two equal parts,
and that one section will plan a
campaign against the defensive posi-
ton held by the other.
After it had been decided to aban-
don the plan for the bivouac the reg
ground lying to the west of the camp,
and there practiced the erecting and
striking Of the small shelter tents.
These are made of khaki material
and designed to hold two men. Each
man carried half a tent.
Although this Is the first year in
camp Of the machine gun company,
h boys acquitted themselves in a
creditable tanner
The most important event of the
day from the point Of view of the SOL
diers was the paying off Of the regi-
ment by the federal disbursing off,
Ger.
Each company marched separately
to the pay tent, In as the men pass
ed by the desk Of the paymaster each
was handed the amount due him for
his ten days service.
The men are paid OF the same scale
as the regular army.
Company A of the 29th U. S. in
fantry which is encamped here, will,
it is understood, break camp Satur-
day Inc will leave for Fort Niagara,
N. Y, which is its regular post.
The mascot Of the Minot company
is still missing. 1t is suspected that
he is being illegally detained by COM
pany l. Of Hillsboro, and the boys
from the Magic city are understood to
be planning a raid on the tents Of the
Trail county bunch this evening.
Captain L. L.. Eckman of the ma
chine gun company Is suffering from
q. severe cold. but gamely refuses to
go on the sick list, n is accompany
ing the company or all it's drills and
hikes:
William Trepanier. who was on the
sick list Wednesday, and was believed
to have a slight attack of appendicitis.
is much improved today and it is not
thought that there will be any occa-
sion to send him home.
Dr. W. H. Wheeler Returns-Dr. w.
H. Wheeler returned this morning
from Northfeld, Mimi, where yester-
day the remains of Mrs. Wheeler were
inferred. Short funeral services were
held in that city.
Fire Department. Out-A chimney
fire at 110S Dixie avenue necessitated
a fire department run early this morn
ing. The blaze was extinguished be-
fore any damage was done.
Condition Satisfactory--Mrs. Fred
Lind, of Niagara, who has been in st.
Michael's hospital in this city for sew
eral days. Is reported to be improv-
ing satisfactorily.
Local Speakers Billed-President E..
Robertson and DR.. Karl Stolz of Wes-
ley college will be the speakers at the
meeting of the Trail County School
association at Buxton September 8
and 10.