The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-05-01

Gilbert Guibrandson, William w.
Coalter, Walter Luedtke, Guy Zoch,
George Schoffenberg and Henry
Wagner.
Full equipment for field service
was distributed TO the militia boys
last evening. This consisted of the
service uniform, the blanket roll,
pup tents for two men each, meat
cans, knives and forks, spoons, guns,
bayonets, cartridge belts, haversacks
and canteens.
Enlistments will be Continued and
any one who wishes to join the com
pany should apply at once to Cap.
tain A. o. Scott, First Lieutenant
II. M. Hauck or Second Lieutenant
Cyril B. Spicer.
The st. Peter company has been
recruited to its full strength. All
the vacancies were filed yesterday
Afternoon. There members of the
company are instructors In the pub.
, lie schools, but all three have been
granted leaves OF absence by the ST.
Peter school board, I'm case they are
needed for active service. These
three are ID. NJ. Cosgrove, superin.
tendent OF schools; Stewart Leem-
ing, teacher of agriculture In tho
high school. and e. II. Repp, teach.
er OF science In the high school.
Washington, April 25.-In the
troops which have been ordered 10
the front are five Minnesota men
who hold commissions as officers.
One OF them. Second Lieutenant
Herbert J. Lawes of the Fourth in.
fantry, Is a graduate OF st. Thomas
college. The other Minnesota off.
GERS are: First Lieutenant Frederick
w. Manley, a graduate of West Point
Lauren l.. Lawson OF the Fourth
field artillery. He rose from the
ranks having enlisted as a private
May 6, 1898. Second Lieutenant Hen.
~ b. Cheadle. Twenty-eighth infan.
try, West Point graduate. Second
Lieutenant Charles w. Elliott,
Twenty-eighth infantry; graduated
at West Point In the 1913 class.
The number OF Minnesota men
among the officers in the navy il
far greater than that of the army.
Whether all Of the Minnesota off.
GERS are on battleships that have
been ordered to complete the Next
can blockade cannot be learned, but
practically all Of them will undoubt-
edly, have a hand In the fighting II
war Is declared.
Major Melville J. Shaw, a former
Minneapolis man, is In command OF
the marines on the west coast of
Mexico. Major Shaw Is the son of
George X. Shaw, former Minneapolis
newspaper man, and now editor OF
the Forum OF New York. He re-
ceived his education in Minneapolis.
and his military training the gov
eminent naval academy at Annapolis.
The following naval officers are
Minnesota men:
William Price williams. lieutenant.
junior grade. battleship Utah.
Lewis II. Maxneid. lieutenant. jun
for grade, receiving ship Norfolk.
George Joerns, lieutenant, junior
grade. battleship Buffalo.
Edward l.. Beach, commanding Of.
ficer.
Martin A. Trench, commanding of.
, ficer. bureau of navigation
Francis L. Chadwick, commanding
/, the Montana.
Leonard r. Sargent. lieutenant
commander and aid to admiral of
navy.
Thomas n. Kurtz. liteutenant-com-
mander and assistant director of tar.
get practice. ~
William s. Pye. lieutenant-coni-
/, mander. naval war college.
Guy Whitlock. lieutenant and naval
attache at Buenos Ayres.
Chester L. Hand. lieutenant. bat.
tleship Louisiana.
! II. b. Riebe. lieutenant, naval train.
/, ing station. San Francisco.
Wallace l.. Lind, ensign. com.
handing torpedo boat Goidborough.
| Elmer ID. Langworthy. ensign, bat
(, tleship Delaware.
w. L. Alnsworth. ensign. transport
Prairie.
ole o. Hagan, ensign. gunboat