The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1916-09-01
FIRST MINNESOTA
ON OUTPOST DUTY
c ON p AN ES. LEAVE LLANO
GRANDE TO RELIEVE 18TH
REGULAR INFANTRY.
GUARDS EAT MUCH ICE CREAM
Minnesota Soldiers Shun Saloons for
Soda Fountains at Mercedes, Is Re-
port-All State Regiments Build
ing Fly-Proof Kitchens.
L1anO Grande.

ing fly-froof Kitchens.
Llano Grande.
Companies A and c, First Mime
sofa infantry, and battalion headquar-
ters with Major M. L. Higbee in COM
mand, have left Llano Grande camp for
outposts along the Taylor military
road and the Rio Grande to relieve
units of the Twenty-sixth regular in
fantry. A company, Captain o. D..
Cutler. goes to the Mercedes pumping
station, with battalion headquarters
and c company, Captain D. O. Stegner,
goes to PrOgreso.
c company is st. Paul organiza-
ton. B company, Minneapolis, and D
company, st. Paul, will go to Donna
pumping station and Campion store
as soon as roads are passable. Each
company will stay two weeks.
Francis B. Sayre Of Williamstown,
Mass, son-in-law of President Wilson,
who is inspecting Y. M. c. A. institu-
tons in the valley. was at Llano
Grande.
Fortunes in Ice Cream.
Although there are TWO beer saloons
within four miles Of camp, there has
been little intoxication among the
men, and no complaint of any Mime
sotans being drunk. The soda foun-
tains at Mercedes, Llano Grande and
Donna are working overtime, however,
and the proprietors are making for
tunes.
A woman In Houston, who manu-
features much of the ice cream sold
to the soldiers In the Lower Rio
Grande valley, is said to be clearing
$1,000 week.
Extra Train Brings "Pop."
Pop has been sold in large quanti-
ties and an extra express train has
been placed on the branch railway in
the valley to handle ice cream and
pop shipments.
Every man in the First Minnesota
infantry now is provided with a bed
sack and straw has been issued to
every man, so there will be no more
sleeping on the ground for the soldiers
in this regiment.
The government has not yet sup
piled the promised cots, but the men
are living in hopes. With floored
tents and bed sacks filled with straw,
however, the men will get along very
nicely.
New Y. M. c. A. Popular.
The new Y. M. C. A. is proving one
Of the most popular places on the
Llano Grande camp. During the field
meet holiday more than 10000 men
took advantage of the facilities of the
institution to write letters back
home"
Captain l.. r. S. Ferguson, chaplain
of the First, says his stationery is ex-
hausted, and If any Minnesota people
desire to make contributions, he can
dispose of it among the men,
All of the Minnesota regiments are
building commodious mess shacks.
These buildings are screened in and
will contain both the kitchen and
the mess hall, so that cooking and
eating will be away from the flies and
other insect pests.
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For State ConstabuIary.
Officers of the Minnesota national
guard will support any bill establish
ing a state constabulary in Minnesota.
So far as can be learned, they are
unanimous in favor of such a meas
ure as Is proposed by Senator E. ].
Westlake.
Major A. A. Caswell of Anoka is one
Of the men who favors a state con-
stabulary.
IF we retain the old national guard
system" he said. 81 believe we should
have state constabulary. do not be-
lieve militiamen should be called upon
to do strike duty, and am sure that
it would be easier to get men to enlist
in the guard if we had a state con-
stabulary."
Others Favor Plan.
Captain Frank Reed, adjutant of the
First Minnesota and legislative candi-
date in Minneapolis, is another who
favors the plan.
1T would be particularly valuable"
he said, "for there are many men who
will not enlist in the national guard
because they fear that they will be
called out for strike duty. A state
constabulary would solve the problem.
Major Albert Pfaender, New Ulm,
former member of the state legisla-
ture, is another who is enthusiastic in
favor Of the plan for a state constabu-
larry. In fact, of the scores of officers
have talked with, each favors the
plan.
Guards Reach Progreso.
Llano Grande. = G company. First
regiment, of st. Paul, finally is at Pro-
greso after being fifty-four hours on
the road. Equipment was carried bv
mule teams; auto trucks which were
used were stuck in the NUT but final
ly got through. Regulars stationed at
Progreso were taken to Mercedes in
the bedraggled machines. The First
regiment temporarily is without a
colonel Colonel Luce having left re-
Gently for a short business trip to
Minneapolis. The regiment has Just
been paid for July.
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City Subscribes $3.50.
Minneapolis has subscribed s9,39O.S7
to the fund for the aid of the Mime
sofa militiamen at the border and their
needy relatives. according to report
issued by e. w. Decker, treasurer of
the fund at the Northwestern National
bank. Of this total, $S,230.62 has been