The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1916-08-10
SOUTH DAK0TANS
ARE ENCAMPED
BOYS ARE DELIGHTED
WITH NEW LOCATION WITHIN
SEVEN MILES OF GULF
Do PATROL DUTY NEAR BORDER
Long Trip Enjoyed BY All-Boys In
Pink Of Condition and Ready For
Any Eventually

The Fourth Regiment of South Da.
kota infantry detrained at San Benito,
Friday. Brigadier General James Par
ker reviewed two brigades of state and
regular troops at Fort Brown. The
showing made by the Iowa and Vir-
ginia state troops was described by
the general as magnificent. He added
that they marched better than did the
troops at Chickamuga, after they had
trained three months.
s. D. Boys Pleased
Fourth Regiment Camp, near San
Benito, Texas, August 5.-After four
days and nights of continuous travel
the Fourth Regiment, South Dakota
national guard, reached its destination
last night. Detrainment was accom-
plished this morning, the boys spend
ing last night in their berths, and
bright and early today camp was made
on the spot chosen by Uncle Sam AS
headquarters for the South Dakotans
during the next few weeks or months
while aiding in the patrol of the Next
can border line to prevent further
bandit raids.
San Benito, near which place the
Fourth regiment is located, is a typi-
cal southern Texas town of 5000 popu.
lation. Only seven miles of sandy
country separate the South Dakota
camp from the international line,
while seven miles distant in another
quarter lies the Gulf of Mexico.
Get Sea Breezes
The boys are delighted with their
location and with the excellent eli
mate, sea breezes from the gulf re-
lieving the heat of the vast expanse of
desert country to the west. The trip
south was thoroughly enjoyed, bring
ing most of the boys through country
which was an entire novelty to them.
A stop was made at San Antonio and
the regiment was given an opportun-
ity of visiting the Alamo, the old Fran
ciscan mission house where in 1886 a
handful of Americans under VIM. B.
Travis met death at the hands of
Santa Ana and his Mexican muir.
derers. A two hour stop also was
made at FIT. Worth which gave the
boys a chance to get a bath, much
welcomed. At Kingsville another stop
was made and another bath, prescrib-
ed by regulations, was INDUCED in.
Well Cared For
The regiment was we'll fed and cared
for on the way down, but the men
were glad to detrain and once more
stretch their legs after the long con
finement in the coaches. For a full
day the Gulf of Mexico was in sight
from the car windows.
The work mapped out for the Fourth
regiment will be the patrolling OF the
Mexican border from Brownsville to
San Benito.
New Rule for G~uardsmen
Washington, August 5.-National
guardsmen now in federal service, who
complete their required three years of
active service, will be transferred to
the national guard reserve of their re-
spective states or territories, unless
they desire to continue with the colors
for the full six years of their enlist
ment and if ~furloughed to the reserve,
will be sent home at the expense of
the government.
This announcement was made by
the var department today. Computing
enlistments on the new basis, full al
lowance will be made for time already
served under superseded enlistment
contracts.