The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1916-07-27
OUR BOYS IN DIXIE.
Cuttings From a Newspaper Published
Where the Minnesota Boys
Are Encamped.
The Editor Predicts That Many OF
the MinnesOtans Will Fall in
Love With Texas.

Love WIN leAdS.
To Sergeant w. c.. Doane we are
indebted for copy of the Mercedes
(Texas) Tribune and Llano Grande
Bulletin Of July 20. It is neatly
printed, we'll edited six column quarto,
and devotes considerable space to the
boys from the north. We quote from
the Tribune's columns:
''Three infantry regiments from
Minnesota, border state on the north,
are at Llano Grande. The condition
of these men, more than $500 Of them,
is as high tribute to the healthful
climate and surroundings of the Rio
Grande valley as can be paid
"Coming from the farthest north in
the United States the men from the
Gopher State have not seriously sick
man in their camp. They are healthy
and they are cheerful. To a man they
say that the camping site at Llano
Grande is ideal and that they have
been agreeably surprised by Southern
Texas"
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The Third Minnesota is from Du-
luth, the big port on Lake Superior,
and from the cities of Minnesota's iron
range and northern Minnesota. The
colonel, when the regiment left St.
Paul, was F. E. Resche, former SOL
dier in the German army and veteran
in Minnesota militia. After Colonel
Resche left for the south vacancy
arose in the position of Minnesota
brigade commander and Governor j.
"A. A. Burnquist, after ascertaining
the sentiment of the officers, commits
stoned Colonel Resche brigadier gen
eral. He will have charge of the Min
nesota brigade and with General Lewis
OF Indiana will be a brigade COM
mander under General Plummer. The
new colonel of the Third is H. V. Eva,
who for years has been secretary of
the Duluth Commercial club and who
is one of the best known boosters in
the country.
NEW York is not the only state
which has it's millionaire contingents
in the National guard. Company A of
the Third Minnesota, from Duluth, has
in it's membership several men who
can reckon their wealth in seven fig
ures. And none of them is a COM
missioned officer.
There are many college men in the
Minnesota contingent. Colonel Luce
OF the First Minnesota is a former
member of the Minnesota university
football team as is Sergeant William
Doane of the Third regiment, Com
pany G.
ITO the Minnesota men this country
is strange and unusual. They come
from one of the finest grain countries
in the United States. In the Rio
Grande valley the corn looks familiar
but the sight of cotton and fruit trees
is strange. The speed with which they
established their camps, however.
shows that the shift from Minnesota's
climate on the north to Texas climate
on the south did not affect their
energy. So far as heat is concerned
there was not much change, anyway,
for last week and the week before at
Fort Smelling, the Minnesota mobiliza-
ton point, the thermometer was as
high .as IS in the shade.
"The Minnesota men don't hesitate
to say what they think of the camp
at Llano Grande and the country
hereabout
General Resche, who was in camp
at Chickamaugua, Tenn, during the
Spanlsh-American war, said: 81 am
dellghted with the country and with
the camp. The site is admirable and
much more healthful than Chickamau-
qua. The camp should be ideal from
sanitary standpoint. It is no hotter
here than it would be at home"
Among the many men of affairs in
their home communities now in camp
as national guardsmen at Llano
Grande, the Tribune man had the
pleasure Tuesday of meeting Mr.. Fay
Cravens, president Of the Times Print
ing company of Milaca, MINI. Mr.
Cravens is not only engaged in the
publishing business, but is also post
master, being holdover, and now
having almost completed an eight-yea1
term of service in that important
capacity. The call to arms caught
Mr.. Cravens, his assistant postmaste,
and the foreman of his printing office
all Of whom are members of G. com
pany, Third Regiment Minnesota
Guard. The assistant postmaster, Mr.