New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-07-05
FORCE IN0CULATED
AGAINST TYPHOID
CAMP BOBLETER TROOPS BEING.
PREPARED TO FIGHT OFF
DISEASE
MEN ANXIOUSLY AWAIT ORDER
TO co. EXPECT TO LEAVE
THIS WEEK

THIS WEEK
Camp Bobleter, July 4, 1916.
Especial to the New Ulm Review.)
Troops at Fl. Smelling are ready to
move. Orders to entrain for the south
may be received at any moment. It is
said that the troops will leave for San
Antonio, Texas, not later than Thursday
night. The muster rolls have been COM
pleted and the physical examinations
are being pushed to the limit. Saturday,
Sunday and Monday the examining
officers worked till midnight.
All three regiments have now taken the
Federal Oath. Only thirty-six men in
the entire three regiments refused to
take it altho at first large number of
men were inclined not to do so. When
the oath was fully explained to them
most of the "slackers'' stepped back
into line. The Federal Oath does not
make a United States Regular out of
National Guardsman. For the time
being he is volunteer serving in the
Regular Army under Federal pay. AS
soon as the volunteer army is no longer
needed it is sent back home and it
automatically changes back into the
National Guard in it's home town.
Captain Green, the U. s. mastering
officer told the men that the Federal
Oath puts them under no new obliga-
tons whatsoever. The only change is
that the men serve their present term
of enlistment under Federal pay and
that in case of actual war they may be.
sent into Mexico as the last resort
| Military authorities state that the
troops will never cross the border but
that they viii do police duty until things.
quiet down. They may only be taken.
to Fl. Worth at St. Louis.
The soldiers life is jolly at Camp
Bobleter. Thousands of people visit
the boys each day. They bring cakes,
candy, fruit and tobacco for their soldier
husbands, fathers, brothers and sweet
hearts.
Friday afternoon at 1:15 o'clock the
End Regiment led by Co. A marched
to the Fl. Smelling parade grounds to
take the oath that put them on the
Federal pay roll. At 2 o'clock the mem
bers of Co. A were requested to uncover
their heads and to raise their right hands.
All hats went off, except one; all hands
were raised, except one. Arthur Roth
refused to take the oath and was asked
to step out of line. The humiliation was
too great and shortly afterward he also
took the oath. Thus the members of
Company A kept up the reputation made
by their forefathers back in the sixties.
The members of the Machine Gun
Company also took the oath to man.
Nine OF them however will not go south
as their terms of enlistment expire With
in thirty days. The following mems
terms expire July 25th, 1916: Sergt.
Herman Jahnke, J. Stadick, F. Match,
c. Herrian, A. Grams, H. Adam, Ben
Juni, H. Windhorn and W. Abraham.
Their faces will soon be seen in New
Ulm as will also those of the band men,
bers who received their discharge by
order of Col. Mollison for the following
reasons: Drum Major, H. steIjes,
physical disability; Sergt. J.. Wartha,
honorable discharge; Sergt. H. Kitz-
berger. age As, only support of wife and
two children; Corp. John Hofmeister,
physical disability; Corp. VIM. Lieb, only
support of wife and two children; Corp.
O. Zupfer, only support of wife and two,
children; Corp. J. Schuster, physical
disability; o. Schuster, support of wife
and three children; E. Stelljes, physical
disability; Ed. Vogel, discharged; Max
Hoehne, expiration of term.
The rest of the band boys followed the.
example set by Capt. Hofmeister and.
his two sons Frank and Hayden, took
the oath and thus saved the End Ref
ment Band from disabanding.
All the New Ulm boys are in good con-
dition due to good food and good SAM
tary conditions. They are all anxious
to go south, "clean up Mexico and get
back home" The rockies" went 10 !.
the rifle range Tuesday. There again
the New Ulm boys did work that was .
we'll above the average.
Z 81.
The members of the End Regiment.
were yaccinated against typhoid during
the week. There are two mnrp.
NEGOTIATIONS at Today intervals to com
plete it.
We all lined up and rolled up the len
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