The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-11-16
MEETS BOYS
TAKING A TEXAS MARCH
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concourse of gentlemen holding a
Flickertail post mortem.
Now for a day and a night those
North Dakota soldiers walked through
muddy company streets, to and from
camp, and sat upon the broad piazzas
of the good hotel. Captain Thompson,
of Wahpeton, said that he had never
seen such mud since he left Wahpeton,
but Captain Barney Boyd. of Hillsboro.
just kept marching on like John
Browns body, though he showed lor
more animation.
| stood in camp at noon time and
saw those Williston boys eat. The
camp fire blaZed high, and the coffee
boiled. There was creamed dried beef,
stewed potatoes, rice, soup, vegetables
and coffee. Each boy would line up to
an improvised counter with his meat
can, an aluminium continuance shaped
like turtle and about an inch deep,
and into this would be loaded the
wet" food. The lid served for bread
or other "dry" food. And then there
was the big cup for coffee or water.
The food was good and wholesome.
No boy need go hungry for want of
savory and palatable and substantial
food. Every one of the boys ate we'll,
too. They were in rugged health, and
they showed that the camp life has
been agreeing with them. | paid par
ticular attention to the Williston boys
because I had seen them eat before
They still know how, all right And
it was good to see their contentment,
their health and their efficiency
The First North Dakota is a Won
derfully efficient regiment. Col. Frame,
in command, is warrior who learned
good lessons in the long ago when he
was major in the old First North Da-
kota, which went through the Philip
pines leaving a trail of civilization in
it's path, teaching the Filipinos
wholesome respect for American valor
and American intelligence and power.
The old First North Dakota received
"a different medals of honor, % of
them ordered by General Lawton. In
all the story of the Philippine strife no
other organization equaled that record.
And the new First North Dakota,
made up of sons or of relatives, in
many cases, of the men who made the
other regiment famous, intend to show
again what North Dakota can do.
While he was here Captain Angus
Frazier received from Governor Hanna
his commission as major, succeeding
James H. Hanley, who went back to
what is now more exciting that mill
tary life on the border, holding court
in Mandan, or practicing law-the re-
turns have not yet disclosed which. So
it is Major Frazier, of Fargo, if you
please. Valley City has more officers
than any city in North Dakota, it
would seem. There is Major Frank S.
Henry, Captain David Richie, and
Captain Theo. Swart Henry, brother
Of the major, who is the regimental
adjutant. He has been unusually con-
spicuous' for his efficiency.
Your boys are in good hands down
here. They are being taught. lessons
Of discipline, Of sanitation, of habits
Of life that they will carry through the
years. You'll never see little Willie
throw another cigarette on your rug,
mother You'll never see him throw
scraps of paper down. You will find
him a crank" as you will Judge him,
on sanitation. And you will find him
0bedient, thoughtful and courteous as
you ever knew him to be before. He
is attending a great school, mother.
He isn't at the pool room at midnight
any more. But he is in his tent, sleep
ing the sleep of the healthy. He must
be there at certain hour. And he
must arise at certain hour. And
they don't need to call him more than
once. The spoiled boy that you may
nave given to the army will come home
to you, when he does come, a real man.
He will be bigger around the chest. He
will walk erectly, and he will be able
to look men in the face. He will come
to you clear-eyed and courageous, and
in the years to come he will make you
proud Of what the military experience
has made of him. Judging from the
character and intelligence of the off,
GERS of the First North Dakota l want
to tell you that your boy is being help
ed every day that he is down here. He
will live longer and better and be a
kinder man. And North Dakota is 60
Ing to be mighty proud of her First
North Dakota Infantry, Colonel John
H. Frame commanding.
BEN G.. WHITEHEAD.