The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1916-08-02
Resche Now 6rigadier General.
After the mastering in If Brie

Resche Now Brigadier General.
. After the mastering in Of Brigadier
General F. E. Resche as commander
OF the Minnesota troops and the cleo
ton of Lieutenant Colonel H. v. Eva
OF Duluth as his successor as colonel
of the Third regiment, brigade head
a rarters were opened here. Major A.
F.. oratt of Anoka was chosen lieuten-
ant e. lionel and Captain Carl g. Wea-
Yer, req. mental adjutant, was promot-
ed to mata". Lieutenant A. K Whea-
ton of Duluth, and H. G. Luers of Owa-
tonna we're ash !gned as aides to Gen.
eral Resche. y
The First regf1e.'t has received a
shipment of $4,000 rounds OF rifle am
munition. What is known as Course
B will be given the Minnesota troops,
this differing from the regular range
work and being necessary here >because
Of the lack of an adequate rifle range;
After thorough drill in practice fir
Ing the men will shoot at targets rep
resenting PROSTATE figures. Officers
made without all the facilities provid4
ed by a range such as the men had at
Fort Smelling.
Build New Field Hospital.
Brig. Gen. E. M. Lewis, post COM
mander, announced that work is to be
started Immediately on a field hospi4
tai to cost $4,000, which will replace
the present ranch building. This hos
pital was proved inadequate to handle
the cases sent over from camp and is
not provide with the conveniences
which the surgeons desire in handling
the men.
Money has been provided by the War
department for the erection of screen
ed mess rooms and kitchens for all the
troops now in camp, it was announced.
The kitchens will be so constructed
that they can be transported with tho
troops in case they move south. Sur.
geons declare that only by such meas
ures can the fly problem be solved and
danger from disease minimized Thus
far only the Indiana regiments ars
provided with such enclosures
Troops Fire on Mexican.
Straw has been provided for those
men having ticks, but this was of it,
tie assistance to the Minnesota men,
who do not have this equipment. The
delay in the shipment of cots has not
yet been explained, though the quarter
master has been endeavoring to trace
the missing articles. Minnesota
guardsmen will continue to sleep on
the ground until the cots arrive.
Considerable excitement was caused
in camp when men from Company A,
First regiment, who were patroling the
water canals some distance from camp,
fired on Mexican.
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Reorganize Artillery Unit.
Officers and men of the First bat
talon, Minnesota field artillery, are
specializing on rumors of further re-
organization of the artillery unit. Cap
tain c. Lesley Ames of battery prob
ably will be offered the position of
major which he recently refused when
ne nominated Lieutenant Perkins of
the regular army for that Office. A re-
cent ruling of the War department,
which says no commissioned officer in
the regular army can accept position
in the national guard which places him
under a national guard officer, makes
it impossible for Lieutenant Perkins
to take the post.
II Captain Ames is made major, it
g a foin Mol To1 o. lo&
terry will be transferred back to B
battery, and that Lieutenant Fletcher
lockwood of A battery will be made
the commanding officer of A.
Captain Cole formerly was senior
first lieutenant of B battery. He was
transferred to A when that unit was
in the process of organization and
brought it up above peace strength by
a strenuous recruiting campaign !
X X X
U. S. Troops Healthy.
Goodbye to the good old style Of
lime whitened army camps. The use
of lime has been stopped in all camps
by orders of Major w. N. Bispham,
sanitary inspector for the army of the
lower Rio Grande. We've discovered
that flies like white color" said the
major. What we are looking for is
something black in the way of a dis
infectant. The latest idea is lampblack
mixed with petroleum." I'VE want
Americans to know the exact state of
health and sanitary conditions here"
said Bispham. Many wild stories are
being sent out about illness among the
men. All are untrue"
X 4 X
Trooper Sends for Gun.
There has been sniping around the
camp Of the First Minnesota infantry,
encamped at Llano Grande, Texas,
says a letter from George H. Porter
of Company K received by Charles
Robertson, cigar dealer. The letter
enclosed a check for the purchase OF
revolver that Porter wished sent to
him. In explanation he wrote: I'VE
are only about five miles from the Dor
der and have to carry a gun whenever
we leave camp. There already has