The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1916-05-24
Second Regiment
Much Disturbed
Col. Buschers Resigns; Election
of New Colonel Today at
Old Capitol
M. n. G. CRITICIZED
Companies Mustered Out, 9th
ers Placed on Probation; Local
Company Stands Well

Coz. John Buschers, who has
been commanding officer of the
Second Regiment for the past
three years, has asked to be
transferred to the retired list,
during the coming month, when
he will have ended thirty years
of active service in the Mime
sofa National guard. Col. Busch
ers has not been in the best OF
health for some months and
feels that he should be relieved
of the arduous duties, which ac-
crue to his office.
Election Called
An election will be held III the
state capitol at St. Paul next
Wednesday at 2 o'clock for the
selection of Col. Buschers' sue
cessor. Those in dine for the
colonelcy are Lieut.-Col. S. S.
Smith, Worthington; Senior Maj.
w. T. Mollison, Faribault; Sec
ond Senior Maj. Albert Pfaen-
der, New Ulm and Junior Major
O. J. Duane, ST. Peter. Either
of these officers is eligible. Capt.
C. F. Gales and Lieut.. w. B.
Clement and John LauterEach
of Company L will attend the
election.
Col. Buschers' Record
Coz. John Buschers' military
record dates back as far as June
10. 1886, when he enlisted as a
private in Co. A, little dreaming
at the time that he was some
day destined to grace the col
onelcy. :,
Two years later, in April,
1888. he advanced to the rank
Of corporal and in June the fol
& lowing year became second lieu
tenant of the company. He was
elected to the office Of first led
tenant in 1894, serving in that
capacity throughout the Span
ish-American war. During the
encampment of the Twelfth
now acknowledgement at Chi
camauga, Lieut.. Buschers be-
came seriously i'll with typhoid
fever. When the infantry regi-
ments of the state were re-or-
ganized in 1899, following their
being musteredout, theyearpre-
vious, he was elected captain of
Co. A, succeeding Capt. Albert
Steinhauser, and in this captain
cy he remained until he was
elected as major in 1905. In
June 1911 he was awarded a
beautiful gold medal for twenty
five years of continuous service
in the state militia. He prizes
this token very highly.
Inefficiency in some OF the
military organizations of the
state is evident and it has been
rumored since, that a shake
down" would be experienced not
only in the Second regiment
but in the other regiments OF
the state and what national
guard officers believe is a new
and drastic policy of the wal
department for bolstering ur
the efficiency of the guard al
over the country has shown its
effects in a series of orders just
received by Adjutant Genera
Fred B. Wood, which have spread
CONSERVATION among officers Of
the Minnesota guard organiza
lions.
Companies Mustered Out
Three companies of the Sec
ond regiment are order ed to b.
mustered out by the war de
partment, by reason Of the fac
that they are inefficient. 1t il
taken for granted that the com
panies of the Second regiment
which are ordered mustered GU
by the government are Compa
MES D. E and F, located a
Mortified, Fairmont and Worth
ington, respectively, as each O
these companies has been OF
what has been known as proba
ton, since the annual inspection
held hast year. Their condition
has not shown sufficient improve
ment to warrant their retention
in the service by the war de
partment.
Conditions Poor
According to the report OF tn
war department, made May
concerning the conditions in tn
Second regiment. by reason 0
Continued on last pa9e1