The Dickinson press., 1916-08-12
CAMPANY *" HAD MOST
ENJOYABLE TRIP SOUTH
Mercedes, Texas.

The Press:
We arrived here after one of the
finest trips the North Dakota regi-
ment has ever had. The regiment
left Fort Lincoln on a Saturday
night, each battalion having an en-
tire train, and leaving in their re-
spective order at intervals of two
hours each. We, the End Battalion,
of which Co. K Is a part, arrived at
Cakes about Z the next morning, here
we had our first breakfast of. the
journey. After a short stay we con-
tlnued our journey southwark; pas
sing through Aberdeen and Redfeld,
S. D., and reaching Huron shortly
after noon. After a hearty meal,
eaten on the depot platform, Major
Wright drilled the battalion without
arms: ut1awaraen, Iowa, was reached
before 7 that evening, where we en-
poyed our third meal in the third
state to be visited on our trip. At
10 that night we had reached Sioux
City, but only made a short stay for
switching in the yards. Council
Bluffs was the next large city but
most Of us we're fast asleep by this
time as it was midnight when our
train pulled into that city.
The next morning we awoke to
find ourselves in Missouri. st.
Joseph was the first stop for any
length Of time ana here we had our
breakfast, our fourth meal in a fourth
state. The Scenery had been fine
all the way, although very much the
same. The country had been fiat and
slightly rolling, with small groves of
trees scattered here and there.
Every little way there would be a
small stream with trees overhanging
it's banks. Soon after leaving St. Jo-
seph we saw several threshing rigs
busily working in fields of early grain.
The methods of the southern farm
ers were much different than those
used by the North Dakota farmers
and caused much comment by the
boys.
Shortly before noon we pulled into
Kansas City, where we were trans
ferred over to the railroad yards of
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas
lines. Here we had another battalion
drill, returning to the cars to have
our dinner and then on our way. We
crossed a corner of Kansas, where
we saw practically the same farming
methods as in Missouri, corn and for
age crops predominating. Parsons, a
pretty little town of $4,000, was our
stop for supper. Our fastest time Of
the trip was made after leaving this
station. The railroad men seemed
bent on making a record run and
tore off the miles in great style.
We slipped over the line into Okla
homa without knowing or noticing
the change. At 9 in the evening we
reached Muskogee, but did not have
opportunity to get away from the
train. Denison, another beautiful
city just over the line in Texas, was
through in the night. We
reached Dallas, one of the large cities
of the state, about 8 o'clock for a
late breakfast. We saw more of this
city from the train than any Of the
cities visited. Some very pretty
houses and residences were seen on
entering the city, while we passed
through the business section and
near the new Union depot. At Waco
we had our dinner and here the boys
had chances to get their fill Of water
melons and cantaloupes. The former
three for rs cents and the
latter three for 10 cents.
The capital of the state was
reached by supper time. On the hill
our right we could see the capital
building itself, also buildings of
educational institutions. The
grand city of San Antonio was the next
city of interest. We arrived about
3 in the evening, being whisked
the station to spend about an
hour out in the railroad yards. Here
had the opportunity Of seeing the