The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-03-24
D. N. G. OFFICER SAYS IT
WILL TAKE THREE MONTHS
TO FINISH TASK.
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the Sunshine state.

"cctofn INOWSpopef Union news service.
Pierre.-"When officers of the Ma
tional Guard c. Wisconsin and Min
nesota make the statements that the
militia Of their states can be mobil.
lied and ready to 20 to the front in
"a and 36 hours" stated Lieutenant
Colonel w. A. Halle, of the South Da-
kota National Guard. "they are not
only misleading the general public
but are stating something they them.
selves know to be an utter impossi-
bility.
The South Dakota National Guard
can be in rendezvous camp within "a
hours from the time a call is maze
and within 10 days the companies OF
the Fourth regiment and separate bat.
talions can be recruited up to the re-
CURED strength, but it would be three
months before the men would be in
condition to go to the front.
Every man would have to be vac
cinated for smallpox, which would
require at least 10 days.
Then every man would have to
take the typ,.us prophylaxis, which
would require another 80 days
From the start it would be neces.
sary to get the necessary equipment
to place these troops in %serviceable
condition, and then would come the
training.
How many members Of the guard
would be able to execute a days
march in light marching order without
any equipment. And then how far
would they be able to 60 carrying
their rife, blanket roll, haversack,
canteen and other heavy marching or
der equipment weighing 80 pounds or
better?
1T would take at least three months
to put foot under the men, backbone
in them and muscles on them.
What is true of South Dakota is
equally true Of nearly every other Ma
tional Guard organization in the coun-
try. Within 4hree months we would
be fit to go into a ge1eral mobiliza-
ton camp and be able to somewhere
near perform a days work.
II confidently believe that this pres
ent trouble is going to mean interven-
ton in the end. Either that or we
will have to ley our Monroe doctrine
OF a sheif and permit the European
powers to come over here and split
Mexico up among themselves"
Cannot Reserve Highway Right.
The attorney general has ruled that
the state land commissioner does not
have a right to sell school or endow
ment lands for highway purposes
which are covered by existing leases.
unless the sale of said lands for such
purpose is excepted from the opera
ton and terms of the lease. This gives
persons that hold these leases a right
to say whether or not a public high
during the period of the leases. The
attorney general holds this on the
ground that the highway law, passed
In 1909, and amended in 1915, for pub
lie highways, is altogether different
from that prescribed by the general
laws of the state for establishing high
ways over private lands. 1t appears
from the highway statute that the
purchase of state lands for highways
must be made through the board Of
school and public lands, and the au
thority of that board to sell them de
ponds upon the language OF the lease.
1t is found the language of the de
partment leases has not excepted lanG
which the board might wish to use for
a highway from its terms, and there
fore the lessee cannot be deprived Of
the use of his lands.
Entertains Dairying Students.
The dairy faculty of the South Da.
kota State coilege at Bookings were
hosts to students and neighboring
creamerymen at their annual dinner
Monday night of last week at the
Lion hotel. Instructor Arthur Lynch
was POSTMASTER. Toasts we're of
fered by President f. G. Perisho, Dean
L. G.. Brown, Professors C. Larsen
George A. Starring and Manley
Champlin, and state dairy commits
A. p. Ryger. E. E. Stone re-
sponded in behalf of the creamery
students. Beautiful gold cuff links
we're presented to each of their seven
by the creamery students.
The occasion was enlivened by sing
ing dairy parodies on popular songs.
After dinner, the guests and hosts
spent the rest of the evening in the
game rooms of the Brookings CONNER.
cial club. The members OF state col
lege dairy faculty are C.. Larsen. How.
ard Gergory, Y. r. Jones, Arthur
E. H. Hungerford. with Fred
creamery assistant, and
Peter Hoff, dairy herdsman.
Cenvietion Affirmed.