The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1916-07-27
Regiment Left Camp
Early Saturday Night

Bismarck, July 23.-No gloom pre-
vailed at the departure of the First
Regiment yesterday for the border.
Friends and relatives saw them off,
but no handkerchiefs wiped tears
away. The boys cheered as the spec
ials started on their journey to Mex
leo and those that assembled to see
them off did likewise.
1t was different scene from that
when the companies left to mobilize.
Then there was every Indication of
an immediate bloody conflict with the
southern republic. Peace prospects
made yesterdays departure seem
more like an enthusiastic sendoff to
booster train. The miltiamen show
ed clearly that the long-awaited orders
to move brought joy to their hearts.
Some of the officers who served in the
Spanish-American war inwardly smiled
at the attitude of the troops. 1t will be
different story, they said, after a
few months in the tropics.
Only one sad happening marred the
leave-taking, the sudden death of Mrs.
Alice Nelson Page, of Grand Forks,
mother of Sergeant Dixie Page Of the
machine gun company of that city.
Her death is believed to have been
caused by the shock of her sons i'm
mediate departure. Mrs. Page was the
proprietor of the Page Printery. The
immediate cause of her death was
hemorrhage of the brain. Sergeant
Page received word Friday that his
mother was seriously i'll and left for
Fargo. When he arrived there he re-
ceived a wire that she was all right
and started back to camp, but had not
gone far before he was handed mes
sage from Col. Frame, telling of his
! mothers death and ordering him to go
home and to join the company at Oma-
| ha.
The First battalion left at $50; the
Second at S:45, and the Third a few
minutes before midnight.
The regiment commenced to break
camp at noon. Orders were first is
sued to entrain at o'clock, but the
engine crews were not ready to move.
Each soldier when he entrained car
ried his own little bundle of belong
ings. Full equipment, even to cots,
mosquito bars and mess tables, was
sent with the regiment. Not slice
of bread nor stick of wood was left
on the camp site. The boys carried
everything to the fires and burned it.
The only evidence last night that it
had been camp was the bare spots
left where holes had been dug for the
camp fire and the company refrigera-
ter. "The sanitary condition of the
camp at all times was IDEAL" said
Adjutant General Tharaldson, last
night, after final inspection. "The
fact that so many men lived in the
camp for about month without any
sickness is remarkable"
Recruiting will continue, but it has
not been decided yet whether a new
regiment will be formed or the "rook-
les" will be sent south to join the
First. The active recruiting will be
,, done by three commissioned officers,
three sergeants, three corporals and
three privates. These men will be ap-
pointed at once and will be stationed
| in different parts Of the state.
1T is probable that the new re.
cruits will be sent at once to Fort
Lincoln and trained there for some
time, even if a new regiment is not
formed" said General Tharaldson last
night. "Everything is in fine shape.
The camp has an abundance of good
water and is almost an ideal place for
summer mobilization"