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should be excused, because he has the care
of an invalid mother. Col. Mollison was
consulted and he consented to this ar
rangement and it was then that Ed.
Vogel re enlisted for another year.
When he did this he felt sure that his
brother Gust who is now in Minneapolis
would come home and take care of his
mother who is all alone. When Gust
came he refused to stay in New Ulm be-
cause he had a good position in Minnea-
polls and things did not look quite SO
favorable for Ed as he had imagined
they would be- 1t had also been ar
ranged with COL Mollison that @. M.
Sergt. John Henle, Drum Major Henry
Stelljes and Corpl. John Hofneister
should receive their honorable discharges,
the latter two because of physical dis
ability and the former because he had
reached the age limit. They were asked
to report in camp however and assist
in getting things started. $40,
After the band reached camp it de-
veloped that there we're quite number of
enlisted men in the Regiment who
wanted to be assigned to the band. It
was then that the question came up
whether or not some of the other band
members could and should be excused,
because of their dependent families
and physical unftness for military
service. The matter was taken up
with Co.. Mollison and he readily con-
sented to have all of the men who have
returned home discharged for the one
or the other reason, with the exception
of Max Hoehne and Ed. Vogel. The
formers time was, however, practically
up and it was agreed that he should
also receive his honorable discharge
because he was not willing to re-enlist,
a privilege that great number of the
company members had decided to take
advantage Of and against whom no word
of opprobrium has been raised. If
the members of the regular military
companies can take advantage of this
privilege without being called towards,
the band boys feel that they should not
be; unjustly criticised in this regard
The married men who have families de-
pendent on them insist that their first
duty is to their families especially as there
are enough others to take their places.
A wage of 80 cents day would not be
sufficient to keep their families from
want and they prefer to support their
own families rather than to have them
become objects OF charity during their:
terms of enlistment.
What the band boys ask the home
staying citizens of New Ulm to do is
to have each one place himself in their
position and then decide for themselves
what they would have done under
similar circumstances. When one of
their severest critics was told by the
band boys that he ought to show his
own patriotism by going TO- the front
himself before criticising wholesale he
told them that he would not hesitate
minute to 60 to the front If he could
get commission. 1t does make some
difference whether one is working for:
$15 month or pulling down from $3.50
to 5000 per month. 90. =:
Julius Reinhardt Of 'Amboy, llinn
has accepted a position with Simmet &;
Nagel in this city, 7: - -: j. - :
Aug. Ohrmundt, father of Mrs. VIM.
Schroeck, who underwent an operation
at the Union Hospital a few weeks ago
and who for the past week has been re-
covering at the VIM: Schroeck home,