The Tomahawk., 1916-07-20
TWIN CITY ORGANIZATION LEAVES
TRAINS OF TOURIST CARS.
SPEND LAST NIGHT AT HOME
Guardsmen Are Allowed Unusual Lib.
critics in This Respect by Officers
Destination of BattaIions Not
= Announced by War Department.

Though the destination of the troops
the War department., it is said to be-
a point on the Mexican border north,
west of Brownsville, Texas.
Three trains of tourist cars are con-
veying the First, one battalion being
assigned to each train. -
II Working in the sWeltering heat
Tuesday, the men struck their tents,
rolled them up and packed the canvas
on supply wagons which were then
loaded on flat cars. Each man car
ried his own equipment including rifle,
pack, canteen, cartridge belt, blanket
and shelter half
Many of the men spent the night
before their departure home. Officers
were especially lenient in this respect
When the order came to erect the
pup" tents, it was found that Com.
puny G was short large number.
Tents which had been condemned by
the federal inspection were turned in
and new ones had not been issued.
Members of the company made use OF
the tents of the comrades who had
gone home for the night.
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Resche to Command Guard.
Governor J. A. A. Burnquist has sent
a commission to Colonel F. E. Resche
of the Third regiment. naming him
i. brigadier general to command the
Minnesota national guard. Colonel
Resche received 10 out of IA votes in
the balloting of brigade officers to
choose successor for J3rigadier Gen
eral A. w. Wright, rejected for border
service by the medical examiners. Of
ficers of the Third regiment, en-
route to the southwest, sent their
votes by wire. One vote was missing
from the balloting, that of Lieu
tenant Colonel F. B. Rowley of the
First regiment, who recently resigned,
lieutenant Colonel Hugh II. McGee
U. S. A., his successor, has not yet ar
rived from the east. Colonel Erie D.
;, luce received four votes for brigadier
general, but Colonel Resches long ser.
vice in the guard, more than 80 years,
made him the favorite. The new brig.
adler generals home is in Duluth. He
was succeeded as colonel of the Third
by Lieutenant Colonel H. V. Eva, also
of Duluth.
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How to Address Letters.
All mail intended for Minnesota
troops at the border should be ad.
dressed with the name of the com.
>Xany and regiment of the person for
+ whom it is intended and marked Min.
nesota, On the Border Such mail
from Minnesota cities will be sent to
the Twin Cities and sent South from
here. The destination of the troops
will be made known to- these pcstmas-
tiers, but not the postmasters through
out the state. This is in compliance
with instructions from the War de-
partment. Once the Minnesota troops
are encamped in the South, their 10.
cation will be announced All mail,
however, will be sent in the same way
and should be so addressed.
Third Infantry Camp at Mercedes.
Texarkana, Arkansas. Mime.
sota's Third infantry, comprising 1893
men and 81 officers, will go into camp
at or near Mercedes, Texas, about 10
miles from the Mexican line, unless
all indications fail.
Regimental officers now believe that
the Third will be the only unit in the
state brigade to be at that point
(which is about fifty miles beyond
Brownsville, the scene of raids, and
50 miles from the Gulf of Mexico.
Conditions at that camp, which for.
merly was used by the Twenty-eighth
infantry, are said to be above average
as there are shower baths and other
accommodations.
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Airmen for Militia.
An aerial squadron will form a sec.
ton of the Minnesota national guard
upon passage by congress of pending
bill carrying $9,64O,S0O appropriation
according to President Alan r. Hawley
of the Aero Club of America, New
York, who wired asking Governor j
A. A. Burnquist to urge Minnesota
representatives to support the meas
ure. Twelve squadrons as adjuncts
of the guard in as many states are
proposed.
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Naval Militia on Cruise.
The Minnesota naval militia has Just
entrained at Duluth for a ten days
summer training cruise on the battle
ship Rhode Island. Captain Guy A
Eaton received war department orders
to pick ESQ men out Of the enlistment
of $50 to take the cruise. The Rhode
Jsfand will go to Block Island, Ions
Island sound, for five days of maneuv
= ering with the regular reserve fleet Of
zine vessels. The men will be giver
one day of liberty at Newport. Re
turning. the train will stop six hour,
"a Washington.