The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1916-08-03
Resche Now 1rigadier General.

Of Duluth as his successor as colonel
of the Third regiment, brigade head
quarters were opened here. MAJOR a.
F. Pratt of Anoka was chosen lleuten-
ant colonel and Captain Carl Q. Wea-
yer, regimental adjutant, was promot-
ed to major. Lieutenant A. X Whea-
ton of Duluth, and H. c. Luers OF OWa-
tonna we're assigned as aides to Gen.
eral Resche.
The First regiment has received a
shipment of $4,000 rounds OF rifle am
munition What is known as Course
B will be given the Minnesota troops
this differing from the regular range
work and being necessary here because
of the lack of an adequate rifle range.
After a thorough drill in practice mr.
ing the men will shoot at targets rep
resenting PROSTATE figures. Officers
say that such an arrangement can pc
made without all the facilities provld-
ed by a range such as the men had at
Fort Smelling.
Build New FieI5 Hospital.
Brig. Gen. E. M. Lewis, post COM
mander, announced that work is to be
started Immediately on field hospl-
tai to cost $4,000, which will replace
the present ranch building. This nos
pital was proved inadequate to handle
the cases sent over from camp and Is
not provide with the conveniences
which the surgeons desire in handling
the men.
Money has been provided by the War
department for the erection of screen
troops now in camp, it was announced.
The kitchens will be so constructed
that they can be transported with the
troops in case they move south. Sur
geons declare that only by such meas
ures can the fly problem be solved and
danger from disease mipimized. Thus
far only the Indiana regiments are
provided with such enclosures.
Troops Fire on Mexican.
Straw has been provided for those
men having ticks, but this was OF lit
tie assistance to the Minnesota men,
who do not have this equipment. The
delay in the shipment of cots has not
yet been explained, though the quarter
master has been endeavoring to trace
the missing articles. Minnesota
guardsmen will continue to sleep on
the ground until the cots arrive.
Considerable excitement was caused
in camp when men from Company A,
First regiment, who were patroling the
water canals some distance from camp,
fired on Mexican.
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Reorganize Artillery Unit.
Officers and men of the First bat
TALON, Minnesota field artillery, are
specializing on rumors of further re-
organization Of the artillery unit. Cap
tain G.. Lesley Ames of B battery prob
ably will be offered the position OF
major which he recently refused when
he nominated Lieutenant Perkins of
the regular army for that office. A re-
cent ruling of the War department,
which says no commissioned officer in
the regular army can accept position
in the national guard which places him
under a national guard officer, makes
it impossible for Lieutenant Perkins
to take the post.
If Captain Ames is made major, 1t
is said Captain Wallace Cole of A bat
terry will be transferred back to B
battery, and that Lieutenant Fletcher
lockwood of A battery will be made
the commanding officer Of A.
Captain Cole formerly was senior
first lieutenant of B battery. He was
transferred to A when that unit was
in the process Of organization and
brought it up above peace strength by
strenuous recruiting campaign
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U. S. Troops Healthy.
Goodbye to the good old style OF
lime whitened army camps. The use
of lime has been stopped in all camps
by orders of Major w. N. Bispham,
sanitary inspector for the army OF the
lower Rio Grande. We've discovered
that flies like white COLOR said the
major. "What we are looking for is
something black in the way OF a dis
infectant. The latest idea is lampblack
mixed with petro'eum I'VE want
Americans to know the exact state OF
said Bispham. Many wild stories are
being sent out about illness among the
men. All are untrue"
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Trooper Sends for Gun.
There has been sniping around the
camp Of the First Minnesota Infantry,
encamped at Llano Grande, Texas,
says a letter from George H. Porter
of Company K received by Charles
Robertson, cigar dealer. The letter
enclosed a check 70: the purchase OF
a revolver that Porter wished sent to
him. In explanation he wrote: I'VE
are only about five miles from the Dor
der and have to carry gun whenever
we leave camp. There already has
been some sniping around. Our bunch
had q fine trip all the way down. the
letter said.
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Reformatory Boys Barred.