The Tomahawk., 1916-09-14
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eral stations at which enlisting mel
various Minnesota units, General Wood
explained
Four remaining squads made up OF
one commissioned and two non-com-
missioned officers and one private each
have been sent out on itineraries sub
ject to change and with instructions
to move headquarters when a field is
exhausted.
TO Cover State.
Lieut. w. O. Brown will head the
squad ordered to Duluth first and lat
er to the Iron Range towns. Lieut..
E. B. Cutler and squad will begin at
Anoka and work toward Crookston.
Capt. A. O. Stubstadt and squad will
open at Winona and work along the
river back toward the Twin Cities.
The last squad, headed by Lieut.. Don
aid Mckenzie, will begin recruiting at
Faribault and then move to Northfield,
Owatonna, Mankato, St. Peter and
other towns in central southern Min.
nesota.
CrdeTed Rome.
Supplementing the original order
for the mastering out Of service OF
Battery F, the unit composed Of stu
dents at the University Of Minnesota,
information was received by General
Wood that the commanding general
of the southern department was d.
rected by the adjutant general Of the
army to return to the state mobillza-
ton camp Battery F., First Minnesota
field artillery, and certain units from
Illinois, to be held at the camp pend
ing further instructions.
The information included a state
ment that hereafter no individuals
will be discharged on account Of be-
ing bona fide students or teachers In
colleges and schools This order SUI
persedes all previous orders.
Curb on Discharges.
Another order from the adjutant
generals office at Washington. D. c..
was as follows:
In view of the provisions contain
ed III the appropriations bill providing
funds for taking care Of dependent
relatives Of soldiers, the Secretary Of
War directs that previous orders re"
lating to the discharge Of enlisted men
on account of dependent relatives be
revoked to take effect in all cases
which originate hereafter"
General Wood explained that while
the order is not retroactive, it means
few if any discharges for men On
the ground of claims of dependents.
Select Seed Corn Now.
Minnesota farmers should drop
everything else to select and store
seed corn, in the opinion Of farm man
agement experts at University farm
They advise that seed corn selecting
he done between September 10 and 20,
even though threshing, silo filling and
winter crop seeding wait. They hold
that any of these may wisely be sub.
ordinated to selecting next years seed
corn. They believe the value Of the
corn crop can be increased by $780,
900 a year by proper seed selection.
Frosts Impair Quality.
Seed corn that does not terminate
90 per cent or better is not fit to be
planted for the production Of cars
said Prof. G. P. Bull. discriminating
qualities alone regulate the value Of
seed corn. Even fodder corn seed
should have high termination testing
power, although a false impression to
the contrary prevails.
killing frosts on standing corn is
almost sure to impair the termination
of the seed, SO it is better to cut too
early than too late"
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Pay for Stolen Honey.
Some three weeks ago three men of
the Third Minnesota infantry were ar
rested south Of camp on the charge
OF stealing honey from farmer and
destroying some of the bee hives. The
men were tried by summary court and
proved they had destroyed no hives.
Meanwhile the thefts of honey con-
tinued. and the fact was brought to
tho attention Of General Lewis, "no
ordered an inquiry made in every reg
iment in camp.
AS q result it was learned men in
every regiment had visited the bee
farm, and each regiment was assessed
an amount of r"oEcy in proportion to
the number of mon found to have Wis
tied the place. The bee farmer is now
on Easy street.
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Guards Stand Test Well.
Minnesota soldiers have just under.
gone G severe test in the stitfest prac-
tee march which the troops have en-
perielced. All three regiments GOV.
cred mere than - miles in heavy
marching order. carrying filed packs
blankets, shelter tents. canteers, and
mess kits. Despite the G0-pound load
and the dust and heat very few men
dropped out and the regiments
marched into camp singing Cheer
Cheer. the Gangs All Here
Swim After March.
Colonel Moliison lead his command