New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1916-05-31
CONCENTRATES FEW
CHANGES IN SECOND
COL. MOLLISON LEAVES STAFF
WITH ONE EXCEPTION UN-
CHANGED.
HEADQUARTERS
GO WITH NEW COMMANDER
TO FARIBAULT.

Col W. T. Mollison of Faribault.
elected colonel of the Second Regiment.
M. N. g., came to New Ulm Saturday,
accompanied by his adjutant, Capt. Bill.
to take over the property of the regiment
and get pointers from the retiring colonel
as to the present status of the regiment.
Shortly after his arrival at the Dakota
House he was serenaded by the Second
Regiment band and as many of the
business men of the city gathered about
to listen to the music he met many of
them informally.
Asked as to contemplated changes in
the regimental staff, Col. Mollison
stated that he proposes to keep the staff
as at present constituted, with the ex-
ception of adjutant, to which position
ne has appointed Capt. Bill of Faribault.
He announced, however, the reappoint-
ment OF Geo. J. Gag of this city as chief
musician of the regiment and Sergt. John
Henle as quartermaster of the band.
IN short speech to the members of
the band he said: 81 want you boys
and the people of New Ulm to- under
stand that whatever changes are going
to be made in the regiment will not in
clude the band. AS long as am colonel
OF the Second Regiment the New Uln1
band will be the regimental band. In.
fact you boys have furnished the music,
for us so long that you are fixtures in the.
organization.
Speaking to the business men COL.
Mollison urged that the public take A..
greater interest in the military organi-
cations of the town. He pointed out the
fact that the machine gun company is,
on probation at the present time for
lack of public support. 'I consider New
Ulm the best military town in the state,''
he said, land you citizens can ill afford
to lose the machine gun company by
It's being mustered out. Whatever New
Ulm has undertaken in the military
line thus far they have carried out
splendidly and to fall down on the
machine gun section would be a black
eye indeed"
Colonel Mollison expects to visit all
OF the company stations of the regi-
ment and will pay New Ulm and the
companies a visit in the near future.
Thursday and Friday of this week he.
will visit the companies at Fairmont,
and Worthington which are reported to-
be in bad shape and have been placed
on probation. The company at North
field, also on probation, will next be
visited. The local infantry company,
according to the colonel is in as good
condition as any in the regiment, es-
pecially as far as the efficiency of the
officers and non-commissioned officers is
concerned. All the companies in the
regiment need attention, not because
they are especially inefficient this year..
but because the federal government is
taking greater interest in the efficiency
OF the national guard and making de-
mands upon the state troops never here
tofore made. In former days the or
binary drills and routine camp duty
we're about the only things looked after
by the inspecting officer, while today a
regular examination is made as to the.
efficiency of both officers and men.
Col. Mollison met the local military
officers and impressed upon their minds
that efficiency" is going to be the
watchword in the Second Regiment
from now on. ''The regiment always
has been the best in the state under the
command of Col. Bobleter and Col.
Buschers and l want to keep it up to
that standard if possible. The moving
Of the headquarters from New Ulm is
merely a matter of form, as we all con-
slider New Ulm the home of the regi-
ment because General Bobleter was con-.
sidered the father of the state guard.
I'm only borrowing the headquarters for
a time he predicted, and it will come
back to New Ulm again.
Col. Mollison and Capt. Bill found
al the records of the regiment as kept
~ Capt. Vogel in the best of condition
md had no trouble in completing the.
ransfer of the property in a few hours.
limo limit fnr G1;1,r.