The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1917-08-01
STATE MILITIA N
FEDERAL / | / 4 !. SERVICE
NEARLY 1850 MEMBERS OF MIN.
NESoTA GUARD @lNcLUDED&IN
TRANSFER.
50 GO SOUTH TO, TRAIN SOON
second and Third Regiments, Hos
p'ta' and Ambulance Corps At.
fected-LIst of Commanders +
and Stats Announced. :.

donal guard, have just been mustered
into Federal service as a result of
President Wilson's proclamation Of
July 3.
The branches of service affected ara
the Second infantry, Third infantry,
Hospital corps and Ambulance com
pany. Capt. Walter F. Rhinow est1.
mated 100 men are needed by each
u9it to bring it up to it's war strength
Of 2,602 men.
The Hospital corps has a compile
ment OF rs men and six officers, while
the Ambulance company has $50 men
and five officers. According to a tele.
gram received by Captain Rhinow
from the Genital department in Chi.
cago, each company, after assembling
at It's home camp, has the privilege of
remaining there for IS days or re.
questlng removal to some other camp,
possibly Fort Smelling. At the end
OF 10 days time the entire Mime
sofa guard probably will go south for
training.
Majority Opinion to Prevail.
Captain Rhinow did not announce
whether the troops would all assem-.
bic at Fort Smelling to be equipped
and receive clothing before going to
their southern training camps
Inc question Of remaining at home
or removal to another camp will he
put to a vote of the various .cnl-
pan1es, Captain Rhinow said, and the
majority opinion will prevail.
Colonef w. J. Murphy, commanding
tne second Artillery, now being organ.
ized, said he was receiving encourage
ing reports from the six cities which
nave been given batteries. Battery A
Is stationed at Albert Lea, Battery B
at Waseca, Battery c at St. James.
Battery D at Marshall, Battery q al
Fergus Falls and Battery F at Moor
head.
Albert Lea in Lead.
Albert Lea is in the lead, Colonel
Murphy said. At war strength each
battery is composed Of 100 men and
five officers. Colonel Murphy ex-
pressed the belief that all batteries
will have enlisted 1875 men, the min
imum number shortly, and that the
entire regiment would be ready for
mastering in two weeks.
The field staff, commanding officers
and the home camps Of the various
companies in the Second and Third in.
tantry which were mustered:
F;e,a Sc Second Infantry:
Floodwood; Major NJ. j. Brown Bro 'n 6WS::
t son as Adjutant Captain Harold S. Nell
G. 1Cllemans, Minneapolis; Lieut. Lieut.. coi.
William F. Brandt, Winona; First
Eieut Herbert Her G: Hubbard, Exceisior;
FIRST Lieut.. Carl F. Bierman' ' Roc tatai'
RR obsTt PsiniGgsH sseoad ti sRt:
Capt. & 3; Chase. Faribauit; First Lieut..
Giuy THOMPSON, Minneapolis; Second
mona
Company A, formerly New Ulm.
A. Grsnt First to 1ny Ht Ro5er
han; Second Lieut.. 'f E. C. 'f peik s. ke''e-
ro G2mgndy r RE- Fari 4%H1t W E.
Sine; Second Lieut.. Robert W. Craig. "
. Company c, Winona--Captain Alfred
O. G Stnbstad; First Lieut.: = ,7
now Ere Of
First Lieut.; Ernest A. Jensen; Second
liam K Boyce: FirSt Lieutp Fped Wi L
Hoover; Second Lieut.. William G. Ellis.
&C c sr1ap F.. WqSthington- Gaptai4
sscond rf Eisut 30e JONI
rs sSnHen fyyt Ee Aus 6af cf Bson
ond Lieut.: George A, Damn D'D-l' 'e''
Company II, Mankato-Capt. Herbert
~ lo Aouck; First Lieut. Cyril B. spicer:
Company 1, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Her.
bert F.. Lueres; First Lieut. Burton =.
Hood; Second Lieut. SEVERN Stevenson.
NJ c Sogsroyye X F St. fetS an
Company l. K; ks'ed@ Falls - Capt.
"; Rurrill, Clement; Second ' Li eut.
John w. Laugerbaor.
RSani5ssSy \ fi Mad H;gSt 9te
second Lieut. Gerald D 6. DALE w. p'ckel;
Field staff-col. H. '. Eva. Duluth:
Lieut. Col: A: F: Pratt. Anoka; Maj
4: caswell, AneKa; Mai: G. &. CIV Weav .a;
GIN Duluth; Chaplain, First Lieut.. Ara
J. Waterworth, Duluth.
o$%R&@E B Bsath ssseRgd
Machine gun company. DuluthNcapt
Anton G.. Jensen, Minneapolis; First
Lieut.: Charles McLennon, Duluth; Sec.
Second e Leut james M IclSr9S Rulq R6
chester.
nc Company a, Duluth h Capt: Elmer W
SECOND Lieut.: Daniel Mcdonald. s'
Company B, Anoka-Capt. Earl Hy.
att; First Lieut. Edward B. Cutter
Thief River Falls; Second Lieut. Ed.
gar j. Goodrich.
Company G, Duluth-Capt. Reginald
lup p,s Second I Lieut.: Albert ": Casper;
W. Nesseth; First Lieut.. Eugene G
Kalkman, Princeton; Second Lieut.. Her.
bert J. Coleman, Eveleth
Company ., Duluth-Capt. George W
Stiles; First Lieut.. John J. Harrison
Second Lieut.. Thor Harris.
Company F, Eveleth-Capt John H
Trux; First Lieut. Charles Reath; Sec.
ond Lieut. Herbert A.-Patterson,
Company G., Princeton-Capt. Alfred
III. Johnson; First Lieut.. Claude S. Nor.
ton; Second Lieut.. Robert R. Uric,
Company H, Olivia-Capt. William
A. Brown; First Lieut.. Lawrence La
Plant, Anoka: Second Lieut.. Lawrence
M. Carlson, Olivia.
Company I, Crookston-Capt Alfred
Rossberg; First Lieut.. Carl e. Solder.
holm, Red Wing; Second Lieut.. John A
ter s. Wso n x2red ce 6tt
Second Lieut.. Rudolph L. Gaalaas.
Company L. Red Wing-Capt. Otto F.
Ruebke; First Lieut.. Harvey Johnson;
Company III, Hibbing-capt. David
o. Williams; First Lieut.. Earl q.
Marsh, Hibbing; Second Lieut.. Percy
4. IGaalaas, saltwater. & = j. :. .