The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-22

service as the result OF an accident
In which he sustained serious iniur-
les. He was quartered in the woods
with the fifty jamestown Company
II men who are Guaranteed for
measles, and climbed q tree. He fell
about forty feet~and sustained frac-
lures of both forearms and three ribs
on the right side.
Sergeant, Frank Flynn Of Dickinson
Company * is in the hospital SER
iously i'll with pneumonia
Major Charles e. Hunt, of Valley
City, commander OF the 164th Regi-
ment hospital corps was today trans
ferred to the position of major in
command of the lend Field hospital.
He will command So men In place Of
33 now enlisted in the North Da-
kota medical department. DR.. Hunt
Is succeeded by Major r. @. Luce of
Washington, D. c. Lieut.. c. r. Ora
ham, a physician has been added to
the North Dakota hospital corps, and
Lieut.. Ralph. White of Washington,
d. c.. dentist is another assigned
TO duty with the 164th. Major Hunts
transfer Is in the way Of a promo
ton, although he receives no addi-
tional rank or pay.
Thomas Allen, a private in Minot
Company D suffered a smashed big
toe when a taxi ran over his foot as
he was getting out Of the car.
Lieutenants Scull, Gottschalk,
Lewis, Davis, Rubin and Farr, re-
serve corps officers who had been
here with the North Dakota regi-
ment, have been transferred to the
camp at Waco, Tex. Lieutenant
Lever has been transferred to Buena
Vista, Cal.
Five of the men of Mandan Com
pany F, suffering with measles have
been released from the base. hospi-i
tai. They are Walter Thome, Percy
Rawn, Gerald Gillen, Peter Singer
and John Coombs.
Every man in the First North Da-
kota Infantry band took at least one
ing raised. In addition to this prac-
tically every member of the head
quarters company subscribed at
least $50 for the second Liberty loan.
Orders were issued today which
mean a lot Of work but which will
provide anxious parenS, sweet
hearts, ETC., the means whereby they
may trace the wanderings of their
sons in the army.
The chaplain, who in the case of
the First North Dakota, the 164th u.
S. Infantry. is Rev. +. c. Proehl of
Bismarck, is the "goat" picked.
Chaplains Of the various regiments
a H. n,
Statistical sections.
Their work will embrace the COM
pilation of statistics showing the
name of every enlisted man and Off
Ger in the regiment. the arm Of the
staff corps, the regimental desiTna-
ton, the. company in which enlisted,
his" rank, his home st .eet address
city, and state; the persons to noti- |
fy in case Of emergency and their !
their relationship; the !
place of enlistment or commission, |
state and date, the trade or profess
sion before entering service.
Chaplain Proehl in addition to this |
will keep list of all persons wound
ed, killed, taken i'll. those in the hos |
pital, the condition Of the wounded |
which was issued by command Of /
General Jervey, command
er of the 41st division, the statistical |
division will be maintained for the |
sole purpose OF keeping an accurate !
and exact account of the condition |
and whereabouts of all enlisted men |
so that any kind of inquiries can be |
answered without delay. |
AS a result of this increased work. |
the chaplain has been forced to give !
up the position Of regimental post |
master, He is furnished with clerks |
to handle the compilation of figures |
apd the initial work viii be the hard
est.
incidentally the chaplain is called