The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-02-02

able anywhere to pick out finel
and healthier looking lot of young
men, or any that had done its part in
fulfilling it's duties on the border any
better
Praise For Lieutenant Hauck.
Captain Cosgrove declared he could
not tell the Mankato people why he
know how it was he who came to be
appointed to that post. He spoke in
the warmest terms of praise in his
reference to Lieutenant Hauck, the
man for whose appointment as cap
tain the boys had looked forward,
and one who had been model officer
as first lieutenant. Captain Cosgroye
declared that he might have had an
exceedingly hard time under these
conditions, but it was the generous
cooperation on the part of Lieu
tenant Hauck himself that prevent
ed the captain from encountering
such difficulties. The lieutenant help
ed with perfect loyalty to make a
success of the captaincy of the very
man who had been made captain
over his head. Captain Cosgrove de-
clared himself that Lieutenant Hauck
was the man that should have been
made captain. The captain said he
knew every man in the company felt
that way. The frequent bursts of ap-
plause on the part Of the boys of the
company showed that this was true.
At the call of the captain, the lieu
tenant himself arose to speak. Re-
ferring to the changes that would
have been made, if he himself had
been made captain, the lieutenant
spoke of First Sergeant Philip Com
stock as being right in line for a
lieutenancy, a promotion that he we'll
deserved. Lieutenant Hauck spoke of
the energy and loyalty with which
the company in general went about
every duty which it was called upon
to perform.
Lieutenant Colonel Duane declared
that all the good things that had been
said about Lieutenant .Hauck were
true He had made no application for
the captaincy. At one time it looked
likely that the new captain. of Com
pany II would be Lieutenant Tawney
of Company C, son Of Congressman
Tawney, it being a plausible surmlse
that Colonel Mollison would seek
military support in his political race
and would try to get the support OF
Jim Tawney. When Captain. Cosgrove
was appointed, Lieutenant Hauck got
the men of the company to give him
cordial support.
Lieutenant Colonel Duane said he
had had a talk with Colonel Molli-
son in regard to the general expecta-
ton that Lieutenant Hauck would be
made the captain of Company H. He
told the colonel that the lieutenant
ought to have been appointed to the
place and that he was quite capable.
The lieutenant colonel stated that in
his opinion a man should be judged
by the results that he showed, and
that Lieutenant Hauck had certainly
shown the results. Lieutenant Colonel
Duane spoke at some length last
evening about the success of Lieuten-
ant Hauck in certain arduous march
es that the company made.
Mr.. Currier closed the speaking
with the remark that the Mankato
Commercial club had always been
to Company H and would
continue to be so in the future.
The menu cards that were dis
tributed at the banquet were so well
gotten up, that all present took care
to take them away as souvenirs. The
cards showed the following roster Oh
Company H, Second regiment of in
fantry. Minnesota national guard:
Captain, Bertram NJ. Cosgrove;
First Lieutenant. Herbert M. Hauck;
Second Lieutenant, Cyril B. Spicer;
First Sergeant, Philip F.. Comstock;
Supply Sergeant, Charles T. John;
Mess Sergeant, William D. Coalter;
Victor Carlson, Paul M.
Paulson, George Schaffenberg, Lyle
A. Thro, Harvey Gugisberg, Walter
Corporals, Frank E. Ander-
son, Paul H. Schindle, Jasper Reed,
Frank o. Miller, Zala G. HasseH, Cas-
per Z. Biedenbach, Lawrence Snyder,
Roger Berge, George Chambers, Har-
old C. Larson, William A. Quasi;
cook, Walter Larson; cook, Arthur
WEIGH, mechanic, Louis Heise, bugl-
err, Ernest Heitner; First Glass Pri-
Yates, William Atherton, Archie l..
Charter, Harry G.. Hassellfeldt, Rus
sen Hollnagel, Alphons Huettl, Leon
Louis kappa, Fred Kottke,
Fred J. G.. Kronfeld, Louis Kump,
Leslie e. Matteson, William A. May,
Frank H. MacLarnon, Charles d.
Preim, Mike Spaetgens, Stephen
White; privates, Roy E. Borchardt,
Herbert Cooper, Albert Felix, Frank
J. Kolar, Fred F. Litsey, Clifford Pow
ell, Oscar Randall, Ellie F. Shaver,
David Shifflett, Roy Shifflett, Carl
Thune.
There was also the following list
of those mustered into the federal
service and discharged before the
muster out:
Lee R.. DeRosia, Oscar Finke,
Ollie Fleischmann, John c. Hellvik,
William Hintz, Albert Jones, Herbert
Jones, William Kelley, Thaddeus
Keene, Reuben Nostdahl, George
Pass, Peter J. Rodts, Harry Roe,
Ray Rosenberg, Henry Sanger, Selm-
er Satterlee, Arthur o. Scott, Henry
Suess, Edgar Swan, Elmer Swan,
Norman Thompson, Henry W1gen,
Guy Zoch, Donald F. Mackenzie.
Reception at the Armory.
Good natured and patient a large
assembly of Mankato citizens, rela-.
tiyes and friends of members of
Company H, thronged the armory
last night, awaiting the coming OF
the company from the Heinrich no.
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