The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-11
APPLYING pep
TO WAR PLANS,
DECLARES NYE
District Court Judge, in
Letter to Marden, Details
Ft. Sheridan Life

Capt. c. A. Nye, senior Judge of
the Seventh Judicial district, stat
toned at Fort Sheridan. ILL.,, is O very
busy man. In a letter to Chas. s.
Marden he writes, among other
things:
Il am sure make a poor effort at
making adequate answers to the hun
dreds Of letters that reach me. No
stenographer is available and. as we
are especially cautioned against writ
ing or commenting much in detail
about matters here there is little that
one can say Of interest.
81 can, however, say with pro-
priety that the war department isap-
plying every pound of pep" in worn
and preparation that can be applied
here. ! have never worked harder
than since entering active service in
the army-reveille sounds at Sis a..
m. and taps at 10 p. m. with some
thing doing all the time between.
Physical drill, small arms practice.
especially pistol practice for our
corps, occupies some of our odd
moments.
Just now am in charge of the
issue of equipment at the post depot;
but probably next week will be
switched back to the pay depart
ment as the pay rolls for the month
will amount to something like ST.
O00, 900 and all payable in actual cash.
Yesterday an enemy spy was ar
rested here and last week another.
Both have been summarily sent to
federal prison. Justice in the army
is not long delayed as you will see
by the above example. 1t is the
theory of officers here that a plot is
on to blow up the post supplies de.
pot, Such a move would not be o.
great military value to the enemy,
although 1t would do some harm. of
course.
"There are 20 sections in our
cantonment besides the large brick
barracks proper Six officers, in
Guiding myself, are quartered togeth-
err, and we mess with the First Illi-
nois engineers. The mess is good as
army rations go-last Thursday we
had real ice cream.
'I am glad to learn that the su-
preme court has agreed with me in
the matters before it upon which
] had passed. l hope I may be fort
innate enough to return to Minnesota
in due time and serve out my term.
/ have received stacks of letters from
friends up there. all giving me en-
tirely too much credit for what l
dAll llOL CbblIACo ~ any
thing of the sort and do not expect
or deserve anything more than some
little satisfaction in doing my bit in
what / consider a world crisis. Ger
tainly nothing has ever meant so
much to this country as this war,
with the single exception of 1851.
None Of US wished to see this war eX-
cept as a last resort; but now that
we are in it I see no other way
than to fight 1t to a finish-and a
successful finish. A patched-up
peace will not do and will not COM
pensate for the sacrifice that must
be made.
1--WE are all expecting to see active
service on the French front but, of
course, we know nothing whatever
about ii. am very grateful to Judge
Parsons and Judge Roeser for the
hard work my absence causes them
they are the real patriots and l hope
you will express this to them.
II cannot close this letter without
saying that in my opinion the peo-
pie as a whole fail to grasp the
seriousness of the present situation.
There is apathy in some parts of
the country and in other parts there
is actual opposition that verges
closely upon treason. The most
valuable service civilians OF in
fluence can render is to help en-
tighten the people on the gravity of
the situation. This is the peoples
war and If we should lose the fight
they would find that they would be
the ones to pay the enormous in
demnity which would surely be
levied.
II am literally swamped with cor
respondence so my friends must be
charitable. Ny regards to all the
boys.
CARROLL A. NYE."