The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1917-12-13
Cuardsmen Keen to Quit Mills;
Facilities for Troops Are Poor


a great banquet to the men, enter
party and then at SUPPER The men
were made life menoers OF THIS
club which is composed Of wealthy
men of the west ard oh main
ta:ns superb quarters in New York
city 1t was this club VIII III re-
Gently gave 100000 to the hospital
of Princess Eugene Of Belgium, and
each one Of the $50 soldier boys bore
a card ent Ting him to care in this
inst:tut on if wounded.
Notes Of Camp Life
Ben Cloud, who has been acting
as regimertal sergeant major, has
been commissioned a first lieutenant
and VII remain in regimental head
quarters of the 164th, North Dakota,
as ass slant to Adjutant T. S. Henry.
Walter H. Hecker, formerly serge
ant major of the second battalion
has been promoted t. reg mental
sergeant major. The latter's home
Bismarck.
Cart. ]ohH ~. Grant, who organ
lied and c)mmHnde! Rolla Comnsnr
G Of the second North Dakota reg
ment. and who has been attached
to the 164th since arrival at Camp
Greene, has row been assigned to
command the Headquarters COM
pany. Capt Charles Rouse, whom
he relieves. has been transferred to
the uuartcrm2stcr's den2rt at
To~tv-!r$t "ivis On heaGGuorter=.
W. \ MLlrov, formerly tc0 SER
seant If NJ rot Company \, Second
North Dakota, is now top sergeant of
Headquarters company. Several 9TH
er changes and promotions are to be
announced in the near future.
Lieut. F. J. FURY. formerly of the
Dickinson Machine Gun company,
now assigned to headquarters. has
been detailed to take charge of the
the North Dakota regiment which
will be SD pped prior to the move.
ment Of the troops.
Hairy For, ythe, formerly of Bis
marck. and one Of the best known
automobile men in North Dakota,
came down. from ithaca, N. Y, Sun
day to call on North Dakota friends.
Mrs. Forsythe accompanied him.. He
is now a first lieutenant in the avia-
ton schools department and is in
charge of suppl es. reluis tons as
well as certain classes in aviation
at The United States School of Mill
tary AeronautiCs established or the
crowds of Cornell university, Ithaca,
N. y.
Lieut.. Forsythe declares that hun
dreds of men are applying for en-
trance in the aviation department. but
warns anv men who think it easy
work 70 stay away. Three weeks
course is given in ordinary drill work
in which the men get double the
Ora gng' a man IN the infantry is
is given. Glasses cf 100 are started
each week and the course lasts eight
. weeks. Glasses seldom contain more
than so men. showing the rate OF dis
. charge to ne 70 per cent.
"Ten million lights on Broadway.
Lichts. LIGHTS everywhere. but the
camp is black as ink" is the way
some of the chaps have paraphrased
the old water, water everywhere
but not a drop to drink. 1t does
seem little bit selfish. Broadway,
New York probably has 1O,000.0c7
electric light, bulbs in it's multitude
'nnr~ ord st"rtlir" striking advertis.
ing Signs The North Dakota regi-
mcnt IS allowed q. Each mess hall
there are lis allowed one electro;
light. Lights are allowed the head
Quarters soGice tent the colonel. lieu
tenant colonel the three MA inrs and
the surnly others tent Three thou
and lights taken from Broadway
would scarcely be more than candle
'eht's flicker hrt these 8 ono liohts
would mt little comfort into every
squad tent in Camp Mills