The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-08-03

Probable Mandan District Judge
Will Be Succeeded by Captain
Thomson of Wahpeton

Two North Dakotans-Major Harold
Sorenson of Fargo and Captain War
rem A. 'Stickley Of Bismarck-wil]
have hand in the building of two
of the great cantonments which are
to house divisions of Uncle Sans
national army while in training. These
officers, members of the North Da
kOta quartermaster corps, received in
structiOns yesterday to report for &C.
tive duty Immediately, Major Soren
son to Augusta, Ga, and Captain
Stickley to Admission, Ala, to the quar-
termaster in charge Of construction
at the respective cantonments.si
3. Old in, ,,Service.a>y ,, &C.
Major Sorenson and Captain Stick
ley, who leave for the south this eve
ming, are two of the oldest men in
point of service in the North Dakota
national guard. Both are veterans of
the Philippine campaign, and Captain
Stickley has been with the guard 30
years and Major ,Sorenson "a. Major
Sorenson, served as sergeant with Co.
B during the war with Spain: was
promoted to regimental commissary
sergeant in 1905; to second lieutenant
and battalion quartermaster in 1907;
captain of Co. B, Fargo, 191Q-1911, and
in the border campaign of 1916 he was
assistant to the division quartermas-
ter, and on the II days maneuvers
from Llano Grande to Brownsville he
was acting division quartermaster. He
was commissioned major of the North
Dakota quartermaster corps in May,
1917. i
Captain w. A. Stickley served with
the North Dakota troops in the Philip
pines and has been prominently con-
nected with the service since 1888.
He was with Co. A on the Mexican
border, and his promotion to a cap
taincy in the quartermaster corps
came with the reorganization in that
department last spring.
s r Major HanIey Quits. 'ea-- -''.'
] District Judge J. NJ. Hanley, who
resigned command of the Third bat
talon while the First regiment was
on the Mexican border, but who ac-
cepted a commission as major in the
Second regiment when that unit was
organized the first of July, has again
resigned from the service. In his let
ter of resignation he states that the
illness of Mrs. Hanley and his busi-
ness affairs would prevent his giving
to the important military post as
signed him the attention which it
The majorship has been rendered to
Capt. Manville II. Sprague of Grafton,
commander Of the supply company
and ranking captain in the First regi-
ment, but he has gratefully declined
the honor. The commission now
awaits the acceptance of Capt. Thorn
as j. Thomson of Wahpeton, COM
mander of Co. |, and next in order of
rank.
May Mobilize Here:
Queries as to the location and con-
dition Of Fort Lincoln, and the pos
sibility of two regiments of infantry
being accommodated there, lead to
the belief that the First and Second
regiment of the North Dakota guard
will yet be mobilized here, pending
their transfer to concentration camp
sites. u
Governor Frazier has urged the ad-
vantages of Fort Lincoln repeatedly.
Fort Lincoln Is the only available post
in North Dakota for the accommoda-
ton of large bodies Of troops; it has
been designated as the mobilization
camp site for North Dakota, and the
fort is favored by all regular army
officers who are familiar with its ad-
yantages.