Williston graphic., 1917-11-29
W|LL|ST0N MEN AMONG
THE OFFICERS ADVANCED
Conditions in New Camp Not Nice As At Camp Greene
Lots of Mud and Fog Will Not be Given Leave
To Visit New York

Camp Mills, N. Y, Nov. 23.-The
twenty-eight newly commissioned Of
icers created in order to provide enuf
officers to command the greatly aug
mented First North Dakota regiment
have now been assigned to their DIFF
ferent commands.
They are as follows: First Lieuten-
ant Leo H. Dominick to Company l
of Wahpeton; First Lieutenant J. D.
Prentice to Grafton supply company;
First Lieutenant Fay Ross to Com
pany G of Valley City; First Lieuten-
ant John R. Frame to Company A of
Bismarck; First Lieutenant Cyril D.
Page to Grand Dickinson Ma
chine Gun company; First Lieutenant
F. J. FURY, formerly of Dickinson
Machine Gun company to Headquar-
ters company; First Lieutenant Earl
w. South to Company B. of Fargo;
First Lieutenant Myron Omile to
Company C of Grafton; First Lieu
tenant Paul r. C. White to Company
D of Minot; First Lieutenant John
Zimmerman to Company F of Man
dan; First Lieutenant Carl II. Erick-
son to Company f Of Williston; First
Lieutenant John F. Nolet to Company
H of Jamestown; First Lieutenant
Chris J. Kunz to Company K of Dick
inson; First Lieutenant Allen H. Gil
bertson to Company M of Grand
Forks; First Lieutenant Earl E. Han
son to Company M Of Grand Forks !;
First Lieutenant Clay Anderson to
Valley City headquarters; First Lieu
tenant Archibald Melchior to Com
pany B of Fargo; First Lieutenant
John Bush of Company G of Valley
City; Second Lieutenant James Soules
to Headquarters company; Second
Lieutenant Harley McReady to Head
quarters company; Second Lieutenant
Elmer A. Stoke to Company C of
Grafton; Second Lieutenant Harry L..
Thompson to Company B of Fargo;
Second Lieutenant Lester A. Jeffrey
to Company E of Williston; Second
Lieutenant Edward Anderson to Com
pany E of Williston; Second Lieuten-
ant Peter Baker to Company A of
Bismarck; Second Lieutenant Peter
Kick to Company F of Mandan; Sec
ond Lieutenant Fred r. Kellogg to
Company B of Fargo; Second Lieu
tenant Thomas Brady to Company G
of Valley City; Second Lieutenant
Wallace Morden to Company of
Wahpeton; Second Lieutenant Geo. J.
Fischer to Company l Of Wanpeton;
Second Lieutenant Artur Serumgard
to Company l. of Hillsboro; Second
Lieutenant Edwin Knudson to Com
pany NJ Of Grand Forks; Second Lieu
tenant Merwyn Hanson to Company
M of Grand Forks; Second Lieutenant
Wilmer Elton to Company NJ of
Grand Forks; Second Lieutenant Car!
J. Lantz to Company B of Fargo;
Second Lieutenant Percy B. F. RoE-
bins to Company F Of Mandan; Sec
ond Lieutenant Clarence Hassell to
Macine Gun company; Second Lieu
tenant Paul II. Erb to Company X
Of Dickinson; Second Lieutenant Ar
thur r. Kelly to Machine Gun COM
pany.
In addition to these Ben Cloud, who
has been serving as regimenta; SER
yeant major will be commissioned in
he near future. 1t is probable that
Sergeant Major Walter II. Hecker of
Nandan will succeed Cloud as regi-
mental sergeant major. Who will be
famed to fill the vacancies in the
egimental headquarters Office force
las not as yet been announced.
A war correspondent in Camp Mills !
In much the same position as
ank wrecker with a quarter of q
nllIion dollars safely hid, finds him
elf when jailed. "News to the right
f you, news to the left of you, news
II around you, and all of it CEN
ored."
A wealth of information that would
vltafy interesting to the Germans
ven If at the same time it might be
lghly interesting to the folks back
ome, is ever before the poor writer
1T he must close his eyes. as far as
'mmunicatirg the information is
and content himself with
ere routine. '
Suffice to say that the boys don't :
ze Camp Mills. It is the neanest, &
oppiest, muckiest, nastiest, fog +
est and dirtiest camp in the world. :
nee landing in Camp Mills the 164th J.
rst North Dakota has encountered -
thing but rain and fog. The COM y
d the North Dakota boys in the sup +
Y and sanitary trains who have been :.
re from two to three weeks longer !,
y that the weather has been much !.
2 same ever since their arrival. 81
None May Visit New York =,
Passes will not be issued to any ~
e to visit New York city, and Of ~
ers are tied up in the camp with ~ 81
, men. Orders have been sent out ~
I'M division headquarters to the