The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
STATE SOLDIERS
RANK WITH BEST
FIRST NORTH DAKOTA INFANTRY
HAS FINE RECORD.
ITS WORK IN PHILIPPINES
Good Hiking and Unbeatable Fighting
ELECTED High Praise from General
Acknowledgment Now On
Mexican Border.
ITS WORK IN PHILIPPINES
BY w. A. Stickley.

An Item OF pride with the people Ol
North Dakota and one which can just
ly demand a place in the columns Of
appreciation which are being read this
week. is the First North Dakota In
fantry. of the National Guard.
The regiment was organized in
1883 and has kept pace with the times
In military affairs from the beginning.
In 1893 when President Mckinley
called for the guard OF the United
States, this regiment was modified
In three days, going into camp at
Fargo, May /. On May 20 1t left
for San Francisco and on July 81
it landed in Manila. Just one year
later to day the regiment embarked
for America, arriving at home about
the drst OF October.
During that year in the Islands this
regiment saw some of the hardest
service OF that campaign, participat,
ing In 32 engagements, and winning
high honors for yaliancy. General
Lawton made a remark which made q
slogan for the regiment as long az
1t shall last. He said after q most
stubborn battle: You can't STAN
pede the North Dakotas" 1t was on
his first expedition in the Philippines
that General Lawton learned the
worth OF the First North Dakota and
complimented II sc highly. He was
dfspleased when he had to take vol.
unteers on the expedition, but after
the first days march he was satisfied
with the manner In which they hiked.
In the second day an engagement was
inevitable. The order to "charse"
came and the boys fought like dc.
mons, cleaning every native before
them.
lawton's High Praise.
When II was over General Lawtou
| said:
always had On idea that q yolun.
tser soldier was not worth ANYTHING.
Yesterday ! found out that he could
march, and today have learned that
he can fight like h. Hereafter those
men go with me II can have any.
| thing to say about II. | mead then
a., to show the regulars how to fisht,
You cant stampede the First North
/ Dakotas"
The First North Dakota went farther
into the interior OF the Islands than
any other volunteer regiment. Its boys
saw as much service as any other
regiment. and while they did not leave
~ many men on the field as some
! others, nevertheless they were in the
hottest OF every engagement they
participated in. Upon their return
congress passed resolutions of appre
citation for the record the First North
Dakota had made.
Went to Mexican Border.
On June Is, 1915. the First North
Dakota Infantry received it's second
call to arms and on the morning OF
the 18th every organization reported
for duty. The regiment went into
camp on the 18th OF that moMh a,
Fort Lincoln, bismarck. and on july
~ entrained for the Rio Grande, ar
irving at Mercedes. Texas, which il
right on the Mexican border, on tn,
afternoon OF july 26. They wer,
marched through the mud into til,
cactus. brush aud grass. where the,
were overtaken by darkness aat
slept as best they could. In a few
days they had established an excellen
camp. They are still there doing Dor
der duty.
The regiment il an honor to IL
state. standing among the very best OF
the border. II was complmented b,
many high officials, and especially b,