The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-05-03
PIERCE WANTS MORE OFFICERS
Urging Cities to Send in More Men
For the Fort Smelling Training
School.

y. M. Pierce, who has charge OF this
district in the work of procuring re-
cruits for the officers training camp at
Fort Smelling, and who is making
something Of record with the fed
eral authorities by the tremendous
amount of energy and hustle which he
is putting into the matter, is sending
out to the papers of the district a
statement of the number of men
which the various towns have sent in
for enlistment in this line of military
enterprise. He is urging each city
and town in his district which has not
sent someone to do so at once so that
every city in the four counties will be
represented
The cities which have sent one or
more men to enlist in the officers
training camp are as follows:
Colgan, Divide county.
Deering, McHenry county.
Devils Lake, Ramsey county.
Fargo, Cass county.
Glenburn, Renville county.
Kenmare, Ward county.
Minot, Ward county.
Makoti, Mountrail county.
MaXbass, Bottineau county.
Mohall, Renville county.
Noonan, Divide county.
Norwich, McHenry county.
Orrin, Pierce county.
Palermo, Mountrail county.
Stanley, Mountrail county.
Whitman, Nelson county.
The fact that the date on which ap-
plications for enlistments in this train
ing camp service may be made has
been extended to May Is has put new
life into the matter and large numbers
of men who could not make arrange
ments to get away on the short notice
formerly given are taking advantage
of the extension and are sending in
their enlistments.
The officials in charge of the re-
cruiting work for the camp have been
requested by the federal government
to urge those who are not available
for service in the officers camp to
join the regular army or the navy or
Co. D of the North Dakota National
Guard.
The officers are especially interest
ed in seeing the militia company make
good showing in numbers and many
of the men who may not find it possi-
|ble to become connected with the train
ing camp will become members of that
organization.
The headquarters Of the Military
Training Camp association at st. Paul
are working night. and day just now
to get the camp at Fort Smelling such
that it will be a credit to the section
which is represented and an honor to
the nation. For this purpose, $500
men are wanted for enrolment when
the limitation closes. Of these North
Dakota is expected to furnish 240.
The district which Mr.. Pierce is in
charge of is expected to furnish ten
but he has now more than twenty, and
if the efforts of those who are work.
ing with him in other cities and towns
hold up until the end Of the effort, he
will have many times that number. 1t
is this tremendous record which is
surprising the federal authorities and
the officers of the association in charge
of the work.
A tentative telegram received re-
Gently states that if twenty men are
secured at any one point regular
army examiner will be sent to that
place to examine the applicants in
stead of the applicants having to go
to Fort Smelling to be examined there
This will be the expense of only one
trip instead of twenty or more as
would be the case if the entire num-
ber of applicants were sent to Fort
Smelling to be examined.