New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-07-04

to elect a new commanding officer.
Inthe meantime New Uln was honored
by having Brigade headquarters and
the staff, up to the time when General
Bobieter died, leaving this city with
Company 'eA'' and the Second Regiment
Band.
The older officers Of this city who
participated in the election in 1903,
persuaded Colonel Busehers, then Major,
to get in therace to regain headquarters
for New Ulm. A combine was effected
by the officers Of the companies west of
Mankato to eleet as their standard
bearer, Major Buschers to the rank of
Colonel. The fight was bitter, but it
was won, and kind readers, it. left an
awful pressure in. the mind Of Mollison,
the man who adorns his upper lip with
a Charlie Chaplin cover and who was
considered the leader. of the officers that
lost the fight. But, kind readers, bear
in mind that these officers, got what
they educated ten years before
Do you really think that because they
met defeat they laid down their arms?
Oh! No. The greed and selfshness of
Molhson and his outfit, who are sup
posed to have learned some discipline
and respect, showed their cowardly
act by contesting the election Of Major
Buschers to the Colonelship in every
way known. Their last resource was
that they appealed to the War Depart
'naent to GUST the three votes of the
Machine Gun company that gave TIE
election Of Colonel to Major Buschers,
and l had at that time the pleasure to
have command of that organization.
From that time on the Gear Of New
Ulm with the consent Of Mollison came
to the conclusion that 81 was the trouble
maker in the Second Regiment, just
for the reason that myself and my two
officers ssood pat for the election of.
Major Buschers, our esteemed towns
man, and to bring back the Headquarters
of the Second Regiment to the city of
New Ulm.
Will you kindly ask Capt. Klause
whether he worked for the interest of
the city Of New Ul1n?
However, DEEDS ARE FRUIT,
WORDS ARE BUT LEAVES
We are now proceeding with a. new
Calonel and staff to camp at Lake:
City, and here is where the opposing
forces met, the winning sides slogan
being to forget and to continue the good
work left off by Col. Wright, while the
losing side could not forget. Col.
Buschers was selfish in that extent that
he wished the Regiment to do good work
and to accomplish satisfactory results,
and work for the betterment and success
of the regiment. Did Mollison show
the right spirit? Yes, but in very
feeble way. Whenever possible his gang
ignored sociability, and showed them
selves that their actions were unbe-
coming officers.
In the evening they would go to
Mollison's tent, stacked up with booze,
and soothe. themselves with booze, and
night was made hideous merely to make
it as unpleasant as possible. Many a
time Colonel Buschers would call at the
tent of the Adjutant asking that an
order should be published prohibiting
liquor in the tents, but usually sug-
gested to the colonel, "Give them the
rope, they will hang themselves.
Many evenings we watched their per-
formances into the late hours of the night
and saw ourselves the conduct of the
officers and the condition they were in,
when they should have shown their
respect after taps to educate the enlisted
men with discipline and respect.
Did Mollison, who processes to be a
good business man and real soldier,
accomplish anything with his actions?
These were the conditions while this
man Mollison who ranked as Major of
the Second Regiment, and with such a