The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-02
OVER $500 N. D.
TROOPS SPEEDING
TOWARD CAMP IN
NORTH CAROLINA
North State Infantry Regi-
ments Are Now En-
Route to Charlotte
FIRST TO ARRIVE
THERE WEDNESDAY
Everybody Will Be Settled
In His New Quarters
By Saturday

The Second North Dakota in
fantry is "on its way"
Three troop trains passed through
Fargo during the night. The first
passed over the Great Northern
about 9:20 o'clock last evening. A
big train on the N. p. passed through
the city just before midnight. An
other train passed through some
time later on the first line, while a
Great Northern special carrying
troops went east by way Of the Cas-
selton -Wahpeton line.
A 500 line special train also car
ried troops by way Of Valley City
and Enderlin.
All There by Saturday.
Over $500 North Dakota troops
are now on trains, bound for Char
lotte, N. c. The first troops should
arrive in Charlotte late Wednesday,.
All of the states troops will be at
Saturday night, and will be located
there for their preliminary training
as units in the Forty-first division,
commanded b. Major General Lig-
gift, now in France.
Crowd Greets Trains Here.
The Great Northern early special
train. and the first N. F. train to
pass through the city, were greeted
by large crowds OF Fargo folks. de-
spite the late hour at which they
were here
Among prominent Fargo men
aboard the Second regiment trains
were Major E. c. Gearey; Julius
Baker. with the supply company,
and Edwin S. Peterson, formerly a
member of Company B, who en-
listed in the Second when he failed
of acceptance with Company B for
the new work. Mr.. Peterson was
turned town by medical examiners
for a place in Company b, but sue
ceeded in getting approval in the
Second regiment. Mr.. Peterson. was
mustered in Sunday at Bismarck by
Colonel Frank White, and went
Fargo with Company /, Bis
marck. At Camp Greene he will be
to Company l., Dickin-
SON.
Bia Train Out Of Bismarck.
Bismarck, N. D., Oct 2A--The capt. /
tai city's last contingent Of national
units OF the Smashing
Second" entrained yesterday after
noon for Camp Greene, Charlotte,
N. c., whittier the Fighting First
preceded them Saturday. A train
Of sixteen tourist sleepers, baggage
cars and a Pullman for the head
quarters staff was made up here,
carrying Company NJ Of Beach and |
the Machine Gun company Of Dick |
inson, which came in on No. s, and |
Company /, headquarters company |
and the supply company which had |
been stationed here. With the head |
quarters company goes the splendid |
Second regiment band of Harvey.
Company NJ of Beach, under Capt. |
/. Cook, goes to Camp Greene |
With 100 men. The Machine Gun |
company from Dickinson has about |
70 men; Company / OF Bismarck is |
recruited up to full war strength, $50 |
men, and the headquarters and sup
ply companies together have about
Is many more.
Col. Frank Whites staff includes
Captain Adjutant H. T. Murphy,
Of the headquarters
company; Major G. E. Gearey, Jr.,
II Fargo, commander Of the First
,attalion; Major Charles +. Mudgett,
Il Valley City, commander of the
second battalion, and Major j. NJ.
5anley of Mandan, commanding the
Third. Their adjutants are Lieuten-
Lnts Orchard, Neumeier and Mac
lonaId, of Fargo, Bismarck and Val
ey City, respectively. Capt. John w
2ock commands the supply COM
,any and Capt. A. b. Welch goes at
he head of Bismarck's second let
er company, which he organized.
Other units to make up this train
we're picked up at points east OF
bismarck on the Northern Pacific.
Many From Bismarck.
Bismarck sends even more men
With the Second that il did with the
first. While Company A and the
hospital corps Of the First are es-
entially capital city units, in the
second Bismarck and the slope have
company ], the headquarters COM
,any, except the band, and a large
'ercentage of the supply company,
riginally assigned TO Hillsboro,
Boys Glad To Go.
As in the case Of the First, the
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