Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-05-03
WHAT LANGD0N IS DOING
TO SERVE UNCLE SAM
A Bunch of Items Tell About the
Doings of Langdon Boys Who
Will Follow the Flag

dOuiu, VI CnlS clCy, TSCciVeu tHc i'll.
formation that his son, Walter Gould,
one of the first of the three Langdon
boys to offer themselves for enlist.
ment in the U. S. navy, had been
transferred to the United States train
ing ship Southery, and mail addressed
to him during his period of training
on the Atlantic coast would be in care
of the Postmaster, New York, N Y,
being forwarded from there to the
ship. The telegram came from w.
S. Moffett, the commanding officer of
the training station at Great Lakes.
ILL.,, and contained the additional in
formation that should the family or
friends here at any time lose track of
young Gould, his whereabouts Gan al
ways be ascertained upon application
to the Chief of the Bureau of Navi
cation, Navy Department, Washing
ton, D. C.
The Gould family also received
brief letter from their son, written
just before his transfer from the
training camp aboard ship, which
stated that his experience since Jeav.
ing Langdon some three weeks ago
had given him the impression that he
would thoroughly enjoy life in the
navy and felt no regret at the step
taken when he enlisted.
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| Recruiting Officer j. R. Clausen,
who was detailed to be here last
Thursday on the occasion of the pat.
riotic demonstration in Langdon, left
on Friday returning to Grand Forks.
He stated that enistments in North
Dakota, particularly of those desiring
to join the navy is fully keeping up
to the states apportionment, in spite
of the fact that the department has
not up to the present been able to get
thirgs to systematic working basis.
Since spring opened there has been
less of an effort put forth to encour.
age men to enlist, it being realized
that now is a serious time to interfer
with the work of putting in the i'm
mense crop acreage over the North
west, which needs the efforts of many
men who otherwise would be available
for enlistment. He ex pressed him.
self as pleased with the spirit being
shown in Langdon and stated no &C
tive steps were likely to be taken in
the compulsory selective draft of men
into the service for the war earlier
than about the middle of July.
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A practical demonstration of what
is possible nova days in photography
is found in panoramic view of the
Eighth U. S. cavalry on dress parade
at their drill grounds at Fors Bliss,
Texas. The picture, which IS an
exceptionally fine one came by yes
terday's mail from Fred S Koehm-
stedt, eldest son of Postmaster A. I.
Koehmstedt. the publisher of this
paper. Last fall Fred joined the
Eighth U. S. cavalry. enlisting as a
musician and now playing first clari-
net in the regimental band. The
picture, which is some six feet in
length and nearly foot in width,
shows the three squadrons, each com
posed of three troops, over 1900 men
on horseback, with the fort buildings,
the pack mules and supply teams with
their wagons in, the background
Personally the most interesting par
of the whole length of the picture j:
to be found in the left hand corner,
where is located the band Of thu
Eighth U. S. cavalry and easily re-
cognized in the second row is Fred. >
1t is souvenir at time like thi
of inestimable value, showing that
boys from the far northern border o
the United States are to be found il
: the service of their country on tn
boundary line between this countr,
; and Mexico.
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Langdon sent two recruits away fo
examination and enlistment in tn
service of the United States durin,
the war this week. The first wa
Albert Dahlvang, who left Monday
for Grand Forks and goes from there
: to st. Paul to be mustered in if h
e comes up to the required qualification
of the examining officer. Tuesda.
8 afternoon Billy Roth bid good bye t
r the family and his friends in Lang
e don, taking the afternoon train to d
: service for his country. Both ente
the artisan branch of the service in tn
United States navy, the first as
r carpenter and the latter as black
. smith. II accepted at Minneapoli
they wsll bs sent to the training sta
. tion at Grest Lakes. In Illinois an
! two weeks later transferred to one Q