The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-03
PACIFIC COAST
CAMP FOR NORTH
DAKOTA GUARDS
SEEMS ASSURED
Troop Officials Still in the
Dark-Oficia Ad-
vices Lacking
SOUTHERN TRAINING
PROTESTS REJECTED
War Secretary Will Stand
by Original Plan-First
Roster Complete

Ohicial advises that the concentra-
ton camp at Deming, N. NJ, where
some of the northern national guard
troops will be quartered, will not be
ready for use till about Aug. Is,
coupled with the further advises
that the North Dakota guard has
been attached to the Twentieth
division, which division has been
ordered to train at Palo Alto, CAL,
are new phases of the guard situa-
ton affecting North Dakota troops.
The latest advices from Washing
ton are to the effect that the plea
Of several northern states to retain
the troops in the north for two or
three months had been rejected by
Secretary of War N. d. Baker, and
that the troops will go south as soon
as the concentration camps are COM
plete.
It is now believed that the guard
will start its trip to the concentra-
tion camp about Sept. 1, while local
ly, there is an impression that Sun
day, Aug. g., will see the receipt of
orders to go to the state mobiliza-
tion point-F'ort Lincoln.
Deming had previously been listed
as the concentration point for North
Dakota troops, but the fact that
Js
White had been ordered to Palo
Alto, Cal, and the attachment Of the
state troops to the division previousu
ly ordered to train at Palo Alto,
indicates that the coast point will
be the place Of concentration.
COMPANY q ALMOST UP
TO FULL WAR STRENGTH.
Company B, N. d. N. G., is almost
UP to war strength, officers said to-
day. The rolls of the company show
more than $50 men, but several will
be lost through disqualification be-
cause of physical condition, and sew
eral will be transferred to other
companies, it is said. Until both
operations are completed, the
numerical strength of the company
will be in doubt.
Five recruits were taken in Thurs
day and today, as follows: Hyman
Engelson, Russia; Albert w. Wall
ner, Hunter; Will Lanham, Grand
Rapids; Frank Udelhoven. Edgeley;
and John j. Broecher, LaMoure.
AUTHORIZED TO WAIVE
MINOR DEFICIENCIES.
Orders received from Brigadier
General Mann, chief of militia
bureau, confer upon Major Douglas
Steele, mastering officer for North
Dakota, authority to waive defici-
encies of national guard officers who
have failed upon examination but
who give promise of efficiency. OFF,
GERS who are clearly undesirable are
to be notified that they are no longer
recognized as national guard ot1-
GERS, will be Immediately released
from service, and are excused by
authority of the president from the
draft. This rule applies whether
these officers are now in federal
service or not.
ISSUE COMMISSIONS TO
OFFICERS IN SECOND.
Following his practice of officering
the new Second regiment wherever
possible with non commissioned men
from the First regiment who have
earned their stripes, Adjutant Gen.
eral Fraser announces the release by
orders of the central department of
the following enlisted men, to ac-
cepted commissions as noted in the
Second: Private Milton Thompson,
Company M, to be second lieuten-
ant; First Sergt, Lewis w. Thune,
Company B, to be second lieutenant;
Sergt. William G. Paulson, Company
A, to be second lieutenant; Private
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second lieutenant; Sergt, Bert |
Weston, headquarters company, to
be hrst lieutenant; Private John A.
Mcdonald, headquarters company,
Second infantry, to be second lieu |
tenant. All of the enlisted men dis |
charged to accept commissions with !
the exception last noted are from
the First regiment.
Charles L. Rouse, recently COM
missioned captain of the Crosby |
company in the new regiment, is a
District of Columbia, and his dis
charge has been referred to the COM |
manding general Of the eastern de-
partment.
SECOND INoCcULATIoN
FOR COMPANY MEMBERS.
This morning members of Com
panys b underwent their second |
treatment as a typhoid preventative |
measure, the inocculation Of the |
men against the disease being con-
Quoted at the armory. They under
went the tirst treatment about ten |
days ago.
FIRST INFANTRY
ROSTER is OUT.
sued the first official and complete
roster of officers for the First North
Dakota regiment, recently mustered |
into federal service, as follows:
Colonel-John HI. Frame, Grafton.
Lieutenant Colonel-Gilbert c.
Grafton, Fargo.
Majors-T. c. Patterson, Lisbon,
hrst field hospital: Frank S. Henry, |
Valley City, first battalion; Dana
Wright, jamestown, second bat
TALON; Harold Sorenson, Fargo,
quartermaster corps; Charles e. |
Hunt, Valley City. sanitary detach-
ment; B. G. Boyd, Hillsbor0. third
battalion.
aptains-Manville H. Sprague,
Grafton, supply company; Thomas
j. Thomson, Wahpeton, Company /;
Harry r. Evans, Williston, Company
E; David s. Ritchie, Valley city,
Company G.; James d. Gray, James
town, Company H; Louis L. Eek
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