The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1917-01-24
STATE SOLDIERS
RANK WITH BEST
FIRST sCR7- DAKOTA INFANTRY
HAS FINE RECORD.
IT'S WORK IN PHILIPPINES
Good Hiking ard unoestsoie Fighting
Elected -lsn Praise from General
La~ton-Hee Now On
Mexican E3t1er.
ITS W0Fk IN PHILIPPINES
By ". 4. s.lc.ley.

An item Of pride nItE the people Of /
North Dasota and one which can just |
y demand place IL ths columns OF
appreciation which are be4na read this
week. Is the First North Dakota In.
san,ry. of The National Guard
The regiment Was organized in
1889 and has kept pace with the times
In military affairs from the beginning.
in 1sss when President Mckinley
called for the guard ot the United
States this regiment was nlobilized
il three days, going into camp at
Fargo Mas ]. On Ma. 20 it left
for San Francisco and OIL July 81
II landed ia Manila. lust one lear
later 10 a day the regiment embarked
for America, arriving al home about
the drst q October
During that ear IN the Islands thh
regiment saw some of the hardest
service Of that campaign. participat
ing in 81 engagements and winning
high donors FOR ,uIiancy Genera!
Lawton made remark which made q
slogan for the regimen, as long az
IL shall last, lie said after a most
stubborn battle: You can't STAN
pede the North Dakotas II Was on
his FIRST expedition in The Philippines
that General l-awton learned the
worth Of The First North Dakota and
complimented II sc highly. He was
displeased when he had TO take vol.
unteers on the expedition but after
the first days march he Was satisfied
with the manner III which they hiked
IL the second day al engagemert was
inevitable The order to charge"
came and the boys fought Ike DE-
mons. cleaning eyery native before
| them.
Ls~ton's High Praise.
When ii was over General Laxtos
| said;
| always had an idea that yo,n n
'eer soldier Was not worth ANYTHING
YESTERDAY ! found out thai he could
| march, and today ! have learned that
be can fight like h Hereafter those
men 60 with me Il can have any.
! thing 10 say ab0u; IL | urAd them
j, II show the regulars how 10 f2ht.
| on can't stampede The First North
Dakotss
| The First North Dakota went farthe,
| into the iaterio. of the Islands than
ANY other volunteer regiment, lis bor,
| saw as much service as aEx other
| regiment. and while they did not leave
AZ many men on the field a. some
! others, nevertheless they were in The
hottest of every engagement fhey
participated in. Tpon taeir return
congress passed resolutions O. appre
! citation for the record the First nor;
Dakota had made
| Went 20 Mexican Border.
| On June II. 1915 the First Nertf
Dakota Infantry received It's seronf
call TO arms and IN the morning O
the 18th every organization repoI; et
FOR duty. The regiment Went in.s
eamp on the 18th Of thai merh a
Fort Lincoln, Bismarck. aHd on Iul,
Y entrained for the Rio Grande ar
irving IL Mere edes Texas which i,
righ, on the Mexican border. on til,
afternoon OF Jul, 2o They wer,
marched through the mus INTO III,
aetus, brush ard grass where the,
were osertaken by darkness an
slept as best the, could In fey
lays they had established an excellen
amp. They are still there doing bol
der duty.
The regiment is An honor TO il
state, standing among the Sers best o
the border. II was compfimenfed b
many high. officials and especially b