The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-09

| sued orders doing away with this
seniority system. The companies are
arranged in battalions, alphabetical
~. Major Frank Henry is in COM
mand OF the First battalion, COM
panies A. B, c and d: Major Dana
>. Wright is in command Of the Sec
end battalion, companies Il. +, g and
H; and Major Barney c. Boyd COM
mands the Third battalion. COM
panies !, X, l. and M. The boys Of
the battalion have just switched the
letters. however. to read Milk"
Officers Pleased.
After having had q day or more
in which to look over the equip
ment Of Camp Greene and the sur
rounding country, officers of the
164th infantry, formerly the First
North Dakota. have expressed them
selves as greatly pleased as the men.
I'VE never were ushered into such
pleasant surroundings in the history
of the North Dakota regiment" said
Col. ]. H. Frame this afternoon in
discussing the camp. THE govern
ment has certainly taken every
means possible in the very short
time allowed. to build a camp which,
as far as comfort Of the men and
sanitary conditions are concerned,
has never been equalled in the ma
ton. We are indeed pleased to be
assigned to Camp Greene"
Thousand Rail Men at Work.
It must not be imagined that Camp
Greene Is completed. The Southern
railway system has a thousand men
at work building railroad yards in
the vicinity of the camp, adding to
the already large system hurriedly
installed for the purpose Of furnish
ing trackage for the troop and sup
ply trains. Twelve miles to the south
another big force Of government en-
ployes is clearing off spruce and
pine trees and building an immense
rifle range. Other gangs, mostly
streets, laying sewers and open
latrines. culverts. etc. At the point
where grading is being done for the
new rife range the steam shovels
have cut through a mammoth old
Indian village and many men from
the camps and officers have visited
the place and secured splendid speci-
mems OF arrowheads, tomahawks,
Indian tools, dominoes, etc. The old
Indian weapons have been hung up
in the camp tents alongside the mod
ern rifles and revolvers. a most strik-
ing comparison of the old and the
new.
Division Mansuvsrs q Puzzle.
Parade grounds and territory
which might possibly be used for |
divisions furnish the riddle to the |
men in charge of the camp as well |
as regimental officers. One place |
perhaps a quarter sec
ton Of land lies at the rear Of the |
officers camp street. This must be |
ienuded of spruce and pine trees |
and leveled in order to allow more |
than a battalion drilling at time. |
However, this big task will be start
ng staked out.
Rev. F. G. Proehl. chaplain OF the |
North Dakota regiment, combines his
religious duties by serving as regi-
mental postmaster, and the writer |
mas been named his assistant.
Chaplain Proehl urges that the
folks back home" in writing to their
boys, be certain that the company
etter, or the designation, Head
quarters" Supply" Medical Corps"
Band" be plainly inscribed together \
With 164th U. S. infantry, Regimental
Camp No. 8, Camp Greene, Charlotte,
Y. c., in writing addresses.
New Lineup.
BY this time the people back in
North Dakota know that the Smash
ng Second regiment is the Smashed
up Second. .---l
South Dakota, Washington, Ore
yon, Idaho and other western state /
regiments are being split up and as
signed to various branches of serv-
Ice, and the First North Dakota regi-
ment and the Montana regiments are
the only regiments in the northwest, |
At least among those encamped at |
Camp Greene, which will remain |
Intact. ~'s.-
This is in line with the govern
nent plan OF adopting the French |
system in which companies
will be composed OF $50 men. Under |
this new arrangement companies |
will have one captain, three first |
two second lieutenants, |
one top sergeant, one mess sergeant, |
one supply sergeant, IL duty SER
geants, SO corporals, "a first class |
privates and 12S ordinary privates. |
No idea as yet is given as to where
the 100 extra men for each company
will be raised. but considering all
angles 1t is believed that this is the |
reason for the split-up Of the less
highly drilled and trained regiments
Of the other states.
Reserve Officers Here.
Twenty -four first and second, |
mostly second. lieutenants who gain |
ed commissions at either the Fort |
Smelling, Fort Sheridan or other !
western United States reserve off, |
GERS training schools. had been here |
for a. week awaiting the arrival of |
he North Dakota regiment. Two |
have been assigned. to each company.
This is taken to indicate that the |
change in the size of the regiments
IS to be made Immediately, together |
with the change in the personnel of
the official staff.
District of Columbia Third in
antry, Oregon Company l. and sup
ply company of the Ohio First in
antry. arrived in the camp this
Other organizations which |
ire here and which go to make up
he Forty first National Guard army /
division are in camp as follows:
idaho, Wyoming. Montana. Washing
on, Oregon and North Dakota in
antry; Oregon engineers, two com
lanies; Washington cavalry; wash
ngton signal corps: Oregon signal
corps; New Mexico field artillery;
Colorado field artillery, and the Ore
Nearly Settled.
It was not until late this after
noon that the North Dakota COM
Danies were all supplied with tent
age and until some time after dark
the troops were busy tidying up, /
putting up tents and grubbing out
streets. 1t viii be q couple |
Of days before camp is finally ad-
listed