Grand Forks herald., 1917-02-13
NORTH DAKOTA
GUARDS GIVEN
GREAT PRAISE
Colonel ]. H. Frame Re
ceives Letters Commend
ing First Infantry.
Organization "Credit to the
State" Says Brigadier
General Lewis.
fRy stan Cor1rspondent.l

I yd9f Smelling. Mimi, Feb 13.--The
t1s& North Dakota infantry IS about
RAo return to Its home stnte with one
Fof tho most praiseworthS records
flnAde by any regiment OF the national
kS0Axd while In service on the Aex1chn
F6order as the letters OF appreciation
fom high military officers will attest
f, Final payrolls for the regiment. in
Guiding the settlement Of the cloth
iinx allowance, have been prepared for
closing on the 14th of this month, and
1t Is confidently hoped that the regi-
fment will be mustered out on that
date and that the various companies
will leave for home not later than the
s1sth. There is some danger of de-
hy, 1t is said, If the federal clerks
and officials IN charge OF the muster
! Ing out and final payrplls meet any
difi1culties in the usual system attic
check Of the regimental books, Thus
far the work has been progressing
very smoothly and it Is confidently
Ienced. The physical examination of
men and officers before, n,u ,ustcr out has
Eheen completed and the general con-
ldition Of health of the regiment was
found to be even superior to what it
was before going to the border AL
most to man the North pakotans
have gained in weight and are more
rugged specimens as o result of their
Experience on the border
Ehighly of the service of the First
North Dakota on the border are
worth printing. Erigadier General E.
| NJ. Lewis, commanding general Of
Camp Ilano Grande, says. III a letter
| to Colonel ]. H. Frame. commanding
officer of the First North Dakota:
"Your regiment being on the eve of
dts departure to Its home statsnn for
muster out, it is only just that there
Its services are to be lost to this COM
E1nand ond appreciation Of the services
RENDERED while belonging to it.
'"The regiment has fully met every
d demaDd made upon 1t, and has been
sfhe subject Of many favorable COM
2neuts on account of disappearance
land the manner of its performance Of
IIt may be said that in many respects,
Eancluding regimental administration,
Eat is second to few if any in
ifhe command. Should 1t have been
kicalled into active cam paign, 1t without
fdoubt would have given an excellent
phccount Of itself.
Nov, after six months of intensive
krafnfng with a record Of duty ad-
Emirably performed, 1t returns to state
y credit to the State of North Dakota
land Of which the state has every rea-
se6son to be proud.
The best wishes of the undersign-
AID for its future services accompany
It. together with lively appreciation
4pf fts services while under his COM
= -E. n. Lewis,
"Brtgadier General, Indiana,
, Commanding"
/ Mzjor Il Brechmin, Jr., sanitary
llDpecAor Of the United States army
naedinal corps, writes Colonel Frame
as follows:
my Dear Colonel: On tho eve Of
9Hour departure for home, 1t gives me
9reat pleasure to complement you and
the officers and men Of the First
North Dakota infantry on the splen-
kdid sanitary condition of your camp
Edurfns their border tour of duty.
! "At present and for some time past
Eyour regiment has led in sanitation
tOver all the other organizations Of the
b13th provisional division
I Colonel A. P. Blocksom Of the Third
FInited States cavalry. commanding
oficer Of the Third brigade, to which
}&the First North Dakota belonged, says
Fin a letter of commendation to Colonel
{Fraine:
"In severing official connections