The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-03-26
PREPARE
TO GUARD
THE STATE
Vital Points in Nations
Transportation System
Will be Policed. /
AWAITING final COMMAND
Bismarck, Dickinson, Man
dan and Jamestown Units
are First Called

Four companies of the
North Dakota National
guard, T of Mandan, A of
Bismarck, K of Dickinson,
and H of Jamestown, com :
prising the Second battalion
under command of Major
Dana Wright, of j Jamestown,
have been ordered to prepare
for mobilization, Secretary
of War ND. Baker directing
such mobilization in an order
transmitted to Governor
Lynn Frazier last night.
Formal orders to the COM
panies to mobilize for service
await advices from the COM
mander of the central de-
partment of the United
States army.
State service, such as is
essential in times of war, in
cluding the guarding of
points of internal attack
such as railroad bridges, etc.,
is in store for the Second
battalion.
So far. no orders have been received
to call out the First and Third battal-
ion-Company B Of Fargo being a
member of the First battalion, under
command of Major Henry. OF Bis
marck. while the Third battalion Is
under command Of Major Fraser. of
Fargo.
: Adjutant General TharaIson is
bound for New York city. to attend
the conference Of adjutant generals,
called several days ago by the war de-
partment, and the work at the adult
ant generals office is in charge Of his
son. Paul TharaIson. Immediately the
orders from the central department
are received. the four companies will
be called into federal service.
Orders to the second battalion
originally enormously interpreted in
certain quarters as being directed to
the entire regiment. were received at
Bismarck late last night. in common
with orders received by guaro COM
manders in MANY other central and
western states.
Military Survey.
In handling the internal guard
it is generally understood
that the government possesses q mill
tary survey, in which are set forth the
vital points that must be guarded.
These would naturally INCLUDE such
important units in the nations trans
portation system as the four structures
bridging the Red river at Fargo; the
structures bridging the same stream
at Grand Forks; the high line bridge
at Valley City. the Missouri river
bridge between Bismarck and Man
dan, and other similar works.
Captains Of Companies.
Captains Of the Second battalion
are:
captain Barker, of Campany X.
Captain Gray. of Company III.
Captain WEIGH. of Company A.
Captain Solum. of Company +.
Lieut.. Jack Murphy. Of Bismarck. is
battalion adjutant OF the Second
The Formal Order.
The formal order received by Gov
ernor Frazier follows:
washington. HAS T. a.. March
Is. 1917.
North Dakota.
Bismarck. N. d.
"Haying in view the necessity OF
aftording q more perfect protection
against possible interferencc with
postal commercial and military chan
neIs and instrumentalities of the Unit
ed States in the state Of North Dakota
and being unable with the regular
troops available at this time to insure
the faithful execution Of the laws the
union in this regard the president has
thought proper to exercise the authort-
~ vested in him by the constitution
and laws and to call out the national
guard necessary for the purpose. / am
ia consequence instructed by the presi-
dent to call into the services " the
limited States forthwith through you
the following units Of the national
gI1ard of the state OF North Dakota
which the president desires shall be-
assembled at the places to be designata
"a to YOU by the commanding general
central department. Chicago Ill. and
which said commanding general has
been directed to communicate 70 You
second battalion. First regiment, North
Dakota infantrv national guard.
a(Signed) Baker. Secretary OF War"
Companies are Assembled.
Bismarck. N. d., March 26.-Bis-
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