The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-08-16

THE BoTT1NEAU coURANr, 81
Dakota National Guard were among
the first to be called to the colors
and among the first 70 quickly respond
to that call. The record Of the First
Regiment of North Dakota Volunteers
in the Spanish-American War in the
field Of actual fighting is second to
none Of the other forces engaged in
that war. 1t is a record which has not
only done honor to the State of North
Dakota, but to the Nation. The First
Regiment of North Dakota Volunteers
was sent to the Philippine islands at
the beginning Of the war. They were
not parade soldiers; they were fight
ing men, every one of them.
From August IL, $685., until May
1, 1899, the lnen of the First North
Dakota carried the flags of their regi-
81 actual engagements with the enemy
among these engagements being the
most sanguinary that took place DUR
ing the entire war. No Drawer, no
more courageous men ever faced a line
of battle than the officers and privates
who composed the First North Dakota
Volunteers of the Spanish-American
War OF 1898. And they, remember;
nearly every n of them, were North
Dakota farmers and North Dakota
farmers sons.
Many brave men who saw service
in that war can testify to this. Only
last week, in conversation with that
distinguished Spanish-American war
veteran of Kansas, Col. Little;;, who s.
creditably and ably represents the Sc
cond congressional district Of his
State in this body (Applause) and who
in his short service here has already
won the highest regard and confidence
of many of the members of the House,
mentioned to me the superior service
of the First North Dakota Volunteers
in the Philippines and the splendid
work of Col. Treuman, Maj. Frufae,
Maj. White, and Lieut.. L~onnevick, Of
the regiment. During the Philippine
insurrection Col. Little vas next IN
command to "Figfting Fred Funston"
and I consider that no higher prahse
could be given to the officers and men
of the North Dakota Volunteers than
the commendation Of Col. Little, who
knows whereof he speaks. A great
many of the North Dakotans who saw
service in the Philippines are now
in the Federal service, and Lieut.. LOTT
nevick IS captain of n of the COM
panies in the Second North Dakota7
Volunteers, now i'm the Federal seNE
vice.
Today and through all the trying
period of this war the people Of my
State have stood and are standing 10y
ally behind the President of this Ma
ton and are giving him every reason-
able support. They have responded
to the fullest extent Of their labor for"
greater agricultural productions for"
the Nation this year. They have res--
pended freely to the extent of their.
menas in the purchase of liberty
bonds.
They have given literally and gem
erously to the Red Cross organization
They are giving generously and pat1-
~rioticslly, both of men and money, to-
the end that the part of this Nation
in the war may be carried on to flnaf
success.
The First North Dakota Regiment
has for some time been in the Fedenaa
service. Only a few days ago the
President authorized the organization
of a second regiment of the Nationaf
Guard in North Dakota: Within an
almost incredibly short time the II
new companies Of volunteers author
zed to be enlisted have been organized
and now are in the service of the Fed
eral Government. awaiting equipment
and orders.
If former Senator Lafayette Young
or the Shiny saurian who gave birth
to this editorial had taken the trouble
to become really acquainted WITH the
farmers of North Dakota he would
have discovered that their loyalty and
patriotism is in no way and in no de-
gree less in this war than the loyalty
and patriotism of the best farmers of
Iowa, and would have found that, as
a matter of fact, the loyalty and pat
riotism of the farmers Of North Dako-
ia averages higher than the loyalty
and patriotism Of a like number OF
people IN almost any other section of
the country.
An attempt is made by innuendo in
this editorial to charge discredit and
disloyalty to the people of North Da-
kota on account of the result of the
recent election in North Dakota in the
first congressional district, in which
Hon. John M. Baer, whose candidacy
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