The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-04
Becomes The 164th United
States Infantry at Camp
Greene Today
BORDER REPUTATION
STANDS BY TROOPS
Only One Other Regiment
Not Broken-Indicates
Second Will Merge
10y. staff correspondent.)

Camp Greene, N. c., Oct. 4.-Ths
reputation gained by the irst North
Dakota regiment on the border
had results today, when announce
nent was made that North Dakota
and Montana regiments are the only
army units in Camp Greene which
will not be broken up and distributed
TO various branches Of the service.
The First North Dakota is now Off
ciaIly designated az the 164th United
States infantry.
The First regiment arrived in
Charlotte late yesterday, and the
boys marched about a mile to the
military field. In the afternoon and
eveninq many of the North Dakota
troops had an opportunity of visiting
the Charlotte downtown district.
Not all of the housing facilities
were complete when the troops ar.
rived, and many Of the men slept in
the "pup" tents.
The Second North Dakota 10 due
in here tomorrow.
IL is very likely that the Second
reuiment will not retain it's identity
as an independent unit.
(By Earle n. Tostevin.)
On board North Dakota First
Regiment Troop train No. 3, in the
heart of the Cumberland mountains
of Kentucky. Oct. 2.-Picture the
dirty railroad yards Of Chicago. You
have seen them and your memory
recalls a squalid row Of back porches
begrimed and besmirched by the
smoke of days and years belching
of the engines. On the third story
porch of one of these tumble-down
tenements stood white haired old
lady, a white knitted shawl about
her shoulders, who waved a flag
with one hand and wiped tears from
her eyes with the other The train
was passing slowly by and the boys
heard her call: God bless you boys!
Come back home again and bring
my two boys with YOU.
She appeared so fresh and clean,
her white shawl. snowy hair and
clean flag were such a contrast to
the slum surroundings that 1t re-
minded one of a pure white diamond
in an obsidian setting.
She seemed to the boys, however,
to typify the spirit of the states
through which they have been pass
ing in the past three days on the
way to the training camp at Char
lotte, N. G.
Everywhere from the home towns
of North Dakota to the big cities
such as st. Paul, Chicago, .Cincin-
natl. Knoxville, the greeting has
been the same. "Get the Kaiser
boys! is the slogan adopted by the
people everywhere. Cheers have
been mingled with tears, but the sons
of North Dakota have entered into
the big war game with pep and
spirit which bids fair to last through
out all trials and tests which they
may encounter.
Cheers For Home State.
The treatment given the boys by
the folks back home will linger as
long as their memories. 1t seemed
that 10000 people must have been at
the station at Valley City when the
troop trains from Fort Lincoln
reached there and Company @ and
Headquarters company were picked
up. Several thousand more were at
Jamestown waiting, hours ahead Of
time, for the fourth train bearing
Company II of that city. Fargo gave
the boys a wonderful send-off, so did
the other towns and cities of good
old North Dakota, but you folks back
home know all about that.
All five of the trains bearing the
First Regiment North Dakota Infan-
try left the confines Of the state after
dark, and it was just after morning
mess when the trains reached st.
Paul. Here the boys were served
by the st. Paul Red Cross chapter
which maintains a booth in the un-
ion depot. Every boy on the first
three trains was given a package of
cigarets, an apple or orange and
as many postcards as he needed,
and ready for mailing.
These were collected later. This was
the first opportunity the boys had to
write back home The troops made
he old train sheds ring with their
cheers for the Red Cross sisters.
Albert Lea was the next stop and
The first place where men were taken
from the train for exercise. Five
thousand people turned out at the
lepot to see the North Dakota boys
and to listen to the First regiment
band stage an informal concert. The
.roops were taken on a hike through
.he main streets Of the city.
Over the Rock Island line to Chi
ago seemed an interminable jour
1ey, for stops were made at country
sidings.
All five trains were in the Chicago
ards at the same time Monday ana
pulled out over the Pennsylvania for
At Logansport, Ind,
sleepy old Logansport. the boys were
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