New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-31
WELCOME GIVEN TO
BOYS FROM BORDER
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the soldiers under his command he said
that would be upon the men he had pre-
pared in advance 120 ambulance passes,
ready to be signed, but in fact only two
were issued in all of that time. He de-
clared no other company in the entire
camp got away with anywhere near that
record. On the arrival of the boys at
camp they began their work, there be-
ing from six to eight hours a day of
strenuous labor for the privates and
from ten to fourteen hours for the cap
tain and other officers. Captain Groeb-
ner said that the new military law,
passed by Congress on June 8, just before
the boys were called to the front. caused
a great deal of trouble for the officers
and many mistakes were made. It
required considerable time to work out
the rules as laid down by the new law,
he said.
Captain Joseph G. Hofmeister, leader
of the Second Regiment Band, was
on the program of toasts, but he made
lame excuse that he had a sore throat,
and was relieved from the duty of telling
why the members of the band had not
come to New Ulm with the others. It
was explained that as many of the
members of that organization had been
recruited from ether towns, after the
mobilization at Fort Smelling, and the
commanding officer of the regiment had
ordered the band members, residing in
other cities, to go directly to their homes.
Captain Hofmeister was credited by the
officers and privates present, as having
built up one of the best musical Or
CARNATIONS for the Second, of any regi-
ment on~the border. :. .--
Machine Gun Boys Make Record.
Sergeant August Marschner of the
Machine Gun Company, in short
address, said his company claimed dis
tinction as much as did Co. A, as while
the latter was the oldest military. organi-
zation in the state, the Machine Gun
Company was the youngest. He also
declared that while on the border his
company had marched oftener and made
longer ''hikes' than any other company
in the regiment, and that not man had
ever fallen out. The sergeant said his
company was now without home, but
for what reason he had no knowledge.
The soldiers had prepared surprise
for Major Albert Pfaender. Just before
the major was called on to make an
address First Sergeant F. E. English
was called on for an address which he
did by presenting in Jew words, on
behalf of Companies A of New Ulm,
B of Faribault, G of Winona, and D of
Mortified, to Major Pfaender a hand
some loving cup. It is about fourteen
inches high and bears the following in
scription: ...-.':
Presented to y
Major Albert Pfaender =
by ... ..,=.
the Officers and Men of the First
Battalion, Second Regiment
Infantry, -.
on the Occasion of their Muster Out
of Federal Service, Jan. "a, 1917
in Token of their High Esteem and
Appreciation of His Kind and
Efficient Leadership During
Their Term of Duty on the
Mexican Border.
"On the Border" -. -
The last toast on the program was,
"On the Border by Major. Albert
Pfaender, in command of the: First
Battalion, Second Minnesota Regiment.
He heartily thanked the committee and
citizens of New Ulm for the splendid
reception accorded the soldiers on their
return. He said, however, there seemed
to be sort Of solemn air about the pro-
ceedings that didn't suit him. ssWhen-
ever there is a joke Cracked it somehow
fails to crack smile," the major re-
marked. r. '"*F III
tsAt the farewell banquet given us