The Dickinson press., 1917-08-04
OPEN HOUSE
MONDAY EVE
FOR GUN CO.
CITIZENS OF CITY WILL GIVE
RECEPTION FOR OFFICERS
AND MEMBERS
Program and Dance Arranged for
Entertainment of Boys Who
Will Soon Depart

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. First Lieutenant T J Flury @
g posted the following appoint O
ments of non-commissioned Of @
{: ticers Of the Machine Gun Com @
=" pany on Thursday: Sergcants, @
F.. Roy David, first; Val G. Schwan, @
{: duty; Frank W. Buck, mess; o
:. Fred z. Hoffman, supply; Err @
q. nest AAg'iss and Wayne Kline O
Z" feltcr Corporals: james r. @
{" Boyle, Frank j. Boehm, Francis O
=" M. Grubb, Edward A. Gunwall, @
!: VIM. f. NcGr2t tn, Garvace J. @
{. Manning. Grover c. Smith and @
(: Lewis Wiklund. Lloyd Smout, O
q lance corporal; Ernest Himle, O
<" bugler; Robt Decatur, company O
Z" cook; Harry Hauser, company o
. clerk. o
Next Monday evening the citizens
OF Dickinson will furnish a farewell
entertainment for the officers and
members Of the Machine Gun COM
pany, to which . cordial invitation is
extended the public. The following
letter was sent out a few days ago
to Lieutenant F. J. FURY by John Or
chard, chairman Of the committee ON
arrangements:
"Thc citizens of Dickinson have
the honor Of asking the officers and
members of the Dickinson Machine
Gun Company to be their guests at
social reception to be given in the
aairImory on Monday evening, August
9th. at s p. m. The company will be
glad, to know that Adjutant General
u: A. Fraser, commanding officer
Of the Smashing Second regiment of
North Dakota. has kindly consented
to be present for review and address
the company. 1t is also expected that
Major R. r. Steedman and Lieutenant
DR.. Hugo Mella will be present and
assist ,an the review Of the company.
Hl,k4 committee having this matter
IN charge is anxiously hoping that
the OFFICERS and company members
will make it convenient to be present
and receive the hearty handshake Of
Dickinson's citizens"
During the evening the following
program will be rendered.:
Assembling of company in armory.
Line up under company officers.
Review by U. S. Army officers.
Music - Machine Gun Company
double quartette.
Short addresses by Adiutant Gen.
eral G. A. Fraser, Major r. R. Steed-
man, Lieutenant Hugo Mella.
Music, Machine Gun Company
double quartette.
Address from the city, Capt. L. r.
Baird.
Response by officers of the Machine
Gun Company.
Music, "Battle Hymn of the Repub-
lic,"" Machine Gun Company.
General reception.
Orchestra music.
Social dance.
Light refreshments.
The guests Of the evening will be
the army officers and the officers and
members of the Machine Gun Com
pany with their lady friends.
The Patriotic Aid and their friends,
with committee from the CONNER
cial Club, planned the program and
social entertainment and it is expect-
ed that there will be a large attend
ance. Although there have been no
orders issued concerning the move
ment of the second regiment, the COM
pany expects to be mustered into the
federal service some time during the
coming week.
Lieutenant C. w. Ashley, of Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Indiana, M, O. r,
g., was here Wednesday and Thurs
day and completed the medical exara-
ination of the members of the CON-
pany and also offciated at the small
pox and anti-typhoid vaccinations
The second vaccine will be given in
one week. Three members of the CON-
pany failed to pass the medical ex-
amination-Kendall Gardner, Arthur
j. Clark and George Davis.
The company now numbers eighty
six men, including the two commits
stoned officers and no more recruits
will be taken as they now have ten
above the required number. As yet
the selection of captain has not
been made.
Dickinson Red Cross Chapter No. 1
has sent IL boxes of hospital dress
ings and supplies for sick coldiers to
DR.. Crane at Bismarck. Comfort bags.
have been sent to all the members Of
Co. X, now at Ft. Lincoln, the MEM
bers of the Machine Gun Company
will each be given one before they
leave Dickinson. The Red Cross
would like to buy or have someone
furnish the use Of several sewing ma
chimes in order to complete the good
work they have set out to do.
New recruits for the gun company
this week were David T. Skinner, w.
J. McCutcheon, w. r. Klinefelter, r.
B. Delaney, F. B. Nowsad, T. Boga-
chow, J. F. Rouch and w. L. Murray.
TWO AUTOMOBILES ARE
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