New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-01-17
SECOND REGIMENT
HAS TEDIOUS TRIP
NEW ULM SOLDIER BOYS GET
FIRST TAsTEroF WINTER AT
LIE sUEUR.
ANxIousLY WAITING TO. HEAR
LAST BUGLE SOUND AT FIT.
SMELLING.
Monday Jan. Is. 1915.

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Monday Jan. Is, 1916.
Special to the Review:
Thursday afternoon the bugle sounded
Assembly" for the last time in the End
MINI. Camp at Llano Grande, Texas.
After several days of rocking and making
preparations to break camp the final
order to entrain came.
The first section, made up of the Bird
battalion Supply Co., Headquarters Co.
and Machine Gun CO. (the last two,
New Ulm organizations left camp at
3 o'clock in the afternoon under Col.
w. T. Mollison's command.
The second section under Major
Pfaender's command, and made up of
the LIST and End battalions left camp an
hour after the first section
The boys that marched to the en-
training that afternoon, happy beyond
words, tanned, well kept and laden down
with bundles and trophies of the Mexican
border, formed remarkable contrast
to the boys that marched from the
station, sick and ragged some months
earlier.
The long train left Llano Grande at
7:45. Most Of the boys could hardly
realize what was happening. 1t seemed
oestrange. Everybody had been write
ing and wishing for that time to come
and when If did come it came almost too
suddenly.
Good Time At Houston
1t took until Friday evening to reach
Houston, Texas The. boys had "a
chance to go up; town and enjoy them
themselves which they did Houston
has many Germans and isn't dry
Saturday afternoon found the second
in Fl Worth. Texas, where the two
battalions headed by Maj. Pfaender and
his staff marched thru part OF that city
to the Union depot where they were
turned loose"
Shortly after leaving Fl. Worth
coupling broke which delayed the train
several hours. The first section also had
a break down at Dallas where the second
section passed it about midnight.
Sunday forenoon the train pulled into
Fit. Smith, Ark. There the boys were
again allowed to go up town. There did
not seem to be any change in temperature
altho the men were told that that city
had had ten inches OF snow shortly be-
fore Christmas.
Fort Scott, Kansas, was reached Mon
day afternoon. After few hours stop
there the train started on slow trip
thru billy part Of Arkansas.
The tFrisco-St. Louis Texas Line was
taken until the train reached Kansas
City, Mo. Tuesday,, Jan. 8. After
five hours stop there the train was pus
on the Burlington Route and again start
ed on it's way northward.
Sioux City, Iowa, was reached Wednes-
day the 10th. There a,snow storm was
reported SO all the boys that had not
already put on their heavy clothes
changed. That night the train stopped
at Worthington and Mankato. At
Worthington the friends and relatives
OF the "F'' Co. boys greeted them at the
depot. At Mankato the Fl, Co. boys
were welcomed.
Train Is Snow-Bound
4!
Thursday morning found the train
stuck at lie Sueur The boys at last
knew that they were If, good old Mime
sofa. A foot or more of snow looked
mighty good but after few minutes of
walking in it some wished that they were
back in Texas.
1t took until late in the afternoon to
put the train in running condition and it,
was eight o'clock before it reached St.
Paul.
a" Company's car was cold and dark
and many OF the men took French
leave thru the windows.
Late that night the train was pulled
to Minneapolis, and the next morning to
Fit. Smelling.
Needless to say the change in climate
caused some suffering but a the present
no serious illness has been reported. The
ears, noses and feet suffer most.
At the present time all the companies
have gone thru the physical examination
and all the work is expected to be com
pleted during this week.
The SECOND Regiment will leave Fl.
Smelling next Wednesday, January oath.
IS Thomas Pfaender.