The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-29
THEY'RE Off!
GOODBYE By AND
COD B. BLESS EN-
Seven Hundred Men of Second
Battalion Bidden Farewell
by Bismarck.
TWO TRAINS CARRY THE
MEN OF FIGHTING FIRST
Specials Steam Out OF Capltal
City After Last Leavetaking
with Home Folk.

The First regiment is off for the
wars.
Two troop trains, carrying the Sec
ond battalion, Owe! the Northern "a
cific and other trIIns made up at
Great Northern poIi5 will by night
fall be en- route to Camp Greene, Char
lotte, N. G., where tnr b"ys should ar
rive by Wednesday uiSAt.
The first train was scheduled to
leave Fort Lincoln at 2:3O, but there
was the delay customary to move
ment of this kind, when special trains
must be sandwiched in between the
regular schedule. The first to leave
were Co. F of Mandan, under Captain
Wilson, and the hospital corps, com
manded by Major c. E. Hunt This
train will pick up the headquarters
company and band and Co. G at Val
ley City. The second and longer OF
the two trains carried CO. A of Bis.
marck, Capt. Jack w. Murphy; Co. K
of Dickinson, Capt c. N. Barker, and
Co. II of jamestown, Capt. A. R.
Gray, and Major Dana Wright and
staff and Major Frank s. Henry. Ad.
jutant General Fraser rode the train
as far as Fargo. Hundreds of rela-
tives and friends assembled at the
fort to see the boys off, and they
were given an enthusiastic farewell.
Baggage cars carried small tentage,
field ranges and other equipment. The
heavy tentage has already been ship
ped to Camp Green, going thither d.
rect from Atlanta, Ga. Tourist sleep
ers are provided for all of the SAM
mics, and except for the fact that the
boys fortunate enough to draw lower
berths, will be required to double up,
they will travel most comfortably. The
tourist sleepers are larger and the
berths more commodious than those
of the standard sleepers, and the &C.
Communications are a big improvement
over those enjoyed by majority of
the men who went into camp during
the war with Spain, in 1898.
BustIe at Camp.
All morning Fort Lincoln was a
scene of orderly hustle. There were
no tents to strike, but there was a
multitude of equipment to be stored
away in boxes, stenciling to be done,
property to be catalogued, and other
preliminary details to be attended to.
Under able direction, the boys per-
formed their work with the ease and
dispatch of veterans, and when the
engine coupled onto the first train at
2:SO everything was set.
Happy Expectancy.
Happy expectancy tinged every
bright face at the big military post
Camp life had grown monotonous, and
the boys were glad to get away. They
were pleased with the prospect of a
long transcontinental journey, through
the most picturesque section of the
middle west, into the romantic south
land, scene of SO much history max.
ing during the Revolution and the
Civil war. They were glad to know
that they are going to one of Uncle
Sans finest camps, in a hill country
which is an autumn paradise, and
whose winter climate has made it a
resort country for effete fasteners.
Companies Filled.
The four letter companies Of the
Second battalion-A, F, H and K, are
recruited to full war strength, as is
the hospital corps, under Major C. +.
Hunt. Lieut.. Hugo Mella, who has
been attached to the hospital corps,
remains here on the medical officers
reserve list, and probably will be de-
tailed to the two reserve battalions
which are to be stationed at Fort Lin
coin.