The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-07-24
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UNDERGOES EXAMINATION

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Examination OF the companies
making up the new Second North
Dakota infantry is under way this
week, and will require about ten
days to two weeks to complete.
The companies have been await
ing examination since the call was
made July Is.
Frank White of Valley City, form
er governor, and a major in the
Filipino campaign, is colonel of the
| Second; T. H. Tharalson of Graf
ton, former adjutant general, is
lieutenant colonel; District Judge J.
/ M Hanley of Mandan, Charles F.
i Mudgett of Valley City and E. c.
Gearey, jr., Of Fargo, are majors. All
are men Of mature military expert
ence and each served in the Philip
pines. The same is true of Capt.
Henry T. Murphy of the headquar-
ters company, Bismarck; Capt. A. b.
| Welch of Co. l, Bismarck; Capt. Tom
Lonnevik of the Devils Lake COM
pany, and a majority of the other
| company commanders.
All of these commissioned men,
however, must pass a strict federal
examination before their commission
can be approved, and it is feared
some change may be made in the
staff.
Upon recommendations by Cap
tains Huddlestone and Cook, examin-
ing officers, will depend federal
recognition for the Second. When
this Is given, Major Douglass Settle
chief mastering officer for North
Dakota, will proceed Immediately
With the matter. Major Settle has
commissioned men of the Second
battalion, First regiment, for several
months in federal service at Fort
Lincoln, as assistants, ana Capt.
LIE Onard s. Hughes If Fort Logan,
Colo. chief medical examiner, has
six medical reserve men from Fort
Riley, Kans.s and Fort Benjamin
Harrison, Ind, on his staff.
DOUBLE OFFICERS
CAMP ANNOUNCED.
The second officers reserve train
ing camp at Fort Smelling is to be a
double one, Brigadier General w. H.
Sage, commander of the camp, an
nounced yesterday upon receipt of
official advices from Washington.
Instead of 1000 men in training it
will be made up of 1000, the addi-
tional men coming from Missouri,
Kansas and Colorado.
This means a consolidation Of the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth division
al areas for training camp purposes
The change is believed to have been
due to the superior facilities offered
by Fort Smelling for housing and
caring for the men.
The first camp was confined to
men of the Thirteenth divisional
area and the call brought $500. men,
The state quotas for the second
camps were cut for the second
series, so while Smelling becomes a
double camp it win still at the start
be about 500 short Of the number of
men who were admitted for training
at the first single camp.
GOVERNORS INVITED
TO VISIT SMELLING.
The governors of North and South
Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska and Mime
sofa were invited yesterday by Brig
adler General William II. Sage to
visit Fort Smelling August 10, when
they will be given a chance to view
the finished product of the first OFF,
GERS camp there and to inspect the
other troops Of the fort.
One hundred and fifty student Of
ficers and civilians took mental and
physical examinations yesterday for
Iieutenancies I'm the regular army
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ing was one held at many posts all
over the country, and as the results
are all made public at the same
time. the prospective officers must
wait nearly a month TO learn Of their
success or failure.
MILITARY
FIFTY EXAMINED FOR
oFFICERSf TRAINING.
Grand Forks, NJ. D., July 24.--k1fty
Grand Forks men were examined
Sunday and Monday for the second
officers training camp, which will be
held ct Fort Smelling.
The examination we're conducted
by Maj. r. II. Gteedman. examining
ofIicer Of the u. s. army, and Lieu
tenant Hugo Mella OF the medical
reserve.
co. "A. EXPECTS TO
COMPLETE LIST TODAY.
Grand Forks, NJ D., July 24.--Com-
pany M, First North Dakota Infan-
try, expects to close its recruiting