Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-16
finished to grade OF ana level a great
drill ground rear the First North Da-
kota company streets, but at present
the only drilling is confined to pla-I
toons, Q fourth Of q company.

AlIlIouoO 70 6ISQ0 OIL anu l0V0l T. GREAT
drill ground near the First North Da-
the only drilling IL confined to pla-
toons, q fourth OF a company.
No CenS0r-Yet.
Censorship rules have not as yet
been applied to the camp but q camp
censor soon will be established and all
outgoing mail will be scrutinixed. The
rules mean that the folks back homo
will not be able to learn much Of the
work their boys are doing. For In
stance. the new bayonet drill II. being
taught to squads now. It dtfers
net drill, but any Information on how
II differs is prohibited. The CENSOR
ship in this respect will be respected
by the boys, many Of whom have
likened 1t to slipping the signals Of q
football. team to opponents. They
don't want the Boches to learn their
tricks. Meanwhile they are plunging
into the game of learning to be mod
ern day soldiers.
Talk Of your national guard stuff"
exclaimed a. Grand Forks Company NJ
sergeant who had been on the border
last year, why, say. we're in the army
going to see a training that will make
the border stun look like q rookie on
dress parade"
Another new stunt which the boys
are being put through Is compulsory
athletics. Right now they are being
taught hurdling in preparation for
further training in the line of getting
over barbed wire entanklements. The
Y. NJ. G. A. is aiding. in this by help
ing the boys get into excellent physi-
cal condition, for they plan q field
nAot Novf "o6nnaHoy offArnonn uvho~
the most proficient men will have an
opportunity to show the results of two
weeks training.
Camp Greene, at least the section
set apart for the First North Dakota,
was, when the troops arrived, but little
more than a fairly level stretch on
the North Carolina hillsides. There
were no streets graded, although they
were laid q Now, after ten days,
the boys have transformed the place
into a tent city of we'll graded streets,
carry off rain water. Many of the
boys have anticipated the action Of the
government and have fioored and
boarded up the walls Of their tents.
Learning French.
An officers school Of French was
started Thursday. A competent force
OF French teachers has been secured
and school was held the first evening
at the headquarters of the 163rd regi-
ment (the Second Montana. All Of
ficers of the North Dakota troops
must attend this school once a day.
One officer from each company will
be selected because of aptitude and
will in turn instruct the sergeants OF
the companies. and the sergeants will
in turn instruct the men of the COM
pantes. French will keep the fellows
busy all of the time they are in camp
and in all spare moments, rainy days,
F, etc.
Bob Was Wise.
Boys of Fargo Company B Of the
First regiment have long claimed their
bulldog Bob" to be possessed of al
most human faculties. This morning
a memorandum was issued giving
warning that no mascots or dogs
would be taken aboard the transports
when the regiment finally sails for
France. This order was delivered al
II o'clock and shortly after noon
mess Bob" had disappeared. The
boys insist that he read the order and
has started out for Fargo:
Arthur 'Ratxla6, Fred Dunn and
Will Farley Of jamestown Company
II, s1t4th U. 8. infantry, have been
promoted from first class prtvates ia
corporals.
The Dickinson machine gun COM
pany of the Second regiment is to re-