The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1917-07-26
DRAFTED MEN MAY
ENLIST IN MILITIA
CAPTAIN OF I COMPANY SAYS AP.
PLIcATIoNs ARE BEING RE-
CEIvED AND FILED.
HAPPENINGS AT STATE HOUSE
What North Dakota Officials Are Do
ing in Administration Of. Laws
in the Different Depart
ments at Bismarck.

ments at Bismarck.
Bismarck.
DRAFTED men will continue. to be
enlisted until we receive orders to the
contrary" said Capt. A. B. WEIGH of
Co. l in response to a question as to
the status Of drafted men who may
now desire to join the guard. There
is nothing to indicate that the war
department is opposed to voluntary
enlistment in home organizations on
the part of drafted men," said Cap
tain WEIGH. Il have taken the mat
ter up with Adjutant General Fraser,
and he has received no instructions
which would prevent our accepting
these enlistments. We are receiving
many applications, and we will file
them subject to approval from the war
department."
Oppose Ladd's Removal.
Protests against the removal of DR..
E. f. Ladd as president of the Agri-
cultural college and other professors
continue to pour in from all parts
of the state. The two most recent
petitions were received from the stock
holders and directors of the Zero
Farmers Cooperative association, and
the Forde Farmers club. Both organ-
lzations protest in vigorous language
against any attempt on the part Of
the board of regents to remove DR..
Ladd and urge the governor to use
every effort and honorable means to
prevent his removal.
Grain Grading Act to Be Tested.
The constitutionality of the new
grain grading act is to be tested in a
friendly suit, according to correspond
ence filed with the state railway COM
mission by DR.. E. F. Ladd, chief grain
inspector.
the licensing of 1900 elevator men as
deputy inspectors at a cost of $4,000.
The expense of the license is consid-
cradle in the ease of line elevator COM
panies. The railway commission al
seady has suspended the fee features
of the act through fears Of it's consti-
nationality.
10 ! est OnlcerS OF Second.
Officers of the new second North
Dakota regiment Of the national guard
Will be required to submit to examina-
ton to determine their qualifications
for commissions, according to orders
received by Adjutant General Angus G.
Fraser. Neither will the commissions
of the officers be recognized unless
the officers have been selected from
special classes designated by the war
department.
Glasses eligible for commissions in
the new regiment, according to official
instructions, are officers and enlisted
men of the national guard; officers
on reserve or unassigned list of the
national guard; officers, active or re.
tired, former officers of the United
States army, navy and marine corps;
graduates of the United States mill.
tary or naval academies, and gradu.
ates Of schools, colleges and univer.
sites where military science is taught
under the supervision of an officer of
the regular army.
Second Camp Applicants Examined.
Examination Of applicants for the
second officers reserve corps trainin.
camp to be held at Fort Riley, Kan.
sas, was begun at Fargo last Monday
and more than 452 men have applied,
The examinations were in charge of
Major ]. R. Stedman of Fort Lincoln.
Examinations were scheduled to be
held as follows: Grand Forks,
July %, "a and 25; Devils Lake, July
26. q and 2S; Minot, July 80 and
81; Darlington, August 1; Dickinson
and Bismarck, August 2 and 6.
Dakota Guard Mustered.
Federal mastering officers, accom-
panied by army surgeons, have start
ed mastering the North Dakota nation
al guard into federal service. Major
Douglas Settle, chief mastering officer
of the state, estimated that it would
take 10 days to complete the muster
ing
North Dakota is to furnish 5,6O6 men
by draft for national service. The
gross figures for the state, based on a
population of 706, 1892, are 1887. Cred
its to enlistments in the state are
2,11S.
Governor Lynn J. Frazier has COM
missioned Charles L.. Rouse of Noon
an, a graduate Of Shattuck school, a
second lieutenant. Rouse may later
be given command of c company Of
Crosby. Other appointments made are
Arthur Sprague, first lieutenant of the
Beach company, and Andrew Perry,
veteran of the Philippine war, to be
second lieutenant, unassigned.
Board to Free innocent.
Innocent prisoners sentenced to the
state ~penitentiary will find a true
friend in the Department of Public De-
fender established by Attorney Gener-
al William LANCER. 1t will be the OBJ
]ect OF this department to investigate
the case of every person admitted to
the state prison with a view to max.
Ing recommendations to the board OF
pardons and combinations.
Urges Boys to Stay in School.
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