The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-10
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4 Dakota is now officialiy known to Of
flcers and men alike az the Smash
ed-up Second" for the regiment ma
lost its identity and the companies
have been swallowed up by the vas
military machine which is beinl
formed here.
1T was a tremendous and unlocked
for surprise which awaited the ON.
GERS and men Of the Second NORTH
Dakota when they detrained here
4, Friday morning, although it had beer
known here for ten days that the
Second North Dakota would be dis
integrated. n
TT is merely following the policy
adopted by the war department in
the Encouragement OF the whole IA
tlonal guard system. said Lieut.. Col
T. H. Tharalson concerning the mat
ter. The fact that 1t is a new regi-
ment and untried. although its Off
GERS may have had years Of service
and experience, is one reason for the
breaking up Of the contingent in the
same manner as regiments OF many
other states have been broken up
and men and companies assigned to
various branches Of service.
| Following Is the assignment of the
North Dakota Second regiment COM
panies: ~
Company II, Harvey, assigned to
18th machine gun battalion.
| Machine gun company, Dickinson,
assigned to l4sth machine gun bat
talon.
Company e. Langdon, assigned %
and will be known as 18th Trench
Mortar battery.
The 18th Sanitary train takes the
whole Of Major j. M. Hanley'sy Third
4 a n NNRF
Washington and the First Idaho field
hospitals. The North Dakota Second
regiment companies included are:
Company 7, Bismarck and Mandan,
First ambulance corps 18th Sanitary
train.
Company K, ElIendale, Second ann
bulance corps, 18th Sanitary train.
Company L, Hankinson, Third am
bulance corps, 18th Sanitary train.
Company NJ. Beach, Fourth am
bulance corps, 18th Sanitary train.
Company F, carrington Second
field hospital, 18th Sanitary train.
Company O, RoIla, Third field hos
pital. 116th Sanitary train. q .
The balance Of the regiment is
combined with the oregon cavalry
sineering train.
| The following companies of the
Second North Dakota are included in
this engineering division:
Headquarters company OF Bis
narck, and band of Harvey; Conn
i pany G, Crosby; and Company u,
/ Devils Lake. together with the sup
| ply company of HfIlsporo.
Address Letters Correctly.
One of the things which folks
back home" must learn and learn at
once II they wish their letters TO
reach their soldier boys, Is to address
letters correctly. Hundreds of let
4 ters have been turned back to the
postoffice department because incor-
rect or insuficient addresses are
| given.
The above assignment az the Sec
/ ond regiment companies is complete.
| II your boy is Jimmy Jones and he
comes from Minot and he Is in the
First regiment he must be addressed,
Jimmy Jones, Private,
| Co. E, 164th Infantry,
Camp Greene, N. G. sh
II he is in the Second regiment,
| first determine from the above where
he has been assigned. II he is from
Minot and in the Second he must be
addressed Under the new divisional
designation which in the case of
Minot company would be:
Jones, Second N. d. Hospital Corps
General Hospital Camp Greene,
Charlotte, N. c.
Company letters and the regiment
in which the company Is located must
be plainly stated on the envelope.
Just how important this mail adj
dress item is, may be gained when IL
Is stated that t1e various units to
which the Second North Dakota
companies are assigned are in some
instances as much as ten miles apart.
1t would be the same as addressing d
letter to John Smith, South Side Chi
cago, to leave off the Company Let
ter and the regiment.
Company composed of Mandan,
Bismarck and boys Of that district is
located about four miles from the
Second regiment headquarters office.
at least the place where the regiment
officers are for the present making
their headquarters. Company L of
Langdon is even still farther away,
and the companies are in all direc-
tions.
This afternoon the newest arrivals
from North Dakota were busi1y en-
gagged putting up tents in anticipation
of a severe wind and rain storm which
finally broke at Z o'clock this even
ing.
The First regiment has now prac-
tically completed it's work of setting
tents and laying out streets and by
the time this letter is published, the
camp will be in perfect shape
Col. ]. Fl. Frame this Afternoon is
sued orders passed along from Gem
eral Henry Jervey, commanding the
brigade, which show what the boys
are up against The eight hours and
fifteen minutes drill daily indicates
the government means business and
intends to have It's national guard
lighting machine whipped into war
service shape in the earliest time
possible.
Perhaps you folks back home will
be interested in a copy OF General
Orders No. 8, which follows:
Reveille, first call 5:4b o'clock a.
f.; march and reveille, $3.50 o'clock
a. M: assembly, 8 o'clock: physical
$3.50 o'clock: drill call, Ills o'clock;
recall from drill, 1880 o'clock: mess
call, ~ o'clock: drill call, / o'clock;
recall from drill, o'clock mess call,
$50; retreat, first call, s O'clock; as.
sembly, $40 o'clock b. M. retreat
6:15 o'clock; call to quarters, o'clock
D. m; taps and lights out, 10 o'clock.
Drill call and recall will not be
sounded on Wednesday, Saturday or
holidays, or Sundays.
I'm there with two thin blankets
AS thin as a slice of ham
"A German spy was likely the guy
Who made them for Uncle Sam
How did / sleep? Don't kid me
My bedtick is filled with straw
And Jumps and humps and big fat
bumps
That punched me til I'm raw.
Me, and my two thin blankets
As thin as the last thin dime
As thin ] guess aa a chorus girls