Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-11-16

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gest share Of. the boys are dead anx-
ious to back up their Drawn with IN
intelligent use of the weapon.
Test the Trenches.
Two Of the North Dakota companies
trenches. They have gotten down,
right down into trenches identical
with those in, France and Flanders
and which elsewhere scar the lands of
Europe. They came back to camp
sobered a trifie. They are now about
to begin the job of learning how to
throw hand grenades and bombs, to
guage distance. Censorship prohibits
the descriptions of the methods being
taught, and besides they cannot be
adequately described.
And there Is n predominating
thought which stands forth and is
expressed b ythe thinkers in the
ranks. We're in it and we have to
lick the Dutch. I wish we we're there
now, for the sooner the United States
gets into the game with full force, the
sooner it will end"
Don't imagine that this is bravado.
It isn't. It is merely the. obsessing de-
sire Of the majority to put to the test
their chance Of coming back, the out
ward expressin Of the unrest which
the waiting has brought, the awaken
ing of the vast numbers of molecules
in the great army machine to the fact
that each must fight and fight hard
to make up for the. defalcations of
the Russians, and the misfortunes Of
the Italians. "A
Must Readjust Ideas.
War and the necessary changes and
new assignments Of some officers and
many men to new branches of service
have called upon many to re-adjust
their whole idea of military training
and use their previous experience to
iron out new and different problems.
Take .Lieut.-Col. Thomas Tharalson,
formerly adjutant general Of the North
Dakota National Guard, later lieuten-
ant colonel of the Second North Da-
kota regiment which was smashed and
distributed throughout the 41st divi-
sion. II: the shake-up he was assigned
to the command Of the division sup
ply>trains. 1t took a month for him to
learn the general angles of the game
and now he is starting or the details.
"Well, I don't know anything about
schedules, or what faces us, but I do
know that it is up to me to see that
supplies get to the men, the regiments
on the fighting 'front.' said Col. Thar
alison today.
Draying or trucking does not look
like an intricate business. It's a case
of rustic for the work, then cluck to
horses or step on throttle and get the
hauling job finished. Multiply the
|drayage business of any average sized
town by 100, picture a couple of. hum
dred heavy trucks, as many automo-
biles and motorcycles in an unending
stream, and then realize that an army
flights on its stomach" and that sup
plies, not only food, but all other sup
plies must go forward and keep on
going forward and that a. whole
division must be kept supplied with
never a slackening or loss of time.
and you realize what Col. Tharlason is
up against.
Col. Frank White, formerly COM
mander of the Second North Dakota,
now&head Of the ammunition train has
even a more important task to super
intend, the feeding Of the rifles and
big guns with the material to keep
them belching death. These. are
North. Dakota ,men,, long ssexperienced
in infantry warfare, both veterans Of
the Standardization war and the
Philippine Instruction. They thought
they knew war but they have been
forced to assimilate q vast store OF
knowledge on a new branch.
We'll do it or bust" they say.