The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-01-24

born at ..................
on the ............ day of............
........... A. D., ID. ~. by occupa-
ton ........ do hereby
acknowledge to have voluntarily en-
listed this. day of............
1918, as soldier in the Home Guard of
Minnesota for the period Of the present
war and until peace shall be concluded
between the United States and any and
all foreign nations with which the
United States is now or may hereafter
be at war, unless sooner discharged by
proper authority. And I do hereby
solemnly swear that 1 will bear true
faith and allegiance to the United
States of America and to the State of
Minnesota and that 1 will serve them
honestly and faithfully against all
their enemies whomsoever within the
State of Minnesota, and that 1 will
obey the orders of the Governor of the
State of Minnesota and of the officers
appointed over me according to law
and the rules and regulations now on
hereafter governing the Home Guard of
Minnesota"
The officers of the Home Guard shall
subscribe the following oath: 81,
having
been appointed a Observation-Disclosures.
in the Home Guard of. Minnesota, do
solemnly swear that 1 will support and
defend the Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of the
State of Minnesota against all enemies,
foreign and domestic; that I will bear
true faith and allegiance to the same;
that will obey the orders of the gov
ernor of the State of Minnesota; that 1
oh i0o ~,
any mental reservation or purpose or
evasion, and that 1 will ithfully dis
charge the duties of my Office in the
Home Guard Of Minnesota upon which
I am about to enter; so help me God"
- Only able bodied men over the age
of twenty-six (26) years shall be en-
listed in the Home Guard of Mime
sofa. Any member of the Home Guard
who is hereafter enlisted or commits
stoned in the federal service or in the
Minnesota National Guard shall be en-
titled to an honorable discharge from
the Home Guard.
No member of the Home Guard shall
be entitled to any pay for his services,
or any allowance of any character, eX-
cept as follows:
Officers when on duty at any place
other than their home station shall be
entitled to the travel expense incurred
and $500 per day for subsistence.
officers when held in continuous
active service for a longer period than
five days without an Intervening leave
of absence of equal duration, shall be
entitled to receive $500 per day for
such service.
Enlisted men, performing detached
service away from their home station,
shall receive the travel expense actual
ly incurred and $1.O0 per day for sub
sistence.
Enlisted men when held in cont1nu-
Gus active service for a longer period
than five days without an Intervening
furlough of equal duration, shall be
entitled to receive the same per diem
pay as is paid to enlisted men in the
service of the United States.
The members of the Home Guard
shall be subject to the disciplinary pro-
visions of the Military Code in so far
as they may be applicable to that
organization.
A representative of one of the large
clothing houses in Minneapolis ac-
companied Maj. Rowland. Capt.
Parker was able to pick up 76 wool
olive drab uniforms last week after
the government had commandered all