The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1918-12-19
MACHINE GUN UNIT
BECOMES REALTY
SAUK CENTRE NOW HAS FULL
PLEDGED NATIONAL GUARD
COMPANY.
MEN MAKE A FINE SHOWING
COMPLETE EQUIPMENT WILL BE
ALONG LATTER PART OF
JANUARY.

Machine Gun Company of the Sixth
Regiment, Minnesota National Guards,
! Sank Centre, became realty Tuesday
evening when four officers and Sc men
took the federal oath and were must
cred into service at the Junior High
School Auditorium.
The organization of this military
unit in Sank Centre will give the
young men of the community an ex-
cellent opportunity to receive military
training.
In his talk before the public schools
Tuesday afternoon, Lieut.-Col. Stutz
of the Sixth Regt., hits the keynote
when he stated that the organization
was not so. much for war purposes as
it was to give the young men military
training, to teach them to obey orders
in order that they themselves could
give orders later in life.
During the visit to the high schoo
Capt Trenholm of Co., A., of the 9Th
Regt., gave the students thrilling
exhibition in the use of the, bayonet,
of which he is an expert. He explain
ed that while the American soldiers
were novices in the beginning they be-
came the most expert users of the
bayonet of all the millions of men TAX
ing in the recent European conflict.
Every man mustered into service
has successfully passed the physical
examination. The three army officers
present, Federal Inspector Mcmahon,
Lieut. Col. Stutz, and Capt. Trenholm
were loud in their praises of the
physical and character personnel OF
the company.
The inspecting officer gave the COM
pany splendid markings in all of the
various questions provided for in the
official blanks. For the present the
company will hold weekly drills every
Thursday evening at eight o'clock al
the Junior High School Auditorium.
The officers returned to st. Paul on
Tuesday mornings passenger. Upon
their reporting to the adjutant gen.
erals office Col. Bookstaver of the
Sixth Regiment sends a telegram of
congratulation to Capt. Parker and
the men of the Machine Gun Unit up
on the splendid showing they made at
the time of being mustered in.
The equipment will be forthcoming
as soon as the report reaches the war
department at Washington, is approx
ed and returned to the adjutant gen.
eral of Minnesota and the requisition
made for the uniforms, guns and other
fittings. The equipment will probably
reach here the latter part of January.
AS an infantry company in the
Sixth regiment Sank Centre would
have been lost sight Of. Being the
only Machine Gun unit in the entire
regimental organization they will
have a distinctive standing. The
Herald is mighty pleased that the
company has become a reality. 1t is
not only fine thing for the young
men affiliated, but it will also be a
fine thing for the city.
Under tn law the state furnishes
$4,000 for the erection of suitable
armory, the city being expected to
furnish the site and $1,000. The de
tails of the armory will be worked out
later.
The commissioned officers and per-
sonnet o, the company follow:
Capt. william M. Parker.
First Lieut., David B. Caughren.
Second Lieut., VenNG Wedge.
Second Lieut., HalbertST. Austin.
Cecil S. Sparkess
Lynn w. Whitson. "a
Donald X. Lewis Il
Roy Truax.
Oscar Avelsgard. -
Vinnette J. Cumming.
Charts FL. Dean. zsS
Albert N. DuBeau. -.
Carl M. Flynn. ;zrsr
Glenn E.. Bohall.
Harry C. Davis.
Sentry Hillerud.
Grin S. Jafdine.
Leo A. Barnett.
Arnold II. Becker.
Earl F. Coyle.
ROLAND tR. DuBeau.
Frank J. Gaspard-
Lowell A. Irish.
Percy C. kennedy.
Gordon v. Morse. I.
Leslie 6. Wells.
Frank j. Wiener
Grant G. Veeg3er.