The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-28
HONE GUARDSNEN
In WESTERN PART
OF STATE STRONG
They Have Thorough Or
CARNATIONS and Are
Ready For Service

close application and determination
can accomplish, even in the face OF
apparently insurmountable diff
| ficulties was demonstrated by the
! Golden Valley home guard when its
| crack squads under command of
capt. Martin Joyce took first honors
IN the war conference maneuvers
here with it's exhibition of the Butts
manual and bayonet drill. To see
the guardsmen go through their
maneuvers on the stage Of the
Auditorium one would have been
| convinced that for years they had
had the benefit Of intensive drill with
| the arms which they used. AS a
matter of fact, the Euardsmen used
| rifles which they never had had In
their hands until the evening before,
and all of the movements which
! they executed with such precision
and grace had been acquired by
arm work" alone, without the use
of weapon of any kind. These boys
for weeks had drilled with imaginary
rifles, going through all of the
routine prescribed by the Butts
manual and the bayonet drill, and
only within the last week or two
have they had wooden rifles at their
disposal. In spite Of the great diff
ferences in size and weight between
!. these dummy guns and the Bismarck
home guards IS Spriugfelds, the
Golden Valley team had so thorough
ly mastered it's drill that it went
through the maneuvers with the
heavier and longer Bismarck rifles
without a break.
The Crack Squads.
The crack SQUADS consisted If
Capt. Martin Joyce, Corp. Ben Hal
perm Corp. CEsrles Scharf. and
PTivates John d. BOldt. Carl C..
Wtttmayer, Arthur Helbling. w. f.
Ebersviller, Ed Scharf. Henry Ed
mark. Steve Skalski, Henry Becker,
Glenn Schwalier, II. G. Rostimily. Jonn
Jackson. Mike Engbrecht, Odin Oh.
son and A. w. Hess. They came
down under a committee composed
Of l.. Lewis and o. II. Kuhl. The
boys had no uniforms, but, undaunt-
ed by this fact they borrowed suits
from the Golden Valley band, and
they came down and carried off the
bacon, not only making a splendid
showing in the Auditorium exhibit
ton, before 500 home guardsmen as
sembled from all parts Of the state
and 500 civilian specta tors, but
creating a very favorable impression
in the several parades which the
home guardsmen featured
That's the sort Of stuff the North |
Dakota home guard is made of,
said Capt. f. G. Wanner. chair |
man of the governing board. today. |
do you wonder that I'm almighty
proud of this bunch. Is there any
reason why the whole of North Da- |
kota shouldn't be + Id of them and |
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calibre are loyal enough and self
sacrificing enough to give up their
time TO this work"
The Golden Valley Guard.
The Golden VALLEY home guard
was organized December I. 1917. and I
IL had an original muster roll Of rs |
members. Since the date of or
ga niZat.on half dozen or more /
have gone into the ma
tional army. and an average of 9ji
men now answer roll-ca every Fri |
day evening. In addition to the I
regular drills held each Friday. vol
unteer drills are conducted during
the week. The boys are heart and /
soul for the service. and they put a /
pep into their work which is good |
to see. They have neither guns nor |
but they're coming" as !
one OF the mon said here today.
Martin Joyce, the commander, is /
an old regular army man. serving l
Two years and eight months in the |
where he did his full /
share to quell the insurTection. as
D. member Of the 18th u. S. Infantry. /
DR.. w r. Flassman is first lieuten-
init, and T. w. Salvin is second /
The rank and file is \
composed of the best business and |
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the Golden Valley district. They |
use the Golden Valley municipal hall /
as an armory, and. although the drill /
floor is but 80 by. 25 feet they have l
acquired a proficiency which prob |
ably can be excelled by no other
home guard company in North Da-
Sota.
eve cannot say enough in
gratitude to the Bismarck home /
suard." said Capt. Joyce today, i
Capt. Wanner and the local men
nave certainly treated us royalty.
rhey have done everything in their
power to show us good time, and
speak for all Of our boys when I
Jay that they have succeeded"
The New Leipzig 49,"
DR.. z. e. Hamilton. who came up
1t the head of ~ New Leipzig home
doesn't regard 10 an I'M
uclky number, nor does anyone else
Who saw the New LeipziRers in
parade here during the two days Of
he war conference. They were a
Inc. military looking lot of fellows.
Dr. Hamilton is a graduate of Pur-
ue-and, of course, a loyal Hoosier.
lie was IN DR.. Joseph Moran's
lasses in his university days and
While here he enjoyed a pleasant re-
nion with his old professor. The
Jew Leipzig home guard is up and
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