The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-08
co. B is SMASHED
IN FRANCE UNDER
new DIVISION OF
DAKOTA'STROOPS
Indication, Too, That En-
tire 164th Infantry Has
Been Broken Up
LETTERS TELL.
OF CAMP CHANGE
Bassett Says Entire Battal-
ion Has Been Shifted by
New Order
MEMBER OF co. B
TO BE SENT HOME
Emmett Sharp, Moorhead,
Out of Service Because
of Rheumatism

Co. B, Of Fargo, Of the 164th U. $.
Infantry, has been shattered in
France, and there is a probability
that the 164th regiment has also
been smashed.
Letters received in North Dakota
yesterday and today tell Of the divis-
ion of the Fargo, Minot, Grafton and
Bismarck companies of the former
First North Dakota National guard.
A letter received at Minot by Mrs.
H. Greer, mother of Raymond j..
Gillette, the MiTot soldier wounded
IN action in France several days ago,
indicates that the entire regiment
had been split up, units being assign
ed to the 18th and 18th regiments
and most Of them assigned in the
depot brigade.
According to Earle Tostevin of
Mandan, staff correspondent of The
Forum with the 164th u. s. infantry,
while the troops were in camp in the
United States, and who is also with
the troops in France, the Fargo COM
pany, along with the Minot, Bismarck
and Grafton companies, has suffer-
ed the removal Of about two-thirds of
the men from the camp they original
~ located in in France, to another
camp.
Rassett Tells. Of Change.
Corp. Frank Bassett, Company B,
in letter to his sister. Miss
Margaret Bassett, stamp clerk at the
Fargo postoffice, tells Of the division
of Company b. Corporal Bassett
formerly was with the collection de-
partment, OF the International Harv-
ester Co, in Fargo.
The battalion In which Company
B was a unit has been broken up,
writes Corporal Bassett, "and sent
do not know where. Company BIS
n~commissioned officers have been
separated from the company, but
just where they will be assigned, or
what will be done we have no
idea"
Pie. Emmett Sharp, son OF Judge
and Mrs. James III. Sharp. Moorhead,
has suffered a severe attack OF
rheumatism. and is to be sent home,
according to the letter, which adds
that he has been left behind" in
care OF three Moorhead members of
Company B, Alex Nemzek. Arthur
FIaten and Werner Olson.
Another very interesting letter
from France, printed by The Forum
today, is from Ernest Orchard, for
be found on page ten Of this issue,
Calls Them Circus Cara.
Sergt. q. j. Anderson, Company B,
an q letter to j. f. Treat OF Fargo,
gives a unique description OF French
railroad cars I'm which the Dakotans
had a 4s hour jaunt after landing in
France.
"They gave us a wild ride in cat
tie cars, which look like circus
wagons, having only four wheels
and being about one-fourth the size
of an American freight car" writes
Sergeant Anderson.
I'VE were 40 men in a car. We
Travelled this way for 4S hours to
where we now are (about the central
part of France).
"Ever since we left Fargo we have
certainly been on the move. We call
ourselves the Rambling 164th'
Peace Is thu main topic of con-
versation among the people in both
England and F4rance. They are al
most certain that this war viii end
In the course Of q very few months.
Z hope so.
Il talked to German prisoner
q short time ago. He was very glad
to be prisoner, and he, also, looked
for peace.
esAm In good health but for a cold.
We don't like the country.
DiIworth Man Meets Fargoans.
Il have been quite fortunate in
meeting a number OF boys from
home, and especially Fargo, among
them being Lieutenant Dwyer, who
attended the agricultural college In |
1915, Spencer Boise and his brother,
Charley, and Harold Bachman" |
writes Sergt. j. F. Greenhalgh. Dill |
worth, Mimi, who is with Company !
G, 60Srd engineers, somewhere in |
France, to John j. Hannaher, Far |
60. Zoe Manning's brother Walter, |
from Dilworth called at camp the |
day we were moving for (name |
deleted by censor). and was sorry |
as one must necessarily have his bed |
on wheels here.
I'VE had a very enjoyable trip |
across the pond, and can truthfully /
say that I enjoyed every minute of 1
It. Thanksgiving day holds D. l
cherished memory for two reasons. /
frat because 1t was spent on the I
Atlantic, and second because 1t /
represents Roosevelt a rough
rider.
Weather Conditions Favorable.
AGH WGhAAACE AuIA4IAUlAa uANE UGctA i
very favorable considering the time /
OF the year. The coolest day we have
had It registered five degrees below
zero. and am satisfied for it is 25
Mt home. Our government is doing
everything in its power for the COM
fort Of its men, and our clothes and
Quarters could hardly be improved
upon.
'aThe French people in the vicinity
or the camp, and in fact every place
we have SO far visited. have proven
themselves to be very courteous in
every respect, doing everything
possible for our comfort and pleasure,
but, however, John, / have failed to
see any Of their famous beauties,
and / must say that / have seen
some at home.
Sergeant Greanhalgh, before enter
ing the service. was In the employ I
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