The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-09-06
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FOR ILLINOIS
: TRAINING J CAMP
First Large Contingent of Bur-
leigh County Men Goes
to Grant
WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS
Men Who Had Remained to Help
Harvest Crops Included
in Call
WELL KNOWN RESIDENTS

Eurleigh county this afternoon en-
trained % men on Northern Pacific
train No. for Camp Grant at Rock
ford, Ill. The county's quota for this
call is 2S. Three men were regularly
entrained by outside boards and
three others who had been arrested
by the department of justice were en-
trained as deserters. None of this
latter trio is a permanent resident of
Burleigh county. The men are tran
sient labOrers who were employed
here at the time of the 1917 registra-
ton.
The usual large crowd was at the
station this afternoon to evidence
their appreciation of the sacrifice
which their fellow citizens are prepar-
ing to make. au., IseHs
Each select wore the new regulation
khaki arm badge, distinguishing him
as a man whom Uncle Sam has picked
to serve in this greatest of all wars.
The young men were particularly
good looking lot Of young fellows,
worthy objects of the pride which
Burleigh county feels in them.
Grant Great Camp.
Camp Grant, situated at Rockford.
only a couple of hours ride out OF
Chicago, is one of the greatest of ma
tional army camps. 1t is named in
honor of the greatest military hero
America has produced. General Ulyss'
es S. Grant. commander in chief Of the
Union forces in the field during the
Civil war. The career of Grant may
we'll furnish every incentive to the
boys who today left for the camp hon
Ored with his name. Reare' in hum.
BILE circumstances at Galena, III. with
little opportunity for education during
his early youth. Grant, although a
West Pointer, was a commonplace
mule-buyer in St. Louis when the war
broke out. He recruited his first reg
iment, the old 21st Illinois in a Sec
ton of the state which teemed with
copperheads and secessionist SYM
pathizers, and with this command he
speedily won the recognition which
at the heighth of this great struggle
for the preservation of the union ele>
waited hi INTO supreme command. Al
the age of 46, four years after the
close of the war. the nation honored
it's hero by electing him president.
and at the expiration of his first term
he was reelected. Galena, where his
boyhood yas spent, is but few hours:
ride from Rockford, Ill.
The select service men entralned
today at Bismarck were:
Eeniamin Greenberg, Regan.
Levi Carlson. Baldwin.
Owen w. Tice, Wing.
John Moilainen, Wing.
Joseph l.. Gabel. Bismarck.
John A. Strand Wing.
Edward Ebeling, Menoken.
Arthur O. Kruger. Driscoll.
Clarence f. Johnson, Sterling.
Allen r. Johnson, Upton, Ind. (cap'
tain).
Robert JAM, Manfred.
William Lauf, Driscoll.
Melvin J. Lein, Arena.
Leroy Whitney. Engelvale.
Anthony Erickson, Wilton.
Hjalmer F. Johnson, Wilton.
.Jay J. Couch, Baldwin.
J. ALBERT Gray. Wing, (assistant
leader).
Emil Hogue. Baldwin.
Carl A. Nordstronl, Baldwin.
Fred f. Walden, Bismarck.
AL f. Fix, Bismarck.
Entrained by outside boards:
Edgar J. Speer, Leroy, MINI.
Edward J. Starr. West Union, Ia.
Mike Collella. Cleveland, Ohio.
Arrested by department of Justice:
*Nicolas X. Vulgas Milwaukee.
*Tofil Sustkiwic, Cleveland, Ohio.
"Auglas Housides. st. Paul.
#Above deserters count on Burleigh
county quota.