The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-12-26
OUR WAR VETERANS

columns recently relat!Ve w VIZ
lapidated condition of the armory an9
Suggesting that steps be taken toward
having the building thoroughly, re-
haired and painted inside and out, so
That when Company G., returns from
Tho war the BOYS will find their nome
made ready for them, which in itself
viii be a proof Of our appreciation
of Thorn The article mentioned was
written by Mr.. w. T. Craswell, and
was a very timely suggestion. How
ever. Company G, represents only
mart of the boys who went to the
war from this community. Barnes
county sent five hundred and sixty one
bovs to the national army, many OF
them reached the front line IN oattle
and a few paid their full measure VI
devotion. Henry Halvorson, Swart
Henry, Frank Wood and Ralph hern-
kamp were wounded in battle: Gof.
don Vallandigham and Everett
Chambard have been at the front Tor
months. both fought their way
through the Argonne, the most terri,
HE battle ever waged by a United
States Army and which has never been
surpassed by any army in history:
Manv others have been in battle OF
whom we have not heard. Had Valley
Citv been the home of a company
which went away with the Second
Regiment we would have had the war
more forcibly brought home to US. =
Are we to forget the drafted Doys
We mean all drafted boys whether
thew reached France or not, tor' the
bows who got to the front were the
| fortunate ones when we consider the
situation from the soldiers point OF
view, therefore, the boys who were
held at camps in this country simply
through the exigencies of military
movements are the unfortunate ones,
and they are just as brave and have
served in the same measure as their
more fortunate comrades who realized
their ambitions. Every returning SOL
der whether from environments IN this
country, camps in England or France
Tor from the fighting units are equa!
in loyalty and patriotism and all
should be treated by the same measure
of appreciation by the folks at home
They are all our boys from our point
of view and it seems to us that the
Armory ought to be for them all, be-
cause they are all members of the ma
|tional army now. Of course, technical
ly the armory belongs to the nationa
guard and was the home of Compan!
G., but if we fix it up we must fix i
up for them all, because Company G
!. is now the 164th Infantry U. S. A.
Company G has been very unfortu
nate. The trouble with the First Nortl
Dakota-l64th Infantry-was that i
was too good regiment to be sen
to the front; it was more valuable il
another capacity. It has been use
as a war college ever since it lande'
in France. 1t has been training re
cruits for the line. Tennyson says
f'Their's not to reason why, theirs bu
to do and die" They had no voice il
the matter; they simply obeyed order
and their efficiency as trained soldier
caused them to be used as instructors
; Their part in the great plan was jus
as important as the part played at tn
front and, it was most eXasperatin
part, terrible duty to perform whe
!, judged by the soldiers standpoint. w
are sure Mr.. Craswell had all the sol
diers in mind when he made his sug
7 gestion pertaining to the much needle
{ repairing of the armory and mentione
Company G., only, because of lon
: formed habit, the armory and Com
! pany G., having been associated tc
{ gether for many years. All honor t
Company G, but let the armory b
made ready for them all and, whe
4 all shall have returned, let us have
! Grand Review some day and, believ
US, it will be some army, all our own.
B. E. j.