The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1919-01-15
NORTH DAKOTA REGIMENT
HAS SPLENDID RECORD
80 M -@M15S A
FOR OVERSEAS SERVICE

y a4 l@& ~
reports which most Of the newspa-
pers carried, the home folks thought
the whole regiment in the conflict.
But there was no such luck for the
corporals, sergeants and commission
ed officers. Just the privates were
taken for the replacement.
On Jan. 26, the remaining men in
the headquarters company, supply
company, Companies A. B. c. and D
were moved to Gnodercourt; E, F, G
and H, were sent to Cantillion sur
Seine, and the Third battalion to Lam
gres. The First Army Corps schoo,
a Gondercourt had plenty of work for
the boys Of the LIST Battalion while the
Second Army Corps training school at
Chatilloin and officers training school
at Langres provided work for others.
Since January 26 the non-coms of the
old regiment have been drilling cas-
uals, draft men and others, preparing
them for action and sending them on.
United Again.
About two months ago the regiment
was united again at st. Afghan, os-
tensibly to be built up for service as
a combat unit, together with the 9TH
er original units of the 41st division.
But most of that information you
have gained from letters sent home by
the boys.
It is the chaps who saw the service
in the trenches and the open fighting
the boys from North Dakota who did
their share DIN causing the utter rout
Of the boche army, that resulted in
the ignominious capitulation, that you
are most interested in.
To lanw in France with your own
regiment on New Years Gay, to reach
a camp in the southern part Of this
country on the third Of the month ex-
pecting a rest and training, then on
he seventh day to be sent UP to the
front to enter the trenches on the 9th;
that is the kind Of experience many
North Dakotans will tell you on their
return.
Do you remember back through the
days Of var new to the original
fighting at Toul when the American
forces had their first really, truly sec
tor of their own? North Dakota men
were in hat. Too, do you recall the
meat of the meagre press dispatches
of the fighting at Cantingy, where the
Americans captured the town and won
their first big victory in the Toul Sec
tor? Again the boys from the home
state did their full share.
Then the great crash at st. Mihiel +:
As you recall the news dispatches
your heart begins to beat just a little
faster, doesn't it when you are told the
North Dakotans out of that same or
iginal 1900 had a big hand in it, and
helped to crush the salient and win
the biggest victory which was the be-
ginning Of the end? For that was the
battle, the operation which taught the
Germans what Americans could and
would do.
Then there are the memories of the
Argonne, the fighting around Clare
mont and Chepy, and the wild chase
after the Huns when battered and
torn to shreds by the terrific pounding
Of, the American and French artillery
they raced toward Berlin-haven't
stopped going yet.
Some Sent to Germany.
Today thereare a great many North
Dakota boys in Germany, for the CEN
sor has permitted papers to publish
the fact that the first division Is one
of the four that have been sent into
Germany, into Luxembourg to main
tain order in the fifty mile wide band
which has been established in boche
territory pending the peace settlement.
The cost of the war is tremendous.
The toll in dollars you have all felt
back home; the toll in death and sac
rifice, casualty lists yet to be publish
ed may reveal to you, North Dakota
has given her full share in every way.
How many boys have given all that
the world. might hold for them. is a
matter which on the casualty boards
must reveal the information. We as
soldiers do not know. Still the cas-
ualties have been small compared to
the total number engaged.
To give a full history of the boys
of North Dakota over here would be
impossible. Perhaps I have been more
lucky than the majority, I have visited
nearly every section Of France and
have met men from the old state ev-
erywhere, in base ports, in training
camps, in casual classification sections
and in the zone of advance and at the
front.
Norh Dakota men from the old
Second regiment early saw service in
ambulance and field hospital units at
the front. There will be thousands of
tales to be told and retold when the
boys get home-and they are coming.
But just dig back in the old files in
the newspaper stories Of Sissons, Can
tigny, St. Mihiel, Toul, Mont Sec and
tho Arnnnno ond fhoro Won find the