Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-03-15

(By Earle H. Tostevin.)

New York city may be- the melting
pot Of the nation, IN that, 1t receives
the influx Of immigrants from all
countries in the world. then churns
and boils and moils and tolls , and
turns out what is known as an
American. If" so the 164th infantry
must be the melting pot of the United
States, army. Certainly the 41st di.
Today in what was onc the old
First North Dakota regiment there
are men from every state in the union.
They came to France with other d.
visions. came as replacement drafts,
came back through. the hospitalssand
by chance were on the rolls: Of the
164th infantry when .tthe regiment
and division was ordered home.
Taking the data from the so-called
emergency addresses" given by the
soldiers naming the persons desired
notified in case Of casualty, it de-
velopes that North Dakota itself has
but 557 genuinely North Dakota men
and officers. The balance Of what is
left m the regiment out of the old
guard. some rs have given emergency
addresses OF people in other states.
OF course North Dakota has the
ment. However, Pennsylvania runs q
close second with 4S0 men. OF these
1f8 are from the city of Philadelphia
and 10 from the city of Pittsburgh.
New York state also has q number of
men in the regiment, 326, with 162 of
these claiming New York city as
their homes.
The list which is appended here.
with also shows as1arge number OF
regiment when the 39th division
Which had been badly shattered and
broken by requirements was finally
merged with the 41st division.
This instance Of the amalgamation
of men from every state In the union
into one regiment is not ar exception
by any 1t will hold true OF
practically half of the infantry units
in the army. With a great fighting
overseas it was necessary to make
constant changes. Men died, men
were killed, men were wounded OF
taken sick and sent to hospitals
Others must take their places.
Shifting and sitting like the sands
men were moved and men fitted lin
Still it, is doubtful if any regiments
except in the 41st. division are at
evenly divided in men from widely
scattered states.
O n ~board the President Grant with
the 164th infantry were Company K
and supply company of the 162n6
Oregon. These have almost lost theil
identity in the late Reorganization al
Company K, for instance has only 81
Oregon men. while it has 102 mer
from Pennsylvania and a total of %:
men in the company.
Following is the distribution b,
largest cities and by states of the mer
now enrolled in the 164th infantry
originally the First North Dakota
regiment:
New York city, 1852; Chicago. %
Philadelphia, 11S; st. Louis. Is; Bos
ton, ID; Cleveland, S; Baltimore. l
Pittsburgh, 10; Detroit, 4; Buffalo. 3
San Francisco, S: Milwaukee. 8; Gin
c%innati, 10; Newark, 10; New Orleans
9; Washington, D. c., 5; Los Angeles
-; Minneapolis, 6; Atlanta, S; Kan
sas City. 8. .
rs; Connecticut; SO: Delaware, I
Illinois, 55; Indiana, 43! Iowa. 1877
Kansas. 80; Kentucky, 1853; Louisiana
"a; Maine, Z; Maryland, 3; Massa
chusetts, "A; Michigan, 10; Minnesota
SO; Mississippi, 40; Missouri. 81
Montana, 40; Nebraska. IT; Nevada
S: New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey
43; New Mexico. 81; New York. 1874
North Carolina, 9; North. Dakota
557: Ohio, 70: Oklahoma, 90: Oregon
-: Pennsylvania. 343; Rhode Island
a; South Carolina -; South Dakota
IS; Tennessee, 81; Texas, 105; Utah
12; Vermont. 2; Virginia, SO: Wash
ington, Sc; West, Virginia, 80; Wis
consin, 2S; Wyoming, IL; England. l