The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-06-06
OWATONNA READY
FOR BORDER VETS
Southern Minnesota. City Pre-
pares to Put Over 136th
Greatest Reunion.

One or two score of local World
War veterans, who were members OF
Company L, 136th Infantry, are ex-
pected to go to Owatonna next Tues
day to flight the war over" with
their comrades-in-arms of 1927-1S-19.
The affair which they will attend will
be one of the outstanding World War
veterans gatherings to be held in the
Northwest this year.
| A recent mail vote of the board OF
directors of the Veterans Association
of the 136th Infantry, Southern Min
nesota and South Dakota national
guardsmen and including some draft
ed men from Minnesota and the
Southwest, resulted in the definite Sc
lection of Owatonna as the scene OF
the associations seventh annual re-
union. The event is expected to at
tract the largest number of any OF
the postwar gatherings of the over
seas unit with between 500 and $50
of total of nearly 5000 eligibles.
The fact that the income from a
fund of S10,720 received last year
from the war department as part of
the company funds held within the
regiment when it was demobilized, is
available for the reunion is expected
to increase attendance and offer a
more pretentious program than in the
past. Word has already been receiv-
ed from former members of the regi-
ment living at various points scat
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promises to attend the affair.
The selection of Owatonna for the
meeting, left to the board of direct
ors following the Austin convention
last summer, was unanimous. Men,
bers of the board which selected the
city and set the date are Maj. Minot
j. Brown, Owatonna, president; Lieut..
Col. E. C. Clemons, Owatonna, vice
president; A. D. Week, Hadley, treas
urer; Col. w. T. Mollison, Minneapo-
lis; Capt. Herbert M. Hauck, Man.
kato, and Arne Winger, Northfield
While small grow, and individuals
are expected to come from all corn
ers of the country to attend the one
day session, the largest delegations
are expected to come from the South
ern Minnesota cities which furnished
the original strength of the Second
Minnesota Infantry when it was call
ed into service and redesignated as the
136th. These units in the original
regiment were: Headquarters COM
pany, Faribault; Company and Sup
ply company, Owatonna; Medical de-
tachment, Northfield; Company A
Luverne; Company c, Winona; Com
pany D, Rochester; Company E.
Fairmont, Company F, Worthington;
Company G, Austin; Company H
Mankato; Company X, st. Peter;
Company l., Redwood Falls and Com
pany NJ, Madison.
After being called out in June
1917, the 136th remained in its conn.,
pany stations until September, when
it went to Camp Cody, Deming, New
Mexico, where the regiment later alb
sorbed the First South Dakota Cav
airy. Men originally in that unit are
expected to attend the reunion in
large numbers. Drafted men from
Camp Dodge and other National
Army camps and from the Southwest
were later added as large portions OF
the enlisted strength of the 136tf
were sent overseas in advance of the
regiment. 1t finally sailed after a
long and restless period near the
Mexican border, but reached France
only to be split into requirements, on
L. small cadre being retained under
the command of Major Brown to re.
tain its identity.
Only about 60 men of the origina
strength of the Redwood Falls com
pany remain in Redwood county, but
more who have left are expected tt
attend the reunion.