The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-10
!|MINNESOTA,SPART
in WORLD WAR
First of Two Volumes Dealing
With Subject Issued by
State Historical Society
RECORD OF GOPHERS
Second Volume Will Be Off the
Press Next Summer-In-
teresting Data


nesota's life during it's participa.
ton in the World war are revived
in the first volume of two-volume
history made ready for distribu.
ton by the Minnesota Historical
Society.
The first shock as the conflict in
Europe broke out, the declaration
of war by the United States and
the history of Minnesota units in
the war forms the main subject
matter of the volume.
Discussion of the days of wal
drives and the civic enterprises in
augurated by those who "stayed
behind" and sought in every way
to aid in the successful prosecu.
ton of the war, will make up the
chief contents of the second vol.
ume.
Minnesota in the War with
Germany" is the title of the his.
tory. The movement which led
to preparation of a history of the
states war activities resulted in
1919 in creation of the Minnesota
War Records commission by the
state legislature. An appropria.
ton of $4,000 annually was made
and this was increased in 1921 to
$4,000 annually and the Spanish.
American war included in the
scope of the commissions work.
but in 1925, after the commits.
sion had planned work of about
eight volumes, the reorganization
act was passed, abolishing the
commission and putting the task in
the hands of the society. The ap.
; preparation was cut to $4,000 a
year, being increased in 1927 ia
$4,000 for each of the two years
ending next July.
The second volume is to be pub
lished next summer. Two works
have previously been published
First, in 1923, minnesota in the
Spanish-American War and the
Philippine Insurrection," and in
1924, History of the 151st Field
Artillery-Rainbow Division"
The Spanish war history was the
work of Franklin F. Holbrook, fol-
many years associated with the
society, who is one of the authors
of the two-volume World war his.
tory. Miss Livia Appel is the
co-author. The history of the
l51st was the work of Louis I. Col.
Inns, former lieutenant governor.
Because of the reduction of legis.
lative support, projected pub
LEGATION of roster showing the
war record of every Minnesotan in
the conflict, has been abandoned.
How Minnesota reac ed to the
war before the United States en-.
tered it is given close attention in
the new volume which represents
an exhaustive resaa .ch by the au-
thors, including examination OF
both state and federal archives as
well as newspape. AMI other pc
riodical literature. One form Of
re ference wh;c, pr wed particu ar.
" valuable to che authors was =
diary kept by Mr.. ;Holbrook, who as
a field agent for the society spent
periods during the war in various
sections of the state.
Considerable attention is given
to the stands o. various elements
ir the period from 1914 to The
end Of the war, ne conservaa. es
the press, the Socialists and orga 4.
lied labor, and several of the i'm.
portant racial groups, chiefly the
German-Americans.
Several chapters are devoted to
training activities carried on with.
in the state, including Fort
Smelling, Dunwoody, and the Stu.
dents Army Training corps al
many colleges of the state. A
chapter is devoted to Minnesotans
at Camp Cody and another tt
those at Camp Dodge.
The mobilization of troops in
Minnesota including the activities
of recruiters, of the National
Guard, and later the progress OF
the draft is studied intensively
Careers of distinctly Minnesota mil.
itary units are reviewed from
their reorganization for war pur.
poses to the time of discharge.
Results of an investigation to de-
termine exactly what the war cos
Minnesota in lives lost are given
This shows that Minnesota's sacri
flee was $3.50 lives in battle o.
by disease and other causes be
fore and after the Armistice.
Of 104,416 Minnesotans in tn,
Army, 1919 were killed or dice
from wounds received in action
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