The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-08-01
Guards Get
Largest Pay in
Co. History
Returned From Camp
Ripley Saturday
Morn-Gone 8 Weeks
ARMORY ADDITION
Two Seageants
Recommended As
Second Lieutenants

OF Reg1mental Headquarters bat
terry, 217 regiment CA-AfL, under
the. command, of Captain Carl
Fischer Ia training at Camp Ripley
for twenty-one days, brought back
to Sank Centre the biggest payroll
In the history Of the 21-year-old
local unit, and the biggest in the
three regiment 101st Brigade.
At the same time Captain Fisch-
er announced, after viewing blue
prints Of the proposed program, a
$26, 945 expenditure on an addition
to the Sank Centre Armory, one
Of 20 in the state to be revamped,
with work slated to begin in a
month.
Main body Of the unit arrived in
Sank Centre from Ripley Saturday
morning and a rear detail for dis
position Of equipment and clearing
the regimental area arrived early
Monday. Arriving along with the
unit and it's overhead command
were 217 regimental staff officers
and one time in the command Of
the local unit Lieutenant Colonel
Roy Scott and Lieutenant James
r. O'Gara.
According to battery records
calculated at the Armory Mon
day evening total payroll of
$S546.90 was paid to the men
In camp. Monday evening, as
the unit checked In it's equip
ment I'm the first drill after
camp, $56650 I'm state funds was
paid to the Guardmen.
Exactly how, much Of the $3.50. 40,
paid in Federal Government funds
to the unit the last Friday in camp,
returned to Sank Centre Is, Of
course largely conjecture. A year
ago when the unit was machine
gun Company M, Of the 206th In
fantry, with a strength of 66 men,
"a men brought a payroll total of
$1,000 from their camp activity.
Payroll this year is largest be-
cause Of several factors, (1) with
70 men, out Of a company strength
Of SO, at camp 1t represented the
largest unit Sank Centre has ever
sent, (2) camp period was one week
longer, and (3) general advance
ments in the reorganization Of the
company to the headquarters bat
terry Of the anti-aircraft regiment
brought average pay higher. The
company, when it comes to its
work, is largely specialist, has only
eight privates.
F'uther advancements in the
group were indicated this week,
Captain Fischer announced. Ed
Peterson, sergeant major, and John
Egan, master sergeant, have been
recommended for advancements to
second lieutenancies. Their appoint
ments may be made later, he said.
Quickly reorganized and slated
to handle communications and
clerical work for the regiment, the
local battery Is to get an addition
to the Armory on which will be
expended $26, 946 The addition will
be 80 by 100 feet to be erected on
the east side of the present struc-
ture.
"It will provide" Fischer said,
"for office space for the regiment
al staff, the executive officer, more
Office space for the local unit. It
will house too the mobile unit, in
Guiding 10 trucks and cars, the unit
will have, and the communications
equipment"
I'VE can expect part Of our equip
ment about August 18TH" he said.
Officers and men, feelingly con-
occurring on the proposed mobiliza-
ton Of the National Guard, were
divided on opinions. Some think
the local unit may with thirty days
be called into training. Others
believe such training won't come
for a year. One summed up his
idea like this: They won't send
us into training without proper
equipment"
Generally men of the command
were eager to 60 to training CEN
ter. Many Of the younger group
have either no jobs or low pay
employment. For them It would
be economically advantageous
should the unit go into a years
training. But It all hinges on con-
gressional action.
II wasn't an military at the camp.
Best unmilitary activity Doc Cole,
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