University of California Berkeley 
 
COLONEL DAN J. DONOHUE 
 
.Appreciation 
 
 "HERE'S TO YOU, DYNAMITE DAN!" 
 
 From The Dispatch, Douglas, Arizona, Sept. 19, 1916. 
 
 "The boys of the Second Montana regiment are back in their 
 home state making ready to return to civil life. It is the hope of all 
 that never again will they be called upon to answer a call to arms, 
 but in such event no one can doubt that they will respond to a man 
 for they are built of the kind of material that demands action when- 
 ever the nation's hour of need arrives. 
 
 "They came down here willingly, did their duty with glad hearts 
 and did not whimper because the home-coming orders were slow in 
 arriving. Just before they left one of the privates said he keenly re- 
 gretted that they were soon to be mustered out for the occasion for 
 their presence on the border might arise within the next year, and 
 he certainly was anxious to be on hand at the beginning of the fire- 
 works. 
 
 Men Typical of Montana. 
 
 "These men came from the hills and plains, the mines and ranches 
 of a progressive state and were typical of its aspirations and hopes. 
 Loyal, brave and obedient, they stamped their impress upon this com- 
 munity in limitless esteem. The bond between officers and men was 
 of the strong friendly kind that creates the highest efficiency and the 
 most noble service 4 . It' there was any snobbishness on the part of the 
 officers no one heard anything about it. and the men always had the 
 warmest praise for their superiors. The manner in which the men 
 heaped exaltation on Col. Dan J. Donolnie was something of which he 
 can well be proud. 
 
 Praise Given Col. Donohue. 
 
 "At the present time the Second Montana is at Fort William 
 Henry Harrison, near Helena, the state capital : but in a little while 
 the members of it will be relieved from camp life and the trip across 
 the nation in the first flurry of the Mexican excitement that reached 
 the maximum with the Carrizal outrage, together with the pleasant 
 months spent at Douglas, will lie but a memory with the men and 
 those with whom they came in contact. 
 
 "Let's all hope that the memory of the association will be kept 
 green. Here's to you. 'Dynamite Dan" and your 'hell-roaring regi- 
 ment' ; it will be many a day before Douglas sees a merrier or braver 
 lot of true blues than your bunch which was ready for any eventu- 
 ality and patriotic to the core. Douglas people will not forget you." 
 
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Ull 
 
 Gen. Phil Greenan en- 
 listed as a private in 
 Company K, First Mon- 
 tana Infantry, N. G. M., 
 January 12, 1890; was 
 appointed Corporal, 
 March, 1892 ; appointed 
 Sergeant, August, 1893 ; 
 elected Second Lieute- 
 nant, January 16, 1898. 
 A few months later at 
 the outbreak of the 
 Si HI n ish- American War. 
 he was commissioned 
 Second Lieutenant of the 
 First Montana, U. S. V. ; 
 promoted to First Lieu- 
 tenant at Manila, Philli- 
 pine Islands. Jan. 13, 
 1899 ; promoted Captain 
 at Manila Aug. 1, 1899 ; 
 mustered out of Volun- 
 teer Service at San 
 Francisco, Cal., October 
 17, 1899. He was ap- 
 pointed Adjutant Gen- 
 eral, with the rank of 
 Brigadier General, Mar, 
 5, 1909, and reappointed 
 March 21, 1914, holding 
 this rank at the present 
 time. 
 
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 IT WAS EARLY IN JULY. 1916. when the war cloud, which first 
 * began to show its head over the Mexican horizon after the massacre 
 at Columbus, seemed surely to have settled over the country, that the 
 first regiments of the National Guard were mobilized and ordered to 
 the border. The situation was critical. The Mexican states to the 
 south, particularly Sonora, were straining every nerve to organize the 
 scattered forces of the Carrancista army, and at the same time recall 
 the refugees on the American side to their ranks. For over a week a 
 steady stream of Mexicans could be seen pouring across the line 
 through the three main points of entry. El Paso. Douglas, and Xo- 
 gales. General Plutarco Elias Calles, at that time Military Governor 
 of Sonora, while keeping up a show of friendliness toward the "Amori- 
 canos", had practically put a price on the head of every man who 
 failed to respond to the call to arms. 
 
 THE COLUMBUS MASSACRE. 
 
 The horror of the Columbus massacre had not worn off along the 
 border, when new anxieties began to present themselves. Mexicans on 
 both sides of the line had resented, from the very first, the pursuit of 
 the Villa bandits in Mexico by American troops, and a feeling of 
 hatred for the "gringoes", who, as they thought were invading their 
 home land, could be felt even among the refugees on American soil. 
 This state of affairs was due mainly to the way in which the Mexican 
 leaders misrepresented the motive of the American Punitive Expedi- 
 tion to the ignorant masses, and the total inability of the Mexican 
 peon to think for himself or to grasp causes and results. 
 
 The purpose of the Scott-Obregon conference in El Paso, early in 
 May, was to alleviate this strained condition of affairs, and create 
 a feeling of friendliness and co-operation between Mexicans and Amer- 
 icans : but after a five day session, no definite or satisfactory agree- 
 ment was reached, and feeling ran higher than ever against the 
 "gringoes". In less than a month's time, Calles had ordered all Mex- 
 icans away from the American side, an army of fifty thousand men 
 had been mobilized in Sonora, and rumors of war. of raids upon the 
 border towns, and of other Mexican plots, terrorized the citizens to 
 such an extent that an exodus of women a^d chi'dren to points of 
 safety followed. Of those who remained, none went unarmed. A 
 Mexican house in Pirtleville. a suburb of Douglas, was discovered 
 stored with arms and ammunition, and was raided by American 
 soldiers. 
 
DOUGLAS IN DANGER. 
 
 This brought with it a new fear, that of an uprising of the 
 Mexicans remaining in Douglas. How could the city guard and defend 
 itself against such a raid as that at Columbus? Only five hundred 
 troops were left for defense, and should an uprising occur inside the 
 town and troops attack from the south at the same time, Douglas 
 might easily be taken. An appeal was sent to Washington for more 
 troops, but there were no more of the regular army that could be 
 spared. 
 
 Bisbee, a city of about twenty thousand, near Douglas, was also 
 left with scant defense, and for its own protection organized a civilian 
 guard; Nogales was put under martial law for a time. Both plans 
 for protection were discussed in Douglas, but were soon forgotten 
 when the news came tnat several regiments of militia had been or- 
 dered there. 
 
 The welcome which these regiments received can well be imagined, 
 and it was not long until the efficiency of the Montanas caused the 
 citizens of the town to turn to them confidently for protection. 
 
 A MATTER OF SENTIMENT. 
 
 He staggered across our lines 
 
 Bleeding from an hundred gaping wounds 
 
 And with a "Viva Villa" 
 
 As his answer to that grim sentry Death, 
 
 Dropped dead at our very feet. 
 
 He was one of an army 
 
 We hoped some day to crush 
 
 As an insect horde 
 
 Beneath our iron-shod heel ; 
 
 Yet he died with a smile on his face 
 
 And a cheer for his commander, 
 
 As one of us would die. 
 
 In memory of his gallant death 
 
 We buried him here 
 
 With military honors. 
 
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Major Martin, U. S. A. 
 
 Major Riddell 
 
 Major Graham 
 
 Chaplain McMullen 
 
 Capt. Hofman, U. S. A. Lieut. Williams, U. S. A. 
 
Service 
 
 IIHTHE BEST VOLUNTEER ORGANIZATION ON THE BORDER" 
 1 was the unanimous verdict of the different officers of the reg- 
 ular army, who were detailed to inspect and serve with the Second 
 Montana Infantry from the time of its arrival in Douglas, Arizona, 
 early in July, 1916, up to the very day of its entrainment in October 
 of the same year. It was not that the Regiment excelled particularly 
 in any one of the many things necessary to make up a first-class 
 military organization, but rather in the "esprit du corps" that made 
 it stand preeminent in border service. 
 
 Nor was it only in the eyes of the regular army that the regiment 
 stood high. The people of Douglas were loud in their praise of the 
 discipline of its officers and the conduct of its men. As one of the 
 leading bankers of the city put it, "A Hell-roaring regiment, every 
 man a man, with a man's faults and virtues, and not a weakling in 
 the lot." 
 
 BEST ON THE BORDER. 
 
 During the time the regiment was stationed on the outskirts of 
 Douglas, nearly eight thousand troops from other states were en- 
 camped in that district. Many of the other organizations were not 
 fit for service when they came, and two regiments from another 
 state were in a worse condition when they were ordered home to be 
 mustered out than when they arrived. Their attitude was not soldier- 
 ly. Many of them seemed to regard the time spent on the border in 
 the light of an outing or a holiday, being unable to grasp the serious 
 ness of it all. Their behavior in camp and in Douglas was not of the 
 best, and appeared in striking contrast to that of the Montana regi- 
 ment, against whose officers and enlisted men no charge was brought 
 of a serious infraction of military or civil law. 
 
 The regiment detrained at Douglas two days before the rainy 
 season began. The camp site was located near the Calumet and Ari- 
 zona Smelter, about three miles from town. This was cleared of its 
 heavy growth of mesquite, greasewood, and cactus, and the tents 
 pitched within twenty-four hours. The second day a system of open 
 drains was laid out and excavated, and everything made shipshape. 
 When a day later the heavy, torrential rains turned the camps of the 
 other regiments into seas of mud, on which tents and other camp 
 equipage took frequent voyages, the Second Montana boys were snug 
 and dry, and able to give their fellow-sufferers the laugh. 
 
Lieut. Col. Ferguson Father of the Hell-Roarers. 
 Captain John V. King The Adjutant. 
 
ONLY TWO MEN LOST. 
 
 Lack of lumber and other material delayed the construction and 
 screening of mess-halls, latrines, bathhouses and other necessary buil- 
 dings, and as a result dysentery, that was epidemic in other camps, 
 made its appearance. Owing to the prompt measures taken by the 
 medical staff of the regiment, this was soon stamped cut with the 
 loss of only one man, Private Kenneth Pickett, of Helena. This was 
 the only death among the officers and men until a few days before 
 the regiment entrained, when Corporal Donald A. Smith, of Valier 
 died of a complication of diseases following an operation for appendi- 
 citis. 
 
 IN MEMORIAM. 
 
 They died a soldier's death 
 
 But were shorn of its glory. 
 
 There was no thrilling charge, 
 
 No "thin brown line" on either side 
 
 To bolster up their courage 
 
 As they met the Enemy. 
 
 Death sprang at them unawares 
 
 And laid them low ; 
 
 Yet, in their last hours 
 
 They laughed the Reaper down, 
 
 And sent their souls 
 
 Winging Northward 
 
 As flies the homer to its loft. 
 
 Sound "Taps". They sleep. 
 
 As soon as possible after the arrival in Douglas, the anti-typhoid 
 serum was administered, and while this caused considerable discom- 
 fort for a few days, the men were rendered immune from the disease 
 that has been the bane of army life for centuries. Later, following an 
 outbreak of paratyphoid in the camp adjoining, the men were inocu- 
 lated against this new disease. The usual vaccination against small- 
 pox was also given. The health of the regiment was so guarded in 
 every way that its percentage of sick was the lowest of all the volun- 
 teer regiments on the border, and its men returned to Montana look- 
 ing fit and hearty after three months of camp life in the semi-tropical 
 climate of Arizona. 
 
 HARDENING THE REGIMENT. 
 
 The third day after the regiment arrived, drill began. There was 
 a two mile "hike" in the early morning, without arms, a good part of 
 which was done at double time. Then came breakfast, and at seven 
 o'clock drill of various kinds, lasting until ten. From that hour until 
 three in the afternoon the men were allowed to follow their own 
 devices, non-commissioned officers being obliged to attend "non-coms" 
 school. In the afternoon from three until half past four drill 
 was held after which the men were free until retreat at sundown. 
 There was not much time for play five days of the week, and what 
 
Major McGuinness, Lieut. Ble 
 
 First Battalion 
 
 Major Sergeant Lieut. Whippe 
 
 Second Battalion 
 
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with guard, fatigue, and kitchen details, the men were kept too busy 
 for the discontent that was rife in some of the other regiments to 
 take a good hold. From Saturday inspection until Monday, all drill 
 was suspended, and the men not on guard or other detail w T ere given 
 passes. 
 
 As the men became hardened, practice marches from ten to twenty 
 miles a day were taken twice weekly. The men marched out in light 
 marching order, each carrying his rifle, ammunition, and field equip- 
 ment. On the return from these ' 'hikes" an inspection was made of 
 the feet of the command, and it was rare that a blister or serious 
 abrasion was discovered. The regiment made the best time on its 
 practice marches of any regiment, regular or volunteer, on the border, 
 and always returned to camp with its full quota of men. 
 
 The last month of the regiment's stay in Douglas, the three bat- 
 talions were taken to the target range three miles to the east of the 
 city, where the regiment again took the border laurels, piling up the 
 highest scores of any organization in the district. Each battalion 
 camped nearly a week at the range, living in their "pup" tents. The 
 range was hot and dusty and infested with all the poisoness bugs and 
 snakes that make their habitat in Arizona. The regimental poet 
 laureate, Sergeant Camp, after finding a rattler coiled in his blanket 
 broke forth into song as follows : 
 
 "Bugs of every description, 
 
 Variety, color and kind, 
 Some with two legs 011 the front end, 
 
 Others with several behind ; 
 Tarantulas, lizards and beetles 
 
 That fly, and walk, and crawl, 
 Bugs with a poisonous stinger 
 
 That look like a carpenters awl." 
 
 WORK OF THE CHAPLAIN. 
 
 To furnish good, clean, interesting amusements for the man in 
 camp is a serious problem. The government commissions the Chaplain 
 and expects that this work will be done by him, yet no financial aid 
 is furnished. The Chaplain must obtain the necessary funds in any 
 way that he may see fit to devise. Through the great kindness of the 
 Chaplains of the Regular Army in Douglas, and the special efforts of 
 Major G. C. Stull, Chaplain of the Eleventh Infantry, Chaplain Mc- 
 Mullen was able to obtain a large recreation tent for the Second Mon- 
 tana's, and with it a moving picture machine. 
 
 The tent was quickly in place ; tables, benches, platform, and lights 
 were installed ; reading matter, games, and stationery were furnished 
 for the men ; a piano was rented, the use of an organ was donated, 
 and a phonograph, the gift of the Paris Dry Goods Company of Great 
 Falls, was soon in use ; the tent became the social center of the camp, 
 in fact an "Enlisted Men's Club". 
 
 Near the Club a platform for boxing and wrestling was erected. 
 This species of entertainment proved most popular among the men, 
 
Major Roote (top.) 
 
 Lieut. Baird 
 
 Third Battalion 
 
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and many exciting bouts were staged. Montana was victor in all con- 
 tests, at no time yielding the palm, but winning every contest in 
 which her men figured. 
 
 The tent was also used for religious services, and each Sunaa.y 
 morning, at 9:30, regular services were held by Father McMulleii. 
 Non-Catholic services were conducted by the Reverend William C. 
 Pippey, Captain of Company "C", and Sergeant Armstrong of Company 
 "M". The men were thus cared for spiritually, as well as physically, 
 and every inducement \vas offered to them to attend these services. 
 Frequently the Chaplains of the neighboring camps were invited in, 
 and no means were left untried to better the men. 
 
 Through the kindness and generosity of Montana citizens funds 
 w r ere furnished to procure supplies of books, music, papers, stationery, 
 etc. The club was crowded at all hours, and in this phase of military 
 life as well as in discipline and skill, the Montana camp was easily 
 leader. 
 
 During the first month the regiment was on the border the out- 
 posts were annoyed frequently by the "sniping" of the Carrancista 
 soldiers across the border, but luckily for the Mexican soldiers no 
 member of the Montanas was injured. 
 
 To add to the interest of camp life Sergeant Dorris of the Ma- 
 chine Gun company and Corporal Peterson of G Co. began the publi- 
 cation of the Montana Bugle, a weekly newspaper that was full of 
 spicy camp news. 
 
 The trip home was made without incident except that the Third 
 section was filled to overflowing with the officers and men who 
 "got left" from the preceding trains. Salt Lake citizens were anxious 
 to entertain the regiment but unfortunately the train schedule did not 
 permit, so this pleasure was foregone. 
 
 From the time of the arrival of the regiment until its muster out, 
 the citizens of Helena were most hospitable. The first event of im- 
 portance was the luncheon given at the Broad water by the Commercial 
 Club to the officers of the Regiment. At this time Colonel Donohue 
 made his speech on compulsory training that was to create a statewide 
 interest in this most important factor in our National life. 
 
 Later, a dance was given by the citizens of Helena at the Audi- 
 torium for the enlisted men, which was the largest affair of its kind 
 ever held in Montana. Over twelve hundred people attended and the 
 floor and balcony were crowded to capacity. 
 
 A few days later the Commercial Club, assisted by the women of 
 Helena, entertained the entire regiment at luncheon. Despite the fact 
 that the boys marched in from the Fort and paraded through the 
 principal streets of the city, they did not have appetite enough to stow 
 away the tons of good things set before them. Following the luncheon, 
 a half dozen speakers paid a tribute to Montana's quota that respond- 
 ed to the President's call, and followed up Colonel Donohue's im- 
 passioned appeal for a national scheme of preparedness. At this 
 time "Dynamite Dan" bid farewell to his boys, saying that "Nine hun- 
 dred better men never stood in shoeleather." 
 
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Lieut's. Anderson and Johnson. (Top) 
 Detachment at Forrest. 
 
 14 
 
Before the regiment was mustered out it was reviewed by the 
 Governor of the State of Montana, S. V. Stewart, making a showing 
 that any regular regiment might be proud to copy after. From that 
 time on until the last Company was mustered out, the regiment kept 
 up its daily routine of drill in an endeavor to keep in shape for that 
 second call to the border, that all felt sure was to come in the near 
 future. 
 
 No history of the Second Montana Infantry would be complete 
 without mention of the important work it did at Butte in 1914 when, 
 without the loss of a single life it broke the ranks of Anarchy that 
 had Silver Bow County by the throat and threatened to strangle all 
 that stood for honor and decency in the state. From the day the 
 Regiment was called out by the Governor, until order was restored and 
 the officers and men allowed to return to their homes, a strict dis- 
 cipline was enforced under the rules of martial law, and Justice ad- 
 ministered without fear or favor. 
 
 Men who wanted to work were protected in their daily avoca- 
 tions, mines and manufacturing enterprises resumed their orderly 
 course of business, and the citizens of Butte and Silver Bow County 
 again felt that their lives and property were safeguarded. 
 
 Acting under instructions of Governor Stewart, General Greenan 
 called out all the companies of the regiment on the morning of August 
 30th, and on the 31st the entire regiment was mobilized at the state 
 arsenal in Helena. On September 1st the regiment entrained and ar- 
 rived at Butte the same evening, going into camp about 800 yards 
 northeast of the School of Mines. Later they were quartered in the 
 Courthouse where they remained until the city was ready to turn over 
 to the civil authorities. 
 
 On October 2nd the force was reduced by one hundred and eighty 
 officers and men who returned to their home stations, and on October 
 16th, three hundred and sixty-three officers and men were sent home. 
 On November 12th, after Governor Stewart's proclamation restoring 
 civil rule was promulgated, the last of the regiment were returned to 
 their home stations. 
 
 Thus happily ended what might have been a reign of terror re- 
 sulting in the loss of hundreds of lives and the destruction of millions 
 of dollars in property. To the Second Montana Infantry the state and 
 nation owe a debt of gratitude for this prompt stamping out of an 
 Anarchistic condition that was a countrywide menace at that time. 
 
 A "Hell-Roaring Regiment". A regiment of fine, upstanding, fight- 
 ing men. Montana, in the centuries to come, may have a regiment 
 equally good, but never one better than the one Colonel Donohue took 
 to the Mexican border in 1916. As one who has lived their daily life, 
 has seen their little faults and recognized their great virtues, the 
 writer on behalf of the people of Montana wishes to each and every 
 member of the Regiment Happiness and Prosperity until "Reveille" 
 calls the last aged veteran to the Great Assembly of the Armies of 
 Our Country. 
 
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Funeral of Kennett Pickett 
 and "The Thin Brown Line." 
 
an6 Staff 
 
 COLONEL DAN J. DONOHUE, "Dynamite Dan", commanding the 
 ^~ x Second Montana Infantry, was born at Richmond, Wis., April 30th, 
 1874. He served five years in the Third Regiment of Infantry, Na- 
 tional Guard of Wisconsin, prior to the Spanish-American War. He 
 enlisted in Company C of the same regiment at the outbreak of the 
 war with Spain, and served until the regiment was mustered out. 
 Coming to Montana shortly after the end of the war, he joined the 
 Second Regiment and was made a First Lieutenant in February, 1905, 
 In May of the same year he received his commission as Captain, and 
 was appointed Colonel of the Regiment in 1913. Colonel Doiiohue was 
 a member of the state legislature in 1912, where he gained his title 
 of "Dynamite Dan." He was in command of the Regiment during the 
 trouble at Butte and by his quick grasp of the situation and his strict 
 enforcement of the law, wrought order out of chaos in less than two 
 months without the loss of a single life, military or civilian. He is 
 President of the State Board of Health, and Chairman of the Montana 
 Livestock Sanitary Board. In civil life Colonel Donohue is a practic- 
 ing physician at Butte. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel Arthur M. Ferguson was born at Burlington, 
 Kansas, Dec. 11, 1887. He served as Corporal in Company E of the 
 Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry from May 1898 to July, 1899, 
 when he was given a commission as First Lieutenant of the Thirty- 
 sixth Infantry of the U. S. Volunteers, serving until June, 190.1. 
 Three months later he was commissioned Second Lieutenant of the 
 Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, was given a bar one year later, and in 
 May, 1911, was promoted to the rank of Captain. In July, 1916, he 
 was unanimously elected Lieutenant Colonel of the Second Montana 
 Infantry. Colonel Ferguson was awarded the Medal of Honor, 1899 ; 
 graduated from the General Service and Staff College, 1903 ; was 
 Aide-de-Camp to Major General T. H. Barry, 1903-06; Secretary of 
 Army Service Schools, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1913-16. 
 
 Major John McGuinness, commanding the First Battalion, was 
 born at Liverpool, England, June 10, 1862, of Irish parentage, receiv- 
 ing his education at St. Francis Xavier's College, of that city. He 
 began his military training there, serving as a private in the Liver- 
 pool Irish Rifle Volunteers (18th Lancashire). Coming to America in 
 1883, he located in St. Paul, Minn., and one year later enlisted in 
 Light Battery A, of the Minnesota National Guards; was promoted to 
 First Sergeant, 1886; Second Lieutenant, 1887; First Lieutenant, 1888; 
 Captain, 1889; honorably discharged October 15, 1891. In December, 
 1895, he was appointed Colonel and Inspector Generalof the National 
 
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Entraining for Butte. (Top.) 
 The Arrest of "Mucky." 
 
 18 
 
Guard of Montana ; resigned May 5, 1910, and was immediately com- 
 missioned Major of the Second Montana Infantry, He reported for 
 duty when the call came for border service, being the first officer to 
 report. In civil life Major McGuinness is secretary to the Attorney 
 General of Montana. 
 
 Major Charles N. Sargent, commanding the Second Battalion, was 
 born at Sedgwick, Maine, in February, 1864. He came to Montana in 
 1885 and enlisted in Company C, at Big Timber, in September, 1900. 
 By 1903 he had passed through the different grades to the rank of 
 Captain. He moved to Gardiner in 1903 and was made adjutant of 
 the First Battalion. He was appointed Regimental Adjutant in 1907, 
 and Major, June 19, 1916. Major Sargent was in command of the 
 Second Battalion during the regiment's stay on the Border. 
 
 Major Jesse B. Roote was born in Missouri in 1870. He was 
 graduated from the State Normal School, finishing his education at 
 St. Stephens College, Annandale, N. Y. He came to Montana in 1898, 
 settling at Butte where he still follows the practice of law. In De- 
 cember, 1905, he was commissioned Major and Judge Advocate General 
 of Montana, in which position he did much to bring order out of the 
 trouble in Butte in 1914. At the time the regiment was ordered to the 
 Mexican Border, Major Roote was made a line officer and appointed 
 to the command of the Third Battalion. 
 
 The Very Reverend John L. McMullen was Commissioned Chaplain 
 of the Second Montana Infantry, May, 1913, by Governor S. V. Stewart. 
 His first service was at Fort Wright, Spokane, Washington, in 1914 ; 
 served next with the regiment during the trouble at Butte. When the 
 call for border service came, Father McMullen was among the first to 
 report for duty. He is keenly alive to the needs of the enlisted men, 
 untiring in his efforts in looking after their spiritual and moral wel- 
 fare. His work among the men has won for him the respect and ad- 
 miration of all, and he holds an enviable place in their esteem and 
 affection. In civil life Father McMullen is president of Mount Saint 
 Charles College, Helena, Montana. 
 
 Lieutenant Claude McGuinness, Adjutant First Battalion, was born 
 in West Superior, Wis., July 23, 1891 ; came to Montana in 1893 ; en- 
 listed in the Hospital Corps, July, 1906 ; was transferred to Company 
 G in 1908 ; commissioned First Lieutenant June 18, 1910, in which 
 capacity he rendered service in Butte and on the border. 
 
 First Lieutenant Theodore F. King, Adjutant Second Battalion, 
 enlisted in Troop F of the Fifteenth U. S. Cavalry, 1903, serving until 
 1905 ; served as Sergeant and First Sergeant of Company I of the 
 Fifty-fifth Iowa Infantry of Volunteers, 1906-09 ; enlisted in the Second 
 Montana Infantry and served as Sergeant, 1915-16, when he was given 
 a commission. During border service, he was promoted to First Lieu- 
 tenant, and assigned as Adjutant Second Battalion. 
 
 First Lieutenant David E. Baird, Adjutant Third Battalion, was 
 born June 22, 1876, at Clintonville, Pa., a Son of the Revolution from 
 both sides of the house. He attended Grove City Military College, and 
 
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April, 1899, enlisted in the Fifteenth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. 
 In 1900 the first battalion of the Fifteenth was transferred to the 
 Sixteenth Pennsylvania, with which he served until 1908 as Battalion 
 Sergeant Major, helping to quell the Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902. 
 In 1906 he completed his Medical course, and came to Montana, where, 
 in 1910, he enlisted in the Second Montana Infantry, and served three 
 years as Battalion Sergeant Major : was commissioned Second Lieute- 
 nant in 1913; served through the Butte Riots, as Assistant Adjutant; 
 was promoted to First Lieutenant when the call came for border serv- 
 ice, and was appointed Adjutant Third Battalion. 
 
 PAY DAY. 
 
 It was pay day at the camp last night 
 
 And my boys all went to town 
 To take a sip of Douglas "hootch." 
 
 See the girls of the flashy gown. 
 And now it is morning and they've come home, 
 
 Rip roaring, soused on gin. 
 One of 'em wen ring a Jersey's hat 
 
 With a spot of blood on the brim. 
 With a spot of blood on the brim, my lambs. 
 
 Crimson spot of blood on the brim. 
 
 They are mild-manered boys, these lambs of mine, 
 
 Never were known to fight 
 Unless, of course, their cause was just 
 
 (And they are always in the right) 
 So I'll just forget that spot of blood 
 
 And the rip-roaring souse on gin. 
 But the first one that trips at morning drill 
 
 Gad! what I'll do to him, 
 Gosh ! what I'll do to him, my lambs. 
 
 Gad ! what I'll do to him ! 
 
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(Tcmpcm? IKistories 
 
 HEADQUARTERS COMPANY. 
 
 E HEADQUARTERS COMPANY was organized August 1. 1916, 
 by G. O. 23, Second Montana Infantry, 1916, out of transfers from 
 the companies of the regiment, and by the assignment of the regi- 
 mental and battalion non-commissioned staff officers, Captain John V. 
 King commanding. 
 
 Captain King enlisted as a private in Company "K", Second Mon- 
 tana Infantry, December, 1908, in which company he served as cor- 
 poral, sergeant, and First Sergeant. He was discharged September, 
 1914, to accept a commission. He was immediately commissioned First 
 Lieutenant, and assigned to the Machine Gun Platoon. In May. 11)1 5. 
 he was commissioned Captain and detailed as regimental adjutant, in 
 which capacity he rendered three months of border service. 
 
 HOSPITAL CORPS. 
 
 In 1914 the Montana Regiment felt the need of a Hospital De- 
 tachment, and Captain McGregor was asked to organize one at Cho- 
 teau. This was successfully accomplished by a number of Choteaii 
 druggists and busness men, who make up a greater part of the corps 
 today. The officers in command are Major Wlliam C. Riddell. Cap- 
 tan H. J. McGregor, Captain AV. S. Little, and Captain C. F. Jump. 
 
 Major Riddell was born in Wilmington, Vermont. 1863. He began 
 his military experience as Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 1895-9S : 
 was appointed Surgeon General on the staff of Governor Robert B. 
 Smith, 1898-1902; served as Captain of the Medical Corps 190307, at 
 which time he was promoted to Major, serving as such up to the pres- 
 ent time. He was in command of the detachment on the Mexican 
 border, during the three months of service. 
 
 Captain William S. Little was born in Owensburg, Ky.. in 1881 
 Received a degree of M.D. from the University of Louisville and later 
 studied two years in Europe. He served with the National Guard 
 of Kentucky for five years coming to Montana in 1910. and beginning 
 the practice of medicine at Kalispell. He was commissioned a Cap- 
 tain in the Medical Corps in 11)12 and was with the regiment during 
 the trouble in Butte. He was on continuous duty with the regiment 
 during its service on the Mexican border. 
 
 Captain McGregor was born at Davenport, Iowa, Dec. 3, 1887. He 
 received his Medical Degree from the State University of Iowa, 1906; 
 was a member there of the Fifty-fourth Iowa Regiment : settled in 
 Chouteau, Montana, where he established a hospital ; assisted in the 
 
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organization of Company M. and was elected First Lieutenant ; after 
 the organization of the Hospital Corps he was transferred to that, and 
 has served with it since. 
 
 Captain Charles Floyd Jump was born at Plainsfield, Illinois, 
 August 30, 1881. He graduated from the Medical school of the Uni- 
 versity of Michigan, and came to Bozeman. Montana, to practice medi- 
 cine. In 1912 he was made First Lieutenant of Company A, and later 
 when the call came for border service, was promoted to Captain and 
 assigned to the Medical Staff. 
 
 A SOLDIER BOLD. 
 
 Oh, I don't like beans, 
 
 And I can't eat slum 
 But I love ice cream 
 
 And chewing gum. 
 I overload my stomach 
 
 And 1 drink my water cold 
 And I'm fair on the way 
 
 To be a soldier bold. 
 But 
 Tho' I fall in quick 
 
 At the call of the drum 
 I. can't hike a mile 
 
 For my tummy's on the bum 
 I can't ride a horse 
 
 Nor hop a motor bike 
 So I drop out quick. 
 
 I'm a clever little tyke 
 And I'll get my discharge from the army ! 
 
 MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 
 
 The Machine (iun Company of the Second Montana Infantry was 
 organized at Douglas, Arizona, during the month of July. li)l(i. by de- 
 tails from the various infantry companies of the regiment. The first 
 officers detailed to the organization were Captain L. A. Foot, and 
 Second Lieutenant Alexander (i. Swaney. On the first day of August, 
 1916, the company was made statutory under the provisions of the 
 National Defense Act, and was duly organized with commissioned and 
 non-commissioned officers. 
 
 Captain L. A. Foot was assigned to command ; three other offic- 
 ers were also transferred to the new company, First Lieutenant 
 Graham Fletcher, Second Lieutenant Harry N. Johnson, and Second 
 Lieutenant Casper E. Ecker. 
 
 The company -was equipped with four Lewis Machine Guns, and 
 ( auto trucks for transportation. 
 
 Captain L. A. Foot, commanding officer of the Machine Gun Com- 
 pany, enlisted in Company "H" August, 1906, and served with that 
 company until February 7, 1910, during which time he was promoted 
 from private to First Sergeant. He left to help organize Company 
 
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Hungry 
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"F", and was elected as Captain commanding the new company, which 
 commission he held until May 23, 1913, when he moved from Kalispell 
 to Choteau, where he now resides. He was appointed Inspector of 
 Small Arms Practice, and held that office until the regiment was 
 mustered into the Federal Service, June 1916. He was then assigned 
 to duty as Commissary but after reaching the border was trans- 
 ferred to the new company as commanding officer. 
 
 Captain Foot is a practicing attorney in his home town, Choteau, 
 Montana, and has been attorney for the city for the past three years. 
 
 First Lieutenant Graham Fletcher enlisted with the National 
 Guard of Wyoming in 1909, gaining the rank of Captain of the Third 
 Infantry. He attended the Regular Army Maneuver Camp at San 
 Diego, California, May, 1911 ; graduated from the Regular Army Garri- 
 son School at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, March, 1912 ; was ^detailed 
 Assistant I. S. A. P., Third Infantry, March, 1913; appointed U. S. 
 Disbursing Officer, June 1914 ; transferred December, 1914, to Quarter 
 Master Corps ; served with the Wyoming Rifle Team, Jacksonville, 
 Florida, October, 1915 ; discharged March, 1916, on account of leaving 
 the state. Upon coming to Montana, he immediately enlisted in Com- 
 pany "F" of the Second Montana Infantry, and soon was promoted to 
 the rank of First Lieutenant, and later Captain, going with the regi- 
 ment to the border. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Casper K. Kcker enlisted us a private in the 
 First North Dakota Infantry. May. 11)04. served six years and resigned 
 June, 1910, moving to Montana. Here he organized Company "G" of 
 the Second Montana Infantry, and was commissioned Captain, March. 
 
 1915. He resigned from this command March 1, 1916. When the call 
 came for the regiment to go to the border, he enlisted as a private, 
 was immediately appointed sergeant, when the new company was org- 
 anized was given the commission of a Second Lieutenant. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Henry N. Johnson was born at Dewitt. Iowa. 
 January 30, 1889. He first enlisted in the Fifty-third Iowa Infantry. 
 1907; enlisted in Company "F", Second Montana Infantry, 1 ( .)14. and 
 three months later was appointed sergeant: during the trouble in 
 Butte, 1914-, he Was commissioned Second Lieutenant ; reported with 
 Company "IP" for border service. 
 
 SUPPLY COMPANY. 
 
 The Supply Company was organized at Douglas, Arizona, in Julv, 
 
 1916, by details from the different companies of the regiment. A 
 month later the company was made statutory under the provisions of 
 the National Defense Act. The officers in command were Captain 
 Gerald W. Lansing and Second Lieutenant Lawrence E. Vidal. 
 
 Captain Gerald W. Lansing was born at Miles City. Montana, 
 February 7, 1SS2 ; assisted in organizing Company "A" at Bozeinaii, 
 Montana, May, 1900, which company was the beginning of the present 
 regiment : was made Corporal at the beginning, and appointed Sergeant 
 one year later ; was next given a commission as First Lieutenant, in 
 ' which capacity he served for three years ; left Bozeinaii in 1905 and 
 was appointed Inspector of Small Arms Practice; two years later he 
 
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Religious Services 
 
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was commissioned Captain Commissary under Col. Geo. W. Reid ; 
 June 26, 1916, previous to leaving for the Mexican border, he was ap- 
 pointed Regimental Supply Officer. In civil life Mr. Lansing is a 
 manager of the Bell Telephone Company. He is the oldest member 
 in length of service in the regiment. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Lawrence E. Vidal was born at Great Falls, 
 Montana, July 24, 1895; attended Shattuck Military Academy four 
 years ; was commissioned Second Lieutenant during border service. In 
 civil life Mr. Vidal is a clerk in the First National Bank of Great 
 Falls . 
 
 COMPANY "A" 
 
 Company "A" was organized May 30, 1901, at Bozeman. Montana, 
 and has always ranked high in the state in military efficiency, taking 
 part in all of the encampments and rifle practices, and being always 
 represented on the state team in National matches. It was called out 
 in the summer of 1910 to fight forest fires, and received a letter of 
 commendation from Chief Forester of Washington, D. C., for this 
 sendee. The next call came in 1914, to suppress the insurrection in 
 Silver Bow County. The officers of this company are Captain Erastus 
 H. Williams, commanding, First Lieutenant Charles L. Sheridan, and 
 Second Lieutenant Claire Kelly. 
 
 Captain Williams enlisted as a private in Company "A". Mny. 
 1901, and was promoted to corporal one year later, re-enlisted May 24, 
 1904, and was promoted to sergeant on the same day. He received a 
 commission as Captain March 11, 1910, and in this capacity com- 
 manded the First Battalion during the trouble in Butte. 1914. In 
 June, 1916, he was ordered with the regiment to the border. 
 
 Lieutenant Sheridan enlisted in Company "A" July. 1906. and in 
 February, 1908, was promoted to Corporal. He re-enlisted in July, 
 1909, and in two month's time was promoted to Sergeant, then to 
 First Sergeant one year later. He re-enlisted in July, 1912, but was 
 discharged February, 1913, to accept a commission. In July of the 
 same year he was promoted to First Lieutenant. Lieutenant Sheridan 
 has attended all camps and schools of instruction, was qualified 
 Sharpshooter in 1906, and Expert Rifleman in 1908, and served in 
 Butte and on the border. 
 
 Lieutenant Kelly enlisted in Company "A" in February, 1912 ; was 
 promoted to Corporal in March, 1913; re-enlisted February, 1915; ap- 
 pointed Sergeant July 1915, and First Sergeant March 1916. During 
 his service on the border he was commissioned Second Lieutenant, 
 September 2, 1916. 
 
 COMPANY "B". 
 
 Company "B" was mustered into state service January 19, 1914; 
 served in Butte two mouths of that year, during the riots there; was 
 mustered into Federal Service in June, 1916, and reported to the state 
 mobilization point, Helena, which they left on July 2, for border duty. 
 
 Captain H. S. Bruce, commanding the company, received military 
 training at the University of Nebraska, from which he took his degree. 
 He enlisted in Company "H" of the Second Montanas, October, 1903, 
 
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was commissioned First Lieutenant of Company "B", February, 1914, 
 and promoted Captain in September, 1914. He was with the company 
 on the border. 
 
 First Lieutenant Andrew Viland was born at Sheldon, Iowa, com- 
 ing to Roundup, Montana, in 1908. He joined the regiment in Janu- 
 ary, 1914, and was immediately elected Second Lieutenant. During 
 his service in Butte, in the September of that year, he was promoted 
 to First Lieutenant, and as such rendered border service with the 
 company. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Arthur H. Burke first enlisted as a private in 
 the Fourteenth Infantry of the Regular Army, 1911-1914. In April, 
 1915, he enlisted in the Second Montana Infantry, and a month later 
 was given a commission. He was with the regiment on the border. 
 
 COMPANY "C". 
 
 Company "C" was organized March 11, 1914, at Shelby, Montana, 
 and was comprised of sixty men and three officers : Captain John J. 
 Conway, First Lieutenant Harry J. Hinck, and Second Lieutenant 
 William M. Black, all of w r hom have since resigned. 
 
 The company was first called out in the fall of 1914, to Butte, 
 where they rendered very efficient service. On June 19, 1916, came 
 the second call, and five days later they left for Fort Harrison, where 
 they were mustered into Federal service, June 29, and - left for the 
 border on July 2, with Captain Joseph H. MacFarlane commanding, 
 First Lieutenant William Pippey, and Second Lieutenant Henry G. 
 McKee. 
 
 Captain Joe H. MacFarlane resigned his commission September 
 25, 1916, a matter of considerable regret to the men of his company. 
 Captain MacFarlane is thirty-five years old, and is at present th^ 
 agent of the Empire Lumber Company of Shelby. He was succeeded 
 by First Lieutenant William Pippey. 
 
 Captain William Pippey was appointed First Sergeant when the 
 company was organized, and was elected Second Lieutenant upon the 
 resignation of Lieutenant William Black. Later, upon the resignation 
 of Harry J. Hinck he was commissioned First Lieutenant, which rank 
 he held until the resignation of Captain MacFarlane. Captain Pippey 
 is thirty-four years old, and in civil life is Pastor of the Methodist 
 Church at Shelby. 
 
 First Lieutenant Elsworth C. Mosby first enlisted in Company F 
 at Kalispell, 1912; after working up in the ranks to the grade of 
 sergeant, he was soon commissioned Second Lieutenant, and in 1914 
 was promoted again. Lieutenant Mosby served with his company at 
 Butte, as well as on the border. Shortly before leaving Douglas, he 
 was assigned to Company C, and returned to Helena with it. In civil 
 life Mr. Mosby is a law student at the state university. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Henry G. McKee enlisted in Company C at its 
 organization, served through the trouble at Butte, in charge of a 
 Machine Gun squad, and upon the resignation of Lieutenant Harry J 
 Hinck was commissioned Second Lieutenant, in which capacity he did 
 border duty. 
 
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COMPANY "D". 
 
 Company "D" was organized and mustered into the service in 
 August, 1912, at Valier, Montana. The first call for service came in 
 August, 1914, when the company were ordered to Butte to help sup- 
 press the riots. They were next mustered into Federal service for 
 border duty. Captain Olsen, commanding, First Lieutenant Orville 
 Anderson, and Second Lieutenant Harold H. Joyce, are the commis- 
 sioned officers of the company. 
 
 Captain Olsen is a native of Wisconsin, but entered his first mili- 
 tary service w r ith the Montanas. He was elected First Lieutenant of 
 Company "D" at its organization, and served as such until June, 1912, 
 at which time he was commissioned Captain of the company. In civil 
 life Mr. Olsen is an accountant and stock rancher. 
 
 Lieutenant Anderson also began his military experience with this 
 regiment as a private in company "F", in February 1910. He re-enlist- 
 ed on the same date in 1913, soon after receiving the commission of 
 Second Lieutenant, and June 1914 was promoted to the rank of First 
 Lieutenant. When the call came for border duty, Mr. Anderson re-en- 
 listed in the regiment, having resigned his commission just two months 
 before. He was again commissioned Second Lieutenant, and earned 
 his promotion and bars in less than a month after the regiment 
 reached the border. One of the youngest officers of his rank in the 
 regiment, he is one of the oldest in period of service. 
 
 Lieutenant Joyce enlisted as a private in the regiment, March 
 1916, and on June 23 was promoted Sergeant Major of the Third Bat- 
 talion. Four days later he received his commission as Second Lieuten- 
 ant, in which capacity he rendered three months of border service. 
 
 COMPANY "E". 
 
 Company "E" was organized at Miles City. Montana, in 1910. At- 
 tended the maneuvers at American Lake the same yea r ; it next 
 served in Butte during the trouble in 1914. It was mustered into 
 Federal service with the regiment in 191(>. and sent to the border, 
 where it served three months, lieing noted as the largest company to 
 report for service, with one hundred and sixty men. 
 
 Captain William P. Morse, commanding Company "E". was com 
 missioned Captain June 20, 1912, commanding the company during the 
 trouble in Butte, and during the three months of border service. He 
 was also the coach of the rifle team that went to Florida in 1915. 
 
 First Lieutenant John W. Gailey was a major in the Idaho Na- 
 tional Guards for six years, but resigned his commission when he left 
 the state. He was commissioned First Lieutenant in the Second Mon- 
 tana Infantry when the regiment was called to the border, and was 
 assigned to Company "E". In civil life Mr. Gailey is the manager of 
 the Mountain States Telephone Company, at Miles City. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Walter A. Bolt enlisted as a private in the 
 company, and was appointed First Sergeant June 19, 1916. He was 
 commissioned Second Lieutenant during border service, September 18, 
 1916. He also served in the U. S. Marine Corps 1911-15. In civil life 
 Mr. Bolt is a wholesale clerk. 
 
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COMPANY "F". 
 
 This company was organized and mustered into state service, 
 February 7, 1910; did duty in fighting forest fires in northwestern 
 Montana, 1909 ; attended joint maneuvers at Fort Wright, Spokane, 
 1914, and later on in the same year did riot duty at Butte ; responded 
 to federal call, 1916, and served three months on the border. Company 
 "F" was winner of the State Rifle Trophy 1913, 1915 and is the 
 present holder of the same. 
 
 Captain O. S. Perry, commanding officer, served as a junior of- 
 ficer in the company, before his appointment to his present command. 
 He was detailed as Assistant Qartermaster and assigned to duty at 
 Nogalas shortly after the regiment arrived on the border. At all in- 
 spections and camps Company "F" has been classified as one of the 
 best companies of the regiment, and its reputation is due largely to the 
 untiring zeal and perseverance of its Captain. He was commissioned 
 Captain of the company May 23, 1913. 
 
 First Lieutenant W. O. Whipps was born at Helena, January 25, 
 1888 ; is a graduate of Shattuck Military Academy, Fairbault, Minn., 
 and of Columbia University, New York City ; was elected Second Lieu- 
 tenant of "F" company, 1910 ; was placed on unassigned list soon after 
 to finish his education ; assigned as Second Lieutenant and Battalion 
 Q. M. and Commissionary, 1911 ; was commissioned Captain and I. S. 
 A. P. 1912 ; absent from state during 1914-15 ; returned and responded 
 to Federal call, and was commissioned First Lieutenant, June, 1916 ; 
 assigned as adjutant of the second battalion, and served as such on 
 the border, until September, when he was placed in command of Com- 
 pany "F" during the absence of Captain Perry. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Alexander G. Swaney was born at Kalispell, 
 November 25, 1895, and is the son of Major Andrew W. Swaney, a 
 Spanish-American War veteran ; enlisted in Company "F" in 1913, and 
 was given a commission June, 1916 ; detailed to First U. S. Cavalry, 
 August 9, while doing border service ; was recalled to Company "F" in 
 October, prior to departure of the regiment for home. In civil life Mr. 
 Swaney is a student in the University of Montana. 
 
 COMPANY "G". 
 
 Company "G" was organized at Glasgow, Montana, during the 
 winter of 1914-1915, and was mustered into the National Guard of 
 Montana on April 30, 1915, completing the number of companies re- 
 quisite to put the state troops on a regimental basis. The first of- 
 ficers elected were Casper B. Ecker, captain ; Edgar N. Lay ton, first 
 lieutenant; Joseph P. Sternhagen, second lieutenant. January 2, 1916, 
 owing to the discharge of Captain Ecker, Lieutenant Layton was ad- 
 vanced to the captaincy, Lieutenant Sternhagen to the first lieuten- 
 ancy. 
 
 When the call to Mexican border service came, in June, the company 
 was recruited up to 107 men. Owing to the rigid physical examina- 
 tion of the medical corps, 22 members of the company were rejected, 
 and again the ranks were depleted at Douglas, Arizona, by the transfer 
 
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of eighteen men to smaller companies in order to equalize the company 
 rosters. 
 
 Captain Edgar X. Layton, commanding the company, was born in 
 Missouri, graduated from Colorado College, 1900, and received his de- 
 grees of M.D. and M.A from Northwestern University in 1803. His 
 previous military service was with the First Colorado Infantry. In 
 January, 1915, he was elected Second Lieutenant of the Second Mon- 
 tana Infantry, and one year later was promoted to Captain, in which 
 command he rendered border service. 
 
 First Lieutenant Joseph P. Sternhagen, was born in Scotland. South 
 Dakota, September 5, 1881 ; served one enlistment with Company "K", 
 Fourth South Dakota Infantry ; joined Company "G". Second Montana 
 Infantry at organization ; was commissioned Second Lieutenant in 
 1915, and First Lieutenant, 1916, doing border service. In civil life 
 Mr. Sternhagen is a retail lumberman at Glasgow. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Henry E. Jeter was born in Chillocothe, Illi- 
 nois, January 19, 1894 ; moved to Wichita, Kansas, 1897, where he ser- 
 ved two enlistments in Company "I" of the Second Kansas Infan- 
 try, receiving a commission during the last term of enlistment : was 
 discharged June 25, 191(>. to accept commission in Second Montanas, 
 assigned to Company "E". Later on, in September, he was transferred 
 to Company "G". Lieutenant Jeter was Captain of the Cadets .-it 
 Kansas Agricultural College in 1914. He was also a member of the 
 Student's Military Training Camp, conducted by the War Department 
 at Lindington, Michigan, July 5-Aug. 8, 1915. 
 
 COMPANY "H". 
 
 Company "H" was organized at Kalispell. June, 1912. and mus- 
 tered into the state service July 2, 1902, with Andrew Swaney a^ 
 Captain. Henry Bird. First Lieutenant, and Albert Breelore. Second 
 Lieutenant. In 1904 the first encampment was held at Fort Ellis, 
 near Bo/enmn ; in 1905 Captain Swaney was elected Major, and Lieu- 
 tenant Eaton was promoted Captain and assigned to this company. In 
 1906 the regiment attended its first large encampment at American 
 Lake. In May, 1910, Captain Eaton was elected Major and J. J. Snell 
 was promoted Captain, in which capacity he rendered service at Butte 
 and on the border. The company was on duty at Butte from Septem- 
 ber 1 to November 12, and on the call for border duty, fifty men re- 
 sponded the first day. 
 
 Captain James J. Snell, commanding Company "H", is one of the 
 oldest officers in the Regiment. He was mustered in the Second 
 Montana, July 2, 1902, as a private, and after the grades of corporal, 
 sergeant, and First Lieutenant, was commissioned Captain, May 1. 
 1910. 
 
 Captain Snell was an enlisted man in the Fourth Pennsylvania 
 Guards in 1885-86; served with the Fourth United States Cavalry in 
 1887, and was a sergeant during the Geronimo Campaign in Arizona, 
 1887-89; was also with the Ninth Infantry in China, going with that 
 regiment to the city of Pekin. 
 
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The Captain claims the proud distinction of being the homliest 
 man in the Regiment. 
 
 First Lieutenant Carl J. Sonstelie, began his military service as a 
 private in Company "H", March. 1906; was appointed Corporal, Sep- 
 tember 1911, Sergeant, July, 1912, and First Sergeant, May, 1914. He 
 received his commission as Second Lieutenant, September 11, of the 
 same year, at Butte, Montana, where the regiment was in active serv- 
 ice. Shortly before the call came for border service he was commis 
 sioned First Lieutenant. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Earl Brown enlisted in Company "A", May, 
 1910 ; was appointed Sergeant June, 1916 ; received the commission of 
 Second Lieutenant during the three months of border service, Sep- 
 tember, 1916. 
 
 COMPANY "I". 
 
 Company "I" was mustered into the National Guard of Montana, 
 May 3, 1916. Its organization completed the regiment, and though 
 the last to organize, it was honored by being the first company mus- 
 tered into Federal service, June 25, 1916, when it brought 84 men to 
 the state mobilization camp at Helena. 
 
 Captain Wade Goble, commanding officer of the company, was 
 born at Tilden, Nebraska, July 15, 1889. He is a graduate of the Uni- 
 versity of North Dakota Law School, and while in University was 
 First Lieutenant of the cadets. He enlisted in the Second Montana 
 Infantry, April 1, 1913, and was appointed Sergeant on the same date ; 
 was commissioned Second Lieutenant, January, 1914, and six months 
 later was promoted to First Lieutenant. On May 3, 1915, he was 
 given a commission as Captain and made commanding officer of Com- 
 pany ''I", and has served as such since then. In civil life Mr. Goble 
 is the junior member of the law firm of Goble & Goble, at Baker, 
 Montana. 
 
 First Lieutenant L. P. Chiming was born at Camp Crook, South 
 Dakota, September 11, 1890 ; graduated from the Culver Military 
 School at Culver, Indiana, 1910 ; enlisted in the Second Montana May 
 3, 1915, and on the same day was given a commission as First Lieute- 
 nant, assigned to Company "I" at its organization. In civil life Mr. 
 Chiming is an auto dealer. 
 
 Second Lieutenant Thomas F. Burns was born at Steamboat 
 Rock, Iowa, November 2, 1876. He enlisted June 26, 1898, in Company 
 "E" of the Fiftieth Iowa Volunteers, from which he was honorably 
 discharged November 30, 1898 ; enlisted in the band of the Second 
 Nebraska Infantry April, 1909, and was appointed Drum Major ; en- 
 listed in the Second Montana Infantry, May 3, 1915, and was appointed 
 Sergeant on the same date. When the federal summons came for 
 border service, he was given a commission as Second Lieutenant, and 
 assigned to Company "I." 
 
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COMPANY "K". 
 
 Company K was organized in March, 1905, at Billings, Montana, 
 with the following officers in command, Captain Paul McCormick, 
 Jr., First Lieutenant W. T. Dennison, Second Lieutenant Charles Hoe. 
 At the time it was mustered in for border service, the company was 
 in charge of Lieutenant A. E. Merrill. He was commissioned Captain, 
 July 21, 1916, with First Lieutenant Spaulding and Second Lieutenant 
 Morse. 
 
 Captain Austin E. Merrill enlisted in Company K, May 15, 1906; 
 was appointed Chief Trumpeter by Col. Rief, July, 1906 at American 
 Lake Maneuvers ; served in the various grades through the ranks in 
 the company until 1911, when he was commissioned Second Lieutenant ; 
 Nov. 1912, he was promoted, and during border service was given com- 
 mand of the company. 
 
 First Lieutenant T. C. Spaulding enlisted in Company M Nov. 20, 
 1913 ; worked up through the ranks and two years later was given a 
 commission ; was appointed Regimental Engineer at Douglas, Arizona, 
 July, 1916; two months later was commissioned First Lieutenant, and 
 assigned to Company K. 
 
 Second Lieutenant William H. Morse was a member of the First 
 Montana Regiment, Company H, 1890-95; served as First Sergeant of 
 Troop M, Third U. S. V. Cavalry (Griggsby's Rough Riders) from 
 April to September, 1898 ; joined the Second Montanas as Regimental 
 Sergeant Major, June, 1915, and served as such until July 21, during 
 border service when he was given a commission. 
 
 COMPANY "L". 
 
 Company "L" is the youngest company in the regiment. It was 
 organized in Sidney and was mustered into state service on December 
 29, 1915. The company was ordered to Company Rendezvous, June 19, 
 1916, and left Sidney 'for Helena June 24, with 66 men. On June 30 
 it was mustered into federal service and left with the rest of the 
 regiment for the border July -. 
 
 Captain Benoni O. Reynolds, commanding officer, attended Racine 
 College Military School, and later spent two years in the University of 
 Wisconsin. In 1911 he went south to engage in business, but decided 
 to study law, and entered the law school of the University of South 
 Carolina, from which he was graduated with an LL.B. degree in 1914. 
 Coming west, he located at Sidney. Montana, and was commissioned 
 Captain of Company "L", December, 1915. He is a member of the 
 Military Order of the Loyal Legion, Sons of the American Revolution, 
 and Masonic Order. 
 
 First Lieutenant Charles M. Flett is a native of Grand Forks, 
 North Dakota. He attended the U. S. Naval Academy 1907-1909 and 
 was commissioned First Lieutenant of the Montanas, June 19, 1916, in 
 which capacity he rendered border service. 
 
 Second Lieutenant James J. Gleason was born in Litchfield, Min- 
 
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iiesota, 1889, attended St. Thomas Military College, St. Paul, and came 
 to Montana in 1913. He was made ranking duty sergeant of Company 
 "L" at its organization, promoted to First Sergeant, July 1, 1916, and 
 September 5, while on the border, was given a commission. In civil 
 life Mr. Gleason is cashier of The First National Bank of Richie, 
 Montana. 
 
 COMPANY "M". 
 
 This company was organized on Nov. 30, 1913, sixty-three members 
 being mustered in by Captain J. L. Tucker at Choteau, the home sta- 
 tion. In 1915 a rifle range was constructed and since then a number 
 of expert riflemen and sharpshooters have come to the front. The 
 company was represented by a team of five men at the State Militia 
 Rifle Meet in Helena, 1915, and one man was sent to the National 
 matches in Florida, 1915. In August, 1914, Company M attended the 
 Joint Army Maneuvers at Spokane, Wash., and immediately on their 
 return were called out to help quell the riots in Butte. This was the 
 last active service until the call came for border duty. 
 
 Captain Walter L. Verge, commanding officer, was born in Nova 
 Scotia, Jan. 24, 1880. His father was a British Artillery Officer. In 
 1882 his parents moved to Minneapolis, where he received his educa- 
 tion. In 1885 he enlisted in Company A of the First Montana Volun- 
 teer Infantry and served throughout the Spanish-American War and 
 Phillipine Insurrection. Returning, he completed studies at the Uni- 
 versity of Minnesota, and settled first in Great Falls, Montana, to 
 practice law. He then moved to Choteau, where he organized Com- 
 pany M of the Second Montanas, was elected Captain and served in 
 that capacity in Butte and on the border. 
 
 First Lieutenant Charles J. Smith was born in Ireland, 1870 ; came 
 to Montana in 1894 ; enlisted as a private in Company M, November, 
 1913 ; was soon promoted to First Sergeant, and was next commis- 
 sioned as First Lieutenant. He served through the Butte riots and on 
 the border. In civil life Mr. Smith is County Auditor of Teton Coun- 
 ty. 
 
 Second Lieutenant John E. Hodgkiss was born 1891 at Choteau, 
 Montana ; graduated from Montana State College, Bozeman, 1912, with 
 a B.S. degree and one year later was given an M.S. He enlisted in 
 Company M 1913, rose through the ranks to First Sergeant, and was 
 given a commission after three month's service on the Mexican border, 
 1916. 
 
Kenneth W. Pickett, the only son of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Harry Gr. Pickett, was born in 
 Cooperstown, N. D,, Nov. 20, 1888. He 
 took up Mining* Engineering- in the School 
 of Mines, Houghton, Mich., and later at 
 the University of Wisconsin, where he 
 was initiated into the Sigma Alpha Epsi- 
 lon Fraternity. Pickett responded to the 
 President's call, June 19, 1916, joined the 
 Mounted Scouts at Billing's, acting- as or- 
 derly to Major McGuinness. Pickett was 
 one of the most cheerful men in the regi- 
 ment, and his ring-ing- laugh and ready wit 
 endeared him to his comrades, and won 
 for him the appreciation of every officer 
 in the regiment. On August 30, after ten 
 days in the Base Hospital at Douglas, 
 Pickett sucumbed to an attack of dysen- 
 tery which was epidemic at that time. The night before he died, 
 he told Major McGuinness that he "was going to fight it through 
 until morning, and would soon be ready for duty again". His fun- 
 eral was one of the most impressive ceremonies ever witnessed 
 in Helena. In private life Fickett had been connected with Glass 
 Brothers' project at Big Timber for nearly eight years. 
 
 Corporal Donald A. Smith, D Co. 2nd Mont. Inf., was one of the 
 men who responded to the president's call on June 19, 1916, and 
 enlisted in the service of state and nation. Although he had no 
 pervious military experience, Smith was soon made a non-com- 
 missioned officer and became one of the best soldiers in the regi- 
 ment. Just a few days before the Montana troops were ordered 
 home, and on the eve of his promotion 
 Smith was taken suddenly ill and removed 
 to the base hospital where he died despite 
 all that medical skill could do to save his 
 life. A tribute to his loyalty and charac- 
 ter were his last words, with which he 
 requested permission "to drop out of ranks 
 for a few moments, and rest." A military 
 funeral, with twenty members of D Co. as 
 an escort of honor, was held in Great Palls 
 on October 17. Corporal Smith was denied 
 the glory of giving his life on the battle- 
 field, but he surrendered it with just as 
 much devotion and loyalty to the flag and 
 nation. His comradship is revered by the 
 men with whom he served so well, and by 
 whom he will ever be remembered as a 
 true soldier. 
 
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Colonel, Dan. J. Donohue. 
 
 Lieutenant Colonel, Arthur M. Ferguson. 
 
 Major, John J. McGuinness. 
 
 Major, Charles N. Sargent. 
 
 Major, Jesse B. Roote. 
 
 Captain, John V. King, Adjutant. 
 
 Major, W. C. Riddell, Chief Surgeon. 
 
 Captain, Gerald W. Lansing, Supply Officer. 
 
 Captain, John C. McMullen, Chaplain. 
 
 First Lieutenant Claude McGuinness, Adjutant Frist Battalion. 
 
 First Lieutenant Theodore F. King, Adjutant Second Battalion. 
 
 First Lieutenant David E. Baird, Adjutant Third Battalion. 
 
 HEADQUARTERS COMPANY CAPTAIN JOHN V. KING. 
 
 Regimental Sergeant Major, Frank P. Stewart. 
 
 Sergeant Major, Joseph Whritenour, (First Battalion). 
 
 Sergeant Major, George Dally, (Second Battalion). 
 
 Sergeant Major, W. B. Shannon, (Third Battalion). 
 
 Color Sergeant, Arthur Bateman. 
 Color Sergeant, Paul Foot. Band Master, C. J. Watts. 
 
 First Sergeant, W. L. Davis. 
 
 Mess Sergeant, John S. Bowen. 
 
 Supply Sergeant, Frank B. Camp. 
 
 Stable Sergeant, Charles Sutton. 
 
 Sergeant Bugler, William Esmay. 
 
 Sergeant, A. L. Russell. 
 Cook, O. D. Snyder. Cook, Carl Plantz. 
 
 PRIVATES 
 
 R. E. Brown A. E. Johnson 
 
 Homer Busha William Ludgate 
 
 A. W. Coolidge Hans Olson 
 
 R. D. Crittenden H. L. Parten 
 
 S. B. Drum Ray D. Shoemaker 
 
 R. S. Goan A. M. Zuill 
 
 L. F. Hennen H. Weyerstall 
 H. D. Hynds 
 
 Private Kenneth Pickett died in the camp hospital August 30, 1916. 
 
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CAPT. FOOT 
 
 LJEUT. FLETCHER 
 
 MACHINE GUN COMPANY. 
 
 Captain, L. A. Foot. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Graham Fletcher. 
 
 Second Lietenant, Henry M. Johnson. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, Casper E. Ecker. 
 
 First Sergeant, W. T. Masten. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 George W. Evans, R. McLennon, A. R. 
 Don-is, W. H. Hetherington, E. A. Holland, 
 F. S. Low, R. A. Whitinore. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 E. Sewell, J. F. Ahrens, E. L. Kennedy, 
 William See, Andrew Bostrom, H. D. 
 Decker. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 C. Kennett, E. C. Peterson. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 A. Van Denburg, M. M. Dodson, Fred 
 Lang, E. D. Hogau, K. Sabin, Henry Peter, 
 D. C. Bacorn, E. W. Bauman, H. A. Budde, 
 R. F. Deeback, E. DeLavirer, Steve Fuller, 
 Geo. A. Smith, E. E. Johnston, J. H. Miller, 
 J. D. O'Brien, G. W. Oklhaber, J. H. Rad- 
 eliffe, Ed. M. Roberts, H. Rudynski, George 
 F. Simpson, C. Steinhagen. 
 
 LIEUT. ECKER 
 
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SUPPLY COMPANY. 
 
 Captain, Gerald W. Lansing. 
 Second Lieutenant, Lawrence E. Vidal. 
 
 Regimental Supply Sergeants : Edgar R. 
 Sager, Orsion F. Newkirk, William W. Vogt. 
 
 First Sergeant, Phil. H. Sheridan. 
 
 Mess Sergeant, Harry M. Keenholts. 
 
 Stable Sergeant, John S. French. 
 
 Corporal, Henry Lacharity. 
 
 Cook, George Makin. 
 
 Saddler, Oliver Marks. 
 
 Horseshoer, Charles Brernmer. 
 
 Wagoners : 
 
 William Barkwell, Robert W. Blanchard, 
 Wayne Bowlen, Jay C. Brown, Nels W. 
 Christiansen, Gilbert R. Dubay, Homer E 
 Fendering, John W. Greenway, John Horn- 
 by, Burt Inman, Soreii J. Johnson, John C. 
 Kelley, Alfred W. Knollmeyer, John H. 
 Kelley, Lloyd McClurpin, Frank L. Mar- 
 mont, Arthur E. Merrill, Sydney Mowery, 
 Homer Norton, Horace E. Swickard, Homer 
 Taylor, Frank Thompson, John F. Walch, 
 Frank Washburn, Warren W. Williams, An- 
 drew T. Zilla. 
 
 CAPT. LANSING 
 
 LIEUT. VIDAL 
 
 39 
 
CAPT. LITTLE 
 
 HOSPITAL CORPS. 
 
 Major, William C. Riddell. 
 
 Captain, H. J. McGregor. 
 
 Captain, W. S. Little. 
 
 Captain, C. F. Jump. 
 
 First Sergeant, Rudolph Herbst. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Frank E. Daggett, Edward J. Liptak, Wal- 
 lace M. V. Lynch. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Ernest Demalade, Fred W. Foos, Albert 
 Gallion, Joseph H. Harris, Harry H. Kauf- 
 man, Claude C. Landstrum, Frank S. Mar- 
 tin, Frank J. Erdlitz, John Xulty, Bailey 
 Schnee, Wilmer W. Tisdale, John Van Bel- 
 kum. James Whitacre, Robert Sturgeon, 
 Clifford Knox. 
 
 CAPT. MCGREGOR 
 
 CAPT. JUMP 
 
COMPANY "A" BOZEMAN, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, Erastus H. Williams. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Charles L. Sheridan. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, Claire Kelly. 
 
 First Sergeant, Elmer Whitney. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 A. D. Secor, Jack Long, Carl Thomas, 
 Fred Andrews, John Mahan, Julian Esmay. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Vere Blackmail, E. L. Angleton, F. C. 
 Holndahl, W. W. McDonald, George Suther- 
 land, Ed. Shaffer, J. P. Garvin, G. W. Rob- 
 erson, William Rhienhart, S. C. Tally, F. D. 
 Haven, William Conrad, W. W. Todd. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 A. L. Beale, Bert Shaffer, C. F. Beardsley, 
 D. A. Conolly, Emil Christensen, W. J. Cald- 
 well, R. R. Campbell, Edward Dahl, John 
 Douglas, F. E. Engler, V. B. Farmer, H. F. 
 Gillespie, W. C. Gatton, J. L. Hastings, Bert 
 Haskins, Gene Haskins, G. C. Harris, R. H. 
 Harris, George D. Jones, Ed. Kangas, L. L. 
 Lindsay, W. F. Litzke, F. Merphey, H. B. 
 Myers, M. J. McDonald, Harry Moy, Otto 
 Meyer, R. F. McClachey, L. Mashin, E. Mc- 
 Mahon, T. Munger, Joe Morgan, R. D. 
 Purdy, Rufus Sayer, L. M. Strauss, Ed. 
 Thein, F. B. Taylor, J. P. Walker, Ed. 
 W^ells, I. Winter. 
 
 CAPT. WILLIAMS 
 
 LIEUT. SHERIDAN 
 
 LIEUT. KELLY 
 
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CAPT. BRUCE 
 
 LIEUT. VILAND 
 
 LIEUT. BURKE 
 
 COMPANY "B" ROUNDUP, MONTANA, 
 
 Captain, Herman S. Bruce. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Andrew Viland. v 
 
 Second Lieutenant, Arthur H. Burke. 
 
 First Sergeant, Burr Davison. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 William J. Swan, Vernon W. Terry, War- 
 ren C. Alexander, Ira G. Dickson, Thomas 
 W. Welsh, Harley E. Brant. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Charles E.. Foley, Henry B. Bloom, Oliver 
 Middlekauf, William A. Fauss, Irving Long- 
 bottom. Floyd S. Dye, Benjamin Wortz. John 
 T. Higgins, Jack T. Johnson, Allan B. Ross. 
 
 Musician Roy Arnold. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Kenneth Arnold. Winfred Asve. George 
 Bennett, Chas. G. Burley, Riley Bright. Karl 
 Berven, Ellis E. Bennett, William T. Cezik, 
 Lawrence Cockle, John Dedsall, Jesse Dim- 
 mitt, Ernest A. DeGuerre. William S. De- 
 Haven, Robert Evans. Tony Granko, Ray R. 
 Hoffman, Ralph W. Harrison, Amos R. 
 Hoelting, Frank M. Henkels, Leon A. John- 
 son, Stephen Jones. Al. Johnson, Sidney 
 Johnston, George Drew. Charles J. Kelly, 
 John Leuhart, James Lynch, Carl Lind- 
 strand. Wade I). Maxwell, Jack O'Brien, 
 August Olin, Samuel J. Parks. William H. 
 Porter, James A. Rose, Benjamin Romsdahl, 
 Robert Reeplog, Bert Richter, Ingolf Strom- 
 ness, G. B. Sjostrom, August Swan. Phillip 
 Verner, Roy Willoughby. Andrew Wasielews- 
 ky, George F. Wilson, Frank Wilson. 
 
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COMPANY "C" SHELBY, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, William Pippey. 
 First Lieutenant, Elsworth C. Mosby. 
 Second Lieutenant, Henry G. McKee. 
 
 First Sergeant, Jesse G. Henderson. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Joseph P. Siefert, Joseph A. Connelly, 
 Percival C. Bulen, Ithamar E. Porter, Peter 
 Lear, Albert Jergensen, Phillip Parchen, 
 Ralph V. Buckner, Julius Boxrud. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Paul Lathrop, George Hanson, L. E. 
 Carver, Elmer DeGelier, Arthur Marsch, 
 Alex A. Mclimes, Lou Perkins. 
 
 Musician Perry Porter. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Emery L. Ahlsted, Albert O. Britson, Hen- 
 ry Bielen, Arthur Brownlee, Charles Carson, 
 Jesse B. Blair, George E. Beigtly, Robert E. 
 Burdette, Arthur Cross, William Cross, John 
 Collins, Harry Cunningham, Herbert Cole- 
 man, Donald Duncan, Claude Evelsizer, Fred 
 Everman, Fred W. Foss, Fred Fels, George 
 Freeman, Clarence Franchville, Myron L. 
 Gohn, Charles Gosser, Frank Hasting, Arne 
 Halstad, Richard E. Hanson, James B. 
 Haynes, Theo. L. Kirch, Frank Kline, Char- 
 les Larson, John Laubach, James W. Martin, 
 Chas. H. Miller, Duncan McRae, Washington 
 Mast, Cecil Oyler, Roger Odewalt, Ernest 
 Oberholtzer, Michael Parchen, William A. 
 Perrine, William P. Paul, Daniel K. Potter, 
 Lee Van Rice, Al. Reider, Andy Rezetaska, 
 John W. Robertson, Sylvan Simes, Arthur 
 Snapp, Robert P. Stewart, Homer B. Shank, 
 Jesse D. Simmons, Afton I. Sneddon, John 
 Tunze, Donald E. Wilkins, Charles Walshfer, 
 Harry Wilson, Phillip E. Williams. 
 
 CAPT. PIPPEY 
 
 LIEUT. McKEE 
 
CAPT. OLESON 
 
 LIEUT. MCCARTHY 
 
 LIEUT. JOYCE 
 
 COMPANY "D" VALIEK, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, W. E. Oleson. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Orville L. Anderson. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, Harold H. Joyce. 
 
 First Sergeant, Charles Thompson. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Robert J. McBride, Bertus J. Ufkes, 
 George W. Wilson, Richard H. Coffey, Al- 
 bert T. Tinglaef, Peter P. LaValle, Albert 
 T. Taylor, Floyd H. Phillips. Carl E. Wilke. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Donald A. Smith, Earl H. Reddan. Anton 
 O. Harby, John W. Carrico, Amos A. Godd- 
 ard, Joe L. Miller, Victor E. Xiederer. Frank 
 J. Brabant. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 Colin Campbell, Clarence O. Thompson. 
 Privates : 
 
 Ralph H. Beckman, Harold E. Blanc-hard, 
 Walter J. Bross, Gns. A. Carteris, Wilfred 
 E. Charlton, Harry E. Coffin, Charles Crats- 
 ley. Loren A. Davis, Sam C. DeKlyen, Ro- 
 bert D. Emery, Matt Egan, George H. Fink, 
 Leo. B. Fellers. Martin Forsman, John Fitz, 
 Alex Graham, Francis C. Greene. Julius 
 Gustad. Martin Gaustud. Howard M. Huff, 
 William A. Hurlburt. William C. Hodges, 
 Frank Isenhour, Frank Juran, Robert E. 
 Kennedy, Walter E. Long, Amos C. Matticks, 
 Beth C. McHenry, Clarence C. Miller, Law- 
 rence M. Pool, John R. Pool, Earl M. Price, 
 ( )scar J. Rice, Staniel A. Russell, Emmett 
 W. Ryan. Wilbur Sacknitz, Roy Schiller- 
 stroni. Arthur L. Sewart, Elmer L. Thomp- 
 son, Wesley A. Warford, John Yoder. Alfred 
 E. Smith, John E. Sugars, Charles W. 
 G r uner t. 
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COMPANY "E" MILES CITY, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, William P. Morse. 
 
 First Lieutenant, John W. Gailey. 
 
 Seond Lieutenant, Walter A. Bolt. 
 
 First Sergeant, Thomas Rodgers. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Russell D. Buxton, Clarence E. Shaw, 
 Luscan E. Morris, Edward J. Hale, Gordon 
 E. Howell, Dallas M. Hansell, Floyd Travis, 
 Orson V. Button. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Leon F. Buck, Bernie Heiser, Roy Dyer, 
 Earl McGuire, Emil Swanson, Guy Sieg, An- 
 drew Torstenson. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 Ernest L. Cummings, William H. Earp. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Carrol H. Baker, John T. Boice, Hillmer 
 G. Dahlin, Ira J. Dull, Joseph Ford, John 
 W. Huss, Clarence C. Johnson, Emanuel 
 Karch, Albert Krueger, Theodore Lovold, 
 Eddie Manney, William McMichael, William 
 J. McTeague, Frank R. Morris, William J. 
 McLaughlin, Robert H. Grant, Delos Mor- 
 row, William H. Kitts, William W. Morris, 
 Louis F. Mougenot, Peter R. Nelson, Everett 
 Newman, Frank Obyrene, Fred Oechsle, Wil- 
 liam Oliver, Fred L. Pattison, Frank E. 
 Peoples, George Phillips, Ralph Poynes, 
 Chas. P. Ridge, Roger Roberts, Henry T. A. 
 Selbman, Edward H. Sharp, George W. 
 Shine, John W. Skinner, Edgar V. Smith, 
 Kenneth Stanton, Verlin Taylor, Christ 
 Torstensen, Roy Sharp, Arling C. Van 
 Bibbler, James C. Walsh, Harry G. White, 
 Harry C. Wheeler, Clifford H. Wilson, John 
 W. Walseth, Virgil F. Wiley, Frank H. 
 Tilley. 
 
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 CAPT. MORSE 
 
 LIEUT. GAILEY 
 
 LIEUT BOLT 
 
CAPT. PERRY 
 
 IJKUT. KING 
 
 LIEUT. SWANEY 
 
 COMPANY "F" KALISPELL, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, Oliver S. Perry. 
 
 First Lieutenant, W. O. Whipps. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, A. G. Swaney. 
 
 First Sergeant. Vere H. Roller. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Fred O. Starr, Ralph M. Sweet, Allen C. 
 Hansen, Frank Harrow, Archie O'Claire, 
 Warner K. Phillips. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Frank Lister, Victor O. Overcash, Frank 
 Raiter, Ivan C. Rogers, Martin M. Bush, 
 Charles Heise, Owen W. Oleson. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 Cecil C. Compf, Howard K. Pierce. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Frank B. Boice, Glenn L. Burnette, Ivan 
 Black, Raymond Bowers, Winfield S. Carls- 
 ley, Frank Conklin, Clinton M. Claypool, 
 Harry Carlson. Lawrence L. Clark, George 
 Cottrell, Francis E. Croucher, Walter Boyle, 
 Cassius C. Duncan, Harper Erdman, Robert 
 J. Evans, J. B. Fan-is, Jose Fierro, J. M. 
 Farris, John Flyun, Earle Gregg, James E. 
 Gird, John T. Harris, George Heise, Rudolph 
 Holstein, Delbert P. Hawks, Lawrence Hig- 
 gins, Joseph V. Howard, Vernon R. Kelly, 
 George Lanegan. Matheny Livingston, Frank 
 McDonald, Raymond McLain. Ray McLaugh- 
 lin. Virgil L. Pitts, James L. Padgette, Fred 
 Peach, Leonard Riebe, Albert G. Robinson, 
 Walter J. Schak, Leigh E. Sloan, Julius 
 Sharf. Arnet E. Thompson. Amzel Ternpliii, 
 Raymond Weaver. Lloyd Webb, Henry Win- 
 ter. James Trygstad, Joel F. Stott, Fred P. 
 Weise, Clarence L. Pierce. 
 
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COMPANY "G" GLASGOW, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, Edgar N. Layton. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Joseph P. Sternhagen. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, H. E. Jeter. 
 
 First Sergeant, L. E. Bretzke. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Roy Lovell, M. J. Keenan, William Belzer, 
 J. E. Chambers, L. Belzer, H. Jellison. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 K. R. Peterson, G. B. Richardson, H. 
 Haima, John Shortridge, Otto Huffman, C. 
 L. Sells, R. C. Hill. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 R. M. Darst, G. A. Bertsch. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 M. H. Bailey, J. A. Butler, A. O. Rye, L. 
 Brown, L. L. Button, R. Cournia, J. J. Cal- 
 lahan, O. Crutchfield, W. Cutting, O. E. 
 Dixon, J. D. Deardoff, C. P. Glaum, E. L. 
 Gilbert, C. Hammerness, W. B. Halbig, C. C. 
 Harrison, O. P. Hovind, H. Johnson, F. 
 Jarvis, H. Kraft, M. Kyle, W. R. Long, E. 
 Limond, C. Moreau, J. R. Millen, Roy Nel- 
 son, P. Oakes, J. L. Preuninger, E. Powell, 
 A. E. Peterson, V. Rivers, H. Robbins, Clin- 
 ton G. Smith, Ralph Sauve, Carl Schultz, G. 
 Stambaugh, W. Simms, T. Spencer, S. Tobin, 
 A. G. Taylor, W. N. Taylor, H. D. Teipel, 
 Jos. Thurmand, H. L. Woodley, Alfred 
 Wuest, Roy Mason, Hart Conklin, Ralph 
 Suave, F. X. Shuh. 
 
 CAPT. LAYTON 
 
 LIEUT. STERNHAGEN 
 
 LIEUT. JETER 
 
CAPT. SNELL 
 
 LIEUT. SONSTELIE 
 
 LIEUT. BROWN 
 
 COMPANY "H" KALISPELL, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, James J. Snell. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Carl J. Sonstelie. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, W. E. Brown. 
 
 First Sergeant, Clarence Hebert. 
 
 Sergeants. 
 
 Howard Hinman, Frank Amende, Oliver 
 Iverson, Sofus Jensen, Homer G. Holdren, 
 Theodore J. Winters, Louis Fouruier, Sy- 
 lander Monolian. 
 
 Corporals. 
 
 Fred S. Haines, James Aston, George Mc- 
 Ewen, Owen Smitliers, William Argebright, 
 Clarence Knight. 
 
 Musician, Chester H. Polly. 
 
 Privates. 
 
 Dick Miller, Guy Somers, Peter Berkland, 
 Louis Birtch, Elmer Butterfield, Elza Cal- 
 ton, W. W r . Clayton, Clinton Duxbury. Ar- 
 thur Eicher, David Y. Ellis, Julius Fischer, 
 Welcome Garver, Geo. F. Gilrnan, Gordon 
 Geeting, John Gkikizan, Guss H. Hartkopf, 
 Charles Kelsey, Leon Kimball, Lawrence 
 Lange, Leonard Lindblem, Wiliam Mann, 
 Edmund McElliott, John C. McKnight Ben 
 Burland, Fred D. Grant, G. H. Brookway, 
 Albert Earl, Frank Meehan, Charles O'Brien, 
 Louis B. Orr, Mel rose Orr, Solon Prince, 
 Arthur B. Pehrson, Albert O. Pollhamus, 
 Harry Price, Raymond Reeser Osies Seguin, 
 Charles C. Schoppelrey, Ralph Shepherd, 
 Andrew Smith, James Small, Virgil A. Tur- 
 ner, Charles Watson, Horatio Wagner, Ro- 
 bert Wright, Harry Welshhons, W. A. Tur- 
 ner, L. R. McBride, Ellis Foy, Frank Musco- 
 vitch. 
 
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COMPANI "I" BAKER, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, Wade Goble. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Lynn P. Chuning. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, Thomas F. Burns 
 
 First Sergeant, William B. Conway. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Arthur G. Ellithorpe, Charles Haftle, Wal- 
 lis F. Robinson, Elmer Kistler, Arthur W. 
 Crawford. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Phillip Doyle, Curtis Palmer, Charles 
 Treskey, William Murphy, George Ross, 
 James Beakey. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 Edwin Angell, Harold Silvernale. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Thomas F. Allen, Edward Anderson, Shir- 
 ley Andrews, Fred M. Baker, Clyde Blais- 
 dell, Tony Flemming, Valdemar O. Fersberg. 
 Nathaniel A. Gainsforth, Frank V. Gifford, 
 John Helm, Bernard W. Hollish, Hudy Har- 
 vey, Peter Klein, Clifford H. Livesay. 
 Patrick Lowry, Earl H. Latta, Thomas Lind- 
 ley, Percy Lunn, Ira McClain, Joseph Mc- 
 Cormick, Daniel McKinnon, William Ohleich, 
 Daniel F. O'Brien, Halley Campell, Iver 
 Hiland, Theodore Olsen, William Osterhout 
 John Phelps, Lee H. Richards, Karl Ray, 
 John Rice, Harold Sinclair, Thomas Stroucl, 
 William G. Smeaton, Neil R. Sodergren, 
 Dudley W. Sawyer, Fred R. Shiner, William 
 C. Smith, Earl Snapp, William Thorn, Emil 
 Verove, Lou L. Vogt, Ralph L. Waltz, Irbis 
 Whitmore, Lowell White, Edward Warner, 
 William Zintz, Peter Sulzback. 
 
 49 
 
 CAPT. GOBLE 
 
 LIEUT. CHUNING 
 
 LIEUT. BURNS 
 
COMPANY "K" BILLINGS, MONTANA. 
 
 * 
 
 Captain, A. E. Merrill. 
 
 First Lieutenant Thomas A. Spaulding. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, W. N. Morse. 
 
 First Sergeant, Carl Huckleberry. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Louis Kircheis, Glenn Norton, Jacob 
 Young, W. E. Penrod, P. W. Kitchens, A. F. 
 Acorn, Emmett Connor. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 F. H. Seaman, Floyd Elliott, Alfred Madson. 
 
 Musician : 
 
 William E. Thomas. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 William Anderson, J. L. Austin, Herbert 
 Heckstein. A. E. Biggs, L. E. Blackmail. M. 
 J. Byrne. E. B. Carlson, B. H. Clemens* m. 
 J. R. Cotter, S. E. Dukes, Fred Epps, Joe 
 Faherty. I). E. Farrell, James Francis, R. A. 
 Garrigus, Fivtl A. Hall, G. L. Haydon, A. H. 
 Henringsen. V. L. Hill, John Huckleberry, 
 George Hunt. Roy E. Johnson, W. .R. Jones. 
 R. W. Jones. J. J. Jarolinek, Richard H. 
 Jordan, P>en Ala reliant, J. E. Marrlin, Dave 
 Meldrum. George Moore. Ernest Xorlan. F. 
 W. Norton. H. G. Nutting. II. S. Park, H. J. 
 Pepworth. Rex S. Pierce, R. D. Putman, A. 
 W. Randall. Thomas Richards, Joe Searles, 
 Paul Seevers. L. II. Shelvin. W. C. Spoone 
 more. R. M. Sturgis. J. W. Sponsler, Thomas 
 C. Sherman, A. E. Sutherland, Claude E. 
 Taylor. J. Van Iloutz, L. J. Volette, V. D. 
 Williams, diaries F. Wright, Mike Young. 
 
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 CAPT. MERRILL 
 
 LIEUT. SPAULDING 
 
 LIEUT. MORSE 
 
COMPANY "L" SIDNEY, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, B. O. Reynolds. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Charles M. Flett. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, James J. Gleason. 
 
 First Sergeant, Chester Rude. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Vance Jordan, Emil Solberg, Earl Chris- 
 tensen, J. C. Murphy, Fred Wagner, Delbert 
 Wilson. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Harry L. Britzius, William Dunnigan, 
 Thomas J. Burton, George Ahlquist, Arthur 
 Outzen. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 Park Oldham, Clyde E. Easton. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Curtis Adams, Albert Anderson, (clerk), 
 John Areny, Russell Bradley, Clarence Bren- 
 nen, Glen Brokaw, George L. Berrong, Wil- 
 liam Carlson, Neils Christensen, Henry 
 Christensen, Charles Grosgrove, Richard 
 Crossman, Wilkie Collins, Budd O. Darling, 
 George Dexter, Chester Elkins, Bert Fisher, 
 Bernard Fortier, Cleo Haskins, Lewis O. 
 Hoyt, Roy Knapp, Arden Lee, Joe H. Lepire, 
 Albert Mitchell, William Moffat, Lincoln 
 Muri, Roy Nahrgang, Brodseii Norgaard, 
 Anthony Oaklis, Berger Olson, David Peer, 
 Peter H. Peterson, Alexandros Pethenos, 
 Lilliard Pinion, Harold Peterson, Albert H. 
 Pauli, Sever t Rise, Adolph Rieck, Michael 
 P. Sullivan, Peter A. Smith, Grover Shields, 
 Charles Silde, Peter Sith, Martin Thedin, 
 Berhardt Topp, Harry Tapp, Lewis Verhas- 
 selt, Alfred Wakefield, Lorein A. Welch, 
 William Carlson. 
 
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 CAPT. REYNOLDS 
 
 LIEUT. FLETT 
 
 LIEUT. GLEASON 
 
CAPT. VERGE 
 
 LIEUT. SMITH 
 
 & 
 
 LIEUT. HODGKISS 
 
 COMPANY "M" CHOTEAU, MONTANA. 
 
 Captain, Walter L. Verge. 
 
 First Lieutenant, Charles J. Smith. 
 
 Second Lieutenant, John E. Hodgkiss. 
 
 First Sergeant, Fred Foltz. 
 
 Sergeants : 
 
 Asa E. Armstrong, Arthur J. Armstrong, 
 Bert Rose, Thomas A. Curtis, Charles 
 Butler. 
 
 Corporals : 
 
 Nick Pambrum, Halver M. Daley, Sam 
 Cunderson, Robert S. Armstrong, Cry J. 
 Armstrong. Edward H. Smith, Lester John- 
 son. 
 
 Musicians : 
 
 ( 1 arl A. Maehre, Frank Sabados. 
 
 Privates : 
 
 Xeely T. Armstrong. James Allison. Wen- 
 dell Allison, Harry L. Barnes. Olto F. Boose. 
 Frank E. Brown, June E. rollings. Edward 
 X. Corson, Charles W. Chapman. Frank L. 
 DeWitt. Lewis C. Donahue. (Jeorge Dolle- 
 inore. Charles Dollemore. Leland Downey. 
 (Jrover Forgey. John Ferris, (i rover (iraves. 
 Roscoe Cray, Alfred Haaek, ( 1 harles E. 
 Hawloy. Ellsworth Haslett, William How- 
 ard, Ole Halvorsen. Walter Jablonsk. Arvy 
 C. Jenkins, Spencer Jordet. Claude I). Keller, 
 Axel M. Knutson. John Lutke, (Jlenn Miller, 
 John Xoland, John C. O'Donald, John Peder- 
 sen, Ralph Quinn. John Rasmussen, Rollan 
 Raymond, Andrew H. Rummel, John Henry 
 Ryan, Theodore Ruetten. (ieorge Smith, 
 Howard Smith, Leonard Smith, Chester E, 
 Swetnam, Harvey V. Tucker. Elmer L. 
 Vannice, Herman Wallenmaier, Walter Wil- 
 son, Herman Ythi. 
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