The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, December 3, 1927, Page 3

Officers in Char SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1927 Lieut. Col, Brown |/! Major Lovewell | Lt, Col. Thomas W. Brown, com- mander of the third _ battalion, Fourth Infantry, at Fort Lincoln, jor Charles H. Lovewell, Med- surgeon of Fort Lincoln, ical with was for born in Saint Francis Barracks,| F; BE Auguating, Poride, October 25,| fore 1880, wi father, Col. E. T.| cal ° Brown, lieu- days were 8) and his - lege training was re- llitary Academy in those days, it was difficult for an army officer’s son to receive an appointment and listed in the regular army in order to be eligible to take the examina- tions for appointment as a second lieutenant in the regular army. He examinations in January, 1901, and was commission- ed a, second lieutenant of infantry, by choice, before he was 21 years of age. His first assignment to duty as second lieutenant was at Plattsburg Barracks, N. Y., where the 27th Infantry was being organ- ized. He was made battalion quar- termaster of the 2nd Battalion. The 27th Infantry was ordertd to sail from New York, through the Suez Canal, to the Philippines in Janu- ary, 1902. Take Moro Stronghold The 2nd Battalion to which Lieut. Brown was assigned debarked at Malabang, Mindanao, in March. Col. Frank D. Baldwin was assigned to command an expedition which was to go into the interior of Mindanao = capture the Moros’ stronghold. le expedition consisted of the 2nd Battalion of the 27th Infantry, two troops of the 15th Cavalry, ‘and Mc- Nair’s battery of mountain artillery. The Moros’ Cotta was captured - May 2, 1902, with a result of thirty odd casualties for the Amer- icans, which included Lieutenant Vickers, who was killed, and Lieu- tenant Jossman, who died of wounds a few days later. The capture of this stronghold broke the Moros’ morale for a time until an ambitious Dato, of the Lake Lananao region, decided to cause trouble. General ‘Pershing, who was then a captain of cavalry, was ordered to take com- mand of the Lake Lananao section. The Moros made numerous raids on the camp but no engagement of con- enc took place until the Ba-|¢. stronghold, a fortified posi- tion on a hill surrounded by a deep moat, was stormed and captured by the American troops. The 2nd Bat- talion remained in Mindanao about two years before being sent to Man- ila where it remained for two months prior to sailing with the re- mainder of the 27th Infantry back to Fort Sheridan, Illinois. % Year in Cuba In the winter of 1906, prior to! sailing to Cuba with the 27th In-' fantry, Lieutenant Brown yas given 21 men and about 30 boxes of ma- chine gun equipment and told to organize a machine gun platoon for field service. U; the organiza- tion’s arrival in Caba, gi 10 unbroken mules to complete his equipment. Lieutenant Brown, hav- ing been given “E” Company of the 27th Infantry and this newly or- ganized machine gun platoon, was left with his command at Consol cion del Sur in the Pinar del Rio province. He remained in that sec- tion with hi8. ‘command for about a year. The duty consisted pri- marily of making military intelli- gence reconnaissances and prepar- ing topographical sketches of the! surrounding country. After a year in Cuba, ‘Lieutenant Brown return- ed to the States on leave. At the expiration of his leave he was ordered to Monterey, Califor- nia, placed on detached service and attached to the 20th Infantry, where the first machine gun com- pany in the American army was being organized by Capt. John Henry Parker, with First’ Lieuten- ant. Brown as second in command. Pea semalocer, of Paiet evel part of were spent in aring ma- chine gun aut Lenya! tics. The machine gun com reverted to a rifle company. tenant Brown was th ny and guns istol marksm 4 a In addition to these du ~ he remained until Colonel Brown en-} Snell: was and diagnostician. nee received his undergrad- uat surgeon of igor! Cus*-r, and peychiatric ward signed Del Ri his mounted medical men participated in fost melarts-beariag’ mosquitoes, agai malaria-! ing mosquitoes, and completed tie eradication of the pest. ortly afterwards he was ordered to Fort StotsenBe:g, in the Philippine Islands, ari discovered the sick-rate from malaria was causing serious inroad ficiency of the troop: on research in the the mosquitoes there, w! ed from those found elsewh that they breed in flowing mountein streams. Eradication measures con- ducted by Major Lovewell as a re- sult of his experiences resulted in a reduction the illnesses from malaria by 65 per cent in two years. pon his return to tke United States last year he was assigned to Fort Lawton as post yn. When the 8rd Battalion, Four:h Infantry, was transferred to’ Fort Lincoln, he preceded the troops in order to prepare for their medical and surgical care. On he found himself the senior officer presen?, and was in command of the post for several days prior tu the arrival of Lt. Col. Brown. > | - Capt. Noyes | “The Flying Quartermaster” is the unofficial title of Captain H. H. Noyes of Fort Lincoln, for he has followed up his- early adven- tures as racing motorcyclist by eee ine si hae toga and earni raise from govern- ment and Red Cross officials by his aerial relief work during the| recent Mississippi floods. He enlisted in the navy at the age’ of 15, and after completing his high school education he returned to the service as sailor on the U. S. 8S. Mew York, [eagrn mas in all en- gagements in Cuban waters. He was the last of the mop | pal to leave the surrendered Spanis! ship, Christobal Colon. fter that war he acted as dem- onstrator and salesman for several motorcycle manufacturers, ici- pating in road races and endurance tests until the outbreak of the la-| World War in 1914. Manuafeturing company, makers of the Indian motorcycle.” After o) the use of motor- regulations and tac-| 1.5 daugh- rs, Curry of Ithaca, N. Y, Their af yes, is a recent ter, ae tratete: I iar crpaeeety S = Ld > HG sf ~ ats fe i f g : : E i le $ 3 “THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE Reading from left to right—top row, Lieut. Col. Thomas W. Brown, commanding officer; Capt. Willis A. Platts, Capt. Halbert H. Noyes, Capt. John R. Oswalt, Major Charles H. Lovewell; middle row, Capt. George F. Bloomquist, Capt. Robert C. Wright, Capt. Frederick W. Rase, Lieut. Earl C. Bergquist, Lieut. George A. Tayfor; bottom row, Lieut. Henry C. Jones, Lieut. Elmer D. Pangburn, Lieut. Clifford Smith, 2nd Lieut, George H. Diets, 2nd Lieut. James A. Harron. $ ©| a change to three years was made, and finally they received the full four-year course of instruction. Only the first month was spent in the olive-drab uniform. Graduating in 1922, Lt. ie | was assigned to the Twenty-third Infantry at Fort Sam _ Hous Texas. He remained there until sailing for foreign service in Hawaii in September, 1924. Just prior to departure, he mai Miss Jean Graham of Colorado Springs. Mrs. Taylor was at that time attending Colorado College, and is a vocalist of distinction. personnel adjutant of the 35th In- fantry. On his return this year he was assigned to the Fourth Infan- try at Fort Lawton. $$$ $$ $$ _________———o f Capt. Platts | ey The first through train’ to the Pacific Coast ese through Bis- marck on the N. P. ais | Capt. Willis A. Platts of Fort Lin- coln from his birthplace in north- eastern Indiana to the new home of his family in Oregon. At 15 years of age he joined the with the Oregon militia and se: 2nd ore Infantry as a first ser- y is and five companies of the 14th I try, formed the first contingent to the reached Tepeinta this country, and were: present at ehh etd thom, how al ever, be the Islands. The first ted! self a graduate cam hen | of the hentia cantare: of Guam.| gaged Captain Frederick W. Rase, civil engineer bi ky in 1898 in the Third New went with the Thi he S. Volunteers to the Phil served until the end of rection. Instead of returning to the Uni- ted States he continued in aeerles lands as a civil B » listed ‘ork In- fantry for service in Cuba. In 1899 Fourth U. i and insur- , entering successively the llippine Forest While in Hawaii, Lt. Taylor was) B peed) been of Lands. The first trip across: the Island of and a4 defense counsel of | everal important court-martials, as marshal of Fort Lawton, and athletic officer of the battalion. He is a member of the Phi Mu Chi honor: ry fraternity. | Capt. Oswalt 4 TE iiss ca Captain John W. Oswalt, M. C., assistant surgeon and commanding the medical detachment at Fort Lincoln, completed both his under- graduate and professional courses at the University of Alabama, in which state he was Mindanao to be made by a white|of civil practice, he entered the Army man- was accomplished by Caj = ted- During the World War he was on Roman Most of the extensive purchased the in. A trip by way of the Suez with stops in India, E; Europe, brought Captain: to the as a reserve officer on active duty in the Mexican Border troubles of 1916. duty as medical officer with the aviation service at Mather Field, Sacramento, and Kelly Field, Texas. cane After the armistice he served four. back) commission dates from 1920, and he in Arizona.. His regular army United States in 1905. Two/is one of the senior captains in the previous’ trips home were the —% made Between that time and the outbreak of the World Captain Rase was in federal as a civil engineer making surveys in the Lake Superior region of Minnesota and in the Far During manded wit est. the World War he com- ith distinction the Third Battalion of the 364th Infantry, a regiment of. the 91st Divis' ticipating in the St. Meuse-: offensives. The one in which few Americans jion, par- nd the Ypres-Lo al res-! latter battle was took} parture for Fort Lincoln. part, as our forces were Tivga ere vi- Gsewhere. The Sst + went in with British and drove as an ins fantry School at where. post-graduate. instruction given infantry officers. school. also served on the faculty of mili ry science and tactics at cuse University. Mrs. Rase is from pitas Virginia Rese He is him- He soit Tant, 4th Infantry, the Rase attend high school in Bis- marek, ‘Lieut. Harron ] Lt. James A. 4th service. His foreign service was in the Philippines, where he was stationed one year on the “Gibraltar of the East,” the fortress of Corrigador, and one year in the Moro island o! Mindanao. Before leaving the Phili; ines, Captain Oswalt visited the per colony, observing the diagnosis and treatment of that disease. Upon his return to the United States he became medical inspector at Camp Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, where he was stationed until his de- ‘| recruiting duty. . After five years | 4, served in master signal electri sioned at the beginn’ ie was aes ae telegraphy school at Camp Alfred Vail. sequent to the armistice, he was on Spokane, receiv- ing his Regular Army commission in 1920. Since then he has served as executive officer and, for a time, as commanding officer of the Infantry reed Detachment at Fort Benning, 01 be First Lieutenant Henry C. Jones, commanding Headquarters. and Serv- ice Companies Detachment and po- lice and prison officer of Ft. Lincoln, is. the son of Colonel F: M. Jones: He was born at Governor's Island in New York Harbor, and accom- panied his family on tours of service throughout the United States and the Philippine Islands while still a schoolboy. He served United States Navy 1917, and in the Field piper | C.O.TS., in 1918. From 1920 until 1921 he was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts National Guard, and in August of the later year was commissioned in the regular serv- ice, He has been a first lieutenant since 1925. Mrs. Jones is the niece of Mueller, the world-famous German etcher. Lieutenant and Mrs. Jones have ero youne children, Natalie and 1 grades from private to Commis- of the war, Lieut. Jones Mrs. Oswalt is the daughter of |Rol Dr. J. R. Peavey, presiding elder of the Alabama Conference of the Manodist Episcopal Church. John sons. ey | Lieut. Pangburn | ——————— Elmer E. Pangburn, Ist Lieuten- jutant and recruiting officer of Fort Lincoln, is a co} -plate engraver, man, lectrician an hard-rock miner in addition to his military accomplishments. He entered the service when 19 a of age, enlisting in the Twelfth walry. He went with the Pershing expedition into Mexico as a member of the signal corps, in which rsonnel_ad-| Fi Lieutenant Clifford: Smith, Q.M. under whose technical direction rehabilitation of Fort Lincoln was accomplished prior to the arrival of the present garrison, was born in New York on New Year's Eve, 1893. ‘irst enlisting in the Field Artillery in 1911, he served through the non- commissioned grades and was, in 1918, commissioned in the Quarter- master Corps. He has been connected with sev- eral important construction oper- ations, including the remodeling of the old Fort Sheridan, near Chicago, to accommodate as # hosptial more he|than 4,000 wounded men from over- ( paaance * @ceaw Payment F Fund Levy + Four Five-Continent Flyers | f—Tieut. Smith (|? Robert Oswalt wre their two]. . His regular army commission dates from 1920. Lt. Smith is now assistant to the corps area quartermaster, and sta- tioned at Fort Omaha. It was in this capacity he took charge of the reconstruction work at Fort Lincoln. fee ee [Capt Wright Captain Robert C. De] com- manding Company I, 4th Infantry, incoln, also School and Rec- Officer, Press Relations Of- ficer, and Trial Judge Advocate of the General Court-martial of t jt, moved from Indiana to W. ington while still a grammar schoo! Grad ‘ting from the Coll of raduat mm the lege Journalism of the University of Washington, where he became a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and was editorial writer on the University Daily, he entered newspaper work as editor of the Puyallup Valley Tribune. The fol- ar he became writer of stories for the Seattle The degree of master of arts in English literature was grant- ed him in 1916. The outbreak of the World War found him teaching English composition and_ pursuing graduate courses at the University of Washington. During the War he was Intelli- gence Officer of the 62nd Infantry, and instructor in the Intelligence School of the 8th Division. After the Armistice he was for a time on staff duty in Washington, and then became morale officer in chi of entertaining the 4,500 wounded and sick at Fort Sheridan, near Chicago. In this capacity he edited and pub- lished for the army a weekly hospital gr with a circulation of 70,- 000. e president of the United States, the vice president, and Ed- ward Windsor, of Buckingham Pal- ace, Westminster, England, were among the paid subscribers. Pro- ceeds of the newspaper were devoted to welfare of the wounded. After two years at The Infantry School, Captain Wright spent a two year tour of duty in Alaska, devot- ing his leisure to literary effort and e of Fourth Infantry Troops at Fort Lincoln ; a study of the Tii { He then was assigned to tl Infantry at Fort Lawton, & from thence he came tc ig 8, before | riage, wards of O: ini and is a member of the Alpha sorority. Captain and Mrs. W; have one » Elizal one year. Capt. Bloomquist }j o Captain George F. coma now Commanding ny M, machine gunners ‘ort Linco entered the Army at the outbreak the World War as a cavalry offi Ati the caval bel occu ing their proper rol e embro in’ Euro} ., he transferred to the ins + fantry in search of action. the armistice found him still in United States, on dut oie Fortieth Infantry at Camp Custemg) he received an assignment for with the AEF in the Quartermasiig department, and later with the Ju Advocate General’s office in Returning to the United St a took eee oe campggexe changes at Camp Sherman, Gui with stock and fixtures u more than $80,000. } hae ere the Ini schoo] at Fort Benning, acting as instructor in Re og nery at Oregon State Colleg sailed for Manila to become u to the general staff officer in char; of war plans and military training the Phi ippine Department. There he fe back and three of the headquarte: numerous: Later he acted as assistant to Colo Langehorne, aide to Major, General Leonard Wood., ' Mrs. Bloomquist, ongre of jor and Mrs. Charles H. Lovell Ft. Lincoln, married Captain quist at Camp Custer in 1919, have one daughter, Marian. Captain Bloomquist holds the gree of bachelor of philosophy £1 Gonzaga University. winning departn lo team and ne trips aver Lusa BISMARCK’S TAX RATE FOR 1927 1S _. 2.68 MILLS HIGHER THAN FOR 192 Real Property Taxes Due Decem- ber 1—Must Be Paid Before March 1 to Avoid Penalty— County, Treasurer Gives Rate by Townships Increase in the tax rate for the city of Bismarck for 1927 will bring a somewhat higher tax payment from the property owners of the city for this year, it was pointed out today by County Treasurer G. L. Spear in announcing that 1 estate rir sonal propert; es are now due tee paytble at A ‘ice. The taxes become due December 1, but no penalty attaches until March 1, On that date a penalty attaches if all the personal property taxes and one-half the real estate taxes have not been paid. ; fi - ‘The tax rate for the city of Bis- marck this year is 56.41 mills as compared with 53.73 mills for 1926. This means that a property owner must pay a tax of $56.41 per $1,000 of taxable valuation. Win, te Much Higher While the 1927 tax rate for many of the townships of the county is lower or approximately the same as @ year ago, there are a few instances where it is much higher this year, according to Mr. Spedr. One ex- ample is the village of Wing, where the rate has jum! from 39.55 mills r ago to 66.80 mills this year. This is due principally to the erection of a community hall there. A slight increase is shown in the state and county levy for 1927, the county levy this year being 3.95 as com with 3.85 a year the state levy being Boosted from 9.40 to 9.55. State and County Rate ‘Te following table gives the in- creeaes ae a rates for funds: ™ ~ 1927 1926 eneral Fund 2.62 2.00 State Bond Interest and Bank Bond Payment Levy Total State Board Levies 3.45 ve Levies: y Bonus Fund ant SE - Deficit Tax. fund levy .05 3. Total Rate of Levy.... 3.95 4.17 Bees (BSESEESESSESESEESS Estate and Personal “ Naughton .. Frances Rockhill Menoken . McKenzie Crofte . Crofte . Sibley Butte Wild Rose . Wild Rose Village of Regan South Wilton . WS BRIEFS President Coolidge announces will go to Havana in January to dress Pan-Amer an congress. El Universal Grafico, in City, says recently formed ‘Mexic: league for defense of the revoluti is compiling. “red lists” names of enemies of revolutio Secretary Stalin dominates o ing session, of coment of comm y_at Moscow 4 pp pectin 3 rahi from him. eee Mrs, Thomas W. Thompson, Berkeley, Calif., receives’ telegral from Mexico her beld for ransom its, has been rescued and is safe. J. G. of Dundon, W. Vi is elected president of the 1 Mining congress. se Charles. Pfeil, recently i for president of United States association, dies . ary z, m Grand Forks, N. D.—Ove two working units of the state im