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ss Story of an Emigrant.
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other places, went there with me, or joined us in the course
of a few days.
mustering yolunteers.
Meanwhile the third regiment had been called, and one
hundred of my companions were mustered in as Company D
of that regiment, with myself as their captain, a Norwegian
friend, L. K. Aaker, formerly a member of our legislature, as
first lieutenant, and my old friend H. Eustrom as second
lieutenant. Although Company D was the only military
organization in our state consisting exclusively of
Scandinavians, there were quite a number of those nationalities in
every regiment and company organized afterwards.
I may be excused for saying a few words concerning my
old military company. It consisted of the very flower of our
\’oung men. It was regarded from the start as a model
company, and maintained its rank as such during the whole
term of four years’ service. Always orderly, sober, obedient
and faithful to every duty, the men of Company D, though
foreigners by birth, won and always kept the affectionate re-
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