Bicentennial Story #110-Orderly for Sheridan

Bicentennial Story #110-Orderly for Sheridan

Account of choosing who would be orderly for the day for General Phil Sheridan when he visited Fort Rice.

10/1/1975

Father Louis Pfaller

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audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-110

Dakota Territory

Fort Rice, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

When General Phil Sheridan visited Fort Rice in Dakota, each company of the post chose one of its sergeants to compete for the honor of being orderly for the famous General. The officer of the day narrowed the competition to two who seemed to be equally perfect in attire. Unable to reach a decision by outward appearances, the officer ordered them to remove their clothes, piece by piece. Piece by piece they both met the most detailed army regulations---until they got down to the socks. One of them had on socks made by his mother, and so was eliminated, but Sargeant Ralph Donath, walking in regulation socks, won the honor of waiting on rough and ready Phil Sheridan.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 110, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.

Don Rickey, Forty Miles a Day on Beans and Hay, 107

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1970 1979

Bicentennial tape #7, Bicentennial stories 108-127