The Oskaloosa herald., 1916-07-20
READY TO GO At
Moment NOTICE
ALL ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO
ENTRAIN FOR BORDER. #2'
ORDERS NAY CONE. At ANY TIME
Carload Of Additional Equipment Ar.
rived at Camp Dodge Last Night
Boys Get Last Typhoid
Fever Vaccination.


Des Moines, July 18.-After beina
in camp three weeks in state Of
semipreparedness, Iowa national
guards, with the exception of the
squadron of cavalry, are ready and
waiting for orders to proceed to the
Mexican border.
Following the arrival of a carload
OF additional equipment late last ev
ening, Col. George Morgan wired Gen.
eral Barry at Chicago that the infan
try and artillery units are now com.
pletely equipped and are ready to
entrain for the border at a moments
notice.
This is what we have been waiting
| for" Colonel Morgan said. with
three weeks of training and with plen-
ty OF equipment on hand the infantry
men and artillerymen are in good con-
clifton for service on the border and
the order to entrain ought to come at
any time now. ,......
General Barry will notify the
war department as soon as he gets
our telegram and the order to entrain
ought to come in a few days"
Would 1t be safe guess to say
that the troops will be gone by the
first of August?" Colonel Morgan
was asked s3,, ',,T. .,.'''- .,''@ @''
70. u.., May Go Soon. ''
Yes, they ought to be gone quite
a while before that" he replied. But
t is difficult to predict just when
the order will come as we never
know in advance what our orders
are going to be-"
The colonel said that what the
Iowa troops need now is some siren
aous training under division officers
in the regular army and that the
place to get this Is in the concentra-
ton camps near the border.
Maj. Kent Nelson, medical corps
officer of the regular army, reported
to Colonel Morgan that the men are
in splendid physical condition.
Get Last Vaccination. sar..
All Of the infantry, and artillery
troops were given their, third and
last typhoid fever. vaccination yester.
day. so far as the medical work
is concerned these men, are now ready
for service Major Nelson reported.
The hospital corps and other units
are getting their final vaccination to-
day. ..,e.,. lax. ~.
The condition of the four troops of
cavalry remains unchanged "They
are as slow as molasses in January"
Colonel Morgan commented. 81 guess
they are getting a few recruits every
day but they are not ready to be mus.
tered in yet"
No Recruiting Going On.
Contrary to reports circulated
more than weesk ago no recruiting
officers have been sent out to other
parts of the state. Recommendation
as to recruiting stations were sent
from Camp Dodge to the war depart
ment at that time, but no reply has
been received.
Recruiting officers to be used for
this purpose will not be taken from
the regular organizations at the mo-
biliZatiOn camp.
General Allen would make no pre-
dictions as to the movement of
troops. THE order may come to-
weeks he said. MY experience in
not to worry about when or where
Uncle Sam orders me to 60. When
the. orders come they usually say go
at once" g,s mn s-e,. I.
$. The big shipment of new equip
ment received included tents, hats
and trousers. There are now enough
trousers to give each man two pairs.
ars Old style Hats Received. 7
+, Every soldier at Camp Dodge is
wearing regulation army hat today,
for the first time since mobilization
and there are also tents enough for
everybody. lar's HEIr e.- . II
But the new tents are not conical.
They are the square-shaped tentG
used by the army before the conical
tents came into use. s,,r \
Put Things Ready.
At Camp Dodge last night brigade
officers were preparing to put en-
training orders into quick execution.
But what about the shoes" they
were asked.
The reply was that there are
plenty of shoes-such as they are.