Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-07-11
MANY SUNDAY WIS.,
TORS At CAMP DODGE
Good Sized Webster City Contingent
Present-Camp is a Beautiful
Sight.

| A large number of Webster City
people visited Camp Dodge Sun
day. AS one nears the grounds upon
| the elevated highway which runs
along the east line of Camp Dodge,
! the sight is a beautiful one, the land
scape sloping to the west being dot
ted with the soldiers tents. The
first fleeting glimpse of the tent-dot-
ted hillsides as they appear between
the swirling clouds of dust, as one
approaches the gateway leading to
the camp, brings a poignant feeling
of kinship and oneness, not only to
the boys who are in camp, but to all
who visit them. Camp Dodge is not
only. ideally located but the grounds
are kept as clean as the average res
idence lawn. The sanitation is as
perfect as it well could be.
There are many trees in the north
east portion oftfie grounds, but aside
from this, the camp is bare of shade.
Under these trees the picnic baskets
were opened at the noon hour by
the many visitors who took along
their lunches. An eighty or hum
dred mile drive in an auto is conduc-
i've to an appetite and If the soldier
boys needed any pointers on how to
store away provender they had some
illustrations that would have done
credit to veterans in the service.
A report was current in the camp
Sunday that the soldiers would
leave for the Mexican border Tues
day night. However the traffic
manager for the Iowa troops has not
yet received orders to assemble the
equipment for the transportation of
the soldiers-and there the matter
rests, for the present.
Those who started from here at 4
O'Clock in the morning, arriving at
camp by Z, were surprised to find
visitors coming thick and fast at
that hour. Everyone in Company c
and the Second Regiment band was
looking hale and hearty and all
though several acted as though they
were homesick, they were cheerful
and accomplishing. "Uncle Fall
staff" manages to keep the band boys
smiling; and the cooks for band and
company are feeding all upon the
fiat of the land" The boys say
they get plenty to eat and are we'll
cared for in every respect. All the
boys from w. f. Gossards Sunday
school class, tent together. The
band boys tents are in the same line
with the hospital tents and about
three rows from the Company C
tents, SO all the Webster City boys
are practically together.
The boys are greatly pleased to
see their home friends and are espec-
tally anxious to see their parents and
other kin. When the mail arrives it
is good to see the broad grin on the
faces of those receiving letters. The
Gloomy Gus" look on the features
of the neglected ones is also evident.
They feel neglected if they don't re-
ceive a letter or card every day.
Among the Webster City visitors,
at the camp Sunday were Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred l.. Miller. Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. r. Younkee. Mr.. and Mrs. o. d.
West, Mr.. and Mrs. c. l.. Poland,
Mr.. and Mrs. G. C. Stafford, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bascum Huddlestun, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. S. Melvin, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
r. Atkinson and son Edgard and
chauffeur, Chick" Middleton, Mr.
and Mrs. d. L. Hunter and son John,
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Wilke and
Messrs. N. J. Loring, W.
v. Taylor, Chas. Younkee, Frank J.
Webb. A. A. Cook, Chas. r. Smith,
H. C. Fisher, Carl Ainslie. Melvin
Drake; Mesdames w. S. Norton.
l.. r. Houck, Jennie Ainslie, F. l..
Malcolm: Misses Mabel and Pomona
Maude Melvin, Elsie
Golden. Elma Webb, Marian White.