The Dickinson press., 1917-10-27

1920 AASJ VI wal wa
in good form when the order broke in
upon them. The uncertainty as to
who would be taken created consid-
cradle interest. Many of the men
sent word to the home folks that this
may be their last week here and the
result was that thousands of visitors
came to the camp Saturday and Sun
day from every state represented at
the cantonment. Along with this
order came another asking that 1000
men be selected for the aviation serv-
ice. Just what disposition will be
made of them is not given out. It is
rumored that an aviation training
camp may be located here but this is
not likely as winter would interfere
with practical results. The orders
now held at division headquarters call
for 5000 selected men from Iowa,
Minnesota and North Dakota to be
sent to Camp Cody, Deming, N. NJ,
presumably to bring national guard
organizations of their respective states
to war strength. One thousand men,
the orders say, are to be sent to
Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, from
among the recruits reporting from
Illinois to fill that states national
guard organizations to war strength.
An additional 5000 recruits also will
be sent to Camp Pike, near Little
Rock, Ark, in furtherance of the de-
partment's recently announced inten-
ton of forming a division of the ma
tional army there. The depot brigade
as a part of the national army di-
vision is an entirely new organization
in American military affairs. 1t has
no set strength. 1t is maintained as
a unit in which surplus numbers of
men wait or are assigned pending
their transfer to the actual fighting
organizations such as the infantry,
artillery or other units. There are
5000 men in this division. The total
number of men selected for service
with the Eighty-eighth division minus
the reflections because of physical In
%feriority, will be between $4,000 and
$4,000 recruits. Two hundred and
tifty-one enlisted men of the coast ar
tillery service arrived at Camp Dodge
Saturday morning under command o.
noncommissioned officers. The orders
calling for the mobilization at Camp
Dodge of negroes from Alabama as
as we'll as from the states included in
the thirteenth district does not mean
that there will be a preponderance of
negro soldiers at the camp. After
all transfers are made the enlisted
strength at Camp Dodge will be
39,575 men, 5000 of whom will be
negroes it now is definitely determ-
ined. With the release Of a large
number of civilian cooks and bakers
from service, orders have been issued
by Maj. Gen. H. E Plummer for the
immediate opening of ar army school
for men in this department. The
course Of training will run two months
for privates and longer for sergeants.
Clothing and Blankets
The government has sent to Camp
Dodge the following: Men, 20,324;
bed sacks, 26,52O; blankets, 68,859;
cotton brooches, 14,877; wooden
breeches, 15,O57; cotton coats, 1886;
wooden coats, 7,O71; summer drawers,
37,46O winter drawers, 1880; hats,
42,804; leggings, 17,752; overcoats,
16,146; flannel shirts, 1854; cotton
stockings, 104,655; light wool stock
ings, 167,73,; cotton un~dershirts,
$4,000; wooden undershirts, 86,l9s;
shoes, 77,7S6.
Many Negroes Coming
Alabama Negroes drafted for ma
tional army service will be sent to
Camp Dodge for training along with
Negroes from Iowa, Minnesota, North
Dakota and Illinois. Adjutant Gen
eral Mccain estimated that $500
Negroes would be here for training.
Former plans called for the formation
of one colored regiment at Camp
Dodge. With the arrival Of the Ala
bama men, however, two provisional
regiments and a machine gun battal-
ion will be formed.
Paving Streets and Highways
The Des Moines city council and the
board of supervisors Of Polk county
are constructing twelve miles OF paved
streets and highways connecting Des
Moines with Camp Dodge. F. II.
Mann of Ames, for several years con-
nected with the engineering depart
ment of the state highway commlsc
scion, has been placed in charge ct
the county work. The road is n OF
the biggest pieces of monolithlc BRICK
pavement ever constructed IN n
state. The work will cost about
$4,000 and will be five miles long.
having a width Of t~hirty-two feet OF
surfaced roadway.
Soldiers Are Protected by Debt La"
Every state represented at Camp
Dodge has a law protecting selected
men from greedy creditors or over
Jealous landlords. The Iowa Law al
fords a fair sample when it declares
that all men in the service Of their
country are hereby exempted while IN
such service and for a period OF SIX
months after the termination OF n
war or said service or death from
navment of any bills or exchange or
of anv negotiable instrument or OF
anv other payment in pursuance OF
any contract or from any writ OF at
tachment or execution. Inc nome
stead of all soldiers, sailors or otner
persons in the military or ava serv-
ice of the United States shal! pc ex-
empt from taxes during their term
Of Service in the present war; or ot nea
property to the actual value OF $l0,ooV
in the event of no such homestead;
That the statute Of limitation snali
not run against any action helu
against anyone affected by this act
during the time the same is stayed
by the terms of this act. II any sui
is pending in court in which a con
scripted man has an interest the
same shall be continued upon n
docket until h.s return.
Artiler, .nge Selected
After considerable dickering with
the farm owners a strip Of ground a
mile wide and nearly five miles long,
has been selected for an artillery
range. The farmers who have leased
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