The Detroit times., 1917-10-01
CLEANUP
OF RESOR
NEAR CAMP
Battle Creek Has Vice
On the Run Since
Camp Opened
By HAROLD r. WILCOX.

Mich. Oct 1.--Battle Creek may be
shy in some respects In handling the
responsibilities placed upon II by
the coming OF Camp Custer. but II
certainly has caught the govern
ment idea OF dealing with vice.
Uncle Sam has served notice that
disreputable resorts must not exist
near the cantonment. Battle Greek
responded Saturday By sending two
women TO the Detroit mouse OF cor
rectiOn 10 serve sentences OF eight
months each. and by sending a man
10 Jackson 10 sorvc nine months at
hard labor. All three were convict.
ed OF conducting disorderly houses
here.
Plenty OF profitable recreation f.
one scheme OF keeping soldiers
away from dissipation Another and
better one Is the banishing OF booze
A third and still better one Is plen
~ % hard. outdoor labor. The gov
eminent has adopted all OF this.
but IT'S trump anti-vice card is the
edict that disorlerly women who
visit the vicinity OF the cantonmeni
do so at great risk 20 their liberty. II
local authorities do not attend 10
this matter. federal authorities VIII
Battle Creek seems determined 10
satisfy Uncle Sam in this respect
Saturday afternoon and Sunday
were holidays at Camp Custer. and
some 1900 men visited Battle
Creek and Kalamazoo Hundreds
Ia az
he camp they were compelled 10
park their autos az the entrance
and walk around the cantonment
Hitherto auto traffic on Sunday has
interfered seriously with construc
,ion activities which now are at full
blast each Sunday
President Wilson has been invit
ed 10 come 20 Camp Custer for the
- l1t--2
lie Creek Chamber OF Commerce is
angling for many other national
figures. but noisily draws the line
al an invitation for Senator LaFol-
lette. On that occasion. the city
Will present 10 the Eightyhfth divi-
sion a huge wool flag and a steel
flag pole - feet high.
oct. > has been set as the tenta-
tive date for the departure OF The
first battalion OF the Thirty-third
Michigan infantry. which has been
on guard duty here for several
months The battalion Is expected
10 go directly 10 Waco.
Water from the big artesian wells
is now In quite general use Hither-
10 Il has been necessary 20 boil the
water. because of the dirt collected
in the new mains These have now
washed out clean. and tests by the
sanitary officers show the water TO
be pure
More discharges for physical dis
ability have been announced. They
follow:
Burns. Anthony cewana, Frank
Choiko, Frank Elwood. Renest Green
burg. Edward G. Henk. William Err
tel Vernon II Kahn. Tullio Marine.
Joseph L. Mccarthy and Arthur Nc
5ssfh Infantry David 1. Rattray.
Howard NJ. spencer and Rade Adamo-
s9sth infantry Gabriel sinizia.
John snyder Joseph Wassa. william
Rocket. John Brys. Paul Butor.
Joseph. a. Fenzl Ealph ~. Joy. ili-
1 Iam L2zoE sSdo,.I FrS NH. M NJ 62e
~
Alfred II. Book. william J. Delany.
William Givens George Hardy. char
les II Meyers. Henry =. Murray. VII
lard II. Parsons. Frederick T., She's
Tank Joseph Taylor and Raymond
sioth Engineers Thomas J Gre
mer. John J.. Pagan, John @. Ham
son. Sick Lutte Nick Pappndopoulae
Netl c. Raymond. CARLYLE w. Swhrt-
out, ". l.. Van NalkenburEh. Roger
l. Ahramson. Adolph Anderson VIII
lam Bowler Arthur r. FurEcson
James Ie Roy Goodwin, Charles A.
Killian. Fred McCrumb. Wasyl Pry-
stake. Frankk J.. Stuer and Aubrey
s2stb Held artillery - Harry z
Fields. William It Franklin. Lloyd @.
Gotham. william A Rayfuse. Gard
wood. Walter H. Helm, Alock Logan
John Panisink. Alfred w Price. Wal
ter wziola. Adolph RadHywics
eoyEe ~ rel l bsg, rst DI Peter PETER
Marinon. Herman Smith. James NJ
Bialak. steve J. Jarabek. Joseph La
Croix. Alexander j. oEminski. Ed
ward y. shipley, Adam Pawloski. Van
V. Philip. Herman A. a. Renter. Ed
ward O. I. Rudlaf Alexander Adam
ski and John Bidas.
800 machine gun battalion-Frank
Gross. Earl j. Rec 'es. stephen Sche-
YES, Edward j. Gaenon, Frank Kalo-
koski and Herbert w. Keehn.
32sth machine gun battalion
Rene Bowers. Louis .. Gross. Cral r.
Hertler. Robert kreiger. Milo Miller. |
Ivan Preston, Percy Il. Samson.
and barrel Berlin
380th machine gun battalion--Adam /
DEurko. Frank Fojtek. Nike kopid- |
lowskf and John SkoWousi
Sleth ammunition train-CiiNord !
Anderson. Nic Barsotti Louis J. |
Brandt and Joe Shetorsky.
3i0th sanitary train Byrdle Cas- |
per. Floyd T.. Conkiin, Frank l. |
kuhns, Harold Pratt and Frank j. !
Reynolds
siOth supply train--Fred Gensmsn.
Dennis y Haley and Mathla h. Wer- |
tin.
3iOth signal battaiion-charies F.