The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-11-01
LETTER FROM
CAMP DUDCL
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
HOME OF LOCAL SOL
DER BOYS.
By J. w, Jarnipan.

Dy y. w. Jarnlgan.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, Oct. rs, 1917.
The past week has been a busy
one among the soldiers at Camp
Dodge. Hurry and hustle have been
in evidence on every hand. Workmen
put in a busy day Sunday trying to
complete number of buildings that
the new increment might be accom-
modated upon it's arrival the last of
the week. All of the soldiers were
removed from the barracks they had
occupied to a different section of the
Cantonment and the quarters aban-
doned will be utilized for the new
men. Many of the buildings into
which the men were placed did not
have heating equipment and some did
not yet have windows and provisions
for lighting. That is why everybody
worked Sunday. The shifting process
changed the general alignment at the
camp and barracks to which the men
had become attached were given up
somewhat reluctantly but in good
spirit and in cheerful compliance with
orders. In the changes provision was
made for the segregation of the ne
groes who will report the coming
week. They are to occupy quarters
in one corner of the camp. It is ex-
pected that the colored men from AL
ALBANIA will be the real thing. It will
be their first visitation to the north
land and the chilly winds that sweep
down the Des Moines valley will give
them an idea of what may be expect
ed when winter comes on in earnest.
The most exciting theme the past
week at the camp has been the lib
erty bond drive. By the time the
campaign is over next week it is ex-
pected that one million dollars will
have been invested in government
securities by the selected men.
Newspaper correspondents at this
camp are to be treated as real "war
correspondents" in the future. Orders
have been received from the War De-
partment by Maj. Gen. S. H. Plum
mer, stating that the department has
indorsed the plan for erecting a build
ing at army cantonments for the
housing Of accredited newspaper men.
Maj. H. H. Polk, in charge of public
ity, said the reporters probably would
be housed in quarters now in use by
Brigadier General Getty of the 175th
Brigade, near the center of the camp
and close to the future quarters of the
division staff.
In previous letter l stated that
pathetic appeals were being sent to
Camp Dodge officers from famil es
that are suffering because of the con-
scription of the bread winner. My
statement came to the notice of the
department at Washington and the
following official statement of the
duties of the Red Cross was sent me:
"When does a family properly
come under the arm of the home ser
vice section?
Home service applies to the famil
les of men in all branches of the ser
vice-Regular Army, National Guard
and National Army; to the families
of sailors, marines, and men of the
Engineering and Aviation Corps; and
to the families of men and women at
tached to hospital units as nurses, doc
tors, orderles, and ambulance drivers
1t also has to do with the families Of
the soldiers going from this country
to join the allies and with families
of civilians, who have been wounded
or killed as the direct result of war
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