Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1917-10-10

tionally good. The hospitals have as
many as four hundred men in them
at one time but two things should be
considered in looking at these figures.
Soldiers go to the hospitals for minor
ailments. And that Is a small mum.
Der to be sick out Of population Of
over 10000 persons.
A man is considered sick in a mill.
! tary camp when he is unable to drill.
When he Is unable to drill he goes to
the hospital. therefore the common be-
lief that when person goes to
hospital he Is about to be operated
upon must be altered in the case Of
camp. The patients at Camp Dodge
hospitals include such diseases as
colds. constipation, dysentery, head.
! aches, tbothaches, corns, bllstered
feet and Inconsistencies.
Three deaths have occurred, there
has been one case Of measles, and a
few minor operations have been per-
! formed since the camp opened.
While Uncle Sam is spending money
like prOdigal son in order to send
an army Of half million mon to Eu-
rope. he is not unmindful of the little
details OF economy. Recently an off,
Ger, while inspecting garbage cans,
discovered whole loaf Of bread that
had not been touched. An 1nvestiga-
I ton followed and ten men were pun
ished by being confined to barracks as
a result OF the loss Of this loaf of
bread
1t was explained that the loaf fell
from the tray into the dust as 1T was
being carried to the mess hall, but
this did not alter the fact that a per-
fectly good loaf Of fresh bread had
been wasted.
The adage that all work and no
play makes Johnny dull boy goes
with the soldiers as we'll as it does
with Johnny. For that reason recre-
alton is going to be emphasized In
camp, in fact it has already started.
Baseball teams have been organized
in all parts of camp. Boxing and
wrestling is already popular divers
ion. Football teams will be in the
spotlight soon.
There is world Of star athletic
material among the recruits In a re.
cent baseball game between the Des
Moines Western League champions
and a camp team, every soldier-player
in the lineup was at one time member
of some professional baseball league.
In recent track meet held between
the members of two companies COL
lege stars from all parts Of the coun.
try participated.
Every man is expected to learn the
fundamentals Of boxing and for that
reason Mike" Gibbons, we'll known
fistic champion, will come to Camp
Dodge about the middle of the month
to take charge of the boxing.
Camp Athletic Director Griffith has
announced that all recruits will have
to take part in some kind of sport.
General Plummer has ordered that one
full hour day be allotted to athlet-
les. Director Griffith plans to import
some of the French army games that
have been developed since the war
started. These games are designed
to cultivate agility in the recruit just
as boxing helps man to be a better
bayonet fighter. Those who prefer the
games of football, basketball, boxing,
wrestling and kindred active sports
will have chance to take any one of
them during the hour But If not, the
recruit will have to go into these spec.
ial army games.
So much athletics, with several
scores Of football teams, few hun
dred boxing matches, ETC.. is going to
REQUIRE great deal Of athletic equip
ment. The army does not supply It,.
Therefore big campaign is being
conducted to raise money to buy the
stuff for the soldiers. High schools
! in the four states represented at Camp
Dodge are asked to give part of their
athletic receipts to the fund. High
schools are urged to give entertain
ments to raise money. All athletic
contests in Des Moines will contrib
ute share of the returns.
The hope Is to furnish each com.
pany at the cantonment one or more
boxes Of sports goods. A box consists
of the following equipment: Six ball
bats, twelve baseballs, one chest pro-
tector, one catcher's mask, one catch