Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-22

Camp Dodge. Dec. 22.--with modera-
ton 81 the weather. training ut this
cantonment has returned to normal.
The officers are being given num-
Der of courses Of instruction in vari-
GUS phases Of modern warfare, and are
in turn passing these down the ranks.
The English and French officers are
giving lectures on gas and gas masks,
field fertilization work. artillery as
used at the front, and up to date meth
DDS Of giving the Hun bitter dose
Of medicine.
Officers who have been assigned to
special schools Of instruction in ma
chine gun Are, bayonet drill, etc., are
returning to camp, and their knowl-
edge is being impaired to the enlisted
men.
Major Hayes, regimental adjutant
believes that training Of the new in
crement soon to arrive will be much
speedier and easier than was the for
nation of the division organization
when the first draft reported.
I'VE have the machinery to do bust
ness with now, he said. 1.-THE nom
commissioned officers promoted from
among the first arrivals have
learned their duties and, further, will
have a great amount OF prestige when
the new men get here which will make
their work more efficient"
Artilerymen in training at Camp
Dodge are now being given daily
routine Of training lasting from $40
o'clock in the morning until o'clock
in the afternoon, with a single lapse
of an hour at dinner time, which gives
the men very little time to consider
anything but licking the kaiser during
the period.
The days routine OF training begins
at 500 o'clock with an hour OF physi-
cal exercise. From $40 until 10 o'clock
rifle instruction is on the program.
From 1910 until II drill formations
and hikes are scheduled. and from 11:10
to 1850 firing data is given, illustrated
by lectures, diagrams, or actual field
work.
On Monday, Wednesday and Thurs
days from I to in the afternoon Is
another period of drill. and the hour
from 2:15 to 3:15 is given over to
signal practice. From 1920 until 4
o'clock the time is devoted to a study
Of motor artillery apparatus, in resi-
ments which are to be motorized,
while the use Of horses and maneuvers
with the guns is taught other organ
iZation.
A series Of lectures is now being CIV
en- to the enlisted men of the Three
Hundred Thirty seventh on gas and
gas masks by Lieut.. NJ. S. Robb.
The infantrymen are ready for actual
rifle practice as soon as Major Smith
Brookhart returns from Washington.
The negro units are getting some
stiff course of drill, and are far diff
ferent outfit than the somewhat fright
ened Alabama lads who reported here
only few weeks ago.
The initial muster Of all national
army organizations at Camp Dodge,
upon which will be based the perma-
nent government record of each man.
will be held Dec. 81.
This muster will fix the future status
of all soldiers concerned as to date
Of = enlistment, record up to Dec. 81,
and whether they came into the army
voluntarily or by draft.
A notation will be made in the case
Of every individual showing whether he
was drafted or enlisted in the national
army voluntarily, or was transferred
from the regular army or national
guard.
This initial muster record will be the
foundation of the permanent war rec
ord of each man, and will be kept up
to date in each mans case as long as
he remains in the army.