Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-09-15
NON-C0MS TO GET
SHOULDER BARS IN
PLACE Of RESERVES
SECRETARY BAKER ORDERS THAT
PREFERENCE BE SHOWN SUB.
ORDlkANT OFFICERS WHERE
THEY ARE FITTED FOR CON-
MISSIONS.

Camp Logan. Houston, Tex, Sept
l.. - Discomfort among no-commiS
stoned officers of the Thirty-third Iii
vision was ended by Secretary Baker
late yesterday
A telegram to Major eneral Geo.
Bell, Jr directed that no 'non.com'
be denied promotion to make place
for any of the 200 recently commits
stoned reserve officers here
This instruction is known to ac.
cord with General Bells preference.
Ii is said he may ask to have some
of the reserve officers ordered TO duty
elsewhere. Many nonrcommissioned
officers believed they were to be de.
priyed of merited reward for years of
hard work in IN Illinois militia. Com.
missfoned officers and men sympath.
lied with them
REORGANIZATION of the divisions may
be delayed about Two weeks by the
wal oIuci HoiuihS tHc FlFSt infantry
in Camp Grant for a month. but if the
changes are made while The First is
away, Its officers could not be consid.
cred for promotion.
General Todd has ordered Colonel
Milton Foreman to begin training his
men Monday They will start work
at Z a m. daily and continue at top
speed to p. m. with brief respite
for noon mess. Fifteen officers and
nearly 200 men will be added.
Five Illinois officers will go 20 Fort
Sill, Okla for special training to
qualify as instructors in grenade work
the automatic rifle. bayonet fighting.
field Notifications and musketry.
Real Gas in Mask Drill.
Actual experience in the use of gas
masks will be given every man in
camp. Chambers will be filled with
gas more dense than come over from
the German trenches.
General Bell has requested permits
sion TO send an officer to Chicago to
recruit COO specialized men for the
10Sth Engineers, formerly the First
Illinois Engineers. One thousand ma
chine guns and automatic rifles will
be sent to the division Four com.
panies will form the headquarters ma
chine gun battalion, three will be at.
tached to each brigade headquarters
and one to each infantry regiment.
They will have l40 men each.
Appointment of Major W W. Swift.
Of Chicago, commander of the First
Field Hospital, as director of field
hospitals, was confirmed yesterday
The first unit for the base hospital
will be opened today, and all patients
will be removed from the temporary
hospitals established by Major Swift
Ten dentists have arrived and others
are expected
Lieutenant Foreets Food.
Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Ia. Sc t..
15--The first real complaint of Hi
nois men in The national army vel
oped Friday when squad of men
from one of the companies of The
349th Infantry returned from twenty
four hours on guard duty and re-
ported that during that time they had
had but two sandwiches each to eat
and no coffee to drink
The blame was placed upon thC Fort
Smelling lieutenant in charge, who
failed on taking the squad out, to pro
vide for their meals for the next tweE-
ty-four hours. The men were on duty
two hours and off duty four hours
during the four shifts, but they say
they were not allowed to return to the
company barracks during the four
hour rest to obtain anything to eat
As a result of their complaint they
will not 90 unfed during the next
guard detail
The division surgeon has been no
tilted that $50 or zoe Red Cross nurses
are ready to be sent to this canton
ment. probably from Illinois points, as
soon as the need for their services
arises and proper facilities for their
care are assured The nurses will
have special barracks, their own din
ing hall and kitchen and private
rooms.