The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-03
Three Lodges Join
In Building Home
At Military Camp

nal organizations at the conclusion
of the civil war when men had re-
ceived degrees unfortunately and
no records of the sessions had been
preserved.
Women viii Help.
The women's auxiliaries of the
three orders, the Eastern Star, the
Pythian Sisters and the Rebeccas,
will also be organized for partict-
patton in social and other features
of the activities in the fraternal
! building, though details have not vet
been completed.
Assistance For Dependents.
There is a need for a state wide
organization in Iowa and similar or
CARNATIONS in other states-to care
| for and look after the families ami
! dependents Of hundreds of men
| selected for service in the Eighty
! eighth division of the national army
at Camp Dodge.
This is the belief of officers in the
division staff at the cantonment.
The belief is based on hundreds Of
| letters which have been received at
! division headquarters asking for
furloughs for selected men who have
| been called to the colors or for their
dependents may be aided.
The situation has reached a SER
ious crisis, officers say and the CO.
operation Of state or local organiza-
tions is asked in following up the in
vestigations which are being made.
Letters Take Time.
Every letter Of this nature which
comes to Camp Dodge is answered.
Thus far it has been impossible to do
more than grant temporary relief to
those who have appealed to the
division commander, but the work Of
answering the letters and investigat-
ing the various cases is taking up
valuable time which should be de-
voted by the staff officers to the adj
ministration Of the work of the
division, or in outlining the training
for the soldiers.
Investigations made thus far have
proved. officers say, that the major
ity Of the appeals are based on a
real need for the aid Of many men
who have been called to the colors.
Organization Needed.
There should be some sort of an
organization" staff officer said to-
day, that these letters could be
turned over to and proper help given
the families or dependents of these
men"
The suggestion was made that an
organization be formed for dong
this work exclusively.
1t also was pointed out that the
drafted men who have been taken
cannot become settled down to the
work Of training and become discon-
tented.
The situation throws a bad light
on the work Of some local boards,
according to the officers.
Await Laundry Contract.
The local laundrymen and their
associates throughout the state who
organized a new corporation for the
business of the soldiers at Camp
Dodge are still awaiting receipt of
their signed contract from Wash
ington before commencing opera
lions as a corporation.
All preliminary details have been
completed, but the delay at Wash
ington is holding up the work here
and is responsible for numerous
complaints from both men and of
fcers at the cantonrnent.
Downtown laundries which start
ed collecting laundry at the camp to
be washed at their established
plants and returned have practically
suspended such business because of
the difficulties Of finding the own
ers experienced by the deliverymen.
No authorization has been receiv-
ed by General Plumnfer for the OPEN
ing Of a receiving and dispensing
depot at the cantonment and the
men who want their clothing laun-
dered are obliged to bring il to Des
Moines and call for it themselves.
Men Want To Stay.
Give every man one week of life
at Camp Dodge in the national |
army and he will want to stav
mere, said an officer of the Eighty |
eighth division.
The opinion is based on actions OF
men who have been rejected be-
cause of physical disability.
The officer explained that men
who were referred to him for re-
lection after a day or two in camp
apparently wanted to go home |
Then with paper work holding back
their discharge they were given |
training along with others. |
Life In the army was experienced
by these men, who liked it and Wis
tied the Office of the division sur
geon, asking If they could stay at |
the camp.
In a number of cases these men
Will have to be sent home. as it Is |
not feasible to sort out their papers |
ana nave them waive the rejection. |
However, the men may ask the |
exemption board to return them to |
the camp, and they will then be en-
abled to take up their cases with |
the proper officers.
Jack Frost Loses Battle.
The battle between Jack Frost |
and officers in charge of heating
barracks at Camp Dodge was won
Dy the latter. Every one of the |
barracks In the occupied section of |
the camp will be ready for the first |
suHcient supply Of coal is on hand |
to keep the fires going until addition |
al shipments arrive. Heating faciIi- |
ties will be installed in all barracks |
IN the cantonment by Oct. is. and |
the base hospital heating plant will |
be completed by Oct rs.
Wooden Clothing Arrives.
TWO carloads Of wooden clothing
for the national army men arrived |
saturday at Camp Dodge.
Breeches (woolens and cotton |
olive drab). Undertaking and |
other parts of the clothing issue |
were among the shipment.
The division quartermaster now
has on hand, not including the shin
ment Saturday, LILO wooden o. b.
oreeches, 1878 cotton o. d. breech-
es, 647 Q. D. wooden blouses, 4y46s
cotton 0. D. blouses, $3.50 pairs
shoes 10000 pairs stockings (cot-
Campfires Permitted.
Song writer's and poets may again |
write about campfires, although |
they have been abolished for MANY i
years. A bulletin reads that guards |
may light campfires within the
reservation, but they must not be /
closer than 800 feet to any build |
Ing.