Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-28
GROUND CHASSIS
FOUND IN SUPPLY
OF RICE AT CAMP
Warnings Issued Previously mt Dodge
CaEtonment Leads 10 Cautious
Inspection Of Foods.
SHARP PIECES COLOR OF GRAIN
Although Detection Was Difficult, Dis.
c,yery Was Made BY inspec-
tors in Time.

Camp Dodge, Iowa. Dec 2S.-.
Ground glass was found In a quantity
Of rice at Camp Dodge yesterday. The
glass was colored 10 blend with the
rice 10 make detection difficult
Camp officers have been on the
lookout for any evidences Of ground
glass On canned goods since Major
General w. II Carter, commanding
tie central department at Chicago
in communication 10 GTigadier Cen
cral r. s. Getty, acting division COM
mander advised that the United
States district attorney In Chicago has
ropor.ed 90 him the finding OF ground
= ass IN certain brands OF homiuy and
tGmatOts,
In view 0s the report 20 General
Carte all army posts in the district
and probably all over the country will
be warned TO make careful eGamina-
ton of those products before placing
them before the soldiers as food
Instructions have been given COM
pany and separate organization COM
manders Of the Eighty-eighth division
% watch these foods carefully for any
evidence Of glass or other foreign sub
stances. Large quantities Of the can
ned goods. General Carriers communi-
cations says, have been sold to the
army.
While the warning IS given for the
military 81 IS believed some Of the pro
ducts might fall into the hands Of ci-
villains as well and they are cautioned
10 guard against possible injury
ev44f n
training at This cantOnment has re-
turned 10 normal.
The officers are being given num-
her Of courses Of instruction in var
ie1s phases Of modern warfare, and
are In turn passing these down the
ranks The English and French Off
GERS are giving lectures on gas and
gas masks. field fertilization work, ar
iillery az used at the front and up
10 date methods Of giving the Hun a
bitter dose Of medicine Officers who
have been assigned to special schools
% instruction in machine gun FIRE
bayonet drill, etc, are returning to
camp, and their knowledge is being
imported to the enlisted men.
\ Better Prepared.
Major Hayes. regimental adiutant
I believe that training of the nexi
A troops to arrive will be much speed.
4 Ter and easier than was the forma'
ton Of the division organization wheI
the first draft reported.
I'VE have the machinery to do bus
mess with now" he said. THE non
commissioned officers promoted from
among the FIRST arrivals have Learned
their duties and, further will have
great amount Of prestige when tn
new men get here which will max
their work more efficient"
Artillerymen in training at CAM
Dodge are now being given a dali,
routine OF training lasting from So
o'clock In the morning until 4 o'cl0c
In the afternoon, with a single laps
Of an hour at dinner time, which give
the men very little time to conside
anything but licking the kaiser durin
the period The days routine c
y training begins az 500 o'clock wit
Nan hour of physical exercise. Fro1
40 o'clock until 10 o'clock rife II
Istruction is on the program. Frol
- 1910 until II drill formations an
N hikes are scheduled, and from Ill
IIt w lAsbN hAihE AtiAtN - EAfNAAs AAiul
trated by lectures, diagrams, or actut
Il fiel dwork. On Monday, Wednesda
end Thursdays from ] 70 2 in ii
afternoon is another period Of drill
and the hour from 2:15 10 3:l5
given over 10 signal practice. Fro
800 until O'Clock the time is d.
voted TO a study OF motor artiller
.4 apparatus, in regiments which are I
be motorized, while the use of horse
VA and maneuvers with the guns
M taught other organizations.
Lectures Being Given.
A series OF lectures is now beln
s given TO the enlisted men Of the ThrC
Hundred Thirty-seyenth on gas an
gas masks by Lieutenant NJ. S. Rob
i Tho infantrymen are ready for aetut
rife practice as soon as Major Smit
Nh Brookhart returns from Washington
fS The Negro units are getting some sti
course of drill. and are far differel
lA outfit than the somewhat frightenC
Alabama lads who reported hel
only a few weeks ago. The initi
" muster of all national army organ
cations at Camp Dodge, upon whiC
will be based the permanent recol
rs OF each man, will be held Dec. 8
A This muster will fix tho future staff
of all soldiers concerned as to date
enlistment, record up to Dec. 81, az
M whether they came into the army vo
IN unfairly or by draft. A notation wi
WI be made in the case OF every indivi
ual showing whether he was draftt
# or enlisted IN the national army va
unfairly, or was transferred from Il
regular army or national guard. TIL
8 initial muster record viii be the fou
dation OF the permanent war record
each mar, and will be kept up to da
III In each mans case as long as he r
Az mains in the army.