Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1917-09-25
SECOND NUMBER OF
CAMP CODY BULLETIN.
Contains Interesting News Concern
ing Some Of the Webster
City Soldiers. i

The second number of the Camp
Cody Bulletin has been received at
this office from Sergeant Emerson
f. Hess. who in brief accompany
ing note says that all are we'll in
Second Iowa circles. The bulletin
contains number of news notes
concerning various members of the
Webster City organizations and OF
the camp in general that will prove
interesting to people here:
1 Captain A. M. Martin and Lieut..
N. L.. Soderholm of the Second Iowa
have bought Studebaker car.
&c Company promotions: To be
sergeants-Corpor Leo Donovan.
Charlie Mckay and Marion G. We'd
lding; to be corporals: Privates Ray
Wilcox, Guilford H. West, Irving
Clark, Olaf J. Jondal and Harry H.
Fortune.
| ''Privates Andrew Grandgeorge
and Thomas c. Hampton have been
| transferred from | company to the
regimental supply company as wag-
Oners. yyre,f
''This was the happiest week in
the recent existence of the men OF
the Second Iowa infantry camp here.
as pay doy CALI blew. Some of the
men had received no pay since en-
tering the federal service. which
meant that money in some compa-
MES was scarcer than feathers on
frog.
'The canteens in the various regi-
ments profited largely from the cash
turned loose, and most Of them had
extra goodies to tempt the elusive
nickle and dime from the pocket Of
the enlisted man.
| Downtown, in Deming, the result
of turning loose so much money also
was in evidence in the form of
crowded stores and rapid buying of
lLall sorts of things, from soft drinks
lup to jewelry.
'The day of the festive snap shot
is past, and he who carries a camera
into the confines of Camp Cody
takes his safety into his own hands.
liz he be soldier, his camera is sub
ject to confiscation and himself to
court martial. If he be civilian,
1.-THE kodak is subject to seizure by
1.-The guard, the films must be extract
ed and exposed to sunlight, thus
ruining any picture that may have
been taken.
'There were several hundred
cameras, large or small, in Camp
Cody at the time the order was is
sued. These must be put away I'M
til another time. The only way one
may take pictures in the camp is by
procuring a special permit signed by
the secretary of war.
"A dance for the men of the ma.
tional guard will be given at the
armory tomorrow night, the guests
of honor on this occasion being the
! men of the first battalion of the
Iowa regiment, and all the ladies of
Deming are invited to be present to
assist in entertaining the soldiers.
Each Saturday night a dance will be
held at the armory for the differ
ent organizations, and the ladies'
can render a great deal of assistance
| by their presence at these dances.
The boys will turn out in force, but
| if there are no partners for them to
dance with, the affairs are liable to
fall flat
1 "Over $4,000 in money orders was
sold in two days at Y building No.
2 to soldiers sending money home.
In one day over 500 in postage
stamps was used. Candy is SO much
in demand at all of the Y buildings
it is almost impossible to keep any
stock on hand.
4 Alexander S. Roseing, sergeant
major of the 164th territorial in
fantry. who now is here organizing
a class in French at the base hos
pital, has seen active service with
the army of France. Called from
New York in 1914 by the serious
illness of his father, Mr.. Roseing
was in France at the outbreak of
the war. He saw service in the bat
ties of Charleroi and Mons, and later
at Verdun. Mr.. Roseing will return
to France in time to participate in
the spring offensive.
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