The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-27

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srship is getting more rigid
time. It has been the custom
arents or friends who receive
rs from men at the cantonment
land them to the local newspapers
publication. This practice must
, discontinued, so the order from
Washington reads. Briefly the order
y as follows: All officers and en-
listed men will warn their correspond
onts not to publish these letters They
will be held responsible for such pub
kcation. All officers and enlisted men
will refrain from discussing in pub
lie matters which might, in any way,
be Of value to the enemy. On their
departure from camps or canton
nents in the United States and en-
route, all officers and enlisted men
will refrain from giving any informa-
ton on the following subjects: Names
number or movements of troops for
duty abroad; names or numbers of
ships, description Of details or meth
eds for avoiding enemy submarines;
patrols for protection of ships; ports
Of embarkation; routes pursued.
With the continual transfer of men
and the activity in sending troops
across the sea letters have
been published which would lead to
much harmful publicity II German
pies in this country got hold of the
Information. Everything intended for
publication must pass the restrictions
Of the board of censorship.
One of the crack bands at Camp
Dodge, the Divisional band, composed
Of SO pieces, is planning a two-weeks
concert tour through the four states
represented at Camp Dodge. This is
the same band that made such a hit
at the ball game at Omaha when the
Camp Dodge foot ball team eclipsed
the aggregation from Fort Funston.
On the concert tour in addition to the
band the party will include several
vaudeville features. Star banjoists
and other soldier artists will take
part in the program. Proceeds of the
concert tour will be devoted to the
erection of the $25,O 600 gymnasium at
Camp Dodge.
During the week ending December
Is, one thousand soldiers at Camp
Dodge attended French classes. The
attendance at all ~cantonment classes
for that week was 2,260. ~Illiterate
Negroes, soon will be able to read
and write. For there are classes for
them under the direction of the staff
from the Y. M. G. A. building. The
attendance in these classes during the
week ending Dec. Is, was 843. Men
who were not able to speak or read
English are learning fast, also. Sew
eral classes in English for foreigners
are being held at the camp, with an
average attendance of about 80 each
week. Besides these special classes
are q number of others with smaller
attendance. journalism, automobile
repairing, agriculture, Psychology
and geometry are some of the branch
es of study taught at Camp Dodge. A
number of men also are taking cor
respondence courses for college cred
il, that they need not loose their de-
grees, even though they have joined
the army.
Instructors have been named for
the Officers training camp which will
begin at Camp Dodge Jan. s. A
special board Of officers has been
named to pass upon applications
made for admission by national army
men, and the eligibles will be an
nounced soon. About 500 men will
take the course at the camp. All
who enter the training camp will be
forced to enlist as privates in the
regular army, and in Ease they do not
commissions will be assigned to
duty the same as other soldiers. The
instructors are for the most part of
Acers who acted in q similar capacity
% the second training camp at Fort
Smelling.
Any members Of the regimental
lands at Camp Dodge who might
Nave believed themselves relieved Of
The danger Of shell fire disil-
lusioned by division orders Friday.
The orders prescribe that bandmen be
given instruction in the duties per-
formed by regimental medical detach-
m4nts. which work Immediately back
81 the front line trenches in battle.
giving first I'D TO the wounded, and
carrying them back to the advanced
6eld bases, from which ambulances
tske thezn 3 the field base hospitals
P-ercontage ~ casualties n this ser-
No, according "a recently published