The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-09-26
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At CAMP DODGE;
BOYS hit BALL
Splendid Spirit .Characterizes
Great Cantonment Where
f. Dakotans Are Training
WHIPPING INTO SHAPE
10000 FIGHTING MEN
First Contingents Will Be Fin
ished Soldiers Before Second
Have Arrived !

Headquarters of Eighty-eighth Divi
sion, First National Army, Camp
Dodge, Ia, Sept. 36.-"We're in for it
now and well, watch u.s. That's the
unwritten slogan at Camp Dodge. The
majority of the last $4,000 to reach
the cantonment arrived in drizzle of
rain. They wore civilian clothes, sum-
mer clothes. And chill winds added to
the discomforts of the rain. Many Of
the special trains were hours late and
hundreds of the selectives had gone
from eight TO u hours without food.
But there was little grumbling. The
grumbler found little solace
Keeps Men Together.
It was wise old Uncle Sam that
provided for his boys at Camp Dodge.
He is keeping the men from each town
and county together as far as it Is pos.
sible to do SO, that they may have
the companionship Of, each other.
They are quartered together in the
same squads, in the same barracks
and eat at the same mess table. Every
man Is among. friends at rest and at
drill And he'll be with his friends
when he crosses the Atlantic.
"You can just tell the mothers Of
,hese boys that they will be taken bet.
ter care of here than at boarding
school," said General Plummer. II
am going to look after them just as
if they were my own sons. Their
health is safer here than at home, be-
cause we give them every protection
DUR scientists have discovered against
disease. We teach them to be men,
% exercise self-control and to be clean.
We protect them against temptation.
Tell the mothers not to worry about
their boys .
Men Being Organized.
The 10000 men are rapidly being
whipped into an organized fighting
force. The procedure being followed
now is exactly the same as that used
in the preliminary examination of the
6rst increment OF five per cent. First
comes innoculation against deadly con-
.agious diseases While the soldiers
are taking that treatment they are
taught to salute, and to march in
squads and companies. They have
oeen issued hats, shoes and shirts.
Soon they will have complete equip.
nent. Gradually the men will be
worked into a schedule that calls for
10 hours work each week.
In the meantime, the war depart
ment prepared for the grim work
ahead French army officers who have
seen months of service at the front
are coming to teach the conscripts
the fine points of modern war. -Four
artillery captains-Burette, Pierette,
Tribes and Monroe-all of whom have
had two years service at the front.
will teach the artillery men at Camp
Dodge how to throw the barrage fire
that will shield their attacking com
rades in the infantry from the counter
attacks of their German foe. 1t has
been announced that the 339th artil-
lery, composed of men from southern
iva. will be Modified completely.
The heavy six-inch howitzers used for,
barrage fire, will be pulled entirely
by trucks and tractors.
Few Reflections. )
That exemption boards did their
work well is evidenced by the fact
that only 80 men of the entire 5000
in the first increment were rejected
upon physical examination at Camp
Dodge This is little more than one
per cent Army officers expected five
per cent to be returned home.
-. How Men Are Assigned.
Sections of the Thirteenth district
have been assigned as follows: North
ern Iowa, ,350th infantry regiment;
southern Minnesota, 341st infantry
regiment: northern Minnesota and
eastern North Dakota, ,352nd infantry
regiment; Washington and Hennepin
counties, Minnesota to the 337th field
central and western North
Dakota to the 33Sth field artillery;
men from the portion of central Hi.
nois allotted to the Thirteenth district
to the 349th infantry regiment.