New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-10-31
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tenance. The Third battalion will be
telegraph battalion for field service
and will require men who are specialists
in every branch of telegraphy.
Officers orbidden to Write to Home
Papers.
Correspondents for the home town
papers among officers and enlisted
men are hit in an order promulgated
Thursday by division headquarters.
The order forbids any member of the
division from acting as a newspaper
representative. The order hits perhaps
so officers and men who write news for
consumption at home.
Two Companies From the East.
Two companies of the -Four Hundred
and Fourth Telegraph Battery from
New York and New Jersey reported
at Camp Dodge last week and imme-
diately went on duty to perfect the
telegraph battery here: This is most
important branch of the service. When
it is remembered that artillery war
fare is based upon Geographic and
telephone orders and that the artillery
clears the way for the advance of the
infantry it's Importance becomes mani
fest.
Town Leave Spread Over Seven Days.
On account of the inability of the
interurban railway to transport the
thousands who seek to make a visit
to the city on Wednesdays and Satur-
days General Plummer has issued a
decree that leave of absence be dis
tributed over seven days instead of two.
The contract with the government in
the establishment of the cantonment
at Des Moines provided that soldiers
would be transported from Camp
Dodge to the city for ten cents, the re-
gular price to civilians being twenty
cents. The interurban people found
that it was losing proposition and so
the matter was taken up with the de-
partment and a rate of Is cents to
soldiers was agreed upon on condition
that the interurban track be doubled
and work is already begun on this i'm
provement. The interurban runs ninety
trains day. Last Sunday it carried
over 10000 passengers. Steam locomo-
tives have been drafted into service and
trains of from seven to twelve cars make
trips on the busy days but single track
prevents rapid transit. In the make
up of train of IL coaches we noticed
cars from nine different railways.
Auditorium Planned for Soldiers.
An auditorium seating 5000 persons;
library 4Ox14O feet, and a woman's
rest building will BE- completed on De-
pot street within the next few. weeks,
according to Major NJ. ]. Butler, in
charge Of the work. Work on the base
hospital building is progressing SO rap
idly that it is believed they will be ready
for moving the hospital from it's tenn
porary quarters before November l..
Major Butler expects the cantonnent
to be completed by November Is. The.
newly authorized additional 100 buildings
are being finished at the rate of eight
per day. The $500 workmen are so
well disciplined that work moves for
ward with precision Fourteen build
ings at the base hospital have been fitted
with steam pipes and the plants that
furnish heat are ready for use. Tenn
porary heating plants have been installed
in all other structures of the hospital
Six big boilers furnish the heat for the
hospitals:
Fraternal Buildings Tabooed.
- 1t was announced that the Masons,
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias
would invest $4,000 in a building at
the cantonment to be used as COM
munity center with equipment for the
comforting of degrees in the several
orders to such as desired to become
members. Gen. Plummer. assepted to
the plan and the fraternities named
- had the money all raised and were
ready to erect the structure, but the
war department ordered otherwise and
no such building will be provided, The
department does not think it wise to
give official recognition to any secret
organization. The three lodges sug-
gested to the department. that the
Knights of Columbus is a secret order
and that this fraternity was given rec.
ignition. The war department came
back with the rejoinder that the Knights
of Columbus are not to give any secert
work, but are to serve members of the
Catholic faith with headquarters the
same as the Y. M. c.. A. serves Protes
tants.
Regular Army Men Come Here.
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