Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1917-10-08
MENAT CAMP DODGE
MARCH IN REVIEW;
ARE 10000 STRONG
GEN. pLuMMER SEES HIS ARMY
soYs IN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
REAoY FOR NEXT INCREMENT
ON OCTOBER IS.

Camp Dodge. Iowa, Oct, S--Prepar
Aations are going ahead rapidly for The
breceint of the third increment al Is,
920 selected men assigned 10 thls
cantonment. the War Department at
washington having been advised tha'
accommodation will be completed ~
scot. 10.
Owing to the necessity Of harvest
ing crops many agricultural sec
/ tions have been permitted TO oeiei
he final call until crops are all IN
the last, or Is per cent, quota pelhs
instructed to report as soon as pos
] sible after Nov. !.
mere now are $4,000 men, inelnd
Il ine officers and regular army men,
Y members of the medical department
! called from the medical reserve corps
and ambulance units in camp mere
q Over 500 in Hospital.
!. The medical department is belhR
q filed M also, fifty officers arriving
{ Yesterday from Fort Riley for as
! signment TO the various regimenta
. hospitals, The temporary hospl'ai
Is now ia filed to overlooking. over 5o'
= selected men are being cared for IN
II three buildings.
= There are few serious cases among
= these, the majority being Of minor
: nature, subject to treatment and dis
\ charge within few days
h Work on the permanent field nos
nita1 MANNED to take care OF 1,0ot
patients will be completed within
Il few weeks.
i Infantry regiments are completing
{ strongly in drill for the honor OF fur
Il nishing a battalion of 1000 soldiers to
4 lead the parade to be held in Des
n Moines Oct. 20 on the occasion OF the
n visit Of former President William II
u Taft to the city and cantonment
1 The Three Hundred and Thirty
! ninth Heavy Artillery Regiment, made
4 up of men from southern Illinois and
L Iowa, is the only organization YET
& to complete its band Of twenty.siS
Il pieces.
Il Gales Of sinuhering dust which en-
II yelop the entire camp almost daily a
fhis time OF the year, are rrovin
s. handicap to drill and tho men af
Il in many cases being maichcd 10 field
: several miles Instant mr. field tii3f
euyers and foot movement instructial
Three regiments are using a ri'
4 range three miles from camp.
10000 Men in Review
Z The first review approaching o .or
: NAL inspection If the troops now II
Y camp was Held at clock this after
I noon, when nearly 10000 men wer'
! marched by General Plummer, the ma
j0rity, with the exception OF rifles
I for the infantry and field pieces and
I fully equipped. Thousands Of people
/ horses for the artillerymen, being
2 from Des Moines and the surrounding
sections, attracted by the review anf
! by the opportunity given relatives ant
I friends Of seeing enlisted men on Sun
! day, crowded the cantonment
II 10 no uncommon sight TO see IN
Z tolnobiles from northern Minnesota
j and North Dakota in the camp, viii
parties Of parents, wives or relative
\ who come to spend a day inspect th
camp and see their soldier boys
Physical inspection Of the selecte
men, now nearly completed for the see
ond quota Of over $4,000 men, ha
resulted in the rejection by regimen
e tai and division surgeons and dil
charge by order Of General plumme
Of 322 men These are given trans
portation TO their homes, togethe
!, with pay for the time in the army SCI
Vice.
Many Of these reflections are 70
physical reasons extant before exam
inatioD by local boards.