The Dickinson press., 1917-11-03
Ready for Another Group
Drafted Men at Camp Dodge

decree that leave of absence be dis
tributed over even days instead OF
two. The contract with the govern
ment in the establishment of the can
torment at Des Moines provided that
soldiers would be transported from
Camp Dodge to the city for ten cents,
the regular price to civilians being
twenty cents. The %interurban people
found that it was a losing proposition
and so the matter was taken up with
the department and a rate of Is cents
to soldiers was agreed upon on condl-
ton that the interurban track be
doubled and work is already begun on
this Improvement. The i~nterurban
runs ninety trains a day. Last Sun
day it carried over 10000 passengers:
Steam locomotives have been drafted
into service and trains of from seven
to twelve ar make trips on the busy
days but a single track prevents
rapid transit. In the makeup of a
train of 12 coaches we noticed cars
from nine different railways.
Auditorium Planned for Soldiers
An auditorium seating 5000 persons;
a library 4Ox140 feet, and a woman's
rest building will be completed on Dc
pot street within the next few weeks,
according to Major NJ. j. Butler, in
charge Of the work. Work on the
base hospital building is progressing
so rapidly that it is believed they will
be ready for moving the hospital
from it's temporary quarters before
November l.. Major Butler expects
the cantonment to be completed by
November Is. The newly authorized
additional 100 buildings are being fin
ished at the rate of eight per day.
The $500 workmen are SO we'll dis
ciplined that work nov forward with
precision. Fourteen buildings at the
base hospital have been fitted with
steam pipes and the plants that furn-
ish heat are ready for use. Tempo
rary heating plants have been in
stalled in all other structures Of the
hospital. Six big boilers furnish the
heat for the hospitals.
FraternaI Buildings Tabooed
1t was announced that the Masons,
Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias
would invest $4,000 in a building at
the cantonmcnt to be used as a ON
munity center with equipment for the
comforting of degrees in the several
orders to such as desired to become
members. Gen. Plummcr asscnted 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 1t
wise to give official recognition to any
secret organization. The three lodges
suggested to the department that the
Knights Of Columbus is q secret order.
and that this fraternity was given
recognition. The war department
came back with the rejoindcr that the
Knights Of Columbus are not to give
any secret work, but are to serve
members Of the Catholic faith with
headquarters the same as the Y. NJ.
G. A. serve Protestants.
Some Bad Meat at Camp
Shady food stuff viii not be tolc--
atcd for q moment. A bad batch OF
meat got into camp and it did not
take long for the state food inspection
department to run it down. At the in
stigation Of State Food Inspector
Flynn, charges were filed against the
Morrcll Packing company for supply
ing the camp with meat in a state OF
decomposition, but the defendant was
found not guilty in municipal court
because Of the failure Of witnesses to
identify the meat as Il Morrcll pro
duet. Following the report Of lnspcc-
tor Flynn to the division quarter
masters office the following statement
was given out by Colonel Bonncy-
castle:
All meats and meat products
bought up for human consumption
will be required to pass the United
States Inspector of animal industry be-
fore being allowed into the kitchens
Of any organization in Camp Dodge.
"a United States inspector has al
ready taken up duties at the camp and
in the future II o meat Of a question
able quality will be served on the
Eighty-cighth division tables.
"Ccrtain dealers have taken it upon
themselves to make the national army
camps dumping grounds and during
the SpanishAmcrican wal succeeded
to a certain extent. However, we do
not intend to allow anything Of a like
nature to be practiced at Camp
Dodge" Major Funk, division sanitary
inspector, said.-J. w. Jarnagin.
Sheriff John Bang Of Dunn county
arrested NJ. l.. Lam, last week and
placed him under onds for an al
legged offense again: a ~17-year-old
Killdeer girl. Attorney Sturgeon Of
Dickinson has been retained by Lange.
After several mclths' work, the
surveying crew finished the prelim-
mary survey of the Manning, Man
dan & Freda railwaj last week. The
new railroad will T. 16S miles long
with Headquarters a Mandan. The
civil engineers will immediately pre-