Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-01
THIRD INCREMENT
Of DRAFTEDRRMY
To 60 ON OCT. Is
Camp Dod9@2 VIII Re Ready for Next
Quota -tnother Two Weeks,
Generals Opinion,
ONLY LITTLE wolsk 10 BE DONE
INSTALLATION ef Kite hem Equipment
Plumbing and Stoves All
rhaf Is eedGsI.
80 q - -

f@rec.zE 80 Ere argus
rzn1p Dodge Ia-. Ok l--l2 4arter7
fo- toe selected ms trom Iowa,
Sorth Dakota Minnesota ana Illinois
who wllI comprise tAe talfa mere
uaeo= q arproxImateIg BE 900 men 70
~ P{qhtv-elehth division os The ma
1boual army an Camp II Sage- #--3 ne
ready hv Oct. 49,
This Is the On ion ~ Aa5or Gen
rrsf 81 pIunmer. leIslon COM
-aznaer. and Officers oa his STAN fol-
1eWfHe report on sine progress q
construction h7 Major g. Butler
~r7sr-5r.flrg qaar-aruza
+ Is reported Hat little work. sE1H
IS - BE- done zr completing barracks
2~r the arcrmus5 sfi11 ar -a#9t men
ia addition IN those a-gea1Es 1 tfai-A-
iHz ~ the 1artonE1ent
The work which rem llzft2 Ee acne
Includes tn@ 51
eautrraant plumbing ana stoves
General rGuuner has sal he viz
notify the war depart 12=l4 7l2l 81
TIE camp Is ready f~ rex 7fFH 7a0}-
+z4naf ra-ruft= sr3 tHEf Il IS his be-
l*ae the r.H f- tne r0i1rs tCsr the men
ri f1a -1tr9 increment wiz FOLLOW inn
~~a5fa+-f-
= rre re~t-rrert += FAR owen open
r. fhez2 raer bv 0-t t@ + HFtl' mean
? dafav ~ seaa than fHo Fa7.s 0EAF
fha tsr7z scheduled fa. rhzr arrival
The frst plans ecnt=rp Est=7 the re-
portlne Of tha third s1crHwe-r Oct q
However Provost Marshal General
Crrurrstr ra~HrrIs notified Governor
~ Z Harding to delay the -aIl 1cr
third Increment men until suce rIne
u tx - ~ar+-nu-e-f should be Ga resdE-
nass frr them
Mare ThaW So 600.
fTha ~or7j7g nj rha -1fr5 increment
,5,f59 v,asr he assembling al ths, biz
eann If 9nnroxtruately SIS per cent
~ 4he Fyl runta 1f the division. or
7bo1,t AZ $40 soldiers.
The to+af number to be quareered
at the cantonmeat. { was annaH1 -
teen her cent vHfs remain Ter ven0r+
and rr0nzbfz utEt aa called soon atrs
fhe thrr5 7n,re
There f- II
ora nlz7tfrr y. sara fcr ana book
after the fatalities e1s aHnHndant5 off
f-undred= mi ranal armv soldiers
a. Carnn- r47=-e
1,ha belief IS officers II the division
g+--zF 81 the .rent-urraut
rTsge be4fef Fla based ON hundreds of
qs++l<~e v-rfrh have been received az
4f[,fz4 on headauartars asking FOR FUR
4~.--oE4.- for selected men who nave
-, 774a5 ro fhe coIors or fer their
@tfsgle- qe 80 that their families on. de
,,arfd.z,,f,s NAV be aided
rho et.sI18ffon has reached q serious
.r{e5s rff5rers saw. ana the co-0pera-
<idv If s+.,ta Or local orga nfzatfous SIS
ast-e5 IN following up the invesriga-
tf1-s vghfsse are being made
T7var~v letter of this nature which
eornas 10 camp Dodge IS answered.
-TTeTs far Fl has been impossible 10
A. wore man grant temporary relief
~ +bosa Who have appealed to the
division commander, bat the work Of
answering the letters and iuTestlSaf
irg the various eases IS taking up
valuable time waich should be de-
voted by the staff officers to the adj
1a4nfstratioa eff the work Of Lha 11Ft-
SON or in outlining the training for
fha soldiers.
investigations made thus far have
erovaa officers saw. that the major
itv of the appeals are based on p rea
need for the aid Of many men who
have been called to the colors-
There should he some SORT or an
organization staff 1fiHceI sala -as
these letters could be turned over [,