Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-08
FIVE HUNDRED MEN IN HOS
PITFALLS AT DIES MONIES
CANToNMENT.
MOST OF ILLNESS
OF TEMPORARY NATURE
sanized to Care For Sick Soldiers
Dust Hampers Drills Twenty
Thousand Men Participate in First
Review Held at Camp Dodge.

Camp Dodge, Oct. appropriations
are going ahead rapidly for the receipt
OF the third increment of 1920 select
ed men assigned to this cantonment,
the war department at Washington
having been advised that accommoda
lions will be completed by Oct. l5.
Owing to the necessity of harvesting
crops. many agricultural sections hav,
oeen permitted to defer the final cali
until crops are all in, the last. or Il
per cent, quota being instructed to re-
port as soon as possible after Nov. /.
There now are 5000 men, including
officers and regular army men, men,
bers Of the medical department. called
from the medical reserve corps and
ambulance units, in camp here.
Over 500 in hospital.
The medical department is being
filed up also. fifty officers arriving
yesterday from Fort Riley for assign
ment to the various regimental hos
pitfalls. The temporary hospital is now
filled TO overlooking. Over 500 selected
men are being cared for in three build
ingS
There are few serious cases among
thase, the majority being Of a minor
nature, subject to treatment and dis
charge within a few days
Work on the permanent field hos
pital. planned to take care of 5000 pa
tients, will be completed within a few
weeks.
Infantry regiments are competing
strongly in drill for the honor Of fur
nishing a battalion of 1000 soldiers to
lead the parade to be held in Des
Moines Oct. 20 on the occasion of the
visit of former President William H.
Taft to the city and cantonment.
The 33eth heavy artillery regiment
made up Of men from southern Illinois
and Iowa, Is the only organization yet
to complete its band OF twenty-six
pieces.
Gales Of smothering dust. which en-
velop the entire camp almost daily at
this time Of the year, are proving a
handicap to drill and the men are In
many cases being marched to fields
several miles distant for field maneu-
vers and foot movement instruction.
Three regiments are using rifle range
three miles from camp.
10000 Mon in Review.
The first review approaching for
NAL lspection of the troops now in
camp was held at o'clock Sunday
afternoon, when nearly 10000 men We're
marched by General Plummer, the
majority. with the exception OF rifles
for the infantry and field pieces and
horses for the arttllerymen, being fully
equipped. Thousands Of people from
Des Moines and the surrounding sec
tons, attracted by the review and by
the opportunity given relatives and
friends Of seeing enlisted men on Sun
day. crowded the cantonment.
It is no uncommon sight to see au-
tomoh!les from norythern Minnesota
and North Dakota in the camp. with
parties of parents, wives or relatives
who come to spend a day. inspect the
camp and see their soldier boys.
Physical inspection Of the selected
men. now nearly completed for the
second quota OF over $4,000 men, has
resulted in the rejection by regimental
and division surgeons and discharge by
order OF General Plummer of 322 men.
These are given transportation to their
homes, together with pay for the time
in the army service.
Many Of these reflections are for
physical reasons extant before exam
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