Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-07
Especial to The Argus.t

Camp Dodge, Iowa. Dec 7.-Soldiers
Of the Eighty-eighth division of the
national army at Camp Dodge who do
not 20 10 their homes for the holidays |
are to be remembered.
A bulletin issued at division head |
quarters today requests organization |
commanders TO submit lists Of the |
number of men in their respective or |
CARNATIONS who will remain in the
camp at Christmas time. These men
are to be given Red Cross Christmas
packages similar to those being sent
TO the soldiers of the American expe-
dictionary forces under General Perish
ing In France.
a liberal p6hcy is to be adhered to
by the military authorities in grant
ing farloughs to the soldiers at Christ
mas time so that they may go home,
il is announced.
II must make Kaiser Bill want to
foam at the mouth when he hears of
German boys roofing for the cause OF
Uncle Sam. There are a number OF
soldiers at Camp Dodge whose parents
were born in Germany, or who are ma
tives themselves of the Hohenzollerns'
home town. But these fellows are as
loyal as any son of the MayfoweR who
( is receiving training in the national
army. There is Aloysius Penning, of
the divisional headquarters troop, for
I instance. He is known as Cyclone"
among his friends, and lives up to
/ that title, as far as his disposition is
+ concerned His father and mother
were born in Germany, but when their
son entered the American army, they
were happy 20 know he was out to
help the allies. For they know of the
oppression of the German people, and
would rejoice in the defeat of autoc-
( racv Cyclone" was wrestler be-
fore he entered the army, and expects
his athletic training to be Of service
to him when he sees active service.
Captain Ben w Easton, who heads
THE school of cooks and bakers at Camp
/ Dodge, is a proud man. You see,
Easton street, upon which the carp
bakery and the captains school are
located. is named for this officer. He
saws he had never thought to have a
street named for him. unless he be-
came president Of the United States,
or at least an alderman.
English nom commissioned officers
with the British military mission at
Camp Dodge, are fond of the Y. NJ. G.
A. Most Of their spare time Is spent
in one OF these buildings, writing let
ters to the folks back in England
playing the phonograph. or reading
American publications.. The "Y. NJ
c. A. huts," as they call them, are
such jolly spots You. know"
Telephone operators at Camp Dodge
will be we'll cared for this winter. 4
. large dormitory, much like the bar
racks Of soldiers at the cantonment, is
being built near Depot street, and viii
, house all the girls now employed il
2 the telephone office. They will have
: their own dining room, sleeping quar-
ters and recreation hall in this build
: ing.
Do soldiers like to go rabbit hunt
ing?
Il they do, Secretary Ralph Finger
athletic director, \, NJ. I. A. Dulldlnt
No SO, will arrange hunt He ha'
posted notice asking all those who
crave a rabbit hunt to notify him. HI
will secure rifles and will tell th'
hunters where the rabbits concea
themselves,
Some Of those selected soldiers who
are reporting to Camp Dodgekhave &
rather bitter experience as their INF
tiation to the cantonment. They come
with orders from their draft boards tc
report to the adjutant of the Eighty
leighth division. When they have
toiled up the road to division head
quarters they find they should have
reported at the mastering office, at the
south end of the camp. Of course
strong, healthy men don't really mind