The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-09-06
|ITEMs 0F ROSE HILtEiRLY DAY 0RYG1ANfTAkE ABATH
PROBABLY THE FIRST MILITARY
ORDER TO NEW SOLDIERS.

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Mahaska county members Of the
first consignment of the new national
armies. going into training at the
! Camp Dodge cantonment within the
next few weeks, win be Introduced
10 their new life by the phrase, go
take a BATH"
incidentally, it will comprise their
first military command,
This gruff order will apply to all
recruits Unfortunately, and will
probably not prove in the least I'M
welcome after hours spent on dusty
troop trains.
Emerging from the bath the re-
cruit will then be given a physical
examination and vaccinated for ty-
phoid, para-typhoid and smallpox.
Recommendations will then be made
the company commander for special
form of exercise to remedy any slight
physical defects.
The rookie will be put through a
series of setting up exercises in drills
and schooling of the soldier for a
period OF two weeks. During the
second two weeks regular training
will begin but the work win be in
creased gradually and the division
surgeon and his assistants will keep
watchful eye on the general physi-
cal condition of the men. Thorough
instructions in personal hygiene, san
itation and first aid win be given dur.
ing their first two weeks.
When the first detachment of Ma
haska county conscripts receive or
ders to mobilize for entertainment to
the divisional cantonment at Des
Moines their program will be care
fully mapped out in advance by the
war department. Detailed instruc-
tions will be received by the local ex-
emption boards to assemble the re-
euired quota from their DISTRICTS
per cent on September S.
Each man will be furnished trans
portation and meal tickets and will
be entrained by the local board. The
executive officer of the local board
will place in charge of each party
one or more men of military expert
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The schedule of days on which the
groups entrain will be arranged by
the provost marshal generals office
to obviate delays in reaching the can
Torment, and to insure the arrival of
the men in numbers suitable for
proper handling. e..
On his arrival at the cantonment
each man will be assigned to a sec
tion of the camp reserved for re-
cruits from his own local section of
the divisional area for which the can
Torment is established This will
have been previously arranged by
the officers in charge, who will have
maps OF the state comprising their
cantonment division with quotas
rom each district and can therefore
so al1ot the dormitories as to bring
together men from the same section.
The first quota of per cent, there
fore, and each succeeding quota, will
be localized, which will mean that
each unit at the beginning will re-
ceive a certain per cent of its
and will grow proportion
ately as additional quotas reach the
cantonment.
The assignment to localized units
will be temporary so far as compan-
les are concerned. AS soon as the
men are on the ground their tempo
rary commanders will prepare lists
showing their previous occupations
and the men will then be transferred
to the different branches-such as
the artillery, the machine gun, or the
units-keeping the regi-
mental or battalion organization in
tact as at first, but shifting men in
the various companies as their occu-
pations and, hence, their best field
of service may dictate. q p"
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