Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-10-03
CREDIT GIVEN TO
MENWHO SERVED
IN STATE GUARDS
Former Militia Boys Are Allowed 10
Count Experience and Time in
Getting Increase.
PHYSICAL REFLECTIONS ARE 25s.
OF 1900 Examined At Camp Dodge
Only Comparatively Small
Per Cent Pail.
Special III The ArEua.I

Special ~ The ArEug.J
Camp Dodge. Iowa Oct. a.-National
guardsmeu. who have been drawn
into the national army and who have
seen long service with the state
froons giIT NOT be- robbed be the value
of the time they have already spent.
according to an announcement made
at Camp Dodge.
The var department wEIl give these
men credit for the time they have
spent n the guard and they viii he
given an increase iH pay according 10
the length Of time they have spent IN
the service. the same as soldiers I'm
the regular army
Two hundred. ffty-two reject ions
because Of physical defects have been
reported by the division surgeon fol-
lowing the examination Of approx
matelv 1900 men. These men VIII
be recommended for rejection
Recruits 70 the national army at
Camp Dodge are going 70 have TO
stoke their own furnaces this winter
a memorandum posted today says
men from various barracks viii be
detailed as sJokers and viii be on
duty day and night
Another order issued prohibited the
cutting OUT of muGlers on m0torcy-
cles and automobiles within desig-
mated snace around tha base hospital
and division headquarters
A government repair shop for all
automobiles and motorcycles at the
camp in government service. has
been established and on order issued
for the weekly inspection of ali We
hicles
The call Ia the colorz for Negroes
selected for service with the Eighty
eighth division of the national army.
viii come from the war department
.oinCident with the call for the fuaI
increments sometime between October
20 and so according to information
received today.
Secretary Of War Baker has an
nounced that the plan of placing the
Negroes in separate units win be ad-
hered to fin all cases where there are
sufii Gent number to make up q com
pany or regiment
In sections where the proportion Of
selected men of the Negro race is too
small To make I'm SEPARATE units thew
will be transferred to and consolfdat-
ed with The Negroes from other see
tions.
Regiment Of Negroes.
An annaa7 has Eaan r,e4a H., Scr
afarv Pa7rer 10 chance the dara-9-
.,ant'e announced 7oTfev NJ Iasrfr,s.
4La safaltea H-ag~ose 81 y,or,a ,,,,t57
most If fhe drafted white men have
heen summoned II f. feared thfs
motley esnnrialIv in +ha south where
s4t,,,a sra Isr.r,a r,,,rr,I,s-., ~ >-se-l,.,
~ ~ 49, 70
= = os+ir's+ai7 go, 1-a,-,as
fron, tho -rhir+eer1tb 5fet75rt Nil re
ralJed il rraI-a mn a r.argsr7a,,f
1l,Fs,.- an ~, -.i-.,-+--.l7s --,-
ate f.,f}1srs IL r,sr,, r19daa 1--a
rornnanae5 FL Colonel TrbarTy zfsfor
IT = VAL. Nc zrof~-as ztso f- -
aigned ~ fba r4efr7ar,f r7--,1,.7,I.- r-or7,
Fort Des gTofnes +rafninr. camr far
Negroes.
Arrival Of several carloads OF army
clothing and equipment, including
several thousand pairs eft WOODEN
hreeches or trick pants as the lat
ter are called has encouraged the
men OF the national army at Camp
Dodge 10 nope they soon may be all
dressed like soldiers
All the companies III several regl-
ments nave been provided with all
the aFJ1cles m army wear except the
breeches without these Lae leggin8s
cannot De worn TO advantage ana me
soldier bows are forced 10 dT}ll ana
work IN their civilian trousers
aats, nat CORDS ehlE U.s. SOCKS uo-
derclothIhg. oNercoats ana otheF ar
ucIes OF cIoihlnE all nave been IS
sued But these make no parucu-
lar showing When me tout ensemble
Is haha1cappea WIEN me clFlLlan
trousers Once ne regular army
ofeecnes are uohhe4 t1e honaescflpt
soIaleF becomes real solaleI anu
feels the change
"lthlh re" Gays tne enliFe Fe6l-
mehi pFooaoiy VIII oe EQUIPPED VITA
the oFeeCLe7, " 5leL we aht1 nus VIII
re eonpie ana tae mar tH'lS Iaa'7
OF dfilllas men "iii nave more lae
appearance OF army men.
Must Not BE Wasteful
As the result of the shakeup in one
Of the companies of the Three Hun
dred Forty-ninth when an entire loaf
Of bread was found bv an officer fiji
the garbage can. the necessity of
avoiding "a5iefulness mas again 9een
impressed upon tne GRATED soi1leEss