The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-11-29
LETTER FROM
CAMP DODGE
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
HOME OF LOCAL SOL
DER BOYS.

is completed and the department
has been notified that the can
tonment is ready for the next
installment. It is believed that
the men will be summoned about
December 1st. A large shipment
OF clothing and bedding has been
received and everything is in
readiness for the coming of the
$4,000 men who are to make the
completed army. 1t is announc-
ed that one per cent of the men
selected may come at once. This
is done to accommodate those
who have given up positions or
disposed of their property in an
ticipation of the call and are thus
out of employment. This one
per cent will just about compen-
safe for the 500 men who have
been rejected because they did
not pass the physical examina-
ton. The test applied in medi-
cal examination is very strict. In
some cases the men have been
given special treatment that
they might be able to overcome
physical defects. Young men
from the farms do not as a rule
pass as good examinations as do
the men from the towns and cit
les. According to DR.. Nydegger
of the United States public
health service, reflections run
from 7 to 20 per cent higher
among boys from the country
than from the towns. The coun-
try boy suffers more than the
city boy from defective teeth,
defective vision, underweight,
fiat feet and other common caus-
es of temporary or permanent
rejection from the army. Cur
vature of the spine is found to
effect the country youth to a
marked extent. DR.. Nydegger
believes that most of these trou-
bles are due to the deficiencies
of the rural school, in poor seats,
poor lighting, poor ventilation,
and lack of medical and dental
supervision.
Husking 80 acres of corn in
one hour is somthing of a stunt,
but that is just what happened
when farmer Chas.. Eads was
notified that his corn field was
wanted for a drill ground. He
told Adjutant McCleland that he
could not secure help to gather
his corn by the time stipulated.
The adjutant quickly solved the
labor problem by picking 900
men at his disposal. These men
entered the corn field at 2 o'clock
in the afternoon and in Just one
hour had the 80 acres neatly
husked and placed in piles on the
ground. Twelve other soldiers
followed with wagons and haul
ed the corn to the elevator. The
estimated yield of corn was 80
bushels to the acre and Mr.. .Eads
sold it right out of the field at
one cent per pound.
Before the men are transfer
red to Camp Pike, Little Rock,
Arkansas, they desire to see the
home folks. That this may be
realized 500 members of the 352
infantry have been given a five-
day furlough. These are the men
from northern Minnesota and
North Dakota, those farthest
away from the camp. They are
part of the 5000 soon to be sent
south. Relatives of the soldiers
nearer Camp Dodge can come
and visit them before their de-
parture. The majority Of sol
diers who will soon be in anoth-
er division have volunteered for
transfer, figuring that by join
ing another division they may
reach France before the Eighty
eighth finishes training at Camp
Weather conditions at Camp
Pike also are responsible for
willingness to leave here.
John Engin, Of North Dakota,
member Of the 338thfield artil-
lery, died Saturday after two
weeks siege with pneumonia.
This makes nine deaths since
the camp was opened, and nv
Of these were from pneumonia
One death resulted from N autos
mobile accident and there Was
one suicide. Physicians report
the death rate very sn1Aa con-
sidering the enrolment. Il