Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-31
FORMER PRESIDENT TO DELIVER
SEVERAL ADDRESSES DUR.
ING NEW YEARS DAY
OPEN HOUSES TO BE
KEPT AT ~" AND CLUBS
No Hilarious Festivities to Be Permit
ted--camp Commandment to Hold Re-
csption for Officers, Their Wives and
Friends-Formsr Guard Officers to
Be Permitted 70 Enter School.

SpGClal 10
Des Moines. Dec. Sl.-New Years IS
10 be observed quietly at Camp Doass.
There are to be no New Years eve
hilarities but on New Years day the
old fashioned custom Of open house
is to be followed and the camp Y. NJ.
c. 4. buildings. Knights of COLUMBUS
building and military club houses down
town are to offer as many homeliNe
attractions as possible. The company
mothers are also planning parties Tor
the boys al various homes III i'es
Moines.
The big event ont AT Camp Dodge
will be the coming of former President
William Howard Taft on New Yea!
day and his address to the men al lhe
camp New Years night and at meet
ings to be held Wednesday and thurs
day. The former president Is comins
under the auspices OF the army y. W.
A He is making a tour OF al OF the
army training camps for this orsaniza-
ton and will come to Camp Dodge from
Camp Grant at Rockford, Ill.
The former president has always
been staunch friend and worker tof
the Y. NJ C. A and especially for IT'S
war activities, being one OF the ell
fective men in the recent big cam
paign for that organization.
Getty to Hold Reception.
Brig. Gen. r. \. Getty, acting COM
mander at Camp Dodge, will hold
reception or open house" for the oht-
GERS their wives and friends at the
Y. NJ. C. A. auditorium at the camp
New Years morning from unsl II
O'clock Here also the old-fashioneo
Happy New Year spirit is to prevail.
There is to be no flowing bowl AT
any Of these places but light refresh
ments will Of course be in order.
Especial vigilance is being exercised
at the big camp now to prevent nres
or poisoning of foodstuffs. All food
stuffs are being subjected to caretui
examination. The finding Of glass IN
canned tomatoes and in the stores OF
rice last week has resulted in increased
watchfulness and more rigid orders.
Special men have been detailed IN each
mess hall to watch for the work OF
enemies. The men on guard duty have
been ordered to shoot to kill persons
caught attempting to start fires or
other trouble. When glass or other
damaged ingredients are found IN any
of the foodstuffs at the camp orders
are at once to be issued to recall the
entire line from the comm!ssary de-
partment.
School For Guard Officers.
Tt Is probable that a considerable
| number OF former national guard Off
cfiI n the tSpTv-
| Ice who have not vet been called 20
active duty will take advantage OF tho
opportunity just announced by the
! government for officers training camps
| to which only former or present Off
| GERS not now in the service will be ell
| gible.
Adjutant General Logan has received
| a telegram from the chief of the militia
bureau at Washington announcing
these training camps. The telegram
states:
"a limited number of selected, eff
cient, physically ct officers and former
| officers Of the national guard between
the years of % and Al may enlist as
| privates. first class, for attendance
| commencing Jan. Is at designated
training camps in southern states and
southern California On approval. APP
plications thru this bureau. Signed,
Chief OF Militia Bureau"
| General Logan expects 10 receive
| blanks from the government early this
week on which application for admit
| lance to these training camps may be
made by former officers or present Off
GERS not now in service.
Ordnance Branch Filled.
The adjutant generals office Is
sending out to local draft boards a
communication just received from
General Crowder ordering that no more
men be enlisted for service in the ord
nance department.
/ Mai. r W. Smell, who is receiving
estimates from the draft boards as 70
their expenses and also reports on their
expenses to date has found two boards
which are making no charge for their
services. One is the Cherokee county
board and the other is the Washing
ton county board. These boards had
stenographers who contributed their
services and the board members also
furnished their own stationery and
postage.
General Logan has found it neces-
sary to send out a circular letter 70 al
draft boards calling attention to tbs
fact that the questionnares must be
forwarded to all registered men no.
actually in the service. Some OF tat
boards have not been sending them tc
the men in the third increment of the
first draft who have not yet been called
Little Suffering from Cold.
Camp Dodge soldiers got another
taste of weather when the thermometer
went to II below zero Numerous FROST
ed ears and faces were reported by rner
on guard, hut out-do drill was large
ly suspended. and the suffring was nc
more pronounced than that which the
cold wave produced in any civilian
community. and probably not as great
Not single bad fire has been re-
ported at the camp during the cold
wave, and officers are elated at the
success of fire prevention regulations
The barracks are standing the colo
weather test remarkably well, and have
!. remained warm and comfortable dur.
Ing the coolest nights. In some Of the
regiments where strength has been de.
pleted by transfers most of the nnsn o.
the company have been assigned tc
duty keeping up the fires and guard
, ing against Are, but very few com.
plants of cold barracks are heard.
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