The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20
LETTER FROM
CAMP DODGE
INTERESTING DESCRIPTION OF
HOME OF LOCAL SOL.
DER BOYS,

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crement will be called to Camp
Dodge but it is believed that it
will be within a few weeks. Ev-
erything is being placed in read
mess for the big event. Three
hundred officers have reported
for duty, these being men who
acted as instructors at the Sec
ond training camp at Smelling af-.
ter having received their COM
missions at the first camp. They
are being assigned, with few ex-
ceptions, to the depot brigade.
The fact that a conditional din
ner for Christmas is under dis
cussion would indicate that there
is a possibility that the men
would be ordered here before the
holidays. Mess kits are being
issued each company to accom-
modate full war strength of $50
men. An order issued called up
on all company commanders to
estimate the amount of turkey
required for Christmas dinner,
and to submit two sets of fig
ures, one based upon the number
CT men now in camp, and anoth-
er based upon the presence of
an additional increment of "a, 900
men. Under the enlistment priv
i]ege, which has now expired,
several hundred men have been
received at Camp Dodge the past
week. Others anticipating an
early call to service have report
ed and been duly enrolled. Cues
tionnaires are now being mailed
tt registered men by. the various
comfy registration boards. Each
~re1istrant will have his name en-
tered under one of five classes.
He is asked when answering to
state which class he thinks he
belongs to; but the board has the
right to change this and classify
as in their judgment seems the
right class. When completed,
from Washington will come the
signal for physical examination
of registrants, beginning with
Class 1, then Class 2, and con-
tinuing until the allotted number
of soldiers from each county has
been chosen. Each registrant
has seven days from the time of
mailing in which to answer the
questions and return them to the
local board.
Provost Marshal Gen. Crowd
ef at Washington has recon-
mended to the war department
authorities that $4,000 men be
assigned here, and an order to
the adjutant generals of the var
ious states is expected as soon
as the government has gone
through the necessary steps to
prepare for the reception of the
men here.
With mercury registering all
the way from 10 to 10 degrees
below zero an opportunity has
been afforded for a thorough
trial of conditions at Camp
Dodge. Night shifts have kept
the furnaces going and men re.
port their quarters to be very
comfortable. But few water
pipes have frozen and it is quite
evident that every precautior
has been taken to avoid disaster
from excessive cold weather. A
the fire station midway Of the
cantonment the great trucks arr
in constant readiness with a full
night reserve always on the look
out for fire. Night guards watch
every building and there is M
possibility Of a serious confiag
ration because of the care exer
cised. A cement reservoir hold
ing several million gallons o:
water is on the hill highabov'
Ill Of the buildings, thus afford
ing reliable fire pressure.
Base ball enthusiasts are call
ed fans andl football enthusiast
are called rooters. Well, Their
we're something like 400 rooter'
out to see the game between tn
Camp Dodge team and the all
state college team when tn
ground was covered with snow
and the thermometer registered
6 degrees below zero. But it wa
! great game. The Camp Dodg'
team was composed of the SAM
fellows who defeated Camp Fun
ston team at Omaha and the.
mt up q plucky fight but the all
state college team was too mucl
fbr them and = score Of s 70 I
- tha result