The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-12-20

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ed at the camp. The boys are
given cards which they fill out
and send to their county defense
council chairman. Whenever
they are ordered from one sta
ton to another they fill out one
OF these cards or notify the coun-
ty chairman by letter. The cards
have blanks giving the soldiers
name, home address, rank, COM
pany, regiment, camp where To-
Gated, date of entering service,
number and location of nearest
Y. M. C. A. and K. G.. hall, near
est relatives, remarks. The state
defense council is recommending
to each county organization that
they provide such a system for
the men of their country.
The barracks have taken on an
entirely new appearance follow
ing an order from Major Frank
division sanitary officer, re-
curing a new arrangement of
cots to avoid infectious disease.
All cots must now be placed at
least one foot apart, and the
heads and feet alternate. One
mans head is opposite the next
mans feet, and in sleeping quar-
tcrS the mems heads must be at
least five feet apart.
Il pied~e myself to use the
practical means within my power
to aid the United States food adj
ministration in it's effort to con-
serve the food supply Of the
country, and as an evidence Of
my support / wish to be enrolled
as a volunteer in the United
States rood administration The
officers are taking steps to do
everything in their power to save
food. The order issued recently
requiring all men to clean up
their plates at mess has been
strictly enforced, and the men
have learned to take no more
than they actually require upon
their plates.
For many years the war de-
partment has had an investment
of several million dollars at Fort
Des Moines, five miles southeast
of the city. 1t was the home of
the 18th cavalry regiment un-
der Gen. Morgan until trouble
on the Mexican border projected
itself during Taft's administra-
ton when the regiment was
called south. The fort has since
been idle until the beginning of
the present war. Last summer
it was a training camp for 1900
colored men preparing to become
officers. Last fall these were re-
moved and then a medical train
ing camp was instituted. Now
the order has come to convert
all ofthe buildings into hospitals
together with all the barns. In
addition to this Major Butler has
been commissioned to procure
800 men and erect a building fol
the hospital base costing $3.50,
900. It is planned to make room
for 5000 wounded men who will
be brought here from the battle
fields of France. The wounds
will be of a nature that will re
quire unusual skill and time il
making the best possible recov
cry. Surgery has reached an un
usual degree of proficiency il
this war, especially as it apple
to bone grating.
New soldiers at Camp Dodg'
have no excuse for not writin,
home promptly. They are suf
fciently reminded of this duty
Half a dozen signs scattered
about the Y. M. C.. A. tents re
mind them of it. The Western
Union Telegraph Co. now has ad
ded it's bit of persuasion by past
ing stickers urging the drafte'
men not to forget mother, OF
every telegram that is delivere,
To be sentenced to the peni
Tertiary for six years for steal
ing a pair of army shoes and in
augurating a conspiracy to stea
six other pair, valued at $4.5'
each, was the fate of Sergean
LeVerne Straley, of Saltwater
MINI. Gen. Getty reduced tn
sentence to three years. The tw
specifications under the Goth ar
ticle Of war charged that he at
tempted to conspire with Ser
genat e. +. Callahan and Ser
geant K. W. Brown, both Of trucl
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