The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1917-10-04

men, who stood in company forma-
tion while the roll was called.
Thousands of visitors were in
camp during the day. a good pro-
portion of them appearing early
and staying late. Mess was i'm
proved by the addition of baskets Of
special delicacies. imported by the
friends, sweethearts and relatives
of the men, and the day was gensr-
ally a pleasant one for the national
army contingent here.
The central Y. Nj. G. A. building
was crowded for four services,
which included two masses read an
the morning for the Catholic lads,
sermon by Chaplain Boyd, and a
talk in the evening by Guy V. AL
drich. ....
Religious work is making great
advances at the camp. and the as
sembly hall was entirely too small
to accommodate the men who ap-
peared. a... ...
Y. M. C. A. Takes the Job.
Lacking any branch of the Y. w.
c. A. in Camp Dodge 1t has now de-
volved upon the Y. M. c. A. to put
in a ladies' rest room for the bene-
dreds of women. mothers, sisters and
sweethearts, who visit the camp
daily. "
Division headquarters was in a
quandary, regimental commanders,
majors and company commanders,
could devise no way of entertain
ing the mothers and girls who want
ed to. visit a while with some MEM
ber of the regiment, battalion or
company.
Some of the companies allowed
the men to receive their relatives IN
the mess halls. But to some extent
this inconvenienced the other men,
the cooks were embarrassed and
when mess time came, some girls
wanted to stay and eat with their
sweethearts or brothers.
In this emergency the Y. M. c..
A. was by a staff officer induced to
step into the breach. So now, ladies,
you are welcome at the big green
Y. M. c. A. buildings, where a rest
room has been provided for your
sole and exclusive benefit and COM
fort. u,
Bootleggers Beware.
Civilians selling liquor to soldiers
will receive theb extreme penalty"
stated John C. DeMar. Des Moines,
assistant United States district at
torney, following the preliminary
hearing of Henry, Winkelman before
United States Commissioner Judson
e. Piper on that charge.
Winkelman, who was arrested sew
eral days ago by Deputy Sheriff w.
d. Sims, was held to the federal
grand jury in $1,000 bonds. He also
faces a county charge OF bootleg
ging.
we are going to prosecute boot
logging among soldiers to the limit" I"
said District Attorney DeMar. And
everyone convicted will be given the
extreme penalty under the federal
laws"
Winkleman who is said to have
approached and sold liquor to SOL
diers on leave in Des Moines, is the
first arrested since the Camp Dodge
cantonment was augmented by
draft men.
Miss Out on Pay Day.
Many North Dakotans, members
of the second quota, arriving in
camp Sept. 10, will not participate in
the first pay day for the cantonment.
Only their more fortunate comrades
who came down in the first quota
will get their 81 a day for the time
spent in the national army since GER
tifcation and call by local boards.
In making up company pay rolls
1t was found that no service records
had been received from local draft
boards for many of the men in the
second quota, and this notation was
entered on all pay rolls.
Major Plummer To France.
Maj. Gen. H H. P1ummer, Col
Charles s. Lincoln, his chief of staff,
n
two enlisted men not yet chosen will
go to France some time this winter
as observers Of first-hand trench
warfare, 1t was learned from off,
cial sources. -
The trip Is expected to give the
division commander and his aides
sufficient experience to enable them
to shorten by some weeks the final
training Of their troops in France py
additional preparatory training of
the men on this side of the water.
The officers will be gone probably
not over six weeks on their trip of
observation.
Was Only . Private.
Officers of the Three Hundred
Forty ninth are laughing at the ex-
pense Of one Of their number.
The officer in question thought
that all OF the recruits had received
enough instruction along military
courtesy lines, so when a private
walked past without saluting, he
halted him.
How long have you been here?''
inquired the officer.
"ch. few days." replied the
private.
Don't you know who I am?"
shot back the officer.
NO" was the laconic reply.
Well" said the officer, Il am a
captain"
The private looked him over, then
his face became wreathed with
smiles, as he said: Gee! you're a
lucky guy. I'm only a private"
Military Police On Guard.
Military police doing guard duty
along the road that is being repair
ed, south and east of the cauton-
ment, are doing their duty well.
This was demonstrated to Colonel
Harverson, chief of the M. p, when
he attempted to go through the
lines.
Halt" challenged the guard. and
the colonel stopped his car.
You can't go through here" no.
tined the M. p. Orders are against
that"
The colonel explained that he was
officer of all M. p. men,
but this did no good, as the man
said he had orders to allow no one
through and he was going to fol-
low them.
This caused the colonel to write out
q pass for himself and present II |
TO the sentry before he cOlId take |