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

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the cantonment in the absence of
! General Plummer, who has been
called to Washington, has pro-
vided a most generous holiday
privilege. The leaves of absence
will be divided into two classes,
those who will be permitted to
go home for Christmas and those
who may leave for New Years..
The leaves for the first class will
begin Dec. % and conclude Dec.
'27, while the second division will
be permitted to go on Dec. ~ and
return on Jan. 1. Every solder
in camp on Christmas day will
receive a remembrance from the
American Red Cross. Practical
ly all Of the Negro soldiers from
Alabama will spend Christmas
in camp, and preparations are
being made for a general cele-
bration. The Negro Y. M. C. A.
unit will put on a special pro-
gram for the men, and prepara-
tions are being made to receive
many gifts for distribution.
Christmas will be generally OBJ
served in camp by specials din
ners and by a general celebra-
ton at the Y. M. G.. A. auditor
ium. The program has not been
worked out as yet. Hundreds Of
the men in camp who have no
homes to go to will be entertain
ed by Des Moines people in their
homes. This plan was in effect
on Thanksgiving also,, but it
worked serious disappointment,
because the invited guests failed
to show up. For instance the
people Of Mitchelville, 10 miles
east of Des Moines, prepared for
80 of the soldiers on Thanksgiv-
ing but not one was present. It
was a great disappointment to
the well meaning people of that
splendid community. During the
holidays a list of men will be pro-
vided and personal invitations
extended.
The Lutheran Brotherhood of
America has erected one of the
best buildings at the camp and
thas been dedicated with i'm
pressive ceremonies and is now
open to soldiers Of every creed.
Be it said to the credit of all con-
cerned that the men in charge Of
the Knights Of Columbus, the
Y. M. c. A., the jewish orders
and the several church organlza-
tons all work together in per-
feet harmony. The men in charge
hold frequent conferences and
there is a harmony of action and
a unity of purpose that is most
creditable to the minds and the
hearts OF the big men in charge
Of this important work. The
Lutheran Brotherhood has the
following officers: President,
Rev. J. A. o. Stub; vice presi-
dents, August Norrbom, Nelson
S. Nelson, Hon. Ole o. Roe and
Rev. Messrs. Emil H. Rausch
and F. C. Streutfert; secretary,
Alex T. Nelson treasurer, Amos
o. Hauge. There is an executive
committee consisting of Messrs.
Hauge and John A. Benson and
DR.. Angus B. Learner. The COM
mittee on memberships consists
, of Rev. P. O. Bersell for the
Augustana Synod; Rev. N. Klev.
en-, for the Norwegian Lutheran
'. church DR.. Learner for the Gen.
, eral Synod, and Rev. S. D. Rod.
holm for the Danish Lutheran
: church.
! The members of this commit
!. tee are to be selected by Other
!, contributing bodies. The build
> ing at Camp Dodge cost $4,000
, exclusive of equipment. It is thu
|, only community club house heat
> ed by steam. It has a large aud
i itorium and all the facilities re
. quired in affording the soldier:
!, a home like meeting place. Thu
! Brotherhood will permit the var
: ious Lutheran bodies to use tn
, building as a headquarters fol
the spiritual work they are do
ing for the men with the color'
: in the camp here, but will en-
deavor as far as possible, to cree
{ buildings within such camps al
! may be recommended by The Ma
: tional Lutheran commission fol
Soldiers and Sailors welfare.
In the construction of tn
8 buildings and improvements a
and around Camp Dodge Their