The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-10-03

Every Sunday so far has had it
music.
In two or three weeks the CAM
will have it's own theater. with Ca
pacity of about 1000 seats. 1t is be
ing erected by the National Play
grounds association. In this theatel
there will be first class plays furnish
ed by well known national thcatri
cal agency. The best talent in the
country will be brought here to amust
and entertain the men.
Plans are now under way to have a
well known chautauqua circuit show
in camp for week. A huge tent will
be erected for the purpose. The lead
ing attractions of this circuit will
come here and give two shows week
in this tent The men will attend by
regiments so that during the time the
|chautauQua is in progress every man
in camp will have an opportunity to
SEQ it.
General PlummGr wants to make 1t
possible for the boys to remain in
camp when off duty. At present
Town leave" is granted Wednesday
afternoon and evening, Saturday at
ternoOn and evening and Sunday. by
this is meant that a certain number
of men can get permission to go to
Dcs Mcines or to go to any other sur
rounding towns in those days.
A working man is hungry man,
especially If he exercises in the open.
1t is interesting to note the huge
quantities of foOdstutf required for the
10000 or more men now in camp. The
estimate is 100000 pounds of fresl,
beef. 10000 pounds of bacon. 10000
pounds of onions. 100000 pounds Of
-four and potatoes, butter. syrup. cof-
fee. rice. sugar, etc, in like quantity.
The aim of the Iuartermaster's de-
partmcnt is to have months supply
always in the warehouse, another
supply on the way and the
third months needs ordered.
The vastness of Camp Dodge can
not be appreciated until it is seen.
That is the testimony of a well known
man who visited the camp
this week. He has followed the ac
counts of the cantonment closely from
the beginning. But when he stepped
out of the automobile at headquar-
ters. he simply stood in amazement
at the great row of buildings that
stretches up the" Des Moines river
valley as far as the eye can see.
A recent estimate of the amount
Of lumber used in the construction
work on the camp is placed at 35,OOO.-
300 feet. A carload Of lumber is
about 10000 feet. The lumber, there
fore. il placed on cars all at one time
would make 35 trains Of so cars each.
The average home has about 10000
'eet of lumber in it's construction. 1t
would be possible therefore to take
he lumber used at Camp Dodge and
build a city of $500 houses. If each
house was built on so foot lot and
IN both sides of the street. the street |
you'd stretch for Il distance of seven
cen miles.
Every opportunity is going to be
placed before the men at Camp Dodge |
% advance in their new profession.
hat Of soldering. AS mentioned
bOve, the officers of the next nation
Il army will be taken from the ranks
,f the first overseas contingent.
A training school will be maintain
'd at Camp Dodge where ambitious
OrpOrals and serGeants may study to
'ecOme second lieutenants and better.
It this school courses will be offered
ilnilar to those at Ft. Smelling and
ther officers training camps. 1t will
mean study at night in textbooks that
each tactics, school of arms, the fine
Oints of squad drill. etc. But the am
itiOus young man. who doesn't want
D be a private all his life. is going
D take this course of study.