New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1917-12-12

be an expert stenOgrapher ana was
unable to give a history of his wander
ings that suited the authorities. He
came here from Kansas City and had
previously been employed in a brew
cry in Milwaukee. Ebert, according
to federal agent Sherwood, admitted
he has four brothers in the German
army, He came to the United States
in 1918, the federal agent says. He
is accused giving information to his
relatives in Lorraine relative to milf
tary activities in this country. 1t is
believed that he was using his oppor-
tunity as waiter at Camp Dodge
to get inside information as to mill
tary movements. He will be interned
at prison camp in Georgia.
Another 1. w. w. Gets His'n.
Felix Thornton of Hammond Ind,
who was arrested at Devils Lake, N.
D., recently and charged with failing
to report for duty at Camp Dodge after
being drafted, was sentenced to ten
years imprisonment at Fort Leaven-
worth by decision of the court mar
tial at Camp Dodge. The sentence as
pronounced, besides giving Thornton
ten years at hard labor at Fl. Leav-
enworth, orders that he be given a
dishonorable discharge from the ser
vice that all pay and allowances be
forfeited. 49,: II
Millionaire Davis Visits Camp.
The men in charge of the remount
were given an official visit the other
day by Capt. Joe Davis, @. M. G. Of
West Virginia. He was accompanied
by DR.. E. J.! King Of Kansas City,
one Of the army's most capable vet
erinarians. After looking over the collec-
ton of horses at the remount and
holding school of instruction for
the officers in charge Captain Davis
took mess with the bunch at their
quarters adjacent to the enclosures
that housed the horses and mules.
Captain Davis was so common IN
appearance and manner that nobody
dreamed that he was the owner Of the
greatest coal field in West Virginia
and worth in his own right 100000, 600.
He is the son of the late GassawaY
Davis who ran for vice president on
the democratic ticket a few years ago.
The soldiers all voted Captain Davis
a good scout after they discovered his
identity.
Some Hospital Figures.
The folks back home doubtless get
exaggerated reports concerning sick
ness at camp. An official report
says that the physical standard Of the
men who reported for service from
Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and a
part of Illinois, is well above the average
in spite of the fact that physicians
on local boards we're none too care
full in judging fit men with physical
Disqualification. These have been weed
cd out. and sent back home. Only
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ors of a hard winter in the trenches
have been retained. The number of
reflections for physical disqualification
and the number Of exemptions of men
following their induction to the service
has been less than 1000. The places
of these men are being filled by men
from the districts from which the ex-
empted or rejected men came. Since
the establishment of the hospital in
temporary quarters about September
! /, there have been sixty seven cases
of measles, sixty four cases Of pneumonia
forty-two cases of murnps, twelve cases
of scarlet fever, five Of smallpox, two
of dysentery, two Of typhoid, one o.
malaria, one case of spinal meningi-
tbs and four carriers of this desease
The number of patients in the hospita
from black plague at the present time
is 100. Considering that there have
been $4,000 men and officers in train.
ing at Camp Dodge, the amount Of
sickness shows less than that of many
other army environments and is fal
above the average of military organi.
cations of like size in previous wars
Large Theater Soon To be Completed
The new theater at Camp Dodge
/ will be one Of the largest in. the coun.
try. It will accommodate 5000 people
and it will have larger stage than
most theaters. It will have drop cur.
tains, special scenery and all Of the
paraphernalia of first class houses in
the big cities. A switchboard capable
of producing the latest in theatrical
lighting effects will be. installed. The
specifications call for nine dressing
rooms and paint loft. The building
is the work of Edward L. Triton, the
] famous New York architect. Accord