New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-10
CAMP DODGE LETTER

Legislatures in a number of states
passed laws providing that the statutes
! of limitation should not obtain as per-
tanning to the property rights of Sc
! lected men. In states where no such
laws were passed the need of such en-
actments was so apparent that con-
gress took the matter up and passed a
measure that reaches every soldier
no matter where he may be. The
new law is entitled the Soldiers and
Sailors Relief Act" and officers at
| CampDodge have been formed into classes
for the purpose of familiarizing them
with the provisions in order that they may
protect the men in their rights.
Will Stay Legal Proceedings
/, The bill aims to protect soldiers and sail
ors from undue hardship due to inability
to bring or defend law suits and to
attend to their business obligations or
property rights, during their absence
in military service. Camp Dodge Off
GERS, upon receiving notice of any sit
uation that may merit relief, will COM
municate directly with such civilians as
may best look after the interests invol-
we'd. 1t is thot that they will be able
to count upon the gratuitious legal
services of the members of the legal
advisory boards attached to the local
boards of the selective service system.
A soldier or a sailor may owe money
on a note. Or may have bought or
leased land or tools or furniture on
which an installment is yet due. Or
may have mortgaged his home, and be
liable to foreclosure for nonpayment
Or he may have started homestead
or mining claim and be unable to con-
tinue the necessary occupation for the
required amount of time. Or he might
have carried life insurance for a number
of years and now be unable to keep up
the premium payments. Or he may have
a money claim against some one and
during his absence the lapse of time
may raise a legal bar against suing
for it when he returns. Or he may he
sued on some claim during his absence
and be unable to defend the suit effective
ly. Courts will make prompt inquiry
into the merits of the case, and if TIE
case merits it the court has power to
stay the other party from further pro-
ceedings, or to give other remedy that
may be appropriate. The court may
also appoint an attorney to represent
the soldier or sailor in a lawsuit. If a
soldier or sailor had an insurance policy,
or a fraternal benefit before Sept. l.,
1917, and fears that he might not be
able to keep up his payments he is urged
10 write the war risk bureau. The
government on certain conditions will
guarantee the payment of his premiums,
so that the policy or membership will
not be forfeited during his absence. He
will then have year after his return in
which to pay up and save the policy or
membership.
Supply Depot to be Enlarged.
The present depot at Camp Dodge is
to be greatly enlarged and extended.
At present all supplies for the thou
sands of men at the camp come from
Omaha. 1t is now proposed to provide
for the receiving of much of the food
supplies, clothing and the like directly
at the camp. In addition to charging
the depot of supplies, the government
has planned to establish downtown an
accumulation depot, or storehouse for
stock supplies of nonperishable goods
to be used whenever needed.
Frontier Days Show Planned.
With bucking bronchos, Roman
standing races and lassoing of wild
horses, regular frontier days wild
west show such as they have each year
in Cheyenne, Wyoming, will be staged
at Camp Dodge Sunday, April Fl, by
the men of the Re-Mount station. The
proceeds will 60 to the thirty or more
acres of war garden which the men
propose to maintain this summer to
provide vegetables for their table.
Among the thousand horses at the Re-
Mount depot are many which have
never ridden and which were sent here
from the western plains. One of the
numbers on the program for the ''bucka-
roo show is an attempt to ride one of
these unbroken mounts. The Re-Mount
personnel contains many old artillery
men and cavalrymen who are more at
home on horse than they are on solid
ground. The men are busy practising
for the big event and visitors are surprised
these days to behold soldiers come
whooping across the fields, each sol
der standing erect on two wildly gal
Looping horses. A buchng mule is to
help furnish comedy for the show
There are men at the camp who were
with Buffalo Bill on his last tour :o1
the country. The show will be under
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