The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1918-07-12
Next Quota of Men
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MICHIGAN CAMP MAKING READY
TO RECEIVE 5000 NORTH OAK
oTA BOYS JUNE PATH
NiNETY-NlNE e LEAVE MCLEAN
COUNTY ON JUNE 22ND
BIG FAREWELL DOINGS FOR THE
BOYS WILL BE GIVEN THE
DAY BEFORE AT PARK
--~ Schedules have been announced for
the movement Of 5000 men from North
Dakota to Camp Custer at Battle
Greek, Mich, during five-day period
beginning July %. Mclean county
will send 80 men, leaving here the
morning of the 22nd. The list of those
leaving is given below.
Camp Custer is located in the south
ern part of Michigan, about seven
miles west of the city of Battle
Creek. Although the Michigan Gen.
trail railroad runs through the north
ern part of the cantonment, there is
nc station and trains on this road do
not stop in camp. The only railway
into camp Is the electric line from
Battle Creek, operated by the Michi-
gan Railway company. Jitney busses
run to the limits of the camp and
jitney line is in operation inside the
camp.
When the boys from North Dakota ar
rive they will find the army Y. M.
c. A. on the job and anxious to serve
them in every way possible. The Y.
has eight huts for enlisted men in
this camp. They are numbered S6,
. 1S1, 303, 445, $50, 1869 and Base Hos
pltal Station. 1t would bex;a good
stunt for members 4of sthe Increment
to jot those numbers down and on
arrival look up the nearest Y build
ing at the first opportunity.
The Z N. g. q. offers many kinds ;l'''1s,
Of 81 service. "a chapscan get Stationery
stamps, magazines, books. athletic
equipment and newspapers there.
Each hut has a piano and a victrola.
During the week there are movies, ed
ucational lectures, religious services,
musical entertainments and athletic
programs in the huts and on the out
door platforms. These are all abso.
lutely free. One OF. the first uses
which a new soldier finds for the Y
is when he gets: ready to send home
\ his civilian clothes. Then he goes
to the Y for paper, string and parcel
pest stamps. On recent occasions
more than six tons civilian clothes,
being sent home by soldiers, have
been shipped from single hut in
one day.
A weekly newspaper, called :@sTrench
and Camp" is printed by the Y. M. c.
A. and 5000 copies, are distributed
s.freee to the, soldiers. This little papef
carries all the camp news. Of interest
and the men are, urged to send it
home because it tells so much more
than a letter could include. The as
sociation Publishes: editions of Trench
J, and Camp" in 80 camps and canton
Aments of the United States.
At> present the cantonment is &C.
cupied by the S5th Division of the
National Army, but it is expected that
by the time the Dakota men reach
" there, this division will be on its
way "over there" Just now there
are some 5000 men housed in tents,
2as we'll as about $4,000 in barracks.
# List of Men Called to Appear July
. 21st, 1918.
# ME- James Charles Bezpalec, Dogden :;
Hiram Sylvester Irish, Emmet
as Henry Hoffman, Parshall 11 -,
Daniel Olson, Emmett
Peter Boozenny, Ruso -.
sI4arold Walter Lee, Emmet y
william 'Ulrich, Max ri
Adolph Peter, Garrison -. ..& -
Reinholt Polsfut, Max
Frances George Dewitt, Dogden
Isss vernon Adair Myers, BlackWater 4:
Andrew :Kyale, Roseglen @&.
Il Jacobs "a. Sackman, Turtle Lake
benjamin C. Okert, Garrison .:>, = ..:r r.
Peter Olson, Washburn I;.ss, ,,:@tt,: .s'
ss5 Henry Christensen, Mercer =.
David White Tail, Elbowoods
Carl VIM. Robert Peske, Mercer ,o
John Carlson, Litchville. D.. :. Il
Frank Joseph Liebel, Raub
ole Peterson, Englevale +
Andrews Raymond Lucy, Wilton
Rieb, Max \. I. :f-S 5Sz.s =
Ralph a schultz, Emerald. Wis:
Dmentia Lncenko s Ruso 5S..s$: It. =.
Herschel John Boots; Coleharbor b
VIad demers solamaga; Dogden
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