Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-26

Capt. John r.. Peck M. R. c., tubsrcul-
ar specialist at the base hospital, will
open tubercular school to last two weeks,
beginning July 1st. Two hours each
morning will be devoted to q study of
this disease, Its cause and treatment,
by the members of the medical staff
The tuberculosis wards will be utilized
for practice work and observation. Re-,
gtmental surgeons and other medical
men. will attend, and a practical course
In the examination of chests will be
given by Captain Peck. This school Is
expected to result in a great deal Of
practical benefit, to all who attend, ana
Captain Peck is preparing to devote
much time to presenting various phases
of the study Of the white plague"
Morals Greatly Improved.
The most hopeful announcement made
at the camp Is found in the report made.
by Lieutenant Colonel J. r. Shook, diyi-
sion surgeon, as to the decrease in the
number Of cases of social diseases. With
only new cases during the past month
and only IA arrests Of drunkenness dur
Ing the 30-day period, the moral condi-
tons are almost perfect. This improve
ment Is largely due to the activities of
officers who have cleaned up the military
zone and to down town conditions that
have been so wonderfully improved since
Gov. Harding converted Sheriff Griffin
into state officer and turned him loose.
"A great deal Of credit for this show
ing must be given to Sheriff Griffin and
his deputies, and the Des Moines Police
force" said Colonel Shook. THE clean
up conducted in the city of Des MONIES
and the close watch that is still being
kept to rid the city of bad characters
G hon h To- VxyIxy
the SSth division can make so good a
showing during the past month.
Another reason Of course is that the
men are more closely confined to camp
now and are in the open more. The
training they are receiving now is more
intensive than was possible during the
winter months and there are not SO
many who go down town during the
week."
TO Enlarge cantonmsnt.
1t is semi-officially announced that
Camp Dodge will be enlarged so that
$4,000 men can be accommodated. This
means erection of several hundred ad-
ditional buildings and the extension of
water mains and sewers. 1t is believ-
ed that this will be utilized exclusive
ly as replacement training camp after
the present contingent is sent for over
seas service. Under such a scheme no
new division will be organized here
after the Eighty-eighth goes overseas.
The camp will be a mobilization and
training point for drafted men from
perhaps six states, who will be organ
lied into provisional units, which will
be- constantly drawn upon to replace
casualties in the fighting organizations,
For more than seven months the camp
was practically replacement organ
&Ra< S~v~ -
ing 1een mustered into the service
here, only to be transferred to other
environments and posts. The reorgan-
ization is said to be part of the plan
announced some time ago by Secre-
tary Baker to call out an unlimited
number of men for service and subse-
quent reports that many cantonments
would be enlarged to meet the added
numbers to be sent Ito them. 1t is
generally believed that the cantonment
will draw men from Minnesota, Me-
braska, Missouri and possibly from
North and South Dakota. The recent
reorganization of the one hundred
sixty-third depot brigade which is not
regularly a part of the Eighty-eighth
division is looked upon by some as
the first step in the new arrangement.
The formation of actual divisions to
be added to those already formed it is
believed in the future will take place
at the eastern environments where Ma
tional army divisions have been trans
ferred to Europe.
Here IL Some Fighter
The largest soldier ever sent from
the recruiting stations at Des Moines
is Joseph w. Voegtlin, aged Is years,
a resident of Des Moines. He weighs
in his stocking feet 800 pounds, is 6
feet 2 inches tall, and has a chest ex-
pansion of inches. He tried to en-
list some days ago but was not ELI
gible because he was not then Is years
of age. He has been sent to Jeffrson
Barracks, St. Louis whre he will be
assigned to an automobile mechanics
division.
Pfc and Drum Corps to bs Organized.
The war department has issued an
order for the formation of fife and
drum corps at all military posts. Since
the visitation last week of the Grand
Army drum corps, composed of "a
veterans of the civil war. there has
been increased interest at the camp
in this kind of music. The ranks are
open to all men from Is to IS, whether
viding that they can show evidence of
their proficiency as a drummer, fifer
or player Of any band instrument. r.
L. Burroughs, leader Of the Three Hun
dred Fifty-second infantry band, is
anxi ous to enlist a number of musi-
clans for his organization, one of the
most popular at the cantonment. Men
of good character who are qualified can
enlist by applying to Mr.. Burroughs at
Fourteenth and Main Streets Camp
Dodge.