The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-05
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/ssonserving Clothing and Supplies.


unused goods in regimental and COM
jpany store houses.
An order has been issued from d.
vision headquarters for regimental
and other separate organization COM
manders to designate one or more off,
GERS as clothing and eQuipage inspec-
tors to their respective organizations.
These officers will be required to
make weekly inspections of each or
ganization and the company and regi-
mental store rooms.
Here are some of the things these
officers must do: See that no clothing
is kept on hand in company, store.
rooms; that the stock on hand In regi.
mental stOrerOOms Is kept at the low
est possible minimum, and that no ac-
cumulation of any article is permitted;
that clothing in use by the men Is
kept repaired, and not worn to such
extent as to be beyond repair before
being turned in.
Clothing in need of repairs, especial
ly shoes, the order says, should be at
tended to promptly.
The order directs that any accumu.
lation of stock found in regimental
storehouses will be reported immedi.
ately to the division quartermaster.
The order has been issued as a
means of working all available cloth
ing and equipment to the limit. With
the calling out of large numbers OF
selected men in all parts of the coun.
try on q large scale as indicated by
Secretary Baker in recent announce.
ment, every piece OF clothing and
equipment will be needed. The possi.
bility that supplies might pile up in
these storehouses unawares will be
obviated.
Want Recruits for the new Baking
Company.
Another bakery company is to be
formed at Camp Dodge and the army
recruiting station is accepting men
for enlistment in it. The number OF
One "all Des Moines bakery com.
pany,' the three hundred and thirty
first, is now stationed at the canton
ment. OF the men who entered that
organization last summer many are
now commissioned officers and three
of them are in France in command OF
bakery companies.
All officers of these companies are
taken from the ranks.
These Men Lost Out.
Privates Clyde E. Fee, Company E,
16Sth Iowa infantry, and Clarence
Whitmer of Company B, 168th infant.
ry, are wondering whether they will
ever draw any pay from Uncle Sam.
These two men were originally with
the Third Iowa. now a part Of the
Rainbow division In france. They did
not catch the boat with the balance
Of the regiment for some reason or
other, and were finally picked up by
military authorities.
An order issued at Camp Dodge re.
quires them to proceed at once to
Camp Merritt at DumOnt, N. j., under
custody of sergeant Of the military
police and sergeant from that or
ganization.
: The interesting part Of the order to
Fee and Whitmer is the fact that they
will be compelled to pay the entire
cost of railroad transportation OF both
themselves and the two guards who
will accompany them, as we'll as nec-
essary added expense Of the trip. It
will be deducted from their pay.
AS the journey Is long one. neith-
or Fee nor Whitmer are banking upon
any big returns.
A further source Of worry is the
possibility that Uncle Sam might next
order them to join their regiment in
France and deduct the expenses Of this
trip from their $50 per month
Nurses Require Comforts.
The women who have given them
selves to care for soldiers sick at
Camp Dodge are living in a bare, cur
tainless home at the base hospital.
They particularly need such conven.
fences as curtains, Japanese trays and
mats for trays, and magazines.
Barrels OF jellies, jams and other
delicacies are sent to the base hospi-
tai from all over the country. These
luxuries are greatly appreciated.
Bands to Be Enlarged.
The general staff has ordered, at
the suggestion of General Pershing,
that each regiments band shall be in
creased from % to 50 musicians. band
leaders will be made first or second
lieutenants, according as they have
had more or less than five years mill
tary experience as band leaders.
TO the regimental band of % pieces
will be added 2 band sergeants, 2 band
corporals, 4 musicians, first class, 6
musicians, second class, and Z musi-
clans, third class. The enlisted per-
sonnel will be raised by transfer, en-
listment and draft.
Besides enlarging the bands the
general staff has decided to create a
bugle and drum corps for every In.
fantry regiment. Each corps will In.
clude all the company buglers of its
regiments, and not more than l3
drummers. The Quartermaster corps
will provide the drums and bugles,
buying them In France for the troops
of the American Expeditionary Forces
and in the United States for the troops
in training In this country.
ID The Quartermaster general has been
instructed to increase the initial music
purchase allowance for each newly re-
cruited band from $10O to 5000 and to
increase the quarterly allowance from
SIS to $45. Orders covering the change
have gone out from the Adjutant
Generals Office.
There are nine bands at Camp
Dodge.
Pigeons Turned Loose.
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