Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-03-13

81 Men below the draft age Of between
twenty-one and eightcens years Or over
the draft age and between thirty one
and forty.lve years may enlist and be
assigned to this work. Hundreds OIL
jpigeonaires are needed by the govern
ment before the carrier pigeon service
can attain the desired proportions.
! Those who wish to enlist or desire
further information should write Maj.
C. Il. Eastman, $diYision signal officer
at Camp Dodge or Pigeon Section, Of
ace Department signal officer, Central
Department, room 1920 Consumers
building. Chicago III. e : y ~ s. r. u
EXCHANGES DO IA THRIVING Il
III ~ BUSINESS. u 49,
F. The Army Canteen is the title SOL
diers In the war Of the rebellion called
places where Yankee Notions" and
various refreshments were to be had.
The canteen afterwards became dis
credited because 1t finally became to
the regular army after the war nothing
but cheap saloon and few years
ago was soutlawed. Places where
things may be procured are now called
Iregimental exchanges. n. s5* s. -
Many Of the exchanges In camp re,
semble little country stores. They
carry almost everything and in one
corner sits tailor busily sewing away
on uniforms The average days re-
ceipts In any one Of the exchanges IL
about $500. . = ''~ -
= COURT MARTIAL GETS AWAY. 4.
!, Six court martial cases were report
ed by Major w. A. Graham, division
Judge Advocate: Henry Schilling, a
private In Company F, 313th ammuni.
tion train, got of a lot Of profanity
both at the government and at Camp
Dodge and the court gave him siz
months in the guard house and the
forfeiture OF two.thirds Of his pay.
! Private Jelome Van Norman, Com
pany X, 351st Infantry, drew 10 years
=, in Leavenworth prison for DESERVING
from Camp Dodge. He was captured
in Chicago. .-:. - $780,
/ Three years at hard labor in Leav
enworth was the portion of Sergeant
Jack X. Payne, convicted of forginl
the name Of Maj. G.: A. EARLY to twt
bad checks.
Private Roy e. Brewer, medical de
tachment, base hospital, was charged
with desertion, but the court MARTA
reduced the charge to absence withou
leave = He was sentenced to serv'
, three months at hard labor and forfeit
!, two-thirds of his pay.
, Private Chris Nelson claimed tina
his wife's eyes were rapidly giving GU
: in an appeal for discharge from tn
army. He was convicted Of making
false affidavit. and will work for fou
! months in confinement to expiate thi
!, crime. -
In the case of Serg. Jean Mandelon
quartermaster corps, who struck Sere
George W. Iverson, in the course Of
- wrapgle as to whose truck was next i
turn for duty, the reviewing authorit
: found that Mandeloff was mot who'll
= to blame" -. !
The court martial ordered reductio
: to the ranks and forfeiture OF hal
. pay forAsix months. General Plum
= mer approved the forfeiture. but nc
the reduction to the ranks. .~I~J
TO BE FEW REFLECTIONS. =
Medical examinations of the 1900
: final Increment men were complete
= March s.. At the division surgeon
- Office it was stated that reflections bt
cause OF physical disability would NJ
reach more than one per cent. Thi
means that local boards will have t
send only $50 additional men to til
- cantonment. 49,. ~ =.
y, SINGING TO TAKE PLACE OF
:. ATHLETIC STUNTS, :
>" Singing will take part of the re
. reation hour lin the Three Hundre
:. Fifty-second infantry, Three Hundre
= Thirteenth engineers, Three Hundre
y Forty.ninth infantry, i headquartel
troops, One Hundred Thirty.third d
~ pot brigade, Three Hundred .,Thirt
u eighth field artillery and the Thre
= Hundred FHftieth infantry. It will |
- led by9Dean Cowper. ~
u BRONCHO BUSTER IN CAMP. y
Capt. Qu1gley occasionally ru1
: across horse of the wild west typ
= On such occasions he usually has /