New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-24

orderly. Sergeant William Vaughn, Of
the medical department, has been re-
duced to the ranks and ordered to for
felt two-thirds of his monthly pay for
disrespectful conduct toward Lieuten-
ant James E. Ivey, infantry reserve
corps. Eight draft evaders were placed
in the guard house at Camp Dodge
Monday, after having been sent here
from Fort Smelling. 49,
Soldier Boys May Obtain Burroughs
to Work on Farms
Farmers who have sons or relatives
in military training camps may obtain
short time furloughs for them to assist
in farm work, according to orders re-
ceived by Adjutant General Guy Lo-
gan. Restrictions placed on the prac-
tice are as follows: No enlisted man
with the rank of first sergeant or higher
will be granted one of these furloughs.
Applications must be made by near
relative of soldier. Burroughs will be
for short time periods and will not
be granted if the absence of the soldier
would in any way interfere with Or
ganization training. All furloughs will
be withdrawn if orders are received to
prepare for overseas duty. Farmers
who obtain soldier help must show
that the wages are the customary pay
for the class of work the enlisted man
undertakes. All applications must be
made with the local boards.
More Men Coming
Another draft has been ordered, the
selected men to report between May
1st and 10th. Iowa will contribute
1910, Minnesota 1925, North Dakota
SAL and that part of Illinois in this
cantonment zone, 612. The Iowa men
will be sent to Jefferson Barracks at
St. Louis. Minnesota and North Da-
kota will come to Camp Dodge and
Illinois will send her quota to Jeffer-
son Barracks. The men from the pre-
vious draft will begin to arrive at Camp
Dodge April 26. There is plenty of
room because of the large number of
men distributed among other canton
ments the past three weeks. The
same provision as that in the previous
draft, exempting men assiduously and
completely engaged in agriculture, is
contained in the new call. Wide vari-
ance in the percentage of total draft
registrants put in class one by draft
boards has caused an official inquiry
calling for detailed reasons for such
classification" This inquiry is being
made by Adjutant General Logan on
received from the provost
marshal general. Just why some coun-
ties should place such a small per cent
Of its men in class one is what the
officials want to find out, although it
is recognized that in some districts
the percentage of married men and
aliens is larger than in others.
Await Order to Transfer Sick
Transfer of patients from the base
hospital at Camp Dodge to the recon-
struct;on hospital at Fort Des MONIES
will begin as soon as sanction, which
already has been asked, is received
from the surgeon general of the army,
according to Lieut.. Col, A. T. Cooper.
commander at Fort Des MONIES. Six
wards, accommodating eighty men neach,
are ready for occupancy, Colonel Cooper
says. There are twenty nurses at the
fort, each of whom could care for ten
men, thus relieving the congestion
at the Camp Dodge base hospital by
200 patients.
No Ground Glass In Food
Last fall and early in the winter
there was very much of scare at
the camp because of the report that
particles of broken glass were found
in canned tomatoes and in rice. Later
on it was reported that ground glass
was also prevalent in oatmeal. The
tomatoes were canned in Missouri and
a member of the firm who provided
them was here on short notice to in
vestigate the matter. The war depart
ment finally censored all reference to
the matter and the excitement soon
died down. In the meantime thor
ough investigation was made by Mr..
Hoover's department. His report has
been received and is, as follows: 1--WE
have followed the elusive gound glass
story from Maine to California and
from the lakes to the gulf for the past
four months. War intelligence, navy
intelligence and the department of JUS
tice are doing the same, and in the
thousands of cases that have been re-
ported we have found but one genuine
case of deliberate intent in putting
ground glass in food. This case. was
where a disgrunted employee Of a bak-