The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-07-25
DoINCS AT CAMP DODGE
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signal corps at Waco, Tex, has
been found guilty by a court
martial at Camp Dodge Of being
absent without leave and SEN
fenced to two years in the Unit
ed States disciplinary barracks
at Fort Leavenworth. He left
Waco February % and was ar
rested in Des Moines on March
8.
Fogarty Made Captain at Riley.
Jack Fogerty,. formerly in
command Of Bakery company
Three Hundrey Thirty-One here
and who was sent a few weeks
ago to the School for Bakers and
Cooks at Fort Riley, has been
transferred to the adjutant
generals department of the ar
my and made a captain. Bakery
company Three Hundred Thir-
ty-one is made up mostly of Des
Moines men. Under Captain
Fogarty's leadership, it develop
ed into one of the best organiza-
tions of it's kind in the country.
Captain Fogarty will remain for
a time at Fort Riley.
Boxers to Go to Chicago.
Several Of Camp Dodge's best
boxers are to be sent to Chicago
to take part in an exhibition
program with soldiers from
Camp Grant at a benefit for the
Salvation Army, July ~. Capt.
John L. Griffith, division athletic
director, has received a letter
from Thos. D. knight, represent
ing the Illinois council of de-
Tense, requesting that as many
boxers as can be spared be sent.
General Beach, acting division
commander, has approved the
plan. Mike Gibbons, division
boxing instructor, will be charge
of the men chosen to represent
this camp.
Soldier and Sailor Insurance.
Secretary McAdoo has receiv-
ed the following telegram from
Gen. Pershing: "All ranks Of
the American Expeditionary
Forces appreciate deeply the
generous measure the Govern
ment has taken to provide insur-
ance for their families, in proof
of which more than 80 per cent
of men have taken out insur-
ance. To wisely provision for
their loved ones heartens our
men and strengthens the bonds
that unite the Army and people
in our strong determination to
triumph in our most righteous
cause" The Bureau of War
Risk Insurance up to June % has
written $751; sec, 600, 900 insur-
ance, representing 2,57O,455 ap-
plications.. The average amount
of insurance applied for is 49,
387, and in some battalions and
regiments, some in France and
some here, every man has taken
out insurance. In some units
every man is insured for the
maximum of $4,000. One of
the American generals says that
this government insurance is an
element Of victory. All Liberty.
Bond holders and all purchasers
of War Savings Stamps may feel
that they had a part in this in
surance-the most just and hui
name provision ever made by any
nation for it's fighting men.
Came Home to See Children.
Clyde E. Fee, Company A, Bird
Infantry, American Expedition
airy Forces, on duty in France,
absent without leave from his
company, and who has been held
in the local guardhouse, was TAX
en- to the port of e~mbarkment
and reported to the commanding
officer overseas casuals. A guard
from the 313th Military Police
was detailed to conduct this
prisoner to the eastern camp. It
is said that Fee has three child
rem at Patterson, Iowa, whom
he came back to visit without
the formality of obtaining a
leave of absence.
5000 Workers For Dodge.
A. L. Urick, state labor COM
missioner, is preparing to assist
the government in securing
1000 to 5000 workmen for this
camp who will be needed when
the proposed enlargement of the