The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-02
PHYSICALLY FIT
TRANSFERRED
New Order From War Department
DEGREES That Men Physically Fl
Must Be Transferred
HIGH CLASS STUNT BY SOLDIERS

HIGH CLASS STUNT BY SOLDIERS
All Kinds of Talent Found in the
=. Army-Men Capable Of DoiDg
Most Any Kind Of Stunt
CAMP DODGE, Sept. 30-The mos
important matter in dealing with the
thousands Of new men is to ascertain
who are fit for strenuous military
duty. 1t is also equally important te
find out those who are capable of on
ly a limited service. The new order
from the war department DEGREES thai
men physically fit for service in the
line are to be transferred from non
fighting organizations and their places
will be filled by those not quallhed tOl
line duty. The war department ordel
is taken to mean that able bodied
men now serving in the quartermas
ter, ordnance and other non-comDat
ant branches will be transferred; al
so that limited service men will re
place physically fit soldiers now per
forming clerical tasks in regimental
brigade and divisional headquarters
This order has greatly disturbed the
men in various subsidiary capacities
and who have been congratulatlne
themselves upon having something o1
a snap. Col. Armand Lasseigne, com
manding the 14th infantry, and the
majority OF the enlisted men OF the
regiment, arrived at Camp Dodge
late Tuesday. Colonel Lasseigne as
ranking officer has taken command
of the camp, relieving Col. William
c. Bennett, commanding the Second
infantry. The division of the two reg
ular army units to form the nuclei fol
the two infantry brigades OF the l9tf
division is expected to be accomplish
ed soon. The infantry regiments will
be recruited to strength then by trans
ferring men from the depot brigade
Seventeen officers from the American
expeditionary force have reported al
camp headquarters and been assigned
to infantry and machine gun organ
cations of the 18th division. They are
Capts. Edward A. Gelien, Charles J
Hill, Raymond G. Barnett, Perry e
Gregory, Seba F. Huston, William M
johnson, Bert Lyon and Harvey G
Vermilyea, and First Lieutenants
Clarence Fisher, Walter c.. Ronde, al
bert Scown, Lloyd r.. Watson, Hart
wig E. Rasmussen, Forrest G. Weiss
George A. Bolam, Herbert G. Kruse
and Emil A. Rasmussen. This is fol
lowing out the war departments lat
est policy in assigning officers who
have experienced actual warfare tc
the divisions now in training for ov
erseas duty in this country These
officers were sent here from Camp Din
". J. All of them have seen severa
months service in Europe in the from
line trenches. : Z ..
High Glass Stunt by Soldiers
There is all kinds of talent in the
army. Men capable of doing almost
anything may be found ready for any
emergency. The other night at the
big Y. M. C. A. auditorium it was an
nounced that big show by home
talent" would be staked and it was so
There were tight wire artists, sleight
of hand performers, jugglers, trapeze
performers, lariat throwers, ventrilo
quists and a number of clowns. Most
of these men had been with circuses
or with vaudeville. Musicians cap
able of playing upon everything thai
was susceptible of producing melody
added to the enjoyment OF the oc
casion. Announcement for another
stunt to be put on soon is as follows
Private William J. Smith, Compan!
H, I'd infantry. known to men of thai
regiment as the jaw breaking king;
AL Thomas, a we'll known boxer; Pau
Prehn, wrestler, and Rudolph Novak
stunt acrobat, of the Tent City, will be
headliners on the athletic exhibition
to be given at the Y. NJ. C. A. audi
,torium Monday evening. Private Smith
the jaw breaker, will bend nails, iron
rods and gas pipes with his teeth, and
perform other feats of strength. A
Thomas is scheduled for bout with
Corporal DeMott, Company M, I'd in
fantry. Corporal DeMott is the cham
pion boxer of the Second and the mer
of that regiment predict lively scrar
with Thomas. Private. Bloss, Base
Hospital No. 1O4,, who halls from New
York City; Holcan, of Company G;
Martin Of the machine gun company;
Maybe, an Indian boxer Of the supply
company of the I'd infantry, are also
billed for boxing contests on this pro
gram. Paul Prehn, middle weight
challenger for the championship o1
that class in wrestling, who has jusl
been released from the hospital, fol
lowing bruises received in an auto
accident two weeks ago, will give al
exhibition. wrestling match. Private
Rudolph Novak, who has made two
world tours with an acrobatic troupe
will be on the program for a number
Of stunts on the. horizontal bar anG
horSeW icas, , Ii .'f.S
Work on New Barracks, Being Pushee
A large force of men has been gath
cred. from all corners of the country
for the,purpose. of speedy erection o.
the 69S new barracks. Those are tt
be completed before any of the Other
buildings required for the enlargement
of the cantonment are commenced
The rush is to get the buildings up be
fore cold weather sets in as the mer
stationed in the tents complain al
ready of chilly surroundings at night
The next increment of men to ar
rive the week of October 7th viii