The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-06-06
CAMP DODGE
NEWS NOTES

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Large Contingent Of New Men at the
Big Army Camp - Young Men
Urged to Enlist Different Religions
Blend Beautifully.
THE INDIANS ARE POPULAR.
New Commanding Officer-Law to
Protect Soldiers s-Not Allowed to
Buy Booze Belgian Soldiers Here
Pigeons Turned Loose.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, May A, 191S.-
The past week has been one of the
most thrilling since the establishment
Of the cantonment here. Nearly 15,-
600 new men have arrived at the
camp and these fellows come under
different conditions from those sur
rounding the first few installments
last fall and winter. Then war was
remote. But few American troops
were in France. There had been no
battles in which our boys participated.
The country was not aroused and all
Of these things told on the men who
first reported. There was a wonder
full lack Of enthusiasm. The men
came willingly but they were not
stirred and thrilled by the military
spirit. Not so with the men who have
been coming by train loads the past
week. About the iveliest, huskiest
bunch Of fellows that have registered
at the camp were the seven or eight
thousand men from Missouri. They
marched thru the streets Of Des
Moines to the Interurban depot with
flags flying and shouts Of good cheer.
Hundreds of people dropped their
work and lined up along the streets
to give the boys generous welcome.
One contingent was from st. Louis.
They were lawyers, bankers, wrest-
lers, delivers in iron, carpenters, team
sters, day laborers and common loaf
ers. It was an interesting group,
thoroughly alive to the Situation, good
natured and enthusiastic, although
none Of the men had slept a wink the
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lively lot Of husky men, with large
sprinkling of farmers. Several hum
dred of these men reached camp about
the same time crowd from Missou-
ri reported and there was a lively ex-
change of greetings. In the mean
time over 5000 Iowa boys came from
all sections of the state. With each
group was leader and he kept his
men all together so that squads were
in formation at every turn. In the
registration booths scores of officers
and clerks were on duty, taking from
each man his age, birth place, resi-
dence, next of kin, occupation, pre-
vious military training if such he ev-
er had, and then away they went for
the medical examination. In groups
of 200 on the upper floor Of the bar
racks, the men removed every ves-
tige of clothing and filed in two lines
the entire length Of the building. The
medical staff composed Of army sur
geons, experts in diagnosis and treat
ment of every known human affliction,
foot specialists, dentists and eye ex-
perts all took hand in examining
the men. Then vaccination for small
pox and incubation for typhoid fever
were administered and assignments
were made to the different army units
fitting the occupation and equipment
Of the prospective soldiers. With
the coming Of this increment there is
now the largest number of men at
Camp Dodge at any one time since it's
establishment, although it is an
nounced that nearly 100000 different
men have been at the camp since it
was opened last fall.
Different Religions Blend Beautifully
There is no strife or contention
among religious sects at camp. Ar
my comradeship has eliminated all
creeds except the one great fact OF
the brotherhood Of man. This was
shown so forcibly the past week when
one Of the most noted Jews OF the ma
tion came to the camp to make an adj
dress. It was DR.. Benizon Mossin-
sohn Of New York, and he spoke in
the hall Of the Knights Of Columbus
before great audience. On the plat
form were representative Jews, Catho-
lies and Protestants. The audience
was malle up Of soldier boys Of all
faiths.
The chairman Of the meeting was
Brigadier General Beach. The Z. NJ.
C. a. was represented by "A. G. Trow-
bridge, educational director Of the =.
!. M. c. A., the Knights Of Columbus
were represented by William A. Hops
and the Jewish welfare board was rep
resented by Max. a. Cohen.
Dr.. Mossinshon told Of how the cap
! ture Of Palestine BY the British was
connecting link between the eastern
and western worlds. y He said that one
Of the greatest achievements Of the
present war was the reawakening of
the near east and the recognition BY
the western world of the great cultur-
q and religious conditions which have
improved since the capture q Pales-