The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-04
THOUSANDS OF
MEN TO DODGE
First Week In September Will witness
Arrival Of Thousands OF Men
at Camp Dodse
5000 ARE TO COME FROM IOWA
100000 Gallons Of Water Used Ev
cry Day for Drinking-Suppgl
From a Series of Wells.

cry Day for Orinklng-Supp9i
From Series of Wells.
CAMP DODGE, Sept. 2-From this
time forward the war department vii
utilize men who are not able physical
ly for fighting in the ranks. It is an
nounced that 1000 men, physically
deficient, will be sent to this camp fol
limited service.
These men, the majority. of them
incapacitated slightly in same way
will be mustered into the service and
trained to take the places OF men
physically able and fit for overseas
duty.
In many cases the limited service
men are minus hand or several toes
or have poor vision.
It is the policy of the war depart
ment to use them in the United States
for clerical work, military work which
they are capable of doing, and at the
same time release the maximum man
power for duty on the battle fronts.
Limited service men from other
states are scheduled to report a. fol-
lows:
From Arkansas, 100; Illinois, 500;
Indiana, $50; Michigan, 500; Mlnneso-
ia, $50; Missouri, AS; Nebraska, l5o;
North Dakota, $50; Oklahoma, ESQ and
Wisconsin, 400.
They will be assigned temporarily
to the depot brigade. -,
The first week in September will
witness the arrival Of thousands OF
men who will be stationed in the tent
ed city southwest of the cantonment
until quarantine shall have been
passed. OF this new increment 5000
are from Iowa.
That there must be additional room
prepared for the large number OF men
before winter sets in is apparent. IL
is reported that the artillery range
will be abandoned and that rs bar
racks will be erected northwest OF the
base hospital on ground previously
used by the aJillery. The erection
of these new barracks is predicated
upon the ability of the government to
get sufficient force Of carpenters to
do the work. There is now at Camp
Dodge the largest number OF men in
its history. Every thing will be hlled
to limit when the new increment ar
rives. There are tents enough for
IL 900 men and more will have to be
provided. A large number of negroes
have been sent away the past few
weeks, presumably to France. These
men have had but little training and
the supposition is that they will do
the work over there that deyolves
upon common laborers.
Laundry and Repair Shop.
The other day two army trucks un-
loaded 1000 wooden blankets at a
down town laundry to be washed. 9th
er laundries were given work also. All
of the wooden blankets were washed
after the S8th division left for France.
1t is now planned to have all OF this
work done at the camp and for this
purpose great laundry will be in
stalled at once.
1t takes large force of men to re-
pair shoes, hats and clothing. The
men are instructed to turn in all dam
aged apparel before it is so badly rent
that it cannot be repaired. A new
building is authorized for this work.
The government has authorized the
Of $13,400 for building
and $1,000 for machinery.
Serve Fresh Pork Two Days Every~
Ten.
Fresh pork is now being issued to
the troops in the camps and canton
ments throughout the United States
two days in every ten as temporary
substitute for fresh beef. There is an
abundance of fresh pork at this time,
while the supply of fresh beef is not
up to normal requirements. This tenn
porary substitution will mean the saw
ing of large quantities of beef and is
expected to relieve somewhat the re.
cent strained prices for that COM
modify. The action was taken on the
of the subsistence
division of the quartermaster corps.
Men Assigned for Personnel Work.
Personnel work in all the army
camps in the country is hereafter to-
be done by a detachment assigned for
this work to be known as the person
mel detachment. This unit e. Camp
Dodge will number 200 enlisted men
and seven officers.
The men will be quartered in their
own barracks as a company and Will
be permanently assigned to the de-
tachment if they show qualifications
for this work
Already enlisted privates and non
CONS who have had experience in per-
sonnet work and have shown qualifica-
lions to become officers in such de-
are being sent to the school
for personnel officers at Camp Meigs,
Washington, D. c., for course of in
Capt. William Chip Bartholomew,
adjutant generals department, has
been appointed personnel adjutant for
the 18th u. S. army division, with
Second Lieut.. Geal w. Seybold as as
sistant adjutant.
One More Mile Of Paving Proposed.
One more mile Of paving is now be-
ing planned for the camp. 1t will be
in the near future.
The camp has now ten and one-half
miles of concrete paving, running the
full length Of Main street from the,
arsenal station to the base hospital.
and on Des Moines street from Depot
street to Seventh. The Seventh street
entrance to the camp was paved last
spring and this summer the Des
Moines street and Ordnance road
pavement was completed,