Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-29
Roek Island Men In Former Illinois
National Guard Regiment Soon to
Have Building.
wouEN BARRED FROM STREETS
ceutler Sex Not To Be Permitted On
Company Thoroughfares In
Future. Ruling,
(special to The Argus.)

The building is the result Oh CAM
raign carried on last summer by the
American Library association, when
fund of 81 500 900 was raised for the
nprnose of establishing libraries in all
army camps and cantonments in the
country, The building fund is provid-
I'D nv the Carnegie Foundation and the
hooks are supplied by the library as
sociat;on. The building in Camp Logan
vii he completed at cost OF about
ss 900 and is an exact duplicate OF all
others. except possibly as to size.
The construction of the building has
heen supervised by NJ G. Wyer, IL
marian at the University of Nebraska,
VINO was loaned to the American Lii
hrarv association for the necessary
neriod and who will soon return to his
most The librarian in charge Of the
building will be W. r. Watsabaugh OF
Cedar Rapids, Iowa. and his assistant
will be l.. W. Horne Of Omaha. Both
men are graduates of the University
Of Nebraska.
There will be a total of about 10000
hooks in the library. They have been
carefully selected Many books on the
war have been purchased. In CAM
naign in Houston more than two thou
sand volumes were donated and there
are between five and six thousand
hooks in the various Y. NJ c. A. build
ings in the camp that will be placed
ON the shelves of the central library.
II will become a permanent inst1tu-
lion as long as the camp is in exist
ence, and will be operated on the same
plan as a circulating library.
Insurance Plan.
Major General Bell Las decided upon
new plan to promote the war risk
insurance which the government has
provided for the men in its service.
Speed is the big element in working
out the plans for the campaign, as the
opportunity to take advantage OF the
governments proposition will be clos
ed to the men after Feb. IL.
Certain of the chaplains of the di-
(. vision will be instructed as to the
arguments to be made in favor of the
mems taking out the maximum OF In
surance permitted. This instruction
will be given the chaplains by Major
Oscar c. Smith. who has been making
the speeches on the subject to the va
rous units in the division.
After the chaplains have been in
structed they will be given an oppor-
tunity to give the information to the
men of the division by battalions,
which will meet in the Young Mems
Christian association buildings by Or
der of General Bell.
The One Hundred and Twenty-third
artillery in which the Rock Island men
are members has taken out $6,2S1 800.
Women visitors are barred from the
company streets at Camp Logan at all
times, according to a new order is
sued by Major General Bell. While
the order has to do with the restric-
tons placed upon visitors generally in
the camp between the hours of 1880 a
m. and 4 80 p. m, the exclusion clause
relating to women is definite and pos
tive
Ununiform articles are criticized
in an official communication from
Washington, which has ben issued tC
the officers and men of the Thirty
third division for the information
guidance and strict compliance Of all
concerned.
Report on Uniforms.
The criticisms were contained fr
the following report from the Office o.
The inspector general:
1T has been observed generally
through the divisions inspected tina
there are many ununifOrm articles O
clothing being worn, especially un
Uniform hats, hat cords, overcOats an(
leggings."
In the orders attached to the memo
randum the following were the in
structions:
The necessary steps will be taker
10 put officers and men in correct uni
form as far as is possible, taking int
consideration necessary protection
from inclement weather and recent or
ders concerning oyercoats, mackinaws
etc
Enlisted men will, so far as it i
practicable, wear only such articles O
clothing as are issued by the govern
'hent. In this connection partfcula
attention will be paid to leggings m
bats
Uniformity OF clothing is one Of tn
essentials upon which discipline an
good order are based, and should b
eAatted at all times.
By order Of the secretary OF wal
II. G. Learnard, Adjutant General.
An Austrian has been sent to tn
s1ockade in Camp Logan who refuse
70 night because he said that he ha
adopted this country solely for tn
purpose OF making money. accordin
20 Major Oscar C. Smith. assistant di
Vision Judge advocate, who gave a
sudress al the Houston auditorium
'ast Sunday afternoon.
That Austrian will stay in tn
..ockade as long as / can keep hir
mere, said the major. 1.-THE state
ment that he had adopted this countr
solely for the purpose Of maxim
money was borne out by the fact tha
sseVo was found on his person. bt
noes money order receipts shown
hst he had sent more than one thor
saha dollars back to Austria"
Major Smith told the audience OF til
morality OF the government in pre-
oihg Insurance and other protectio
ior The men in It's service and their d.
pendeDts