The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-09

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state of Iowa in recognition of their
services on the Mexican border.
Sergeant Saves Lives of Men at
Camp Dodge.
Sergt. Carl w. Atkinson, Co. M,
35Oth Infantry, may be cited in divi-
sion orders for bravery and presence
Of mind. While at the grenade school
on Thursday afternoon, Sergt. Atkin-
son saved the lives Of 20 of his COM
rades and Lieut.. Pouchart, French in
structor, when a grenade ignited in
trench where the men were. Lieut..
Pouchart was preparing grenade
which was loaded with blasting pow
der. The percussion cap was not fit
ted tightly because of the absence Of
the tinfoil wrapper, which usually ac-
companies the cap. Through some
unknown manner the grenade became
ignited and dropping from Lieutenant
Pouchart's hands, rolled behind him
toward the me in the trench. These
grenades are timed at five seconds.
Sergeant Atkinson, seeing the danger,
rushed to the: grenade, knowing he
had but a few seconds in which to act,
grabbed it and threw it from the
trench. It exploded in the air.
..s..... More Carrier Pigeons. 49,,
Corwin Jones, of Hastings, Iowa,
sent to Camp Dodge a crate Of homing
pigeons from Thomas F. Fishers
.coops. The pigeons are. all highly
bred and two Of them have records as
flyers won in contests of 300 miles and
600 miles each, one winning, in the
one and the other getting second
place in the second. Mr.. Fisher is at
Camp Dodge and has been for some
time taking care of the. birds which
are already there, and Of which these
sent out Monday will be a part. They
are to be used in messenger work out
of the camp, where they will be train
ed, but do their flying from service
stations in various parts of the ma
tion to which they have previously
been sent. The health of the pigeons
must be looked after also. A hospi-
tai has been provided for the sick
ones. The hospital is a little white
box, built near the big pigeon loft.
The birds now confined. there have
colds on their chests. Change Of eli
mate did it says Sergt. Christopher
Schmerfeld, their trainer. The birds
were sent to Camp Dodge from Bos-
ton. Z
An Attack of Big Feet.
We have all heard of fellows who
are afflicted with the "bie head" but
a Negro soldier from Alabama has a
sure case Of enlargement Of the feet.
Nothing in the stock of foot wear
kept on hand in the quartermaster's
department would do for this man. It
required a shoe fourteen inches long
and six inches wide to meet the re-
quirements and a special order had to
be sent to the factory. Officially the
shoes required are rated as "size 18
and 9E width" Think what case of
"cold feet" means under such condi-
tions.
Camp to Get Convalescent Home.
A $4,000 convalescent home for
soldiers will be erected at once at
Camp Dodge by the American Red
Cross. Contract for the erection of
the building was awarded to the Ar
thur H. Neuman company Of Des
Moines. The building will be 100 by
100 feet and will be erected in the
shape Of the Red Cross design. This
building will be equipped as q home
where convalescent men may be taken
as soon as they are able to leave the
hospital, but are not able to join their
regiments. Near the biggest tree
south of the base hospital was chosen
the site for the home. The elm tree
is four feetin diameter and is one Of
the prettiest trees in the camp neigh
borhood. Dr.. William p. Hosken,
field director Of the American Red
Cross will have charge Of the building
plans. t,a