Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
Special to The Argus. J


Camp Dodge. Iowa, Feb. AT EN-
Hun Huskers."
That may be battle cry when the
Eighty-eighth division, national army,
gets into the field. For the Eighty
eighth division has new name. which
will carry through the war. AS The
Huskers." this organization of select
ed soldiers will battle for the elusive
Hun; will go over the top" and will
com back victorious.
The naming Of the division was &C
complished through a contest which
has been conducted by Camp Dodgers,
official cantonment newspaper, for the
last three weeks. More than three
hundred names were submitted. and
the winning name was chosen BY Gen
eral r. n Getty, acting camp COM
mander. Lieutenant G. d. Foster sug-
gested the name which will be given
the division.
Besides the names turned in to the
Dodger by the soldiers at the canton
ment, were number sent by civilians
in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota and
Illinois. the states from which the SCI
lected men in this division are from
A number of the contestants sug-
gested North Star Division as the
official name; several thought "The
Vikings" would be appropriate because
of the Scandinavian personnel of the
division. and one wanted it called the
''Snowbound Division"
Ouo mon fhonuht ssCo1d Cfoo1 n;y{c.
ion" would be good name. because
he said. men of the Eighty-eighth will
drive their bayonets SO far into the
Huns, that it will take plumber to
get them out.
But "Hun-Huskers" they are.
| He was half-froZen guard a
Camp Dodge, walking his post in Z
military manner" and thinking O
Waikiki beach, and hot soup, and fur
lined B. V. DIS.
Probably his first night out. vol
know, and the temperature dropping
every minutes. And his cap didn't Fl
very tightly over his ears. Golly
wasn't it cold, though. And no relic
to come for an hour!
| Then one of the "hOstesses" at thu
hostess house there on Depot ant
Main streets. spied him. She saw tina
exposed chin, and those ears which
weren't quite covered. Mercy! Int
the house she brought him, tied hi
head up in wooden sweater. tillet
him full of hot coffee and a piece o
apple pie for luck, and sent him GU
smiling.
That's just one of the services
which those women at the hostes
house perform every day. There's n,
stiffness there. Scrubby little Osca
Putt, whose hair won't lie fiat, is jus
as welcome as Captain Olney Giggen
whose shoulder bars glitter amazing
ly. And every night. until 1890 p. m
there's free coffee for any chilly sol
dier who happens to be in the neigh
borhood. The hostesses kept ope
house till midnight Wednesday. hand
ing out coffee to guards and othe
frost bitten men who had to be out i
the zero weather
The house always IS full. Girl
waiting for their best beaus" gathe
around the big fireplaces, smiling shy
4 ly at one another, or getting confiden
tial about their SWANS. Mothers wit
smoothlyparted hair. war-brides an
camp visitors are finding this hostes
house fine place to visit.
The cafeteria is in operation nov
and for surprisingly small sum- on
can have a regular feast, with pie an
salad and everything.
That piano in the big living ROOF
never will get dusty, for it's neve
idle. In comes a red-faced soldie
who looks as though he might hay
been farmer before he joined til
army. Surely he can't play the piano
Down he sits, and nonchalantly play
the latest jazz music, with remarkabl
variations of his own. Everybody Ii:
tens, and if he dares stop. there
wild applause and cries Of More"
Mrs. Earl Dunshee, the Official no!
tess. has the right idea. After she hs
greeted folks who come into the hous
and made them feel at home, sh
. leaves them to their own device
They may sit by the fire and talk; the
may read, or play the piano. They fe,
perfectly free to do as they like.
THE people who come here. don
come to see me-" Mrs. Dunshee say
so l just try to make them feel /;
home by not bothering them whe
they want to visit. They don't wal
me to entertain them. They can d
that for themselves"
The lives of half dozen soldier