The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-07

wasteful duplication of effort. In most
cases, moreover, such inquiries are
turned over by others to the American
lRed Cross, which is charged with
such communication with soldiers,
relatives, and has developed special
facilities for obtaining information
about those reported killed, wounded
or missing, and those from whom let
ters have not been received.
Laroe Force From Camp Funston.
Three thousand privates from the
164th depot brigade, Camp FUNSTON
Kansas, have been added to the
strength of the division.
They were assigned to the infantry,
machine gun, artillery and other Or
ganizations of the 8Sth division. These
men have all had considerable military
training at Camp Funston and are IN
no sense recruits, as their training Is
as advanced as the majority or men IN
the SSth division.
The organization to which they were
assigned and the number each recelV-
ed are as follows:
Three hundred forty-ninth infnatry,
1872; 350th infantry, 334; 35lst infant
nv. ass; S52d infantry, 47S; 313th am
munition train, 512; 397th field artil-
lery, 200; 33Sth field artillery, 69;
S39th field artillery, 8; 313th sanitary
train, 81; 313th engineers, 1876; 3l3th
supply train, 149; 163d field artillery
brigade Hdurs., 20; 313th trench NOR
tar battery, 81; 337th machine gun,
Is: S3S machine gun, 26, and 3S9th
machine gun, "a.
Two New Majors.
Cant, Percy Bordwell, former pro-
fessor at the University OF Iowa. as.
sistant to the division inspector at
Camp Dodge, has been promoted 10 a
major in the national army. and as
signed camp inspector according TO an
announcement from division head
quarters Tuesday.
Can't. George N. Northrop, OF Min
neapolis, a member of the division
staff at Camp Dodge, has Deen pro-
NOTED to the rank Of major IN the
national army, according to an an
lnouncement from headquarters.
Major Northrop is son or cyrus
Northrop, president emeritus OF the
University of Minnesota, and before
entering the service was an instructor
at the university.
| He attended the first officers tram
ing camp at Ft. Smelling, where ne
was commissioned a first lieutenant.
Mai. Charles A. Watrous, of Des
Moines, commanding the 31Sth supply
train, has been relieved OF his com
lmand and ordered to Camp Eustla'
Iva.
Major Watrous holds his commits.
sion in the quartermasters' corps anu
was on duty at the camp during the
|entire construction period beginning
more than a year ago.
lservice Provided -fer War Families
4 Soldiers Of the 8Sths division
who are expected to soon go overseas
are urged in division orders to take
advantage of the home service provlo'
ed by the Red Cross which looks after
the families left behind by the lighters
ANY soldier that fears that his family
lis in trouble, the order says, Should
appeal at once to the service. Rela-
ltions between home service and FAM
lilies are confidential" the order says.
Expert information about laws, med
Iical care, spiritual comfort, and III
fact every service which can oe ren.
dered to the family OF the soldler IS
given by this branch of the Red cross.
Goes to Prison for Fifteen Years
Andrew Prince, aged 25, OF HOP.
lkins, Mimi, has been tried by genera
court martial and sentenced to the
government prison at Ft Leaven'
worth, Kans., where he will serve III
teen years because he refused to sign
the necessary documents that would
have inducted him into the national
army. He is conscientious object
Sr." and with sneer he bade Camp
dodge farewell and under an armed
guard boarded train for the place OF
incarceration. First Lieut.. Carl }.
IZobel. of, Duluth, Mimi, has been
tried by a general court martial 1or
lbeing absent from his organization
without leave and reprimanded by the
commanding general.
| Men Must Pay Their Debts.
Before leaving Camp Dodge all men
have been requested to pay all debts
THAT NAV have been contracted since
their entrance into the army. Gen
Beach, commanding officer, has made
lit clear because in a communication tc
1.-THE men the general impresses upon
Them the Importance of paying all
ldebts before the division is ordered tc
France. He says the payment OF bills
lis a requirement of military service
which every soldier must meet. Those
who try to evade payment will fee
military discipline, the general prom
Uses. ......
|Athletic Training Has Been the Best
Iowa soldiers in the SSth division
lat Camp Dodge have had more thor
ough training along recreational anc
lathletic lines than soldiers in any
post in the United States. This Is the
opinion expressed by r. w. Marvel
member of the war departments com
mission on training camp activities
who is at camp this week to study the
methods which have been adopted. Ac
cording to Mr.. Marvel the athletic
work and recreational systems as or
ganized by Capt. John L. Griffith. di
vision athletic director, are the bes1
in the country. He also has high
praise for the camp as regards its sit
!; uation, construction and development
Paved streets and sidewalks looked
good to me-" he said, "and the way
the camp is kept is much better than
many of those l have visited" Tc
Captain Griffith, aided by the regi
I1 1nty IN nff finn nsc