The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-17

groes, all dressed in the uniforms o,
the National army and fairly vibrat
ing with military spirit, but that wa.
the privilege granted MI. Taft, when
out Of the six addresses that he de.
livered at Camp Dodge, one was ex.
clusively for the colored troops. Oh
course the meeting opened with sing
ing. Prof. X. L. Miller Of Tuskegee
Alabama, a musical instructor in
Booker T. Washington's great school,
took the platform and led the men in
singing a number of the national
songs. President Taft asked that
they sing Swing Low, Sweet Char
lot" a real classic negro melody.
That great audience arose and such
singing by as large a company of
trained colored men was probably
never heard before in America. Mr..
Taft declared it to be the grandest
demonstration he had ever witnessed
and n he would forget. The
negroes gave close attention to the adj
dress, frequently applauding the
speaker. It can be said to the credit
of these men that while a majority
of them could neither read nor write
when they came here they are nearly
all able to sign their names to their
pay checks when they drew their Sec
ond installment from the govern
ment. They are anxious to learn and
the classes maintained at the colored
Y. M. C. A. building are crowded.
The Lincoln school building, nea the
business section in Des Moines, has
been fitted up for a club house for the
colored troops when on leave of abb
n to the city.
Largest Auditorium In the State Soon
to be Opened.
With the exception of the Coliseum
in DesMoines the largest auditorium
in the state and the largest thetere in
any of the states represented at the
camp will soon be ready for service.
The latest theatrical successes from
Broadway, rendered by the best talent
in America, together with the best
talent in the Chautauqua and Lyceum
field will soon be available at Camp
Dodge. All entertainment features of
army cantonments and national guard
camps are to be consolidated under
the n head, the Military Eentertain-
ment council, which will act under the
Fosdick commission. Marc Klaw,
we'll known New York theatrical man.
ager, will take over the management
of all army Y. M. C. A. auditoriums,
C~hautauqua tents and camp theatres.
The government has built and equip
ped the theatres. The expense of
putting IN the shows is to be provid-
ed by a nationwide campaign for the
sale of what will be called "Smileage
Books" of 81 and S. values, contain
ing respectively 2,100 coupons, good
for admission to any Of the Liberty
performances. These books will be
issued by the secretary of war and
will be placed in every city and town
in the country Jan. %, so that they
may be generally purchased and sent
to the soldiers as passes to the shows.
There is space on the books for an
inscription, giving the name Of the
donor and the name Of. the soldier to
whom it is to be sent. Civilians, the
announcement says, may take advant-
age of the cheap admission provided
by the smileage books only when the
books are presented by men in uni
forms.
Looking After Sanitary Perfection.
The National army takes no chanc-
es with an epidemic. Major Witte,
representing the nUited States public
health service, has given orders that
soldiers must not visit restaurants,
hotels, barber shops or places of
amusement except such as have cards
prominently displayed showing that
they have complied with the rules
laid down by the government inspect
All BARRIERS must show a certifi-
cate of successful vaccination for
small pox and typhoid; they must OBJ
serve cleanliness of person and OF ap-
parel; all equipment used in barber
ing must be sterilized, and no barber
Will IllC DAdCh pl0SuC WILL w eo1S-
ated. These rules not only obtain
at the shops in and around Camp
Dodge but in the city as we'll. Among
the restaurants los have come up to
government requirements and fifteen
have been denied a card. The rules
are many and very strict. Among
them are the following: All doors,
windows, ventilators and similar OPP
enings to be covered with tightly fit
ting wire screens. No living quarters
permitted in restaurants. No cloth
ing, except those being worn by en-
ployes can be kept in the restaurant.
All employees must be emmunized
against small pox and typhoid fever
and must be free of other diseases.
Employees must wear. clean, washable
clothes and caps while. on duty. Ac-
emulation of waste material is pro-
hibited. Soldiers are forbidden to
purchase goods or ~patronize soda wat
er fountains. ice cream parlorS, drug