The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-14
LEAVING DODGE
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A Train Load Of Soldiers Leave camE
Dodge Every Hour Of the
Day for Week.
WORLD CHAMPIONS HAVE GONE
Earl caddoek, Worlds Champion
Wrestler, Headed for France; Glib
bons and Others on the Way.
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp
Dodge, August IA, 191S.-A train load
of soldiers every hour left Camp
Dodge for q week at stretch bound
for France. The first soldiers from
this division to get into the thickest
of the fight were the colored troops
who left last spring 5000 strong. They
have rendered distinguished service
on the battle front in France. Follow.
ing these men were others who had
been called from this camp to help
fill units in other divisions. These
men are also ready for active service
overseas. The next contingent to
leave were several hundred officers
who were sent over to get things in
readiness for the great body OF men
to follow. For the past two weeks the
men have been leaving a contingent
Of 5000 getting off the first week in
August. When the order to entrain
was received the enthusiasm of the
men knew no bounds. Many Of them
had been at Camp Dodge for nearly a
year. Others had come from other
cantonments and had participated in
the hard training at this camp. The
men worked hard because they were
given to understand that their going
abroad depended upon their capabili-
ty for service. AS each unit marched
to the train that was waiting for it
on the side-tracks in the cantonment
1t was headed by a drum corps and
the inspirational music, supplemented
with the shouts of the men made the
occasion one long to be remembered.
Officers and men were eager to get
away. They were ready for the great
events across the sea. Farewells had
been said to the home folks and when
the time came for departure, no civil
ians were permitted about the trains
so there were no sad scenes OF part
ing It was a good natured, enthus-
iastic bunch of trained men conscious
Of the responsibilities that they are
to assume when once the order is CIV
en- to 60 over the top. They know full
we'll the Issues that prompt the sacri-
flce and realize the stupendOus task
that before them. They are ready
fCr the test. Al I stood and watched
the men boarding the trains that were
TO carry them away, my attention was
especially centered upon company ct
men, many Of whom / knew personal
ly. They marched past four abreast.
lawyers touched shoulders with coal
miners, blacksmiths and bankers
marched side by side, farmers and sec
tion men, clerks and street sweepers,
day laborers and college professors,
capitalists and men acquainted with
hardship and poverty. But there
were no lines of demarkation now
All were comrades. Each respected
the other. A common cause and a
common purpose exalted the brother
hood of man. 1t was an inspiration
to note the great amalgamation that
had been wrought under the benign
influence of comradeship. No other
country in the world can furnish just
such an army. The very spirit of
democracy makes such things pos
sible. There were soldiers in this great
army who were born across the sea.
Men there were proudly marching that
day whose blood relations are fighting
in the Prussian army. Descendants
from almost every nationality under
the sun contributed to the formation
of this division and they are eager for
the fray, because the heart throbs Of
liberty and freedom inspire hope and
exalt courage. The efficiency of the
melting pot" will be vindicated on a
thousand battle-ields in this struggle
to forever sever the bands of autoc-
racy and set this old world free.
IS Another Division Forming.
With the departure of the 8Sth d.
vision another organization is being
formed. 1t Is presumed that it will
be called the Nineteenth Division Of
the National Army. A nucleus of this
new division Is already here in the
person of the thousands of men who
have been coming the past month from
South Dakota, Nebraska and
supplementing the large con-
tingent from Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois
and North Dakota, who represent the
last increment and whose training did
not justify their departure with the
men who have gone. The $4,000 men
who endured the terrific heat that
broke all records while they were
quartered in tents and undergoing
are now taking up quarters
in the barracks vacated by the men
who recently left. 1t is understood
that the next call for selectives from
the states originally placed in this
cantonment area will be sent here.
Some World Champions Have Gone.
Capt. Griffith is lamenting the losing
Of some of his best athletes. Earl
the worlds champion wrest-
Ter, is headed for France. Mike Glib
bons, the middle-weight champion
boxer is doing duty elsewhere. Rains
burger, the champion aorsman Is on
his way to France and numerous 9TH
ers who hold top records in the world
of sports, have departed. Capt. Grit
fifth will continue his work here and
he is already looking around for some
material that can be converted into
high class performers. During the hot
spell and while under quarantine,