The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-05-15
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Men at Camp Dodge Given FurIouohs
in Order, That Tey May, Assist
With the Farm Work.
GROWING CROPS IS IMPORTANT
Men Required for Special Service
Signal Corps Requires the Genius
Who Can Manipulate Keys.
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp
Dodge, May l4-Furloughs have been
granted to $50 men that they may
work on farms during the rush of the
planting season. These men have gone
on farms in Illinois. Minnesota, North
Dakota and Iowa, and were given this
respite from military duty upon the
recommendation of the local boards
in the states represented at the camp.
1t was shown the war department that
the matter Of growing crops is the
most important duty in America and
the request was made that furloughs
be granted men who are versed in
farm operations. No releases are to
be given to men whose absence from
camp would cripple military efficiency.
The fact that only $50 men have been
given furloughs out of the thousands
who are at the CAMP, indicates that
the farm labor problem is not as ur-
gent as has been represented.
The various activities at the camp
require men of particular fitness for
special service. The signal corps re-
Quires the genius who can manipu-
late telegraph keys or understands
wireless communication; it may be
that special skill in telephone con-
structicn is required. Signalling is an
important phase of the work. HOming
pigeons must be trained for service
Sky rockets, and various explosives
that give out different colored lights
all have a part. The whole system of
giving and receiving signals and inter-
preting instantly their meaning calls
for minds that are trained in precision,
quick as a flash to comprehend and
with lightning speed to- execute. There
is no time to deliberate. Action is
the keynote of efficiency. For these
reasons the signal service is one OF
the most interesting and fascinating
branches of the army. A notable
group of men are in charge of this
work at Camp Dodge. Men are in this
branch of the service who have been
drawing salaries ranging from $4,000
to $4,000 q year from great corpora
tions. They are experts In various
piiAses Of Tue wurk. Technical knoWl-
edge with a large element OF practical
application places these men in the
most trying positions on the battle
'front.' Through this department all
orders are given the men In trenches
and the construction OF lines and the
establishment of bases and signal
Every detail of this interesting depart
ment is being perfected at Camp
Dodge. Only picked men are on duty.
No other nation In the world can show
such talent as that which will afford
the equipment and carry forward the
installation right into the very faces
of the enemy. Yankee skill and in
genuity will open the eyes of the Hun
when once the big battle really opens.
A Chance for Bakers.
Lieut. Jack Fogarty, in charge OF
Bakery company 342, Camp Dodge,
wants 70 men right away. They must
be non.registered men who are willing
to enter the service Immediately. The
bread baking unit at Camp Dodge is
marvel of plan and execution.
Cleanliness Is the very first requisite
e army baking and cooking. The
Kitchens equipment and ingredients
are scrupulously clean. They would
put most housewives to shame. The
men in the unit. though few Of them
ever saw the inside OF bakery before
enlisting last July, take intense inter-
est and pride in their work and have
achieved such 4 record that Bakery
Unit No. 331 lis officially recognized as
the best bakery unit in the national
army service.
.ley bake under every condition, in
doors and In the open, that they may
/. ready for service lover there"
1t was here that trench bread was
first utilized and it has been tested and
ind 10 be the very thing needed and
it is now being prepared at all of the
cantonments. Trench bread is baked
in. twelve pound loaves, with tough
crust, which retains moisture within
the bread and prevents mould, so that
the bread will keep six months in as
good condition as on the day after
baking.
Causes Of Pneumonia Discussed.
At the state meeting of the medical
association in Fort Dodge were given
details of the pneumonia epidemic at
Camp Dodge. The disease, whose cause
has not been determined. was similar
to that at Fort Riley, but the death
rate at Camp Dodge, while very high,
was not as great as that at Camp Pike,
Fort Riley and Camp Bowie, Major
Joseph l.. Miller, NJ. o. II. c.. Chicago,
told the convention.
Every known precaution was taken,
Major Miller said, to prevent spread
of the disease. There was no neglect
at the camps, he referred to. he add
ed: there was one nurse for every
seven patients and there were no com.
plants from soldiers or their parents.
Want to Learn English.
Soldiers at Camp Dodge who are of
foreign birth and who cannot speak
English fluently are to be given spe- |
cial instruction in reading, writing
and speaking the language. More than
200 special classes will be formed by
tho or,n., v M e.