The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-29
Making Of Another Great Army
Under Way at Camp Dodge
Draft Evaders Take Advice
to stBe Good
NEW HOSPITAL OFFICE g
Objectors Placed on Farms
Taking Care Of the Delin-
quents-Ger1nan Sailor Locat-
ed at Camp Dodge.

Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug, Z6,
1918. Yhe converting Of thous-
ands Of men, taken from every
avenue Of life, into a well drilled
military unit capable Of fighting
by the side Of veterans across
the sea, is the problem present
ed at Camp Dodge. Two pegi-
ments Of regulars are to furnish
the basis Of the newly formed
10th division. These trained
men are distributed in such q
way that their maneuvers fur
nish a schooling for the new
men. Officers are assembling
from all over the country to re
place those who led the 88th di-
vision to overseas service. An
other call has been issued for the
assembling Of thousands Of 9th
er recruits in, September, 5000
Of these to come from Iowa and
a proportionate number from IL
linois, Minnesota, the Dakotas,
and Nebraska. The tented city
is used for new men who must
undergo quarantine, the latest
increment being something like
1000 negroes. Many Of these
men are being sent to France as
laborers and have had but little
training. The newly allotted
staff Of officers for the 10Th di-
vision are: Camp Surgeon, Col.
e. w. Rich, M. c., U. S. A.; Camp
Sanitary Inspector, Major Hir-
am M. Read, M. r. c.; Camp
Inspector, Major Percy Bord-
well, N. A.; Camp Judge Advo-
cate, Captain Adam Richmond,
I. R. c.; Camp Signal Officer,
Captain Royal H. Drumnond, I.
r. c.; Camp Intelligence Officer,
Captain Jackson r. Day, I. R.
c.; Chief Gas Officer, Captain
Frank w. Bliss, Chemical War
fare Service; Camp Police Of
ficer, Second Lieutenant J. Nor
tenson, @. M. c., N. A. In addi-
ton to these the following camp
officers have been previously
designated by the War Depart
ment: Camp G. NJ, Lieut.. Col.
D. R. Rodney, J. M. G. N. A.;
Ordnance Officer, Captain G.. L.
King, Ord. Dept, N. A.; Veter-
marian, Capt. j. F. Crosby, V.
G. N. A.; Signal Supply Officer,
First Lieut.. Walter Keys, S. r.
c.; Asst. Veterinarian and Meat
Inspector, Second Lieut.. Claude
F. Cox, V. r. G. Col. VIM. New
man, commander Of the 163rd
Depot Brigade, is now camp COM
mander following the departure
Of Brig. Gen. S. M. Foote, Of the
163rd Field Artillery Brigade.
Exonerated in Shooting Case.
Mechanic Russell Earl, 349th
infantry, has been exonerated
from responsibility in the acci-
dental shooting of Private John
A. Heyerhoff on June %. Hey
erhof was. shot in the hip when
q gun held by Earl was discharg-
ed accidentally. An artery was
severed and the man bled to
death. Private Ole Egge l63rd
Depot Brigade, died at the Base
Hospital Saturday night from
an infection Of q cut on his chin,
which resulted while he was
shaving. Blood poison set in and
is said to have caused his DEATH.
A board Of officers has been ap-
pointed to investigate the exact
cause Of his death.
600 New Citizens Swear AL
legiance.
All men in camp who applied
for citizenship Wednesday re-
ported at the naturalization Of
fee before Judge Thos. OK Guth-
rie, Thursday afternoon to take
the oath Of allegiance as citizens
Of the United States. There
were about 600 men in this list
who became citizens Of the Unit
I'd States through the new rul-I
ing Of the President that men IN
the military service may waive
residence quail lifcations for na-I
turaliz4tion.
Draft Evaders Take Advice to)
ssBe Good.
From iifty q sixty draft evad-]