Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-03-06
news notes FROM
CAMP DODGE
Interesting Information From the
Place Where Our Boys
Are Training.

rldG6 UII6l6 Uul OvyS
Are Training.
Division Headquarters, Camp Dodge,
Des Moines, Iowa, March S, 1915
Over 1000 selected soldiers arrived
daily during the last week in Febru.
airy. The last contingent of 800 came
in from northern Minnesota late Thurs
day evening. The total enrolment for
the week ran close to $4,000. The men
dropped in by the train load at all
times, day and night. It kept a small
army of men busy taking care of the
recruits. 1t was jolly, good natured
bunch Of men. If there were any cases
of inconsistencies or the blues no one
would have detected it. With songs
and cheers the men who have been in
training since last fall greeted the
new contingent. Everybody saw the
need of patience and forbearance and
yet there was no tedious waiting. The
men were enrolled and assigned to
quarters in quick order. The medical
examinations were an interesting ad-
junct to enlistment. The men in groups
of 200 were ordered to remove their
clothing and surgeons armed with n.y.
podermic equipment did the vaccina-
ton stunt in rapid order. The first
shot was to make the victim immune
from small pox and the second injec-
ton was to obviate the presence of
typhoid Occasionally some fellow
tainted but there were first aid rem
edies' promptly at hand and the diff
Guilty was soon overcome. Sore arms
will be the popular thing for the next
two weeks. In addition to the injec-
ton of typhoid germs an internal
remedy is given, each man being pro-
vided with three doses of some con-
coction put up in capsules which are
taken internally according to direc-
tons. The men will be kept under
quarantine restrictions for two weeks
in order to make sure that no contag-
ious diseases were brought to camp.
The greatest trouble since the organ
ization of the first military unit at the
camp last fall has been measles. Hun
dreds of cases forced quarantine in
as many as 80 barracks at one time
early in the winter. Mumps come
next 1t is to guard against the pre-
valence Of these things that the new
men are kept separate and apart from
those who have been here for some
time But quarantine does not mean
that the men will be idle. Drilling be-
gan the day after arrival and lectures
from officers, instruction as to care of
the body, information as to war meth
nd or1 milf q froi vir oirr J, a
men as kind of preliminary intro
duction as to what may be expected
when the quarantine is lifted.
MEN HANDSOMELY TREATED
WHILE ON THE JOURNEY.
At about every station passed by the
special trains bringing the men to
camp great crowds gathered and in
many cases the local band was brought
into requisition. Refreshments were
served the men and If the train stopped
long enough there would be some
speeches and an overflow of melody
from the town glee club. Some of the
men from remote sections of Mime
sofa and Iowa had to put in one night
on the way and this made WEAKNESS
of the flesh a conspicuous adjunct
while going through the details of reg
istration.
ONE HUNDRED NURSES ON DUTY.
With the completion of the enlarge
ment of the base hospital so that 1000
beds are available came a demand for
larger force of nurses. Urgent calls
were sent out through Red Cross chan
nels and % young women made quick
response. This brings the number of
| nurses to 100. Red Cross nurses are
furnished room, food and clothing and
are paid $50 per month. The base hos
pital where they are CHARTERED is an
immense affair, covering something
like 80 acres Of land All of the build
ings are heated by steam and are con.
nected by corridors which are also
steam heated and these afford the con
valescing patients suitable place for
exercises without exposure to inclem.
ent weather. There are about 1000
men now in the hospital Barracks are
used as an overflow pending the in
stallat1on of all necessary equipment
in the new addition to the base hospi
tai.
NORTH DAKOTA AND ILLINOIS
MEN NOT YET CALLED.
Approximately five thousand men
from Illinois and nearly as many from
North Dakota, originally scheduled fol
training at the cantonment have not
been called. 1t is not known whether
they will be sent to Camp Dodge OF
ordered to report elsewhere. There is
a semi-ohcial report that men from
these two states may be sent to fill
national guard units at Deming, New
Mexico, and Houston, Texas. It is con
sidered possible, however, that the
Illinois men will be sent to Camp Dodge
as the final draft quota necessary tc
bring the Eighty-eighth division tc
complete war strength. The division
now stands little below the author
lied strength.
ALUMINIUM DISCS MARK
| SOLDIERS.
His number was 1901. It was given
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