The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
CAMP DODGE
NEWS NOTES

Inducting the "Raw Recruits" Into
the Routine Work Which Enters
Into the Daily Life at Government
Army Posts and Cantonments.
ARMY NURSES BADLY NEEDED.
Singing is a Popular Pastime at Camp
Dodge.-Slackers on Trial-kodaks
Are Strictly Taboo-Unleavened
Bread for Jews.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, February 26,
1918.-The new soldiers are arriv-
ing daily. Some are coming from
Minnesota, some from Illinois, and
number from Iowa. By another week
there will be regular rush for the
big cantonment. By the time the 1900
have reached the camp the officers
in charge of enrolment will have
handled 100000 different papers.
There is lot of red tape to unwind
when it comes to joining Uncle Sans
fighting forces. Twenty-four hours
after man arrives in camp the mus
tering officer, Lieut.. Col. J. j. Nc
Connell, will be able to give anyone
his address and company designation.
Eight officers and 13 enlisted men
are at present assigned to the muster
ing office. An additional 26 officers
and a number of enlisted men will be
temporarily detailed to assist when
the big rush is on. In order that the
boys who are to report from time to
time may know something of what
| is required Of them want to take
them with me on the journey thru
the "mill." / was standing near the
place where a group of men was to be
detrained.
Officers were waiting for them as
they left the train.
cline up in single file, and follow
me-" was the command of the nom
com who took the fellows in tow.
Suit cases in hand, they hep-heped
to the entrance of the registration
building half a block up the concrete
road. Three other officers took them
in charge. With the line still un-
broken they were fed into the re-
ceiving room like meat into a saus-
are mill. AS they passed thru the
door, each man was handed a card,
upon which he was instructed to write
his name, address and civil occupa-
ton. Tables are provided inside at
which this work is done.
With cards prepared, they entered
a long chute which discharged them
one by one in front Of the assignment
officers desk. A glance at the card
and few questions sufficed to inform
the officers the organization to which
they were to be assigned, and they
were passed on to the room in which
unit commanders were waiting to
place them in smaller organization
within their own commands. These
instructions were written on the cards
and the lines moved on to the exit,
where still other officers were wait
ing.
AS they emerged from the build
ing they were again formed in single
file. When about Is had collected,
they were marched away up the street
led by another nou-com to barracks
only few hundred feet away.
| Just within the door of this build
ing sat busy captain. The line pass
ed in front of him. AS it passed he
took the name of each man.
| Eight men passed him and were
lined up facing lieutenant at the
other side of the room.
! "The last man of squad 3d." the
captain sang out as the eighth man
passed him, and paused to allow the
lieutenant to do his bit.
l "Has anyone here had any military
experience ?" was the lieutenants first
question. Usually no one responded.
The lieutenant scanned the faces OF
each Of the new squad.
"You will act temporarily as cor
poral, in charge Of this squad" said
the lieutenant singing out one OF the
number. "This is squad 28-remem-
ber the number: %. Whenever squad
! 28 is called remember it means YOU"
I "Get your mess kits as you pass,
and follow me-" was the next COM
mand, given by non-con who had
been waiting for the lieutenant to
nnlSn MS JOD. "A SUlulCI uC1AV Wv SNPS
knife, fork, spoon and mess pan as
the new army men filed past him and
thru the door they had entered.
i About 10 minutes in the army, now.
] Marched upstairs in the building
next door, they were instructed to
leave their baggage and return to the
building just left where food awaited
in the mess hall. It was dished up
to them, piping hot, and it didn't take
long to stow it away.
] This tine they were shunted into q
downstair room, where many mus
tering officers worked behind long
table. They were asked 2 lot s of
personal questions about their health
past life, etc. Then they were march
ed across the company hall into 9
room full Of doctors and clerks.
"Stripl" was the curt order.
u The doctors were giving prelim-
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