The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-17
OFFICERS SCHOOL
AT CAMP DODGE
Training School is in Full Operation.
North Dakota Has a Good Rep
resentation.
LARGE AUDITORIUM OPENED.
Demonstrations of Gas Warfare is
Being Given to the Officers of the
Medical Detachment.

camp Dodge, Iowa, Jan. 49,, 1918.
From 1900 men who made appli-
cation to enter a training school for
officers 290 enlisted men from Camp
Dodge were chosen. This training
camp for officers is to be the same as
that at Fort Smelling where most of
the officers here received their train
ing. The men selected are a high
class bunch Of soldiers. Qualification
for leadership and ability to command
men were the qualities most consider
ed in the graduates; some. sturdy lab
oring men, full of energy and forece-
ful in character. Several of the c
cessful ones are farmers. LAWYERS
and college professors who had been
taking strenuous practice were not
sighted, but nobody had a pull. The
men were selected purely upon their
merits. In addition to the men chosen
from among the soldiers here, 166
came from colleges in North Dakota,
Minnesota, Illinois, and from Iowa
were men from Ames, State univer-
sity at Iowa City, Dubuque college,
also from st. Johns Military Acad-
envy, Delafield, Wis, and st. Thomas
college, st. Paul. Fifty regular army
men from Fort Omaha, Fort Crook
and from army posts in Wyoming
and Utah entered the school of in
struction also. The total number in
training is SOC. Three months will
be devoted to the work and at the end
of the term those who have demon
strated their ability for leadership
and command will be given commits
sions. The officers in charge of the
school of instruction are: Command
ing officer, Lieut.. Col. R. B. Parrot;
senior instructor, Lieut.. Col. j. De
Camp Hall; assistant senior instruct
or, artillery, Maj. Fletcher Rock
wood; assistant senior instructor, in
fantry, Capt. George R. Kingham;
adjutant, Capt Walter F. Boyer; sta
tistical officer, Capt. Ralph w. Page;
assistant mess officer, Second Lieut..
Joseph N. Rosenfeld, engineer in
structors, Capt. C. M King, and Capt.
E. ]. Miner; instructors first COM
.pany, commander, Capt. Archie L.
Durham; infantry instructors, Capt.
Silas M. Bryan, Capt. Harold H. Cor
ey, Capt. Casper Schenk; instructors
second company, commander, Capt.
James G. Nye; instructors in infan-
try, Capts. Abbott M. Washburn, p.
A. Findley and Ellsworth G. Bowen;
instructors first battery, commander,
Capt. Henry Freeman, Jr.; instructors
in field artillery, Capt. John S. Mich
olsv first lieut.. Arthur w. Alderman.
Barracks in the depot area at the
cantonment have been given over to
the training school. Every facility of
the division will be placed at the dis
posal of the commander of the school,
to prepare the men for officers. Sew
eral truck loads of baggage reached
camp, the property of the collegians,
and most of it will speadily be sent
back home, as the men entering the
training camp won't wear anything
but military buds for at least three
months.
Hostess House Completed.
One of the most useful buildings at
Camp Dodge is that erected by the
National Young Women's Christian
Association to be used by women from
all parts of the country who come
here to visit their friends or relatives.
The building is 80 by 120 feet, two
stories, heated by steam and was
erected at a cost of more than $780,
900. The money was furnished by
the national council of the organiza-
ton. The building has a cafeteria
that will accommodate 300 people at
a time. Lodging for visiting women
may be provided in an emergency.
A nursery for children is available.
Miss Adele Seyle, formerly industrial
secretary of the Des Moines Y. w.
C. A., is in charge of the hostess
house, assisted by a staff of four
members supplemented by volunteer
workers from Des Moines. Miss Seyle
has asked US to invite use of the host
ess house by women of Iowa, Mime
sofa, Illinois and North Dakota and
any other women who desire to visit
camp. Mrs. E. R. Dunshee, Wood
burn, Ia, is official hostess without
pay. She is a trained nurse and her
husband is in the medical service in
France, Mrs. Dunshee will be assist
ed by women from Des Moines and
the wives Of many officers in camp,
and enough women to meet all de-
mands will be on hand each day after
the institution entirely completes its
organization.
Branding the Army Horses.
Thousands of horses in the corrals
at the remount station have been
branded in true military style. Sergt.
Roland Groom Of Co. A. and Sergt
Denton L. Williams Of Co. B. 313th
Field Signal Battalion, had charge Of
the work. Several hundred men
made quick work of it. Eeach animal
was branded with the distinctive
marks Of the unit on both front hoofs
instead Of on the flank. On the 1ef,
hoof was placed the company letter
and the number of the horse. Or