The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16

liners this government purchased from
Norway. Most of these men were
wounded in the battle at Chateau
Thierry in July and belonged to the
168th regiment.
Socialist Leader Gets Is Years I
BENJAMIN J. Salmon, one of the most
persistent socialistic agitators in the
west, a resident of Denver, whose case
has been under review since June, re-
ceived a, sentence of rs years in the
penitentiary at Fort LeavenwOrth. He
defended himself before the Court
martial. He was a vOluminous talker
and argued every point brought out
in the trial. Some Of his oral argu-
ments consumed over two hours. He
submitted all kinds of evidence and
arguments to prove that the draft law
is unconstitutional. He even attack
ed the articles of war that have been
in existence for hundred years. His
wife plead with him to serve in the
army and influential friends appealed
in vain. He was first sent to Fort
Logan, Colo, where he refused ser.
vice and was placed in the guard
house. Shortly afterward he was
transferred to Camp Funston, Fort
Riley, Kans., where he still refused
service and was confined So con-
yincing were his arguments that the
military authorities at Camp Funston.
when transferring him here, wrote to
the camp judge advocate, Maj. Adam
Richmond, stating their belief that
he has been wrongly inducted. An in
vestigation Of the case by Major Rich
mond brought out sufficient evidence
to warrant a trial. After several
weeks of deliberation he was declared
guilty. The sentence of the general
court martial with complete record
Of the case was sent to the judge ad-
vocate general of the army at Wash
ington for review and received his ap-
proval. This makes s socialists that
have been sentenced to rs years each
in the penitentiary from Camp Dodge,
besides Is /. w. w. followers. Cases
against several so.called conscien-
tious objectors ere still pending.
Two Go to Federal Pen.
Privs. Kelly Newman and Jesse Nc
Intosh, the latter negro, have been
taken to the United States disciplin-
ary barracks at Ft. Leavenworth to
start serving five year sentences, each
at hard labor Private Newman was
found guilty of forgery and Mcintosh
of stabbing a fellow soldier with q
knife, in the arm.
r. Des Moines Also Under Quarantine
The United States general hospital
No. 26 at Ft. Des Moines is under
quarantine as protective measure
against the possible advent sof Spanish
infiuenza. At present there are more
than one thousand patients at the big
hospital, more than three hundred of
them having been returned wounded
in action from overseas. The others
were transferred from other pasts.
The provisions of the quarantine at
the fort are in effect the same as those
imposed at Camp Dodge.
Men Busy at Drills
Despite the fact that strict quaran-
tine has been established at Camp
Dodge as result OF Spanish influenza
work of officers and men of the new
10Th division is progressing as rapid
ly as possible. The order establish
ing the quarantine specified that drill
work should not be interfered with.
Following these directions officers
have kept enlisted men at their work
consistently and will continue to do
SO. according to present indications.
The formation of new units Of the di.
vision and the transfer to them Of en-.
listed men has been postponed until
after the quarantine has been lifted.
While there are large number OF
officers in camp without any organiza-
tion duties, the division schools for
officers have been established, and
work at these Is progressing rapidly.
These include the school of bayonet
combat, the machine gun school and
automatic rifle, and the unit com.
manders' school, the hand grenade
school, while practice also is being
given officers with the Stokes trench
mortar and with the one pound can.
non. These schools are being con-
Quoted by officers who have either
been abroad and seen service on the
western front or who are specially
qualified by virtue of long practice
and study in the various lines. The
machine gun battalions are about the
only units which recently have been
assigned, officers. These organiza-
tions, under Maj. William Dean, have
received sixty-six officers. It is
deemed likely that several hundred
men from the machine gun
school at Camp Hancock will be trans
ferred to the machine gun battalion
after the quarantine has been lifted.
While enlisted men from the depot
brigade and other organizations are
we'll along with their preliminary
training, members of the Second and
Fourteenth infantry regiments who
are we'll prepared in the preliminary
work are on the rifle range working
with the big targets.
Nurses Arrive for Training
A nurses training school has been
opened at Fort Des Moines. Twenty
young women came Friday. These
are from the recent campaign for vol
unteers. Others are arriving daily
and over 100 are ready to begin train
ing for active duties overseas. There
are now $50 nurses at Ft. Des Moines.
Nearly 1000 Men NaturaIized
Nearly 1000 foreigners took out nat.
uralization at Camp Dodge recently.
In the gathering twenty languages
were represented. There were large
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