The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-04-25


kota will come to Camp Dodge and H.
linois will be sent to jefferson Bar
racks. The men from the previous
draft will begin to arrive at Camp
Dodge April 26. There is plenty of
room because of the large number of
men distributed among other canton
ments the past three weeks. The
same provision as that in the previous
draft, exempting men assiduously and
completely engaged in agriculture, is
contained in the new call. Wide vari-
ance in the percentage of total draft
registrants put in class one by draft
boards has caused an official inquiry
calling for detailed reasons for such
classification" This inquiry is being
made by Adjutant General Logan on
instructions received from the provost
marshal general. Just why some coun-
ties should place such a small per
cent of it's men in class one is what
the officials want to find out, although
it is recognized that in some districts
the percentage of married men and
aliens is larger than in others.
Await Order to Transfer Sick.
Transfer of patients from the base
hospital at Camp Dodge to the recon-
struction hospital at Fort Des Moines
will begin as soon as sanction, which
already has been asked, is received
from the surgeon general of the army,
according to Lieut.. Col. A. T. Cooper,
commander at Fort Des Moines. Six
wards, accommodating eighty men
each, are ready for occupancy, Col.
Cooper says. There are twenty nurs-
Sc at the fort, each of whom could
care for ten men, thus reliving the
congestion at the Camp Dodge base
hospital by 200 patients.
No Ground Glass in Food.
Last fall and early in the winter
there was very much of a scare at
the camp because Of the report that
particles of broken glass were found
in canned tomatoes and in rice. Later
on it was reported that ground glass
was also prevalent in oatmeal. The
tomatoes were canned in Missouri and
a member Of the firm who provided
them was here on short notice to in
vestigate the matter. The war de-
partment finally censored all refer
ence to the matter and the excitement
soon died down. In the meantime a
thorough investigation was made by
Mr.. Hoover's department. His report
has been received and is as follows:
eve have followed the elusive ground
glass story from Maine to California
and from the lakes to the gulf for the
past four months. War intelligence,
navy intelligence and the department
Of justice are doing the same, and in
the thousands of cases that have been
reported we have found but one gen.
uine case of deliberate intent in put
ting ground glass in food. This case
was where disgrunted employee of
bakery in Fort Smith, Ark, placed
glass in one loaf of bread. This was
done for the purpose of injuring the
business Of the bakery and succeeded
so well that the bakery is out of busi-
ness, due to untimely publicity. The
department Of justice has made many
Investigations of these reports but SO
for has discovered no cases in which
glass was placed in food maliciously
and only one case Of poison court plas-
ter. which appears accidental"
Lawyers Not Needed in Case of
Casualties.
AS soon as large numbers of AM
erican troops get into the battle line
in France there are necessarily going
to be many casualties. Nearly all
of the men are insuring in keeping
with the war departments plan. Al
ready lot of disreputable lawyers
are offering their services to those
whose sons or husbands have been in
jured in battle. In order to head off
these lawyers the war department
has issued the following instructions:
Soldiers, sailors or their benefciaries
under the soldiers and sailors insur-
ance law need not employ attorneys
or claim agents to collect the in
surance, according to the Treasury
Department. Circulars have been sent
out by claim agents and attorneys Of
fering to assist persons entitled to the
benefits of this insurance in collecting
their claims. The procedure for the
presentation and collection of insur-
ance claims is simple. Blanks may be
secured from the Bureau Of War Risk
Insurance at Washington. The name
of the person in service who was kill
ed or injured, and the relationship
which he bore to the person making
the claim, should be given.
Company Given C0l0rs.
A national flag, the first colors to