The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28
INDIANS HAVE
WRESTLINGMATCH

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Indians From Standing Rock, and
Now at Camp Dodge, Delight Spec.
tators With Wrestling Match
MORE NEGRO TROOPS ARRIVE
Thousands Already at Camp and 9th
ers Comina-Last Bunch to Ar
rive Comprised 1900
CAMP DODGE, Aug. 26-The max
ing of new army division is a work
of large proportions. During the evo-
luton of the S8th division, now in
France, composed of $1,000 men, a
vast army of 10000 was enrolled at
Camp Dodge. From this number fire.
quent drafts were made and other can
tonments were replenished as needed.
The creation of the 18th army divis-
ion is now under way here. Two regi-
ments, that means $500 men, from
the regular army have been sent here
to form the nucleus of the new di-
vision. There are several thousand
men here who arrived before the SSth
departed and who have had consider
able training. Nearly all of the T.
900 men from Missouri are still here
and these partially trained men to-
gether with the regular army men
are going through with intensive
training in order that the new re-
cruits may see what real army ma
neuvering means. Sqauds OF new men
may be seen scattered here and there
over the big cantonment, taking train
ing from sergeant or corporal and
as soon as these squads get familiar
with the rudimentary work they are
placed in company units where many
already trained men are located and
thus the work of whipping the new
men into, real soldiers moves rapidly
forward. ~
Many of the officers have been on
duty here ever since the camp was
established. Their work has been
with new men constantly and while
the work is INCLINED to grow monoton-
GUS the new material constantly at
forded keeps the officers nerved up
FOR strenuous service. 1t is like a
heatrical company appearing in the
Jane play at every stand but before a
different audience each time.
The big event the past week has
been the taking of a picture from
formation Of $4,000 men representing
Liberty Enlightening the World, the
model being taken from the Goddess
or Liberty that surmOunts sthe.gTeat
statue in New York bay. It took a
couple Of hours to get the men ar
ranged In the proper position. An
outline of the goddess was made upon
the drill ground and then the men
were grouped along the outlines that
had been sketched. So dense was the
placing of the man on q hot summer
day that many were overcome and
had to be taken to the hospital. The
photograph was from a tower rs feet
high which gave the camera chance
to catch every outline of the great
picture composed of living men. A
moving picture reproduction Of the
formation was also taken.
Lieutenant Graham Goes to Meade
Cantonment.
First Lieut.. Augustus Graham, for
merly assistant athletic director Of
the camp, has been ordered to Camp
Meade, Maryland, for temporary duty
of two weeks in assisting and observ.
ing the work of an experimental de-
velopment battalion at that place.
Lieutenant Graham took with him
data concerning the training system
,,eod ~ <bo Joyo1Nrroorf tto1ior, of
this camp, for comparison with that
in vogue at Camp Meade.
No Repetition Of Epidemic Last Year.
Soldiers at Camp Dodge need not
fear an empyema epidemic this winter
similar to the one that claimed dozens
of lives last year.
Through cooperative work among
specialists at all army cantonments
and experts from the Office of Surgeon
General Gorgas, means of defense
against such epidemics has been de-
vised and the causes of the maladJ
definitely ascertained.
The cause given by General Gorgas
for the virulence last year, is that
many of the men from country dis
tricts never had suffered from tnea-
sles. Gases of this disease occurred
in the camps, and these quickly de-
veloped into pneumonia. Other infec'
tions and complications occurred, the
most dangerous of which was empy.
ema.
This disease attacks the membran
Gus covering of the lungs, and the lin
ing of the chest walls, and produces a
fluid which remains between the
membranes. The increase Of pus fore.
es the lungs into smaller and smaller
space, as the fluid fills the pleural
cavity.
The new treatment devised consists
Of removing the pus by aspiration at
frequent intervals. The fluid is drawn
off with needle and suction appa'
ratus.
A New Examining Board.
A board has been appointed here to
examine enlisted men recommended
for commissions in the quartermaster
corps, with view to their admittance
to >quartermaster training camp.
This is in accordance with an order
issued by the war department which
provides this method of filling vacan-
cies in the commissioned personnel of
the quartermaster corps, by training
deserving enlisted men for these COM
missions.
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