Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-01-09
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!. CAMP DODGE !
Interesting lnfoIHado From the
Place Who're 0ur Boys
Ire Training,
Camp Dodge, Ia, Jan. z, 1913. !

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Camp Dodge, Ia, Jan. T. 1913. a
Two hundred and ninety enlisted
men selected for service with the
eighty.eighth division sofe the National
Army here, have been relieved from
duty temporarily and assigned to- the
officers training camp which opened
Saturday. J. - NJ"
These men represent the pick of the
selectives from Iowa, Minnesota,
North Dakota and a part of Illinois.
those who have shown the greatest
aptitude for military work and who
are deemed to have the potential quail.
tiles necessary in the making Of good
officers. :,4~c 80
The school marks the opening Of the
third series of~stude lent officers train
ing camps as conducted last spring
and summer under the direction ct
the War Department. 4. .s.. ssss " =
The school at Camp Dodge is COM,
manded by Lieut.. Col. r. B. PARROT,
U. S.%Infantry,. and a detail OF four,
teen officers with Lieut. Col. J.~SDe-
Camp Hall at the head senior In
structor, has been appointed to con-
duct the course. -: F. s 80.
The training will be similar to that
given at the two previous camps ex-
cept that instruction Will be given in
the infantry and artillery branches Of
the service only. =; =
The men will be divided into com.
panies of about .150 men each. One
company of infantry and one battery
of artillery will be assigned to the
school to aid in the instruction work.
This will not take place, however, un-
til the work is well advanced" 81
| The competition, it is predicted, will
be even keener among, the student of
flcers in that school than 1t was in the
schools conducted previously. Hun
dreds of applications were made by
the soldiers and the sitting out pro-
cess resulted in the selection Of only
those best fitted for the work.
On completion of the course the
successful students will be given com.
missions AS provisional second lieu.
tenants and will return to their en-.
listed status until called into active
service and given assignments. In the
interim they will return to their re:
spective organizations: s.-,3ss: -.
In addition to the men selected
from the eighty-eighth division there
are $50 graduates and undergraduates
from the State University of Iowa
Ames College. The College OF st
Thomas at st. Paul, St. Johns Mill.
tary Academy az Delafield, Wis, and
| Dubuque College; Dubuque, Iowa, and
about fifty enlisted men from thesreg
ulaE army. = = +. So - =
| Harold Bruber, private in the
352nd infantry regiment Fas sentenc
ed to fifteen years in the federal penf
Tertiary by the verdict of a general
court martial following charges OF de
sertion and refusing to obey the com
mands of his officers which were plac
ed against him. 49,. ., -. s
| Private Bruber, according to. the
division judge advocate, claimed to be
member OF the International Bible
\ Students Association. AS such he
said it was against his principles and
religion to don the uniform of sold
i Ter or take any part in: the war. =
4 His failure to- report when sum
moned by his local board resulted in
the desertion charge being placed
against him - -: - = :. - a.. =, =
! Private R. G. Walker, attached io1
duty to the base hospital here was
sentenced to five years in the peniten
.tiary after being found guilty or
charges of forgery and passing worth
less checks on local merchants in Def
Moines and the vicinity of the camp.
Corp. Francis Noonan, Eagle Grove
and Private J: Williams, Ironwood
Mich, both members Of Company c
339th Machine Gun battalion, will pa,
for a Joy ride in a deputy sheritf's Fort
automobile: by spending six. months
4 each in the division guard house al
a hard labor. They also will forfeit two
i third of their pay while confined ane
4 Corporal Noonan will be reduced K
i the rank of private. The verdict. o.
guilty On charges Of larceny was rnodi
4 fed by the reviewing authority and 8
penftentiary sentence revoked. ~. -
i The campaign being Waged In, Des
Moines by civil and state authorities
and atEthe camp by military author
tiles to make the conditions as nearly
as possible free from social diseases
has been extended to include men a,
well as women. The preliminary pla1
called for the arrest and confinement
Of women found to be suffering from
social diseases. IS. :*.s szs s: IS:
i Diciplinary measures have been in
voked at the camp which deprive SOL
diers of their pay while affected tt
such an extent as to make It impos
sible for them to perform their midi
tary duties. Strict regulations have
. also been made relative to the treat
ment to be accorded men who have
been exposed and trouble Is sure Il
follow the soldiers who do not abide
Fly the regulations. The entire com
mand il ingDncted; twice 1nnnfhlv ~,