Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-04-24

|
ance, according to the Treasury De-
partment. Circulars have lately been
sent out by claim agents and attorneys
offering to assist persons entitled in COL
The procedure for the presentation
| and collection Of insurance 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 killed or injured,
and the relationship which he bore to
the person making the claim. should
| be given.
Transfer ksnnonitss.
Forty-hve enlisted men at Camp
Dodge who for religious or other con-
ant service have been transferred to
the medical detachments, according to
a report from the headquarters of the
| SSth division. These men are mostly
Mennonites with slight sprinkle of
| Quakers.
Sergeant Caddock 1otains World Title.
Military circles were all ageg Fri
was to be held that night between Ser
geant Earl Caddock. Of the headquar-
tiers division. and John Olin. wrest-
dock is very popular at the camp and
the men all took great interest in the
contest. He won in two straight
falls in an hour and fifteen minutes.
the camp along with his other duties
and he and Mike Gibbons boxing in
| structor do team work that Is highly
a APE by men. Private Lewis.
| at the camp outside of Caddock and
1t is he who furnished the latter most
Of his practice work for the big event
Friday night.
Base BAH Teams Badly Crippled.
Several ball teams have been organ
ized and games were planned with
the transfer of several thousand men
to other environments greatly disor-
ganized matters. Captain Griffith is
busy gathering up his stranded forces.
Base ball players of national renown
| who were at the camp have been taken
elsewhere. but there are number of
good players left and some fast games
gne h9spitsl team has
Omaha and Minneapolis, and will take
Mike Gibbons and Earl Caddock along
to feature their visit.
Another Cali for Men.
Illinois, Minnesota, North Dakota
and Iowa have been instructed to send
to Camp Dodge during the five days
beginning beginning April rs. thirteen and four
state. Only white men will be chosen
from class one in the sequence of their
or er numbers all'1e Men who are engaged
q
exempted from this call This will
make total of about $4,000 men from
the four states. 1owa's quota will be
S,4l2 and Minnesota's will be some
900 men on its previous call. Illinois
sends $3.50 to four different canton
ments. The order that only white
men will be sent this time applies to
negroes only. Indians are classed as
white and another bunch of these men
from the Standing Rock Agency in
N9fta dakota will report for duty. The
cail for men to help Uncle Sam in his
descendants of Sitting Bull, famous
Sioux chief. and as a result, eighteen
h n, :sl y. braves now are a part Of the
These members of the first families
of America are assigned to Company
of the One Hundred and Sixty-third
depot 4brigade They are showing
their officers. There's just one thing
that's disappointing to the Indians;
they the ~, all want horses to ride. Thus
animals at their disposal. Various
organization commanders are scramb-
ling for an opportunity to have one or
more Of the Indians attached to their
riding. Thus far but four are sched-
uled for transfer. They are: Gray
Bull Gray Hawk, Lean Elk, Herbert
keepseigel and James Murphy who
detachment of the One Hundred Sew
enty-ffth brigade.
Quartermastsr's Depot to Be Esta blish-
ushed Here.
All supplies of food, clothing and the
like are received from the quarter
masters headquarters in Omaha. The
war department has decided that a dis
Camp Dodge. Six large warehouses
are to be erected at once, each having
a storage capacity of 10000 feet,
sup02 have at to
trary to orders issued last November
that "all articles of the ration required
tor to ;rd the supp supply of troops viii be OBJ
when on hand new order was is
sued from divisional headquarters for
bidding any violation of this order in
the future This means that no sup
ness firms when the camp quarter
master has the goods in stock.
Civil Sanitary Zone Near Camp II
Enlarged.
The civil sanitary zone about Camp
Dodge has been enlarged: When the
comprised the townships of Madison,
Jefferson, Webster, Croker and Say
lor, all in Polk county. The board
has discovered that the township of
adjoins Madison township on the west,
has several mining camps which are
in an unsanitary condition. The zone
was extended to include that town
ship.
This means that every privy in that
| township will be condemned and 9TH
ers substituted built upon plan ap-
that manure will not be permitted to
accumulate around barns and that all
such must be treated with chemicals
before it is spread upon the farms.
hn NUT 1rvswS l~vv
and doors of all outbuildings and all
breeding places for flies will be elm
mated.
Farms Not After Dodge Soldiers.
Either the farmers of the country
soldiers of the Eighty-eighth division
do not care to give up the army life
tor work on the farms Not a single
application has been made for fur
department allowing soldiers passes
to return to their homes and help with
the rush of spring planting, staff off,
Applications may be made by the
! parents or relatives of the soldiers
through local draft boards. Application
blanks have been sent to all local boards.
More Men Coming.
Another draft has been ordered, the
and 49, aePS3 s SartS baR Maz
| SAL and that part of Illinois in this
| cantonment zone 612. The Iowa men
| St. Louis. Minnesota and North Dako-
| ia will come to Camp Dodge and Illi-
nois will send her quota to Jefferson
Barracks. The men from the previous
draft will begin to arrive at Camp
Dodge April rs. There is plenty Of
| room because of the large number Of
men distributed among other canton
ments the. past three weeks The same
exempting men assidiously and complete