New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-27

occupants lost Il e:r clothing and otl er
!; valuables, some losing considerable
money. About 100 men were in the
building. The fire company was socn
on the job and prevent ed the Fl. e from
spreading. Tie Waterman is said to
have been looking after stove in the
adjacent latrine when tie fire broke
out.
Company of Giants
Company K, Three Hundred Fiftieth
infantry, are especially proud Of their
muster roll, for on it are the names of
men who stand as giants in their stock
ing feet. Eighty men Of this company
wear number nine shirts, which are
! designated for men with forty-nine
inch chest measurement. 1t is almost
company of the Hercules type.
A Choctaw Indian Dies
!! Joe Williamson, full blood Choctaw
!! Indian, of Achille, Oklahoma, mem
Der of the AID infantry Of the regular
army, died last week from pneumonia
at the base hospital. He came to Camp
Dodge with his regiment from Salt
Lake City, Utah, early in the autumn.
He was fine specimen of the Indian
type, straight as an arrow, keen-eyed
and as rugged as an oak. He was pop
ular and good soldier. His body was
sent to his people in the Choctaw res.
ervation in Oklahoma where interment
was made after the ceremonials of the
tribe to which he belonged. There are
twenty Indians at Camp Dodge and
they take hold of the work assigned
them in most creditable manner.
Three Filipinos Arrive
Leon Magsico, Candida Bicaro and
Guam Yatto, who are believed to be the
only full-blooded Filipinos in the ma
tional army, arrived at Camp Dodge
from Fort Riley, Kan. The men had en-
listed voluntarily in Salt Lake City,
Utah, about week ago. They are
members Of Hospital Corps No. II and
Will be on duty at the base hospital.
Bicaro has been in this country seven
years and his companions about one
year. They speak and write English
remarkably well and can also speak
Hawaiian, Japanese and Spanish. There
are $4,000 Filipino soldiers in this
country ready to go across and lick the
kaiser, according to Magisco.
| Singing is Popular
Song leaders are now being sent out
to all the environments. Dean Holmes
Cowper of Des Moines, was appointed
camp song leader soon after the ma
tional army men came here. Now he
is kept busy directing first one regi-
ment, then the other, in their singing.
Later it is probable all the regiments
in camp will be assembled somewhere
for one grand ''sing.' The other day
Dean Cowper took 1900 men of the
Forty-second Infantry to the Liberty
theater and coached them how to sing
some Of the popular patriotic songs in
the most effective way. keep the
Home Fires Burning" Where Do We
Go From He-e,'' "There's Long, Long
TRAIL" and "Over there" are among
the most popular numbers. The negro
soldiers also have song-master and
when they get to warbling their plan
tation melodies the white folks within
hearing distance sit up and take notice..
Luggage Soldiers Are Allowed.
An official announcement from Wash
ington gives the amount of luggage that
soldiers will be allowed to take with
them, as follows: Regulations for the
personal baggage allowances of officers
and men sent to France show that every
effort compatible with comfort is being
made to hold down weight and standard
ize it's form and size Officers above the
! grade of captain can have a baggage
sufficient for extended field service, in-
! Guiding professional books. Below:
majors the total weight must not ex-
coed $50 pounds. The allowance for
| on-commissioned officers down to color
sergeant is 100 pounds and enlisted men,
; rs pounds.
Jews Get Unleavened Bread.
During the. Jewish passover observ-
ance unleavened bread will be fur
nished the soldiers of that faith. Off
GERS have been instructed to ascertai 4
the number of Jewish soldiers at the
cantonment and this will enable the
bakery department under Major Jack
Fogarty to prepare the necessary amount.