New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-20

sympathizers are seeking to discredit
the organization. Parties have written
from Galesburg, Illinois, asking if it
is true that soldiers have to pay for tie
articles contributed for their benefit.
Everybody ought to know by this time
that such reports are bald-faced lies.
Major Fogarty Conserving Flour.
The Camp Dodge men have estab-
lished record for using less wheat
per man than any other camp. TIE
quart ermaster generals Office at Wash
ington has forwarded the information,
made up from reports submitted from
Camp Dodge, that .39 of a pound OF
flour per man is being used at Camp
Dodge Tie next lowest record is AZ
of pound per man. The highest is
81 of a pound per man reported from
Camp Funston, Fl. Riley. Much OF
the credit for Camp Dodge is due to
the skill of Lieut.. Jack Fogarty of Des
Moines, in command of the bakery
company which prepares practically
all. of the bread consumed at camp.
Capt. Ben w.. Easton, camp cook and
commander of the school for cooks
and bakers, also co-operated in working
out this saving. Methods for prepar-
ing meals using the minimum amount
of flour have been studied carefully.
Homing or Carrier Pigeons Soon to
r Arrive
Fifty pigeons will soon arrive at
Camp Dodge to be used in the signal
corps service for practice work. The
carrier pigeons have proved them
selves very valuable in war work by
delivering messages. Though carried
far away from the starting point the
carrier will with unerring instinct fly
straight back. A special coop is now
being constructed near tie signal corps
headquarters to receive the pigeons
when they arrive. The government
has issued the following notice: Num-
erous complaints have been made to
the Pigeon Section of the Signal Corps
that carrier pigeons of the racing homer
type, being trained throughout the
United States for communication service
with the American Army, have. been
shot by persons on hunting expeditions.
In spite Of the fact that many states
have laws prohibiting the shooting
of pigeons, the killing of these birds by
hunters has interferred seriously with
the training Of honing and carrier
pigeons for army service. Any pigeon
in the air may be carrier pigeon fly
ing from loft under government super
vision. Its destruction may be serious
loss to the American army. All persons
therefore, are urged to refrain from the
shooting of pigeons and to discourage
the practice by hunters and children.
Persons coming into possession of pigeons
labeled ecu. A.. S.-18'' indicating that
they are being trained for Army pur-
poses, are requested to report. the fact
at once to the office, Of, the Chief Signal
Officer, Land Division, Washington, D. G.
Refusal to Obey Orders Get Men in
Guard House. @
Court martial proceedings are to be
brought at Camp Dodge at once against
eight St. Paul draft resisters, who were
brought here under an armed guard
from Fort Smelling last week, and who
have refused to obey orders. The men,
A. S. Broms, G. Johnson, A. w. Carl
son, R. Carlson, W. Truesdale, w.
Troessler, M. Kamman, and c. w. John
son, are all assigned to the Three Hundred
Fifty-frst Infantry, and are under direct
command Of Maj. Isaac S. Martin.
They refused to obey orders, following
their arrival at camp, and are now
confined to the guard house. In all
probability these men will spend the
duration of the war and several years
more in confinement at Fort Leaven-
worth penitentiary. They will not be
charged with draft resistance, but with
the more serious offense Of disobedience
Of orders, and the extreme penalty
possible is death. Otto Wangerin, "a
st. Paul soldier, tried on a similar
charge, got fifteen years at Fort Leaven-
worth. --,.- >.<. .5->: as:-
Hair Brushes Not Permissible.
The order has been issued by Major
G.. E. Ffonk, division sanitary inspec-
tor at the camp, that Camp Dodge
BARRIERS shall not brush the hair Of
their patrons. This is to prevent any
danger. of infection or transmission
| Of disease. Every precaution is being
taken at the camp to maintain perfect
health among the soldiers. All soldiers
at Camp Dodge who are ordered into
foreign service are to be supplied with
razor, steel mirror and shaving brush.
Men have heretofore been compelled