Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-19

at meetings in each of the eight build
At the B msstng n she zig zig came
military reservation. The soldier boys
gave the great captain of industry q
eaS reception d pro Sed to ps s% orn
the men and gave kindly greeting to
all with whom he came In contact. His
addresses were full of good cheer and
his appeals for the exaltation Of manly
conduct and Christian service made
wonderful impression upon all who
heard him
Marriages Are Numerous
Marriages are all the rage here 1t
beats all how many girls are willing
to take chances on being hooked up to
man in khaki whittier they have
ment proposes to take hand in the
matter and for this purpose has dele
gated Miss Jessie P Binford: protecs
the Young Woman's Christian Associa-
| ton, to look after girls who come here
| from about every community repre-
that the purpose Of the proposed meas
| ure is to put stop to the ill-advised
and hasty marriages OF very young
ca wth resHtng AFTER an
anew few hours" It is not the intention
put stop to the daara of sol
| that hundreds of weddings have taken
place which should have been forestall-
ed She further says that mothers of
many Of the girls participating in the
responsible for their daughters acts.
Dodge Chaplaius Somewhat Rilsd.
| Army chaplains in the Eighty-eighth
because of the war department order
which, it was reported recently would
be made soon, depriving them of their
right to wear the military insignia of
| rank in Uncle Sans national army.
Army chaplains with the Eigthty-eight
division are all commissioned first lieu
tenants. The order, which 1t is reported
will come from the department soon,
yer bar worn on the shoulder straps
as an insignia of rank and replacing it
with small cross The chaplains argue
that if such steps are taken, they will
| service who have been commissioned
officers and are not allowed to wear the
appropriate insignia of rank. Doctors
of medicine and surgery are commission
ed in the medical corps, veterlnar1es In
the veterinary corps, dentists in the
dental corps, and all are allowed to wear
listers. the chaplains maintain they
| should be privileged to wear the insig-
MIA as we'll as the others. They also
maintain that such an order would tend
to reduce their prestige and authority
| to certain extent among the men and
| officers. There are twelve army chap
lains in the Eighth eighth division, all
of them ranking as first lieutenants
| First Lieutenant H. B. Boyd, formerly
of Iowa City. is the senior chaplain.
as Years at Hard Labor.
Sentences of twenty-five. years at
1-I ,:~r s-1S ~ke
Who who refused 1ua i0 to "a obey s; military com:
mands at Camp Dodge, have been ap-
proved by the judge advocate in Wash
ington and the men will be sent i'm.
mediately to the disciplinary barracks
at FIT. Leavenworth for Incarceration
Those who drew the 25-year sentences
are: Gunnard Johnson, Carl W. John
| son, Axel Carlson and Richard A: Carl
son, all native born ,swedes; Morris
| Kamman, a Russian Jew, formerly a
student at the University Of Minnesota
and William Tresler, a native born
American and formerly chief clerk fo1
Paul. Four testified that they left
Sweden because they wished to escape
! military service.
TO Court Martial Men who Falsify
Policies.
Camp Dodge soldiers who insist they
are married when taking out war risk
insurance policies, and who, it is later
| discovered, are not married, but have
named woman or fictitious person tC
received at division headquarters direct
are to be prosecuted for perjury. In
structions from the secretary of war
received at division headquarters direct
that in such cases charges shall be
filed against the soldier under the 93rt
article of war, on a specification alleg
ing perjury, and tried by general cour
martial
$40 Bill Costs Trooper Years.
Harry H. Fowler, of Detroit, Mich
igan, a member of the Enlisted Ord
nance Corps of Camp Dodge was con
victed of appropriating $40 which hat
) been entrusted to him in a registered
, letter by the chief clerk of the Depo
Brigade postoffice He received a sen
tence of years at hard labor at For
Leavenworth He was charged will
| ! fraudulent enlistment here also, bu
, this charge was not proved, according
| to the reviewing officer