The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-06-26

34Sth infantry.
Col Charles F. Bates, who has been
commandant of the fourth officers
training school, 92d division, at this
camp, has been relieved from this duty
with the discontinuance of the school
here.
He has been ordered to go to Camp
Macarthur, Texas, for duty with the in
fantry replacement camp at that
place.
Captain Silas Bryan, who has been
senior instructor in the fourth Off
GERS training school, 92d division. has
been detailed as instructor at the
fourth officers training school, 88th
division.
Other officers of this school who
have been transferred to the school OF
the 88th division as instructors are
Lieuts. Lawrence Byren, Roland L.
Steinel and Leo J. Kramer. The 9th.
ers OF the Institutional staff Of the
training school of the 92d division
which has now been discontinued here
and transferred to Camp Pike, have
reported for duty with the organiza'
tions to which they are assigned.
Health Much Improved.
The health of the men has greatly
improved since the coming OF summer
Pneumonia has been practically elm.
mated and hospital work has been
materially lessened. However, with
such q large number in camp several
hundred men must be given medical
attention. Capt. John r. Peck, NJ. r.
c., tubercular specialist at the base
hospital, will open tubercular school
to last two weeks, beginning July 1st,
Two hours each morning will be de-
voted to a study of this disease, its
causes and treatment, by the members
Of the medical staff The tuberculO'
sis wards will be utilized for practice
work and observation. Regimental
surgeons and other medical men will
attend and a practical course in the
examination of chests will be given by
Captain Peck. This school Is expect
ed to result in great deal of prac.
tical benefit to all who attend, and
Captain Peck is preparing to devote
much time to presenting various
phases of the study of the white
plague"
Morals Greatly Improved.
The most hopeful announcement
made ut the camp is found in the re-
port made by Lieutenant Colonel ]. r,
Shook division surgeon, as to the de-
crease in the number of cases Of So
cial diseases. With only 6 new cases
during the past month and only Ia
arrests for drunkenness during the 80
day period, the moral conditions are
almost perfect. This improvement is
largely due to the activities Of Off
GERS who have cleaned up the military
zone and to down town conditions that
have been so wonderfully improved
since Gov. Harding converted Sheriff
Griffin into q state officer and turned
him loose.
"A great deal of credit for this
showing must be given to Sheriff
Griffin and his deputies, and the Des
Moines police force," said Colonel
Shook. "The cleanup conducted In
the city of Des Moines and the close
watch that is still being kept to rid
the city Of bad characters is perhaps
as big a reason as any why the S8th
division can make so good a showing
during the past month.
Another reason of course, is that
the men are more closely confined to
camp now and are in the open more.
The training they are receiving now
is more intensive than was possible
during the winter months and there
are not so many who go down town
during the week."
To Enlarge Cantonment.
1t Is semiOfficially announced that
Camp Dodge will be enlarged so that
10000 men can be accommodated.
This means the erection OF several
hundred additional buildings and the
extension of water mains and sewers.
1t Is believed that this will be util-
lied exclusively as a replacement
training camp after the present con-
tingent is sent for overseas service.
Under such scheme no new division
will be organized here after the
Eighty-eighth goes overseas. The
camp will be a mobilization and
training point for drafted men from
perhaps six states, who will be organ
lied into provisional units, which will
be constantly drawn upon to replace
casualties in the fighting organizations.
For more than seven months the camp
was practically replacement organ
ization. More than 100000 men hav-
ing been mustered into the service
here, only to be transferred to other
cantonments and posts. The reorgan-
ization is said to be part Of the plan
announced some time ago by Secre.
tary Baker to call out an unlimited
number of men for service and subse-
quent reports that many environments
would be enlarged to meet the added
numbers to be sent to them. 1t Is
generally believed that the cantonment
will draw men from Minnesota, Ne
braska, Missouri and possibly from
North and South Dakota. The recent
reorganization Of the one hundred
sixty-third depot brigade which is not
regularly a part of the Eighty-eighth
division is looked upon by some as
the first step in the new arrangement.
The formation of actual divisions to
be added to those already formed, 1t is
believed in the future will take place
at the eastern cantonments where ma
tional army divisions have been trans
ferred to Europe.
More Care in Handling Supplies.
Capitalization of distribution OF sub
sistence supplies is the aim of Captain
w. J. O'Connell, @. NJ r. c., officer in
charge of the Camp Dodge commissary
according to plans he made public this
week in regard to the new buildings,
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