Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-02-27
REMARKABLE PROGRESS MADE
IN EXAMINING AND ASSIGN.
ING DODGE RECRUITS.
REGISTERED, EXAMINED
AND ASSIGNED QUICKLY
Men to Serve With Units For Which
They Are Especially Equipped
Physical Condition Of New Arrivals
Par Above That Of First and Second
Contingents. ..-...-

| tiVes who are reporting at Gang
| Dodge this week. BY the time the
time the final group of Iowa selectives
to report arrive this afternoon. the
men who came in Saturday will be
considering themselves almost vet
Grams.
Lots OF things have happened to the
| national army selects since they left
| home. They have been vaccinated. in
| oculated, uniformed. and assigned t.
| duty. and are already getting some Of
| the rud!mentaries Of military inStruc-
ton.
What happens to all OF the new men
| may be illustrated by the reception
accorded to the Marshall county dele
cation which arrived at camp at
O'Clock yesterday afternoon.
First the men were taken to the
registration station. where each man
filed out a card bearing his name,
| county and occupation. Then the men
were divided into squads OF thirteen
| each and escorted to the adjoining as
siSnment barracks, where they passed
single file down a long chute past Col.
ganzation in which all OF the ne "
selects are to serve.
He Finds a Job.
The delegation breaks up right here.
II the man is a mechanic he probably
lands in the machine gun battalion or
in one OF the artillery units. If pro-
fessional man. he may 90 to the cnSi-
necrs. If he is just ordinary plain
American citizen who has been, &C.
cupying Some triti!ng job such as bank
teller. salesman, manager OF a depart
ment store, or farmer. he is likely 10
find himself in one OF the infantry
units.
The next move down the chute
brings the recruit into another large
building. where he is taken in charge
by an officer Of the unit to which he
has ben assigned. He is escorted to
an auto bus and transported to the
regimental receiving barracks, where
more things begin to happen to him.
First he is assigred to a company. IL
should be remembered all the time
that he is one OF several hundred men
being handled at the same tine ana
probably Is accompanied by from fifty
to one hundred other men thruout MS
trip from civil into military life.
After his assignment he is shifted
into another huge barracks room
where he removes his clothing and be-
comes one Of a hundred or SO coming
fighters who are wearing regulation
Eden attire. minus the fig leaves.
Things Begin to Happen.
He finds his place in the long line
OF naked men. and about that time
military surgeon grasps him firmly o!
the arm and vaccinates him. He mas
lust about time enough to say ouch
when another surgeon takes him IN
hand, gives him a dab just behind ms
left armpit with an iodine SWAP anu
shoots him fun OF a couple OF Hill!oh
dead typhoid germs.
Some OF the recruits begin to get
nervous at this stage Of proceedings.
A small percentage OF the oiggest
h1skiest recruits OF the lot faint deao
away shortly after disrobing. either
thru nervousness or excitement, or ne-
c.rse n, the touch of the vaccinating
needle.
However. II your recruit shou,u
faint he will find immediate nrst a'u
treatment. A husky sergeant Will p,SN
him from the floor. lay him caretui's
on a table, and give him wh'n or
two OF ammonia, when he IS rea"S
again 10 take his place In the line.
His mex. bit Of physical examination
! ;s taken over by dentist. VINO prys
his mouth open. takes a few notes az
=, the condition OF his teeth, anu
passes him on to the oculist, who tests
his eve sight. Somewhere along mere
another specialist looks over his throat
tests his ears. and prods him rev
times Just on a speculation that soh'e-
thing may all him.
| Finoer Prints Made.
| Another surgeon immediatei! se'.
the recruit tests out his joints, anu
lo,ls him over for nat feet. the ne4'
doctor tests lungs and heart. and inc
recruit is now ready to have HIS hngef
prints taken. This is done quickly ana
hrnly his hand being grasped. MS
fingers pressed upon the ink slab ana
the Impressions taken while the recruit
is still wondering whether his Vacc''a :
ton will make him SICK.
| Next the recruit passes announcer
medical officer who makes a chart OF
the new soldiers btrthmarks moies'
ta,oo;ny and other distinguishing fea-
lures.
He isn't done yet, however. He
strikes still another medical onicer
the ranking one Of his regiment. VINO
completes the physical record by max
ling an intelligence test.
The test is not a difficult one. Whc
was George Washington How many
states are there in the union?' 'Wha
lis the capital OF Iowa." are samples
One soldier, asked the number
states in the union, replied thirty
nine" That was a good guess, TN
officer remarked. Nav, / knew Ina
all the time" said the recruit. not
bit worried.
Gets Clothing Next.
That winds up the physca! exam
ination, but the end Is not yet. I'm
recruit now heads for his barracks
under tow OF some member OF nj
command. He Is shown his bunk, an
IL he hasn't had a. meal wi:h,n sou
hours is Immediately fed
He gets his n1ess Kit, three blankets
} comforter and a complete outfit 0
, army clothing. always providing tina
5 he has passed the physical examina
ton.
The outfit includes his regulatlo
= olive drab uniform. a suit OF overaH'
| which serve to call his attention :
= the fact that not all Of soldering
drilling in nice new uniform. an
i. an overcoat. He will get shoes. to'
Z as soon as he has q moments breath
i ing spell
The new recruit viii have no ardti