The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-10-03

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MEN CAPABLE OF LIMITED SER
VICE TAKE NON-COMBATANT
POSITIONS.
Camp Dodge, Ia, Sept. 3O.-The
most important matter in dealing
with the thousands of new men is to
ascertain who are fit for strenuous
military service. It is also equally
important to find out those who are
capable Of only a limited service. The
new order from the war department
DEGREES that men physically fit FOR
service in the line are to be trans
ferred from non-iighting organizations
and their places will be filled by those
not qualified for line duty. The War
department order is taken to mean
that able bodied men now serving in
the quartermaster, ordnance and 9TH
er non-combatznt branches viii be
transferred also that limited service
men will replace physically fit soldiers
now performing clerical tasks IN regi-
mental, brigade and divisional head
quarters. This order has greatly dis
turbed the men in various subsidiary
capacities and who have been conErat-
ulating themselves upon having some
thing Of snap. Col. Armand Las
seigne, commanding the Fourteenth
infantry, and the majority Of the en-
listed men of the regiment, arrived at
Camp Dodge Tuesday. Colonel Las
seigne as ranking officer has taken
command Of the camp, relieving Col.
William G. Bennett, commanding the
Second infantry. The division of the
two regular army units to form the
nuclei for the two infantry brigades
Of the Nineteenth division is expected
to be accomplished soon. The infan-
try regiments will be recruited to
strength then by transferring men
from the depot brigade. Seventeen
officers from the American expedit-
ionary force have reported to camp
headquarters and been assigned to in
fantry and machine gun organizations
Of the 10th division. This is follow
ing out the war departments policy
in assigning men who have exper-
fenced actual warfare to the divisions
now in training for overseas duty in
this country. These officers were
sent here from Camp Dix, New Jer-
sey. All of them have seen several
months service in Europe in the
front line trenches. "
High Class Stunts By Soldiers.
There is all kinds Of talent in the
army. Men capable of doing almost
anything may be found ready for any
emergency. The other night at the
big Y. M. C. A. auditorium it was an
nounced that big show by 'home
talent" would be staged, and it was
so. There were tight wire artists,
sleight Of hand performers, jugglers,
trapeze performers, lariat throwers,
ventriloquists and a number Of clowns.
Most of these men had been with cir
cuses or with vaudeville. Musicians
capable Of playing upon everything
that was susceptible of producing
melody added to the enjoyment Of the
occasion. Announcement for another
stunt to be put on soon is as follows:
Private William j. Smith, Company
Fl, I'd infantry, known to men of that
regiment as the "jaw-breaking king" :"
AL Thomas, well-known boxer; Paul
Prehn, wrestler, and Rudolph Novak,
stunt acrobat, of the Tent City, will be
headliaers on the athletic exhibition
to be given at the Y. M. C. "A. audi
toriu1n Monday evening. Private
Smith, the jaw-breaker, will bend
nails, iron rods and gas pipes with his
teeth, and perform other feats of
strength. AL Thomas is scheduled for
q bout with Corporal DeMott, Com
pany M, I'd Infantry. Corporal De-
Mott is the champion boxer of the
Second, and the men Of that regiment
predict lively scrap with Thomas.
Private Bloss, Base Hospital No. 104,
who halls from New York City; Ho-
lean, Of Company G; Martin, of the
Machine Gun Company; Mayle, an In
dian boxer Of the supply company Of
the I'd Infantry, are also billed for
boxing contests on this program. Paul
Prehn, middleweight challenger for
the championship Of that class in
wrestling, who has just been released
from the hospital, following bruises
received in an auto accident two
weeks ago, will given an exhibition
wrestling match.
Four Minute Men From the Ranks.
An order issued from camp head
quarters directs the appointment Of
more than q score Of soldiers speak
ers who are to address audiences in
the Y. NJ, G. A. buildings, the Knights
Of Columbus halls, theatres and other
gathering places. The order says
these men are to speak one or more
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