The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24

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~Depot street, is in operation. II
MI take care of all perisha bles in
division headquarters. The plant has
a four days capacity.
Crack Regiment from Camp Funston
Camp Funston, Kans., has contrib
uted swell bunch of soldiers to this
camp, over 1900 of them. They are
presumably to be on duty here after
the SSth division leaves for France,
With such a large increment of new
men it is necessary to have a lot OF
we'll trained soldiers. Several hun
dred we'll equipped men have been
brought here from other camps also.
Among the recent arrivals of negro
conscripts were 600 former Pullman
porters, walters OH dining cars and
cooks and porters from hotels and
barber shops. They are educated,
have seen much of the ways of the
world and are quite different from the
contingent from Alabama and Ten.
lneSsee
Sentenced to the Penitentiary.
Because he refused to put on a uni.
form and stated that he would not
fight for the United States against
Germany, since he was part German
Recruit Albert Christ of Minneapolis,
a member of the depot brigade has
been tried by general court martial,
and sentenced to Is years in the dis
ciplinary barracks at Ft. Leaven-
worth.
Private Chester M Mallorey of Mt.
Ayr, Iowa, a former member of Bat
terry E, 339th field artillery at Camp
Dodge, has been tried by general
court martial on charges of desertion
and passing fraudulent checks to the
amount of $76, and sentenced to 10
years in the government disciplinary
barracks at Ft. Leavenworth.
Against Gambling.
A word of warning has been issued
to soldiers here in division order
which says manufacturers and dealers
in crooked gambling devices including
marked cards, strippers and loaded
dice are disposing of these in large
quantities to enlisted men in army
posts and cantonments. In practically
evertprganization here there is an
order preventing gambling. 1t is the
desire of the authorities, however, to
put enlisted men on their guard
against the possibility of being roped
in on crooked game Of some kind.
Marriages Are Numerous.
The matrimonial bug is still get
ting in it's work. During the month of
June 319 marriage licenses were is.
sued by the county clerk here and of
this number Is per cent were to sol
diers. Add to this the number of
marriages by soldiers stationed here
at the home of the bride elsewhere
and it can readily be seen that matri-
mony is very popular adjunct to
army life This does not hold good
among the enlisted men for the navy
A license is seldom issued to Jackie.
5>s Overseas Officers Here.
Lieuts. w. L. Xobb and Frank Gibbs
arrived enroute from somewhere in
France to Camp Dodge. Both men
are from Massachusetts and were at
tached to a Massachusetts division in
overseas service. They have been
temporarily detached for instruction
work at Camp Dodge and further
than this have no knowledge of their
future movements. In addition to the
regular insignia of the United States
army officer, Lieutenants KObb and
Gibbs both wear the gold service chev-
ron indicating six months service
overs eas. They are the first Ameri-
can officers to exhibit this service
mark in Des Moines.
Mennonites Are Questioned
Conscientious objectors have had
hon r;,,o hnfnrn nffinapc
sent here to investigate the. claims
made by those whose religious scru
pies bar them from military duty. Sec
retary of War Baker delegated Maj.
R. C. Stafford and Judge j. w. Nc
Laughlin to examine the men as to
their contention. These officers are
making the rounds of all of the can
tonments on this same mission. The
objectOrs here are mostly Mennonites.
Some of them are from North Dakota,
some from Minnesota, but mostly from
Henry and Washington counties, Iowa.
Major Stafford is Muscatine man,
son of the pastor of the Methodist
church of that city, and Judge Nc
Laughlin is from Wapello, iowa.
Promotions and Transfers.
SdpJ. SOlloIduIlllC VI luC
351st infantry has been detailed as
an instructor at the division machine
gun school, relieving Maj. Charles H.
Karlstad, Lieut.. COL Charles B.
Stone has been relieved from assign
ment with the 349th infantry and as
signed to the 352d infantry, and
Lieut.. Col. P. ]. Hennessey has been
relieved from duty with the 352d and
assigned to the 349th infantry. Ralph
A. Parsons, member of the eterin-
ary corps, has been discharged as an
enlisted man and commissioned as a
second lieutenant, veterinary reserve
corps. Corp. Thos. F. Fisher of the
division pigeon detachment has been
made a sergeant. Three corporals in
the quartermasters corps have been
made sergeants. They are: Owen E.
Thomas, James L. Bradbury and John
r. Bedford. First Lieutenant James
l.. Monson, Frank B. Appleby and Sec
ond Lieut.. Elmer j. Jones have been
relieved from duty as instructors at
the division school of musketry. Pri-
Yates Earl Prosser, Daniel Masucci
and John Gordon, all Of the quarter
masters corps, have been transferred
to the depot brigade. r. l.. Burroughs,
leader of the 352d infantry band at
Camp Dodge, has been commissioned
a second lieutenant. Previous to his