New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-16
.DES MONIES GETS
CLEAN Up ORDERS
STRICT REGULATIONS FORCED
ON VARIOUS PLACES
OF BUSINESS
OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP
ESTABLISHED AT DODGE
cANToNMENT

s- CANTONMENT
From 1,20O men who made applica-
ton to enter training school for Of
fcers 200 enlisted men from Camp
Dodge were chosen. This training
camp for officers if to be the same as
that at Fort Smelling where most of
tie officers here received their train
ing. The men selected are high
class bunch of soldiers. Qualification
for leadership and ability to command
men were the qualities most consider
ed in the selection. Many of them are
college graduates; some sturdy labor
ing men, full of energy and forceful in
character. Several of the successful
ones are farmers. Lawyers and coll
lege profess ors who had been taking
strenuous practice We're not sighted,
but nobody had a pull. The men were
selected purely upon their merits. In
addition to tie men chosen from among
the soldiers here, 166 came from coll
leees i'm North Dakota, Minnesota,
Illinois, and from Iowa were men from
Anles, State university at Iowa City,
Dubuque college, also from St. Johns
Military Academy, Dela6eld, Wis, and
st. Il omas college, st. Paul. Fifty
regular army men from Fort Omaha,
Fort Crook and from army posts in
Wyoming and Utah entered the school
of instruction also. Tie total number
in training is SOC. Three months will
be devoted to the work and at the end
of the term those who have demonstrated
their ability for leadership and COM
mand will be given commissions. The
officers in charge Of the school Of in
.struction are: Commanding officer,
Lieut.. Col. R. B. Parrot; senior instruct
.or, Beet s.ysstt.. Col. De Camp Hall; assist
ant senior instructor, artillery, Maj.
Fletcher lockwood; assistant senior
instructor, infantry, Capt. George r.
bingham; adjutant, Capt. Walter f.
Peyer; statistical officer, Capt. James.
G. Hutchinson; mess officer, Capt.
Ralph W.szPage; assistant mess officer.
Second Lieutenant Joseph n. Rosenfeld,
engineer instructors, Capt. G. NJ. King
and Capt. q. j. Miner; instructors first
company, commander, Capt. Archer:
Is. Burnham; infantry instructors, Capt.
Silas NJ. Bryan, Capt. Harold II. Corey,
Capt. Casper SchenlS; instructors second
company, commander, Capt. James G.
Nye;. instructors in infantry, Capts.5
Abbott M. Washburn, Park "A. Findley
and Ellsworth G. Bowen; instructors
first battery, Capt. Henry Freeman,
Jr.; instructors in field artillery, Capt.
John S. Nichols, First Lieutenant Ar
thur w. Alderman. Barracks in the
depot area at the cantonment have
been given over to the training school.
Every facility of the division will be
placed at the disposal Of the commander
sof the school, to prepare the men for
officers. Several truck loads Of bag
gage reached camp, the property of the
collegians, and most Of it will speedily
be sent back home, as TIE men enter
ing tie training camp won't wear any
thing but military duds for at least
three months.
One of the most useful buildings at
Camp Dodge is. that erected by the Ma
..tional y oung Women's Christian Asso-
citation to be used by women from all.
parts Of the country who come here to
visit their friends or relatives. The
building is 80 by 100 feet, two stories,
Heated by steam and was erected at a
cost Of more than $4,000. The money
was furnished by tie national council.
of the organization. The building has
a cafeteria that will accommodate 800
people at a time Lodging for visiting
women may be provided in an emer-
gency. "a nursery for children lis avail-.
able. Miss Adele seyle, formerly in-.
dustrial secretary of the Des Moines
Wv. g. A., is in charge of the hostess
house, assisted by "a staff of four mem
beers supplemented by volunteer work.
ems from Des Moines. Miss Seyle has.
asked us to invite use Of the. hostess:
house by women of Iowa, Minnesota,
Illinois and North Dakota and any
other women who desire to visit camp.
Mrs. =. r. Dunshee, Wood burn, Ia, is