Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-05-22

The foreign officers have been Of great
aid to officers here in teaching the arts
OF modern warfare to the American
Build Boone Line In Record Time.
The establishment OF telegraph line
DC between tn;n1o Camp p Dodge and Boone, Iowa.
| 4O4th telegraph battalions, Camy Dodge,
These points, thirty-four miles apart,
were connected by an outfit of thirty
Roscoe Whiteside. commander of Com
pany D. This is thought to be world s
RECORD 1e1;o TOR line 81 establishment The bat
,aon IS one or the eastern coasts vol.
world democracy. Practically every man
IN the outfit, comprising two companies.
d and p; each of 100 men, halls from
| been at Camp Dodge since Oct 20 and
have established an excellent record.
Playing the War Game.
Captain John Griffith, in charge of
the athletic division has Vigorous pro-
gsam outlined "a and the men are already
of various kinds, alleged shell holes
and craters, trenches and an imaginary
par oaGo w, wire e,o entanglement are provided
under these conditions. The obstacle
course includes strip Of ground 244 feet
long long. ABOUT 80 feet from the starting
scaled. This leads to an open space Of
30 feet which affords room enough
to get proper momentum to clear a
trench seven feet across and this brings
the men to another barrier the passage
| of which lands the men in crater made
by bursting shell, presumably. Vari-
| GUS sand bag obstacles are next in order
and after these the trenches are reach
ed where bayonet assaults upon sand
| bags furnish a thriller when the imagin-
alton converts the bags into German
soldiers. These imaginary shell holes
and other barriers are a reproduction Of
| the real thing as outlined by the for
| eign officers who have been, over and
through the genuine article. The SOL
| d1ers are enthusiastic over this drill.
New Postal Regulations.
The congested conditions of the mails
because of vast quantities of articles
| sent by parcel post to men in France
| has caused the postal authorities to
post i h;5t3S;cao in all Of the Y: M;
that the soldiers may notify their re-
| latives and friends what is permissible to
send abroad. In the first place, only
| articles will be received that have been
order follows:
| In future shipments of any articles
to members of the American l1xped-
to those articles which have been re-
quested by the individual to whom
same are to be shipped, such request
| mental or higher commander
ance of the sender in each case that
| all the articles contained in the parcel
are sent at the addresses approved
| written request and that such request
is enclosed in the parcel by requiring the
sender to place on the wrapper of the
parcel under his name and address the
following endorsements:
| "This parcel contains only articles
sent at approved request of ADDRESSED
| which is enclosed"
The approved written request shall
| be enclosed in the parcel
| Parcels containing articles not being
| sent in accordance with such approved
| written request shall not be accepted
| for mailing, such parcels when offer
ed for mailing shall be returned to the
sender.
It Costs Money to Operate Camp Dodge
It costs the government approximate.
ly 100000 month to maintain the
Eighty-eighth division at Camp Dodge
| according to a statement given out by
| the finance branch of the quarter mast
er's office. Since Sept. 20, the total ex.
penditure has been $7,457,766.6O. Tota
expenditure for construction and main.
| tenance is believed to have been nearly
| $15.000000 so far. The officers average
| monthly pay roll is about $33O,0O0; thu
enlisted men. 100000. Capt. E. C. MearS
is in charge of the finance branch of the
quartermaster corps, composed of AZ
officers and clerks. Nearly every mar
in this branch of service has been il
service as bank cashier or teller.