The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-07-04
CAMP DODGE
NEWS NOTES
Thousands Of New Men Ordered
to Report at Camp Dodge
How to Distinguish the Of
ficers.
PROMOTIONS ARE MADE.

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Up Class Revoke the Salute
Order-Morals Greatly I'm
proved.
Camp Dodge, Ia, July 2. 1918.
With the increment now arriv-
ing whereby some 5000 new
men will be received at Camp
Dodge and $4,000 more ordered
to report in July this camp will
be filled to the limit. The pre-
sumption is, however, that be-
fore all of these men arrive a
large number Of trained soldiers
will be on the way to France.
Of the new men to arrive in July
5000 are to come from Mon
tana, 5000 from South Dakota
and 5000 from Nebraska. Ne
braska is already represented by
1900 men, but this will be the
first representation from South
Dakota and Montana. The Iowa
men drawn in July will be sent
to southern camps, mostly to
Camp Pike, Arkansas. The in
tensive training being carried
out indicates that a large num-
ber of men will soon be ready
for overseas service. Every
phase of military training is be-
ing carried out with enthusiasm.
Furloughs are limited to actual
necessities and every moment is
devoted to work. Except upon
special passes the men are not
released to visit the city except
on Saturday evening and Sunday
and even at this time classes are
doing duty in some special work.
The order of Brig. Gen. w. D.
Beach, acting division command
er, directing that all officers stay
in camp over night except Sat
urday unless given permission
by him, went into effect Monday.
How to Distinguish Officers.
The insignia on shoulder loop
indicates the rank Of officers.
General, and General Chief OF
Staff-four silver stars.
Lieutenant general-one large
silver star and two small silver
stars.
Major general-two silver
stars.
Brigadier general one silver
star.
Colonel-A silver spread eagle
3-4 inch high and 2 inches be-
tween tips Of wings.
Lieutenant colonel-A silver
leaf l inch high and l inch
across.
Major-A gold leaf l inch
high and l inch across.
CaptainTwo silver bars, IA
inch wide and / inch long. Bars
to be u inch apart.
First lieutenant One silver
bar u inch wide and l inch long.
Second lieutenant One gold
bar u inch wide and l inch long.
Women librarians in the camp
hospitals are. to wear uniforms.
The commanding officerl in
charge Of the work at the diff
ferent cantonments have asked
the American Library Associa-
ton, which supplies these Ii
brarians through it's library war
service, that uniforms be adopt
ed. The uniform is a natural
colored pongee shirt-waist dress,
I worn with a white color and dark
brown tie. On the sleeve is a
dark brown brassard, bearing
the letter "A. L. A. A Panama hat
with a brown band and an A. L.
"a. pin is part Of the uniform,
which was chosen as the most
practical for summer wear in all
parts Of the country.
Warn Soldiers Of Insurance
Fraud.
That persons posing as gov
ernment agents have been per
petrating frauds connected with
war risk insurance on selected
men before they arrive at the
environments has come to the no
hce of military authorities at
Camp Dodge. All men selected
for military service are warned
that tIev should not ATTEMPT to