The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-28
CAMP DODGE NEWS NOTES
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completely established in their new
life, and ready for supper and bed.
Vaccination, taking finger prints, and
q careful medical examination
follows.
A Negro Soldier Gets Three Years.
Because he left his post. while on
guard duty, Private Chapman, a ne
gro soldier has been sentenced to
three years. imprisonment at Fort
Leavenworth and dishonorable dis
charge from service.
Nurses Badly Needed.
We have been asked by the Red
Cross organization to urge upon young
women the opportunities Of taking up
the duties Of a nurse. Students are at
no expense for tuition, board laundry,
lodging, uniforms, ETC., and informa-
ton about where to enroll for the
training course may be obtained from
any Red Cross chapter. Surgeon
General Gorgas is urging young wo-
men to begin the training courses to
fit them for service at the front, or
at least to take the places of nurses
who go to the front, where 10000
will be needed. "The need for nurs-
es will not end with the declaration of
peace" his department points out.
Therefore those who begin the course
of training are assured of employ
ment in the future as well as doing
a patriotic service now. The number
of new students in the schools thru
out the country should be limited on
ly by their facilities to teach and the
clinical facilities of the hospitals"
Company of Giants.
Company K, Three Hundred Fiji
tieth infantry, are especially proud
of their muster roll, for on it are the
names Of men who stand as giants
in their stocking feet. Eighty men
of this company wear number nine
shirts, which are designated for men
with a forty-nine inch chest measure
ment. 1t is almost a company Of the
Hercules type.
Three Filipinos Arrive.
Leon Magsico, Candida Bicaro and
Guam Yatto, who are believed to be
the only full-blooded Filipinos in the
national army arrived at Camp Dodge
from FortRiley, Kan. The lei had
enlisted voluntarily in Salt Lake City,
Utah, about a week ago. They are
members Of Hospital corps No. II
and will be on duty at the base hos
pital. Bicaro has been in this oun
try seven years and his companions
about n year. They speak and write
English remarkably we'll and can also
speak Hawaiian, Japanese and Span
ish. There are $4,000 Filipino SOL
diers in this country ready to go
across and lick the kaiser, according
to Magisco.
Singing is Popular.
Song leaders are now being sent
out to all the cantonments. Dean
Holmes Cowper of Des Moines, was
appointed camp song leader soon
after the national army men came
here. Now he is kept busy directing
first one regiment, then the other, in
their singing. Later it is probable
all the regiments in camp will be as
sembled somewhere for one grand
"sing." The other day Dean Cow
per took 1000 men Of the forty-sec-
ond Infantry to the Liberty theatre
and coached thine how to sing some
Of the popular patriotic songs in the
most effective way. "Keep the Home
Fires Burning" "Where Do We Go
From Here" "There's a Long, Long
Trail" and "Over There" are among
the most popular numbers. The negro
soldiers also have a song master and
when they get to warbling their plan
tation melodies the white folks within
hearing distance sit up and take no
+tice.'
Luggage that Soldiers Will Be Al
lowed.
An official announcement from
Washington gives the amount Of lug
gage that soldiers will be allowed to
take with them, as follows: Regula-
lions for the personal baggage allow
ances Of officers and men sent to
France show that every. effort COM
patible with comfort is being made
to hold down weight and standardize
its form and size. Officers above the
grade Of captain can have baggage
sufficient for extended field service,
including professional books. Below
majors the total weight must not ex-
coed $50 pounds. The allowance for
non-commissioned officers down to,
color sergeant is 100 pounds and en-
listed men rs pounds.
Jews Get Unleavened Bread.
During the Jewish passover OBJ
sefvance unleavened bread will be
furnished the soldiers of that faith.
Officers have been instructed tn as
certain the number Of Jewish soldiers
at the cantonment and this will n
able the bakery department under
Major Jack Fogsrty to prepare the
necessary amount. Jewish bakers will
supervise the making Of the bread.
There IS . large number Of me OF
this religious faith at the camp.
Slackers on Trial.
The eight men from st. Paul belong