Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-03-13

Les. Than One Per Cent Rejected
By Surgeons. Quarantine IS
L.. :. r. IT, 81 Lifted Today. s.y.ss.s

Des 9Moines, Iowa, March H., 1915
The lid has been clamped down, air |
tight, 80 to speak and hereafter sol
tiiers must not notify their folks #of
any contemplated movement OF troops.
The soldier may write to the home
folks that he is going to some other
section Of the United States soon but
further than, this he must not toll,
even II he knows. n. ssi
The new prohibition announced by
the division Thursday applies both to
officers and enlisted men, moving SIN
>gly or in detachments. -. 1t Is issued
to conform to orders just received
from Washington. No explanation OF
the reason for such q drastic reguia-
ton is offered. I
: The new order prescribes that when
soldiers are ordered away from Camp
Dodge, their officers may tell them
prior to the date of departure that
they, are to be sent away to an un-
named point at an indefinite date.
They may notify the folks who may
want ito see them before they 60, Of
this much and no more Officers who
know their destination in advance are
prohibited from being more explicit tn
4 letters to relatives. Marking of any
baggage with the destination Of troops
is forbidden. Officers are deprived OF
the opportunity of exploiting their
knowledge on military affairs by an
order effective at once. Discussion OF
any military matter in any public
place is prescribed. Disobedience Eo1
this order will make the guilty party
subject to court martial.
Fewer town leaves, more work and
more drastic. punishment for offenders
have resulted in practically eliminat
ing cases before the military police.
ORDER ALIENS OUT OF ARMY
CAMP. :.
Six men selected for. service with
the Eighty-eighth national army di
vision at Camp Dodge have been or
dered discharged from the service OF
the grounds that they are enemy
aliens. They are John sKarovich, Joh1
Radosevich, Felix Seboy, all Of Duluth
Mimi; Tome Sertic, Gogebic county
Michigan; Sergt. Tony Mako, Hast
ings, Mimi, and George Enenberge1
st. Paul, MINI. These men will b,
required, after their discharge, to reg
lister under the prov 'sions Of the alie1
: enemy act. L
+ INDIAN BRINGS NAME WITH HIM
A strapping big Sioux Indian from
To-
. ported for duty last week. He gave hi
! name as John Brought-Plenty. HI
said that his name did not indicat
that2he brought anything with him .ez
cept a desire to get whack at tn
q kaiser. Two other Indians reporter
+ with John from the Sioux reservatio,
In North Dakota. They left familie
:. behind but: dismissed questions of d.
k tendency by declaring their squaw
had cheap much land and plenty Q
II food and would not zstarYe." The
6 were assigned to the 351st infantry.
8 =, MEN WANTED IN PIGEON
t. DEPARTMENT. =
q It: is a difficult matter to find me
versed in pigeonolosy. The carrie
o pigeons have proved under actus
" fighting conditions that this manner {
# transmitting messages is about min.
h ty-seven per cent efficient: The grea
o est importance is attached to the wor
) of the birds, their training and bree,
G. ing. -. -
" At Camp Dodge, the governme1
was fortunate enough to find a nun
i Der of soldiers who. had had expe
v fence in this line. The pigeon. d
:. tachment has been formed and nun
e Der of men assigned. -