Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-19
WAR DEPARTMENT LETS 1T BE
KNOWN EIeHTY-EIGHT HAS
SAILED FOR FRANCE.
ANNOUNCEMENT SHOWS
NO FEARS OF U.BoATs
Some May Have Landed by This Time
Two Regular Army Regiments to
Form Nucleus of New Division Being
Formed at Camp Dodge - Soldiers
May Aid in Harvest.
by 3. G. Dougherty.l

by e. G. Dougherty.l
Special to Times Republican.
Washington, Aug. 19-The announce
ment Saturday by Chief OF Staff March
that the Eighty eighth division. OF
Camp Dodge troops, has been partly
shipped, but there is no report yet that
it has landed" will be giau tidings to
the thousands of friends and relatives
OF the Iowa boys who are numbered in
the division. 1t is permissible to say
now that the Camp Dodge troops began
their trip to an eastern embarkation
point early this month and war depart
ment officials are of the opinion that
the entire division has already beer.
placed aboard transports and are on
the high road to France and ultimate
participation in the war against Ger
many. The announcement of General
March placed no restrictions on rnu
publication Of the sailing of the Eighty
eighth DIVISION and indicated that the
war department feels perfectly assured
that the German submarine has been
sufficiently beaten and no great danger
is felt that successful attacks against
the transports carrying the Camp
Dodge OUTFIT would occur.
The dispatch of the Camp Dodge
troops will enable the war department
to turn Its attention to the formation of
the new division at Camp Dodge, to be
known as the Nineteenth division.
Troops of the regular army, the Second
nj II ~ %ov,
the nucleus for this new division. and
it's movement to Camp Dodge will soon
be, completed. When the war DEPART
ment sends to the senate soon q list Of
general officers for confirmation, the
commanding officer Of the Nineteenrn
division will be included In the list and
announcement of his assignment to
Camp Dodge win then be made, Cen
eral March said.
The war department has decided that
there will be no officers school held in
connection with the training Of the
Nineteenth division at Camp Dodge.
Applicants for commissions from the
Nineteenth division win be sent to
Camp Pike for infantry instruction,
Camp Taylor for field artillery instruc-
ton and Camp Gordon for machine gun
Instruction.
ss Soldiers For Harvest.
On account OF the NUMEROUS inquiries
how to obtain the services of enlisted
soldiers on special furlough to help
gather fall crops, the war department
today Issued this following:
soldier himself may make appli-
cation to his commanding oricer for
permission to return to the farm. or his
relatives Cor, person interested) may
make application for his return on
farms provided for that purpose, thru
the local board where the man Is reg
istered. 1.-THE local board. after approv-
Ing the application. will forward it to
the commanding officer Of the camp
where thl soldier is stationed. II apI
proved by the commanding OFFICER, he
will issue the necessary furlough order.
directing that the man be returned to
Agricultural"
Conscientious objectors also are to be
utilized on, the farms Of the country. the
department OF agriculture announced
today in'the following statement:
after struggling for long time with
the knotty problem of Conscientious OBJ
jectors In army environments, the war
department now announces that the din
f1culty has to a large degree been solved
thru the aid of the farm help special
lists of the United States Department OF
|Agriculture.
I'm various states where there are
farming communities which include
sects opposed to war. s,Sch as the
Dunkards and Mennonites, and where
additional farm help is needed, these
places are made known to the canton
ment commanders, together with a
record OF their farm labor needs.
The Through men are under stric,
regulations drawn UP by the war de-
|partment. They are placed on farms
at a standard wage and reports of their
conduct and effectiveness are made to
the cantonment commander at monthly
intervals. If their services are not sat
isfactory the commandment is promptly
Informed Of the fact The war depart
ment has expressed itself as thoroughly
pleased with the arrangement by
which the department Of agriculture
thru Its farm help specialists, has aided
Fin placing these men where there serv-
ices will .be an aid to victory thru food
production Ia
Camp Dodge is mentioned as one OF
the camps, whose conscientious object
'ors are available for farm service.