Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-04
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DRAFT ARMY SOLDIERS AT CAMP DODGE
FROM A LIST SUGGESTING MANY NAMES

at Camp Dodge were endangered and
nearly $4,000 damage done by fire
which partially destroyed the camp
quartermaster's automobile repair
shop.
, Three automobile trucks. two tour
ing cars and four motorcycles with
side cars were entirely destroyed by
the flames with $4,000 worth OF
equipment and parts.
A gasoline torch in the hands OF
Sergeant George johnson. shop fore
man. exploded which quickly spread to
the wooden sides and roof OF the east
end of the building.
! Private Ernest Webster Glen
Baumbartner, Sergeant r. S. Rodgers
and several other soldiers. all me-
! chanics, in endeavoring to remove the
ma chines. came near being caught in
the flames.
One automobile touring car was re-
moved after bling slightly damaged.
Other soldiers who were at work in
the shop are: c. c. Clifford, Jack Dali
ton, Joe Callabuse, Sergeant William
Stewart, E. H. Scott, Osmundson. Cal
lahan, Leo Rosenthall and Private
Hugo Nelson.
The loss as estimated by the camp
quartermaster is. parts and sundries,
/ $4,000: tuomobiles. 1900; loss on
/; building and machinery. $3.50; mo-
torcycles, $500; total, 29,S50.
Stewart Waring, financial secretary
of the war Y work in Camp Dodge,
stopped off" in New York few
hours the other. day. Mr.. Waring S
regular occupation is managership
in the big Sears. Roebuck company oil
Chicago This takes him ION flying
trips away from camp, but he doesn't
stay away long, as he is too much in
terested in his work at the canton
ment. The other day it was neces-
sary that he take business trip tC
New York. He transacted his business
in four hours. Immediately caught a
train west and was soon back at his
desk in the bare Y building at Camp
Dodge.
The big fireplace in the hostess
4 house is the cheeriest spot in camp
these cold days. Soldiers keep it sup
piled with logs and pine boards an(
the flames are always leaping merrily
The most pleasant hour is right after
the early supper served at the cat
eteria, when soldiers and their womer
friends sit about the fire while some
boy in olive drab plays the piano.
! "Fair and Warmer" will be the op
ening bill at the new liberty theatre
in Camp Dodge on Feb. 10.
This will be followed by "Turn tt
the Right" and other plays which hav'
made New York success.
An effort will be made to bring jan
Cowl little later.
i Here's late fashion note:
The newest form of helmet is mad
. out of an ordinary knitted scarf. On
end of the scarf is turned over ant
the corners are stitched diagonally t,
form cap. The rest of the scarf i
then used to wrap about the taroa
and the shoulders.
Women in charge of the hostes
house will be glad to oblige any sol
der by making his scarf into one O
these helmets.
William Wright, who is sent out b
the Fosdick commission of the war de
partment to arrange band concerts il
the various cantonments, says Cam
!, Dodge is the first training camp h
has yet seen which is equipped wit
sidewalks Mr.. Wright has visited
camps and says Camp Dodge is on
Of the finest camps he has yet seer
He speaks in highest terms of tn
!, hearty cooperation he has receive
from Brigadier General Getty and 9th
err officers in arranging the band con
certs being given under direction G
) Bohumir Kryl.
Depot street in the cantonmen
S about 10 p. M, looks like the "Grea
White Way" in New York When tn
entertainments at the main "Y" aud
s forum and the X c. hall are out, tn
), brightly-lighted street is filled with
e throng OF soldiers. Automobiles ar
!. lined up at the curb and the hOnk {
their horns mingles with the tram
i of feet and the talk and laughter.
). heard on the still frosty air in cam
I yesterday morning.
Several company mascots runnin
t at large shook their horned heads an
0 shivered at the Indictment weathe
Contact with Des Moines coal smok
has turned the once white mascot
$ dingy black.