The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-21
CAMP DODGE
NEWS NOTES
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Officers and Men of the Eighty
Eighth Division Busily Employed
in Preparing for Large Addition to
Their Number, Soon to Arrive.
INSURANCE VERY POPULAR.

Their Number, Soon to Arrive.
INSURANCE VERY POPULAR.
False Reports Concerning Red Cross
Activities Exposed - Refusal to
Obey Orders Get Some of the Men
in the Guard House.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, Feb. 20.1918.-
These are busy times among the Of
ficers and men Of the 88th division Of
the National army. Getting ready for
the $4,000 men who are to reach here
from the 23d to the 28th of this month
requires considerable changing and
transferring. The empty barracks
are being placed in readiness. An
unusual occurrence will be the two
weeks quarantine Of the new men be-
fore they will be assigned to regi-
ments or divisions. Upon the arrival
of the recruits each will be vaccinated
twice, once for small pox and once
for typhoid fever. Vaccination for
small pox is familiar to everybody,
but not so with the treatment for
warding off typhoid. What is known
as the dual treatment is required. This
is to prevent typhoid fever and para
typhoid. When the injections were ad-
ministered separately, 81 days were
required to treat the soldier before he
reached the immunity stage. By CIV
ing him the combined serum he will
be ready for hard work after 20 days.
A member of the 352d infantry tells
how it feels after vaccination. He
says that 1--WE were vaccinated for
small pox and inoculated for typhoid
at once. This double dose made some
of the boys quite i'll but l felt no bad
effects beyond a painful and swollen
arm. The surgeon gave US each two
small tubes of typhoid vaccine to car
ry with us for the next two doses."
Upon medical officers will fall the ma
jority Of the work due to orders that
the men are to be quarantined for
two weeks to safeguard the. remaind-
er of the division from contagious
diseases that might be brought here
by carriers. Lieut.. Col. J. r. Shook,
division surgeon, has recommended
to Washington that the men be plac-
ed in portions of barracks now occu-
pied, declaring that they can be seq
regated in such manner as to make
the quarantine complete. Training
of the final increment will be held
back during the two weeks they will
spend in quarantine. Officers have
plans to drill men as soon as the pre-
liminary examination is complete. AS
this training will be given out of doors
there is no danger of carriers Of dis
ease innoculating others, and the men
can still be learning rudiments of the
life of a soldier.
Description of Barrack.
The front door, which is on the east
side of the long building, leads into
large hall. On the right of the hall is
the mess hall containing 10 stationary
tables each seating rs men. At the
north of the dining room, behind
long counter is the kitchen which is
equipped with two 10-hole ranges, an
ice box, two pantries, etc. On the
left of the main hall is the orderly's
room for use Of the first sergeant
and company clerk. Next to it is
supply room. The remainder Of the
space on the left is devoted to one
large room intended originally as
recreation room, but which is given to
the sergeants, of which there are Is
to a company. The broad stairway in
the main hall leads to the second story
which is the sleeping quarters Of the
company. The only furniture on this
floor is the cots and bedding and
three large furnace heaters. There
are two heaters on the first floor in
addition to the cook ranges. There
are many windows along each side Of
the barracks and two strings of elec-
trio light bulbs along each ceiling.
The wash room and a shower bath of
10 showers is to be found in small
building at the end of the barracks.
This building has a concrete floor.
Each barrack accommodates 25O men.
More Men Break Rules.
Found guilty Of committing one Of
the most serious offenses in military
life, that Of going to sleep while on
guard duty, Private Christopher r.
McEvers, Company c, 337th Machine
Gun battalion, has been sentenced to
six months at hard labor with forfeit
ure Of pay. The maximum penalty on
the charge is death. Sergeant Gail
Jacobs Of Rock Island, member OF
Company G, 349th Infantry, received
sentence Of three months and for
feiture Of two-thirds Of his pay, after
being found guilty Of having intoxi-
eating liquor on his person. He was
also reduced to the ranks. Five months
at hard labor was the sentence impos-
ed upon Private Louis G. Ready Of
Adams, N. D., member Of Company
D, 313th Engineers, on charges Of
passing worthless checks. Six Off
GERS cashed checks totaling $35 for
Ready. They were on : North Dakota
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