New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-02-13

feet, 1 inch, will compete in that event
but without him the team has Lieut..
Rector of yarmouth, with the ability
to go well over twelve feet. Weight
men will be in abundance and the skill
of the Dodgers in grenade throwing
and other war additions to 1918 field
meet programs has already been dem
onstrated.
This Soldier Once Shook Hands With
the Kaiser.
M Camp Dodge has a soldier who had
quite visit with the Kaiser some
years ago. The man is Saddler Ole
Hanson Of Company E, Three Hundred
Thirteenth ammunition train, who
registered at Edmore, N. D. Ole form
erly lived at Bronnay, Norway, where
Kaiser Wilhelm visited in his yacht,
the Meteor every summer. In 1909
Hanson was guest at a reception on
this ship and shook hands and talked
with the kaiser. He says that if he
had known as much about Wilhelm
chen as he does now the war would
never have been started.
A New Ruling as to Discharges.
A certificate of discharge is to be
substituted for the honorable dis
charge that has been granted to men
! who have been called for service and
! have been refused on account of phys
) zeal deficiencies. By the new certif-
! cate the men who have been refused
, for physical reasons may be recalled
at any time when the cause for refusal
shall have been eliminated or any
: change which might in any way mod
, ify the cause for his discharge. It
may at any time be revoked, with
drawn or modified by his local board
so as to render him liable for military
service. ~. s .ss.s.
Major Butler Made Colonel.
| Major M. A. Butler, constructing
quartermaster in charge of tie cree
ton Of the big cantonment at Camp
Dodge, who was transferred to Nor
folk, Va, where the government will
build several million dollars worth Of
barracks for workmen in the ship
yards, has been commissioned colonel
Major Butler made an enviable record
at Camp Dodge and his promotion was
not unlocked for here. He was chic
engineer of Jim Hills big railway sys
TEN in the northwest before joining
The army.
1t requires Expert Horsemen at the
Remount. raF
Troop A of the Thirteenth United
States cavalry, assigned to the re
mount depot about October to tax,
charge of the handling OF the horses
was ordered back to Fl. Riley and tn
entire work was turned over to til,
men selected for service from Iowa
Minnesota, North Dakota and part O
Illinois. Each one of the $50 men il
the enlisted personnel is an exper
horseman. They are chosen with thi
end in view and the handling and car
of the animals is done by men WIZ
have had long training in this line O
work. The animals at tie depot nov
consume $4,000 pounds of hay, 1900
pounds of grain daily and require 9,00t
pounds of straw for bedding. TIE off
GERS assigned to the remount depot
are; Capt. Brooks P. Sparks, com
manding; Capt.. P. G. skaggs, Capt
Jacob Weinberg, Eieutenants F. C.
Morrill,, Elton W. Stanley, Julius O.
Arnson, L. C. LeClair, all of the quar-.
termaster's reserve corps; Lieutenants
Roy Tedell, w. C. Smith, J. B. Nc.
Namara, R. F. Title, Robt. G. Moore
and L. M. Getz, all of the veterinary
reserve corps. ~ -"
Looking After Residences in the
| Camp Zone.
| Sheriff Griffin and his force of depu.
ties are busy making card index o.
X all of the houses and their occupants
within the five mile zone around Camp
Dodge. One of the indexes will Ee
given to the United States government
and another will he kept in the sher.
ifs office. This system will be inval-
liable to TIE authorities in tracing
down any trouble or irregularities that
occur within the fve-mile limit of Tie
cantonment. In case any trouble is
reported to the sheriff's office, deputy
will inspect the card index and map,
ascertain the name Of the occupant and
owner of the house where the trouble
or breach of discipline occurred, and thus
save many hours of tedious investigation.
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