Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-06-12

the camp from the last increment. and
wiii report Tor service from June, "a
The Belgium Relief .commission has
from the men who havs reported att
~ us '' Another Man to rrtzon. !
Private Charles Y. Aapeht, Walton,
1aa-' a member Of the 4s1st Fed mos sss
been tried by general court martial
and sentenced to two and a half years
at hard labor in the government dis
''P HaugSt wa Was a found guilty Of not OBJ
serving the sentence of summary |
court smaEtiak which eanAneds hinR TO
his company area and of being drunk
in uniform. Il
5000 Trees VIII BE Planted.
Five thousand Canadian poplar trees
are to he used in beautitylng the two
main highways through Camp Dodge.
Main and Des Moines avenue.
Death Rate Decrease. 4
The death rate among Camp Dodge
soldiers Tor the month OF May was oO
per cent less than 1t was during
April. according to an announcement or
the division surgeon: aso+,. oro
ported tor April. Fifty-t1ve were re-
during April is attributed to a pneu-
mona eplO6H1C WHICH IcSuAkCA III IAC
death OF nearly 100 soldiers:
The division Is fast attaining Its form
er standard as one OF the heaithlest IN
the national army. medical officers say
Measles continue to furnish the most
annoying contagion at the camp. AS
is well known there are three varieties
OF this disease the common req measles
the black and the German The name
| for the latter has been changed TO Liber-
| ty. All varieties prevail at the camp
but quarantine regulations keep them
! we'll under control.
! Certificate Of Merit.
Sergeant Atkinson is in possession of
| a Certlncate OF Merit, initiated by Presl-
dent Wilson and sltnei by Secretary of
! War Baker. Italso bears the endorsement
OF adjutant general OF the army. Gener,
| al Mccain, his division commander, and
Col. H. J. Price. his regimen,al COM
mander. 1t all happaned at the division
grenade school where tht. soldier was In
attendance April %. A French officer,
acting as instructor, attempted to light
and throw from the practice trench one
of the hand grenades being used. In
| some manner the mechanism failed to
operate properly and tn slzztng fuse
| burned the instructors hand. tie drop
ped the bomb and told the score of SOL
diers in the trench to run. The officer
bomb rolled almost to the feet of Ser
geant Atkinson. He picked up the bomb
and threw it from the trench. Hardly
had it left his hand before it exploded.
fell, officers say, it doubtless would have
caused serious injury to several man and
perhaps death> AS Tar as is known here
he is the first National Army man sta
toned in America to receive the certifi-
cate of merit.
DR.. Trowbridge to New York.
DR.. A. E. Trowbridge. administrative
secretary of the Y. M. c. A. at Camp
professor, has departed for New York to
accept a place on the personnel bureau
of the national war work council of the
7: M. G. A. He will be o, succeeded C sas H. al At
war veteran, who formerly was affiliated
with the State Teachers college at Cedar
Falls.
Winter Clothing at Camp IL Called In.
Winter has been officially" declared
over for the men OF the >Sth division &C
cording to a bulletin issued at division
headquarters at Camp Dodge Supply
officers will turn in the following artic-
ton officer when arrangements have
been made for their renovation the
order says. Wooden breeches. coats,
winter underclothing, caps, Q. D. over
coats, mackinaWs, heavy wool stockings,
wool gloves and sheep skin coats are
listed amoung the articles to be turned
in. Khaki uniforms and summer un-
derwear now are being issued to the
soldiers.
New Order Touching Non-Combatants.
/ Drafted men claiming conscientious
objections to military service, and who
have been found by army authorities
to be sincere in refusing duty with
combatant units as prescribed by PreSt-
dent Wilson, are to be segregated at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan, under terms
of an order announced by Secretary
Baker. If found to ue sincere in their
scruples by special board of inquiry,
they will be furloughed to work on
farms as laborerS at private's pay.
Federal Judge Mack of Chicago, Dean
Stone of Columbia law school. and Maj
or Stoddard of the advocate general s
office, constitute the board of inquiry.
Under no circumstances will conscien
tious DIRECTORS be discharged from their
responsibilities under the selective draft
SERVICE" the order says, and instruc-
martial to try and punish all found to
be insincere, defiant or active In at
tempting to convert others to their
belief. The new board will give final
test to those acquitted or not tried by
the military tribunals and If 1t does
not recommend a furlough for farm
labor, or the objector refuses to accept
it, punishment under articles of war
is provided. In exceptional cases the
board is authorized to assign directors
to the Friends reconstruction unit In
France. Money earned by the furlough
ed DIRECTORS in excess Of a private's pay
and subsistence is to so 10 the Red
Cross, and the permission is to be con-
tinued only so long as the director is
reported by disinterested observers to
be working to the best Of his ability.