The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-02-14
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Catholic soldier may have a notice
to that effect and a notation which
insures priest performing the last
sad rights if wounded.
Another Soldier Goes Wrong.
In view of the severe punishment
meted out to those who take proper
ty that does not belong to them it
would seem that the experience Of
others would be a sufficient warning,
this is not the case. Private A. W.
Ono, a member of the school for cooks
and bakers at Camp Dodge, has been
sentenced to two years at hard labor
in the United States disciplinary bar
racks for the theft of an army over
coat valued at $3.50. The sentence
also carries dishonorable discharge
from the service and forfeiture Of all
pay and allowances due or to become
due. What would pass for petty lar
ceny in a civil court becomes a peni-
tertiary offense in army circles.
! Base Ball Equipment Wanted.
Lieut.. J. L. Ruyavitz of the Three
Hundred Fifty-first field hospital unit
at Camp Dodge sent an appeal to the
sportsmen for baseball paraphernalia
for the use of men of his company
during the coming spring and summer.
He states that have formed a base
ball team composed Of former league
stars, and they are in need of uni
forms, baseballs, bats and other dia-
mond accessories. It takes consider
able sporting enthusiasm to even
think of ball when the mercury is
playing leap frog with zero.
Another Genius Discovered. -.-
Capt. T. ]. Camp, 352nd infantry,
discovered a genius in his company.
The bayonet drills caused the captain
to take notice of the agility Of Sergt'
Kozelji. He is a regular whilrwind'
He is supply sergeant Of Co. B. Be-
fore assuming this position he was
the company bugler and he a play
all the American calls in fine form.
Before he entered the army he could
pass an examination as a veterinar-
marian, a machinist, a railroad en-
Qineer, or q boilermaker. And he
speaks eleven languages: English,
German, Russian, Polish, Bohemian
Slavish Serbian, Bulgarian, Coatian,
Slovenian and M~ontenegran. He is
from Minnesota.
Home Goodies Not Wanted.
No doubt mothers cooking is the
best ever, but it is not needed by the
boys in training, 50 goes an order
from Washington. The Council OF
National Defense desires to inform
the people of the country that abund-
ant food is supplied to the soldiers
and sailors in the camps and can
tonments, and that the sending OF
food to these men by their friends and
families is not in any respect neces
sary; that the aggregate quantity OF
food thus privately sent is enormous;
and that much of it having been con-
veyed long distances in heated ex-
press or mail cars is or less
spoiled and consequently injurious to
the men. Therefore in the interest
of the conservation of food and also
the good health of the men the Coun-
Gil of National Defense requests the
public to discontinue the sending OF
foodstuffs to the camps.
This Soldier Once Shook Hands With
the Kaiser.
Camp Dodge has a soldier who had
quite a visit with the Kaiser some
years ago. The man is saddler Ole
Hanson of Company E, Three Hun
dred Thirteenth ammunition train,
who registered at Edmore, N. D. Ole
formally lived at Bronnay, Norway,
where Kaiser Wilhelm visited in his
yacht, the Meteor every summer. In
1909 Hanson was a guest at a recep-
ton on this ship and shook hands and
talked with the kaiser. He says that
if he had known as much about Will
helm then as he does nov the wal
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 ply
steal deficiencies. BY the new certifi-
cate the men who have been refused
for physical reasons may be recalled
at any time when the for re-
fusal shall have been eliminated OF
any change which might in any way
modify the cause for his discharge
1t may at any time be revoked, with.
drawn or modified by his local boarc
so as to render him liable for military
service.
Major Butler Made Colonel.
Major M. A. Butler, constructing
quartermaster in charge of the erec
ton Of the big cantonment at Camp
Dodge, who was transferred to Nor
folk, Va, where the government vii
build several million dollars worth'
Of barracks for workmen in the ship
yards, has been commissioned Col
onel. Major Butler made an enyiabl'
record at Camp Dodge and his promo