The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-09-11
HEPAST WEEK
ONE OF THRILLS
The Arrival Of Thousands of New Men
at Camp Dodge Causes Excitement
Living in Tented City Now
SOLDIERS ARE NOT TO FREEZE
Ninety Day Supply of Coal is to be
Kept on Hand All Winter, Says
Capt. Frank Woodruff.

CAMP DODGE, Sept. 9-The past
week has been full of thrills at the
big cantonment. The arrival of thous-
ands of men from all parts of the coun-
try has been the cause of much excite
ment. Each group was cheered lustl-
ly as it detrained. The arrival OF
train after train loaded to the limit
kept up the excitement from day to
day and it is safe to say that no other
period since the camp was formed
has shown more enthusiastic lot Of
men than those who have been safely
uuartered in the tented city. Different
groups arrived with some outstand-
ing feature that was different. For
instance, the men from Cass county,
Iowa, filed into the big military res
ervation headed by a fife and drum
corps composed of old soldiers. The
stirring music aroused much enthusl-
asm and while quarantine regulations
prevented the men already here from
mingling with the new men they were
not forbidden the privilege Of giving
forth vigorous yells.
Among the arrivals are two regl-
ments of regulars. The Second United
States infantry came from Honolulu
whittier it had been stationed for
some months. 1t is one of the oldest
regiments in the service and is COM
posed of fine bunch of men. The
other regiment is the Fourteenth and
it comes from the state Of Washing
ton These two regiments are sup
posed to be the nucleus around which
l. ;rSo "a
The long training afforded them supe-
rior training and their presence will
be a great assistance in forming the
new division.
The tents are used for quarantine
quarters and they have some decided
advantages because only eight men oc-
cupy each and if a contagious disease
develops but few men will be taken to
the hospital for observation, whereas
if barracks are used case of contag-
ion would require the isolation or
couple of hundred men.
1t is. announced, from Washington
that something like 70 additional
barracks are to be constructed north
west of the base hospital, on ground
formerly used for artillery range. The
contract has been let to Weitz Broth
ers of Des Moines, who had the con-
tract for the construction of the orig
inal cantonment. 1t is estimated that
the new buildings with all of the ap-
purtenances thereto belonging Will
cost $2,5OO,000 The procurement OF
carpenters to do the work is one OF
the problems that cOnfronts the con-
tractors.
This new addition will afford quar-
ters for approximately 10000 men and
this will make the capacity Of the en-
tire camp around $4,000. This en-
largement means that all of the camp
activities will have to be enlarged
also. Additional Y, M. c. A.. and
Knights of Columbus buildings will
have to be provided. Hospital equip
ment will be to enlarge and hostess
houses, libraries and amusement tea-
lures will have to accommodate sew
eral thousand more men than was an
ticipated when the original camp was
established.
Soldiers Not to Freeze.
A ninety day supply of coal will be
kept on hand all winter for Camp
Dodge and Ft. Des Moines, Capt.
Frank Woodruff of the fuel admins
tration office, who is supervising coal
for army forts and industries doing
war work, announces.
In the case of Camp Dodge, this re-
serve will amount to $1,000 tons.
Mines have just started storing this
coal. At Ft. Des Moines so day re-
serve has already been stored.
New Assignments.
Officers of the SSth who remained
behind are assigned as follows:
TO the S7th infantry: Majors Royal
A. Stone, Fred G. Brown; Captains
Emmett B. Harden, Whitney Wall, Jr.,
Howard McCandless. Raymond f.
Hamilton, Harvey T. Jensen, Alfred G.
Wilcox, Gordon Fl. Murray, James A.
Dougher; First Lieutenants Edward
L. Clancy, Herman B. OHara, Clinton
H. Baldwin, Charles N. Stryker, Harold
X. Bell, Charles C. SedgeWick, Cor
don C. Welshons.
To the SSth infantry: Majors John
J. Ahern, Thomas w. MacQuade; Cap
tains Tyron M. Shepherd, Thomas P.
O'Connor, Roy A. Knox, Norton b. En-
gleman, Roy Ruhnka, Leslie Parry,
Lyle E. Sherer, Ernest F. Boruski;
First Lieutenants Howard M. Case,
Adult buollDoOlIl, w ollOl 1S' Ian
son, Benjamin l.. Montgomery, Alfred
e. Baldridge, Hayden d. Hughes.
Gibbons Not Coming Back.
Mike Gibbons, famous middlewight
boxer, who formerly was boxing in
structor at Camp Dodge, will not re-
turn here. He was transferred to
Camp Gordon, Ga, few weeks ago,
but at that time it was thought the
change was only temporary.
Gibbons, however, returned here ear
ly this week and informed his friends
that he had been assigned permanent
ly to the Georgia cantOnment, where
he will direct boxing work of replace
ment units and also will conduct a
school of boxing instructors.
He will have thirty boxing directors
in his first school. The new work Is
regarded as a big promotion, as it
virtually places the ST. Paul pugilist
in charge Of all the boxing instruct
ors.
Soldiers Go to Pen
Because he feigned illness and re-
fused to allow medical officers to ex-
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