The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24
PREPARATIONS
FOR OVER SEAS
Camp Dodgers Prepare for Overseas
Duty-Several Thousand Men to
Form Different Units.
GETTING READY FOR NEW men
Twelve Hundred Army Tents Have
Been Pitched Just West Of the
Arsenal Drill Grounds.
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. Camp

DIVISION HEADQUARTERS, Camp
Dodge, July 22-Preparation for over
seas duty is we'll under way. The
latest movement is the order for the
placing of several thousand men in
the different units.
The order involves the transfer OF
nearly 1000 men from the 163d depot
brigade to the division proper and
places the S8th as a divisional unit
nearer war strength than at any time
since its organization nearly elev'
en- months ago.
Although the enlisted men included
in the order have been members of
the depot brigade, they have been at
tached to the division units for quar-
ters, rations and preliminary training
and the order for transfer merely sta
tions them permanently with the or
ganiZations to which they heretofore
have been only attached.
Men are from among those who
were held in the depot brigade from
earlier increments. They have been
examined and declared fit for over
seas service and have been selected
as capable for the strenuous training
which is being given preparatory to
transfer to France.
AS part of the training to bring
the maximum number of men here to
a point where they will be physically
fit for overseas service, development
battalion has been formed.
Getting Ready for the New Men.
Twelve hundred army tents have
been pitched just west of the arsenal
drill grounds. These tents will &C.
commodate $4,000 men.
Every barrack at Camp Dodge is
filled to capacity at present, and when
the selectives from Nebraska, South
Dakota and Montana arrive the camp
will have the maximum number OF
men it is able to handle.
4 The work of laying out the tented
city was commenced Wednesday un-
der the direction of Col. William New
man, commanding the 163d depot
brigade. All preparations must be
completed by Monday. The task is an
enormous one, and includes the in.
stallation Of water mains, sewer sys-
tens, drainage and many other essen
tials. ~. =.
Thirty-fiye companies are to be
lodged in the tents. Each tent is to
accommodate eight men.
At the west end shower baths are
to be installed and the latrines. Can
vas kitchens are to be erected at the
west end of each company street. Of
ficers' quarters are to be erected
they also will be tents-across the
road east from the new camp.
The work of installing the water
system will fall to the utilities branch
Of the quartermaster's corps under
Capt. Roy Johnson Of Des Moines. The
engineers from the 313th engineer
regiment have been called on to lay
out the camp site.
Conserving Clothing.
The records in the reclamation
branch of the quartermaster's depart
ment show that nearly 5000 separ-
ate pieces of clothing have been re-
paired since February.
Some of the don't" urged upon the
men of the camp by Captain Rosen-
wasser and Lieut.. Paul Phillips the
officers in charge Of the conservation
work, are as follows
Don't destroy the packing cases or
boxes received by the companies by
opening them with hammer, or bust
ing them open with a crowbar. Use
a nail puller which is more efficient,
and which will save the cases for fu-
ture use. They are scarce and greatly
needed
Don't wear garments that are rag
ged. Be neat. Get your clothes re-
paired before they need large un-
seemly patches. "a stitch in time
saves nine" The reclamation Office
will fix it for you free of charge
Don't throw away tin foil, old empty
tooth paste or shaving paste tubes, or
other lead or metal cases. They are
valuable and can be reused.
Not even a horses hair is to be
thrown away if the program that the
conservation officers urge is followed
out. Horse hairs are valuable, and
are used for many purposes. When
horses are clipped or their tails and
names reached the hair is saved and
sold, thus helping to buy uniforms for
the men of the army.
Sending Parcels to Soldiers in France.
Strict orders have been given relat-
ing to sending parcels overseas.
Hereafter no exceptions will be
made to the rule that parcels when
presented to the post offices, express
companies Or freight stations for
shipment must be accompanied by a
written request from the soldier, ap-
proved by major or higher com.
officer. Persons connected
with the Y. NJ. G. A., the Red Cross
and other organizations in France
must make request for articles in a
similar manner, the approval of an ex-
ecutive officer of the organization be-
ing necessary in such case.
About 1000 letters in which re-
quests are made for permission to
send parcels to France have been re-
ceived daily recently by the adjutant
generals office. Up to this time it
has been possible for relatives and
friends to submit to the adjutant gen.
erals office for approval requests
from France made prior to May 1st
which did not bear the signature of
q major or higher commanding Off
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The camp refrigeration plant, locat-