New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-01-02
SOLDIER LADS HAD
BIC CHRISTMAS DAY
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Fosdick recreational commission aux
iliaries, plans to send into camp q
bevy of nice girls as like we have at
home that will lend a touch Of home
| life to tie camp environment; also
well known magicians, yentriloquists
and such other comedians as We pick
| up from time to time. Schumacher an
nounces.
Dependents to Receive First Install
ment.
Hundreds Of clerks have been work
ling day and night making out pay
checks for the wives and children or
ether dependents Of the soldiers in the
National Army: The finance depart
ment at Camp Dodge estimate that
$4,000 of these vouchers will be re-
CURED to meet the demands here.
Authority for these checks is granted
| in the insurance law passed by con-
gress Just before adjournment in Oct
ober. A. wife gets $15 direct from the
government, and then she gets Sl5 as
half of her husbands monthly stipend
| if he is an ordinary private. Then
there is SIS per month for each child
up to. a certain number. The govern
ment checks now being issued from
Washington are the first under the new
law and will continue in the future
every month until after the war.
Minnesota People Look After Their
s.s*s.s.g:... Boys.
Minnesota folks did not forget the
boys at Camp Dodge. The Three Hun
dred Fifty-first and Three Hundred
Fifty-second regiments were entertain
ed in a splendid way at Y. M. Q. "a.
building No. 3d.
This building is known as the
Minnesota unit because of the fact
that all save one Of the secretaries in
charge are from Minnesota or We're en-
gagged in work in that state when the
war broke out.
]. Harry Kolb, chief secretary, was
in charge Of agricultural extension
work at Minnesota University when
war broke out. w. L. White, one of
the assistants, was engaged in the same
line of work. Frank Balzer and Har-
old. Rogers are both Carleton College
graduates, and Earl Starkey is a Du-
luth man. Bruce Jackson, the relig-
ious secretary, is from Bismark, n.
Oak.
Community clubs of Fairmont, Wells,
Cottonwood, Goodhue, Dalton, VIM
throp, Sturgeon Lake, Walnut Grove,
St. Paul Park, Dexter and Battle
Lake supplied popcorn balls and nuts.
The second grade pupils Of Emer-
son school, Minneapolis, made decor
ations for the building; curtains for
the windows were purchased with the
funds subscribed by St. Paul men.
The First Baptist Sunday school of
Bismark N. D., the First Methodist
Episcopal Sunday school of Duluth,
the Smithville Community club Of Du-
luth and the Y. M. c.. A. dormitory soi
Duluth have sent boxes of gifts of var
ious descriptions. Candy has been con
tributed by the girls Of Carleton college,
Mortified, Mimi, and by the. students
of North High School, Minneapolis
Price of Food Comes Down.
The quartermaster's department at
Camp Dodge gets its supplies from the
government depot at Omaha. Buying
in large quantities makes a lower price
possible. For instance the ten tons
Of turkey consumed for the big spread
Christmas cost the government 26
cents asapound, whereas the average
citizen has to pay from 36 to 40 cents
to the home dealer. The cost of food
at the camp indicates a lowering Of
price. s8ssfz
The cutting of the daily allowance
per man from 40.7 cents to 1887 indl-
Gates there has been drop in flour
and meat quotations to the govern.
ment, though potatoes have been boost,
ed. The fluctuations Of Il e govern
ment rations average is looked OF
as barometer by food merchants il
the country.
Court Martial Boards Busy.
The court. martial officers have beer
busy cleaning up. the work assigned
to it before turning the business Owe
i to new board that assumes dut!
the first Of the year.
Private John Schaffer, member 9
the headquarters battery Of the 338tl
field artillery regiment has been sen
fenced to six months in the guart
i house as the result Of trial by gen
] eral court martial in which he wa
charged with violating five articles 0
war. sz=s
Z. He was found guilty Of being alb
sent without leave, escaping from tn
q regimental guard house where he ha'
been placed, and destroying SINAI