Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-05-08

Booker T. Washington for many years.
my purpose Is to put heart into the
negro soldiers and keep up his enthus-
gives the men heart to know they have
terests in Washington"
Observation-Disclosures Annoy the o11osrs.
Men who refuse to serve because
Of conscientious scruples" are be-
coming something. Of a nuisance, the
al such men in a company by them
selves and this unit has been assigned
to the depot brigade.
! scruples prevent their entering the
service Is taxing. the patience OF the
ally believed that the Instructions ex-
pected soon from the War Department
on the cases of nearly 80. such men
which were sent in some time ago will
action of general courtmartiai.
The following men have been as
z psns1 to Bre the nt
Ray Buchanan. Earl D. Burns, Bern
and Carlson: Frank Diddicker, Edward
tie, Ray B. Miller, David X. Nobel.
William H: Hofzinger, George A. Pit
lnal' ChTlstlan >. Reeser ana ELL SalZ-
man.
Privates Duane McCraken and Ray
mond E. Mendenhall also conscientious
directors, have been assigned to the
medical department as noncombat-
ant branch of the service.
Kew: j.. A. Robinson, pastor of the
Church Of the Brethren, in DesMoines,
was arrested at Camp Dodge by United
poinage act
Robinson is accused Of going about
different barracks preaching the evils
Of combatant fighting, urging the SOL
diers to raise conscientious objections.
Robinson admits that the teachings
OF his church are against combatant
New 0mcers' Camp Soon.
The first steps are being taken to
select enlisted men to attend the
fourth officers. training school seized.
ofsd to open May Is The board Of
it's first meeting Wednesday, Organ
| ization commanders have been directed
to select not to exceed 2 per cent of
mands to attend the training camp.
These men will be examined by the
board before being admitted.
Refused Vaccination and Goes to
Prison.
Because he refused to allow medical
officers to Vaccinate and innoculate
him, Private Elmer N. Olson of Good
rich. MIMI, a member of the depot
brigade at Camp Dodge. has been tried
by general courtmartial and sentenced
to Is years at hard labor in the gov
eminent disciplinary barracks at Fl.
Leavenworth.
This is the first case to come up for
| adjustment since the new ruling Of the
war department, making a refusal to
take medical treatment a penitentiary
offense: Of course Olsen could have
the dope but the point involved in
his stern refusal was that Army Rule
no. W, was violated in that he re-
fused fused to TO- obey the order Of an officer;
verdict Olsen was informed of the
decision and given another opportunity
put ne still refused, so to the peniten-
court martial was that Vaccination
and inocculation were necessary for
olsen to perform properly his military
Private George P. Kitchen, a North
Dakota selective, has been sentenced
to nve years by general court martial
on charges of desertion.
eral prison at Fit. Leavenworth, was
the sentence given by a general court
martial to Private Herschel Rehmann
found guilty of desertion.
A new ruling has been promulgated
by f the war department: It. provides
serve punishment will be required to
generally, in so far as this is consid-
cred safe and advisable, and the hard
| labor feature of the sentence shall be
applied ao during the hours when the
surfing the military punishment will
! not result in relaxation of dicipline
or cessation of military training"
Health Conditions Improved.
The conditions at the base hospital
has been materially improved:
ie one hundred iu ire ana fifteen soldiers pa
Dodge have been transferred to the
United States hospital at Fort Des
This is the third transfer of pa
TENTS: Nearly 800 are now at Fort
The new hospital will be entirely
Funeral expenses of soldiers, who
die at Camp Dodge will be paid by the
| government, announcement is made at
Railroad fare for the body to the
place Of burial and other expenses up
| to 500 will be paid, provided applica-
ton is made to the bureau Of war risk
| setting down a detailed account Of the
expenditure.
An enlisted man is detailed to &C
company the body of every soldier
even though parents or relatives have
! come to take the remains home.
No Ground Glass In Food.
| Last fall and early in the winter
there was very much of a scare at
the camp because of the report that
particles of broken glass were found
in canned tomatoes and in oatmeal. The
tomatoes were canned in Missouri and
a member of the firm who provided
them was here on short notice to in
vestigate the matter, The war depart
ment finally censored all reference to
| the matter and the excitement soon
died down. In the meantime thor
ough investigation was made by Mr..
Hoover's department. His report has
| been received and is as follows: I'VE
have followed the elusive ground glass
four months. War Intelligence, navy
intelligence and the department of jus,
tice are doing the same, and in the
e5sata but intent ssnp pnfng case GROUND
Where disgruntled empioye Of bak-
cry in Fort Smith, Ark, placed glass
in one loaf Of bread: This was done
of the bakery and succeeded so well
that the bakery is out of business, due
to untimely publicity. The department
of justice has made many investigations
ed no cases in which glass was placed
in food maliciously and only one case
of poison court plaster, which appears
accidental"
Lawyers not Needed In case Of
CaSualtiOs.
AS soon as large numbers of Ameri
can troops get into the battle line IL
France there are necessarily going t,
be many casualties. Nearly all of thu
men are insured in keeping with tn
war departments plan. Already a 10
et5 to oye whose ass sans
husbands have been injured in battl
In order to head off these lawyers tn