The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-05-02
Escape From the Guard House-Offi-
GERS to TT. Sill, Okla.-Many Men
in the Hospital Inspectors at the
Army Camp. -. s,##
THE DENTISTS ARE KEPT BUSY
Gathering in Draft Evaders- -Swind-
lers Are Busy-Small Proportion
of Army Farmers-Inspecting the
Methods of Classification.

house at Camp Dodge, escaped early
Monday. Bildea and Stirling had
procured pair of wire clippers and
managed to cut away the screen on
window of the guard house. They
then cut the electric light wires in
order that the guards would be unable
to turn on any lights, and under cover
of the darkness managed to cut the
barbed wire Of the stockade around
the guard house and make their get
away. The military 4olice were called
out and mounted patrol caught all
three Of the men in cornfield between
the remount depot and Granger. Bill
dea is from Ciafon Lake, Minn., and
he and Stirling are alleged check for
gers. Bildea was arrested about three
weeks ago at Minneapolis, and es-
capped at the Union station here from
the guards who were bringing him
back to Camp Dodge. He was canght
a second time and had been placed in
the guard house.. ].
Officers to Fl. Sill, Oklahoma.
These officers will go to Fort Sill
for course Of instruction in the
school of fire: First lieutenant Eu-
gene G. Lily, field artillery reserve
corps, and first lieutenant Walter L.
Lewis, who will take the instruction
in heavy artillery, and first lieuten-
ant Frank P. Shepard, Jr., who will
study light artillery firing.
Many Men are in Hospital.
There are nearly 1000 men in the
hospitals at Camp Dodge and Fort
Des Moines. This is not startling
when it is taken into account that sick
men have been accumulating since last
fall. Thousands of men have. been
sent to other camps and in each case
the sick were left behind and with the
accumulated affections from all men
who have been received since and are
now at the camp it is not surprising
that the sick list is apparently large.
Pneumonia is still claiming it's victims
but the number of new cases has been
materially reduced so that the author
tiles believe they have the matter well
in hand. The heavy snowfall Satur-
day and Sunday eliminated the dust
about the cantonment and the officers
at the base hospital believe conditions
will now materially improve. Capt. c..
E. Laws, medical department, Three
Hundred Thirty eighth field artillery,
at Camp Dodge, died Sunday morning,
at Methodist hospital in Des Moines of
meningitis. Captain Laws was taken
i'll two weeks ago while in the city.
He came to Camp Dodge last fall from
Tacoma, Wash. He was 40 years old
and was a second cousin of Brig. Gen.
Plummer of Fort Sill, formerly in
command at Dodge.
Band Made Hit.
The 350th Infantry band from Camp
Dodge, which recently made a tour of
the state in the interest Of the Third
Liberty Loan campaign, not only
made a hit, but was so we'll liked by
the people in the towns in which it
played that they raised in four days.
time q fund of $1,705 to be used by
the band as company fund. The
idea Of taking up a collection for a
band fund came to Frank Armstrong
of Des Moines, who had charge of the
tour when it was found necessary to
replace a broken drum head. The col
lection was started in the town Of Bed
ford Wednesday. and on Saturday
night more than 81 ZOO had been rails
/ ed. People in, all the towns visited,
when they learned of what had hap
pened in Bedford, insisted that they
be permitted to add to the collection.
Inspector at Camp.
Col. P. M. Washburn, from the sur
geon generals office at Washington,
is visiting Camp Dodge this week in
specting the sanitary equipment OF
the sanitary train and will inspect all
other sanitary units. Colonel Wash
burn has written several books on
sanitation and hygiene and is consid-
cred one Of the highest authorities in
the country on matters relating to
this subject.
Dentists are Busy.
Dentists at Camp Dodge have had
their full share of the work since the
intensive good teeth campaign began
in the winter. Officers in the dental
corps have pulled 1000 teeth, besides
filing SO many others that it would
be impossible to count them all. Good
teeth are considered especially essen
tial in the army. The teeth Of all Of
the men at camp have been examined
and necessary dental work has been
done.
Gathering IN Draft Evaders.-
a draft evader, Samuel Richard
hailing from North Dakota, was ~
3s
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