The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-06
Captain Is Made Major and
Given Permanent Assignment.
Rises in Year From Quarter
master Sergeancy.
IN SERVICE TWENTY SIX YEARS
Captain Windle Becomes AS.
Sistant Camp Quartermaster.
Reclamation Division Notes
Means of Saving.

From quartermaster sergeant to the
rank of major and the position of
camp quartermaster of Camp Funston
that is the story of tho rise of Major
Knud Boberg in period of one year
Major Boberg was promoted in the
last week to his present rank from
captaincy and assigned as camp quar-
termaster for this large cantonment-
In June a year ago the new camp
Quartermaster. then a captain in the
quartermaster reserve corps, came to
Fort Riley, and was soon thereafter
transferred to this camp.
Twenty-six years ago Major Boberg
enlisted in the cavalry as a private
He has served since that time in va
ricus arms of the service in the United
States and foreign lands. The foreign
service stripes which he wears bear
evidence of the fact that he has seen
service in Cuba. Mexico and the Phil
ippines He came to the reservation
here from Fort Smelling. By this va
ried experience and with natural apti-
tude, he gained a wide knowledge OF
army matters and of Quartermaster
work. His ability at the outbreak of
the present war won for him recon-
mendation for a captaincy in the quar-
termaster reserve corps, to which he
was appointed.
signed as a captain to Camp Funston.
he was ordered to assume charge of
the subsistence division of the camp
quartermaster organization. His prob
lem was to arrange for the assembling
and the storing in camp here of suf-
ficient but not excessive perisha BILE
and non-perishable food products to
supply 10000 or more soldiers daily.
And he performed this task in a man
ner which won wide commentator.
for Camp Funston was never without
adequate supplies of food products at
the time of the greatest rush of men
to this cantounent during his admin
istration of the important subsistence
job. In addition, there was no waste
nor less in the handling of food under
his administration.
After the exceptional showing in the
subsistence work. he was advanced to
the position of assistant camp quarter
master to supervise the supplies divi-
sions. including subsistence, property.
finance and transportation. When
Major Jacob Frank was recently or
dered back to his command in the
Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Worden,
Washington, Captain Boberg became
acting camp quarterma ster. and this
was followed in a few days by his pro-
motion to major and assignment as
permanent camp quartermaster.
Major Boberg is an officer of quiet
dignity. unassuming, careful in deci-
sions, and is popular with the 1900
officers and enlisted men of the camp
Quartermaster detachment which he
now commands, and with organiza-
ton commanders as well. He is often
referred to as Judge" in personal dis
cussions of officers here. The refer
ence to Judge" in conversations con-
corning the new major arose from the
fact that he has often been called
upon and is still asked to decide knot
ty quartermaster questions confront
ing the officers and men of this camp.
In addition to assisting materially
in assuring the efficient conduct of the
business end of this army camp,
Major Boberg has guided many new
officers and soldiers of the quarter
master corps into positions of inpor-
lance to scattered posts and fields now
occupied by Americas fighting forces.
Major Jacob Frank, former camp
quartermaster, left Camp Funston last
Wednesday night for his coast artil-
lery corps command at Fort Worden,
Wash.
Capt. F. r. windle, head of the sub
sistence division, has been assigned to
the position of assistant camp quar-
George P. Whyte succeeds Captain
Windle. Lieut.. w. P. Jones succeeds
Lieutenant Whyte in the forage divi-
sion. Lieutenant Reardon has been
named personnel Ofncer and assistant
executive officer of the detachment in
the office of Lieutenant Rucker, exc
cutive officer.
The Reclamation division of the
camp quartermaster organization is
busy. 1t calls attention to the fol-
lowing facts which it would be well
for every man at Camp Funston to
note carefully:
1t has been the practice of govern
ment officials to use large size envel-
opes in all of their correspondence.
Here are some figures of interest on
that subject: Camp Funston uses
110,s66 envelopes per month. These
in the size generally used cost s2OS.61.
II the smaller sized envelopes were
used. the monthly cost would be
$3.50, thus saving $119.71 per month
on this item alone
The conservation and reclamation
division has purchased a hay baler.
and in the past three weeks has baled
ser 5000 bales of straw taken from
Ene emptyings of bed sacks. There
are thousands of bales yet to be re-
claimed from the straw emptied. All
of this straw is sent to the remount
depot Cor use as animal bedding.
There are 5000 horses and mules
at the remount depot in Camp Funs-
ton. Their names are being reached
and the hair carefully saved. This
hair is worth IS cents a pound, altho