The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-21
GERMAN SAILOR
AT CAMP DODGE

AL CAMP DODGE
Latest Arrest at Camp Dodge Was
That of John Gruber, From Car
roll-He Has Many Aliases.
MEMBER OF vATERLAND CREW
Soldier From Sioux City Makes Slight
ino Remarks About Government
Given Blanket Treatment.
CAMP DODGE, Aug. 19-Camp
Dodge activities have been speeded
up since the departure Of the SSth di'
vision for overseas duty. The men IN
the tents are being transferred to bar
racks as fast as their quarantine ex-
pires and the new men arriving daily
are auartered in the tents until the
two weeks quarantine is lifted. This
use is to be made of the tents from
this time forward, at least until cold
weather.
The thousands of tents form dis
tinct unit. Military matters are con-
Quoted there as if there were no other
soldiers within thousand miles. All
of the facilities and opportunities that
have been accorded the men in bar
racks are available in the tented city.
A great tent erected by the Y. M. c.
A. administers to the wants of the
men, The Knights of Columbus also
have large tent and there are amuse-
ments and recreation facilities provid-
ed for these men. Sanitary regula-
tions are evoked that are part of the
army regulations and shower baths
and all of the advantages for cleanli-
ness that obtain at the barracks may
be found in the tented aggregation.
What officers term the Foreign
Legion" is being organized in the
163d depot brigade, commanded by
Col William Newman, at Camp Dodge.
Men of various nationalities induct-
ed into military service by the draft
arc to be placed together in separate
organizations. The purpose is to IA
cilitate the work of training soldiers
of various nationalities who do not
speak English readily.
Some time ago a development bat.
talon was organized and soldiers who
were mentally deficient or slow to
learn, were assigned to it.
A practical working out Of the sys-
tenn has shown that the majority of
the men in the battalion are of foreign
birth and that their happiness is large
" result of their inability to under
stand English
A survey is being taken Of the men
in the development battalion for the
purpose Of segregating the different
natiOnalities.
Everything possible is being done
to aid these men in making progress
In their training. A large part of
the work consists of lessons in Eng
lish which are given daily
The Goddess Of Liberty.
At each of the cantonments by the
use OF soldiers patriotic emblems
have been formed and these have been
photographed and are used on post
cards and various other Illustrations
sent out from the different camps.
A living goddess of liberty is to be
formed at Camp Dodge some day this
month.
Between 10000 and $4,000 soldiers
will be massed to represent replica
of the famous statue which stands at
the entrance to New York harbor.
Officials are planning to outline the
figure on the ground and then mass
the men so as to bring out the gigantic
figure.
A tower will be erected so that
photographs may be taken of this won=
derful picture.
Similar demonstrations have been
given at the Great Lakes training sta
tion and at Camp Dix when the flag
and the liberty bell were represented.
Camp Dodge hopes to make this
presentation eclipse anything else
ever attempted anywhere.
German Sailor Located at Camp
Dodge
It requires constant watching by
the best experts in the country to
make sure that no enemy finds place
in the camp. On several occasions
suspicious characters have been To-
Gated and in every case an assumed
name served to hide the identity of the
suspect. The latest arrest was that
Of fellow giving his name as John
or Bastie Gruber. The draft caught
him at Carroll, Iowa. Investigation
shows that he has been going under
other names, such as John Lange and
John Schmidt. He was sailor omit
German steamship Vaterland, interned
at an eastern seaport in 1916.
His strong German accent and the
fact that he admitted Munich, Ger
many, as his birth place resulted in
his actions being carefully watched.
When officers reported Gruber to the
department Of justice a comparison of
data showed him to be the much want
ed sailor from the crew of the Water
land.
Investigation Of Gruber's action also
showed him to be on intimate terms
with Otto Greenburg, another member
of the crew Of the same boat who was
arrested in Des Moines and later in
termed for the duration of the war.
Womef1- Must Be Careful.
At the time of the assault upon a
young woman which resulted in the
hanging of three negroes an order was
issued to the effect that women either
with escorts or alone were not to be
found in any of the side streets or
along the highways or in infrequented
places after o'clock at night That
meant after dark. Col. William New
man, in command at the cantonment,