The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-08-28
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Pi. NJ Feathers, Company Al
(163d az Dot brigade, was hurt on the
head while wrestling and was taken
to the base hospital for treatment.
He and another Indian were on the
mat. Owl Feathers got half nelson
! on his man and attempted to turn
| him over. The steel plated heel OF his
opponent came in contact with Owl
Feathers head, inflicting a scalp
wound.
| He has returned to his company and
| is practicing riding bronchos to take
part in the stampede" at the state
| fair.
Two Medical Units for Replacement
Announcement was made Wednes
| day that two new medical replacement
units will be organized here at once
each to be composed of fifty enlisted
imen from the base hospital detach'
ment, and 300 from the depot brigade
There will be five officers to each unit
none above the grade OF captain. The
units will receive special training in
first aid and evacuation work and Will
be used to replace vacancies from
casualties and other causes in regular
medical organizations at the front.
Must Not Board Moving Trains.
Stringent orders have been issued
by Col. Newman, camp commander
against the practice of boarding trains
to and from Camp Dodge while they
are in motion. The interurban rail-
way superintendent states that all ac-
cidents which have. occurred on the
trains are due to this practice. Mill
tary police have been instructed to
take any necessary steps to enforce
the new order, which has been read
to all men.
Enlisted Men Study Bread Making.
Enlisted men to the number OF III
from the depot brigade, so colored
and II whites, have been attached to
the school of bakers and cooks, for
course of instruction. Nearly every
company of the depot brigade furnish
ed from one to ten men for this
course.
More Negro Troops
Thousands of negroes are at Camp
Dodge and others are coming. The
last increment was composed OF l,2OO
husky fellows from Indianapolis.
Among the men are representatives or
every calling imaginable. While or
binary laborers constitute the, major
ity it is not difficult to locate we'll
educated men. Teachers, preachers,
lawyers and the like are here in force
and some of the colored men are we'll
to do.
Two negro pioneer" regiments, the
SO9th and the. 414th, are to be formed
Immediately. Colored men from Ok
lahoma, Tennessee and a scattering
few from other states will make up
the personnel Of the new regiments.
with their formation DOdgasWills have
three pioneer organizations In train.
ing, the 8O4th having been launched
several weeks ago.
Mai. Adrian X. Polhemus has been
assigned to the S09th and is in charge
of organization work. Fifty.f1ve Of
|ficers (white) will be transferred from
the depot brigade to officer the SO9th.
Officers Training School Closes.
The final week of the infantry OIL
GERS training school has been one OF
strenuous work for the 391 candidates
who are to receive their commissions
next Monday morning.
Early this week the students were
put in the trenches and for three days
they did little but dig and study prob
lens of trench warfare. The latter
part of the week they have been de-
voting their time to paper work.
Following the granting of commits
sions to the 391 men now left in the
school, they will all have leaves OF
absence from Monday evening to Sep
tember 5th. At conclusion Of the
leaves they will report for duty with
Dodge organizations to which they will
be assigned. ..-
Thirty-one of the candidates have
already been assigned to the SO4th
pioneer infantry regiment and others
will probably be assigned to the SO9th
and 414th units, negro pioneer regl-
ments to be formed here at once.
Alley to Command Photographic Unit.
Second Lieut.. Norman w. Alley, Sig
nal reserve corps, has been assigned
to duty in command Of the photograph
ic unit attached to the 313th field sig
nal battalion, SSth division. The
Photographic unit will be Of service in
getting pictures of military strategic
points, and in making observations
with the aviation section of the signal
corps. Pictures of the enemy lines
taken from the vantage point of an
aeroplane is part of the work OF the
Photographic unit.
Champion Caddock Leaves Camp
Dodge.
All chances of match between
Earl Caddock, the worlds heavyweight
champion wrestler, and Joe Stecher,
Nebraska heavyweight, and strong
contender for the Iowan's title, went
glimmering when the local pride left
Camp Dodge with the headquarters
troop of the SSth division for an east
ern port. He will soon sail for France
where he will take part in the big bat
tie across the pond. A big match for
labor day between the pair of heavy
weights had been planned and had
practically been arranged by the man
ayers of the two grapplers. "a
Directors Placed on Farms.
More than one hundred and fifty
draftees at Camp Dodge claiming con-
scientious scruples against entering
any branch of the military work either
cohbatant or non-combatant, were be-
ing furloughed to farms in the north
and central west Monday. The plac-
ing of these men on farms in accord