The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-22
88TH DIVISION
TO THE FRONT
Red Cross Building Completed
The War Department Is
Strong on Athletics-Al But
One Band Gone. :,
AN IMPORTANT ADJUNCT.

| AN IMPORTANT ADJUNCT.
Base Hospital Patients Enter
tained-Form Class at Fort
New Military Police Receive
/ Instructions.
Camp Dodge, Iowa, Aug. 20,
1918.-With the leaving of the
l351st and 352nd infantry regi-
ments commanded by Coils. C. s.
Crosby and G. E. Hawkins, re-
spectively, the 349th, the 350th,
351st and 352nd ambulance
companies and field hospitals Of
the same designation, all divis-
ion organizations south Of De-
pot street and to a considerable
extent north Of this road, have
left the cantonment. Besides
the infantry regiments named,
the 313th field artillery, the mil
itary police, two sanitary squads
and the ammunition train have
left camp. This means that the
entire 88th division Of the Ma
tional army consisting of 27,000'
men have departed for overseas
service. In place of these men
thousands of new recruits have:
taken their places at the big
camp. The 163rd depot brigade ,
is composed of 76 companies and
this is to be the nucleus of the
new division now forming. Other
units have been left behind and
a couple of regiments of regulars
are to be sent here to participate
in the reconstruction. The men
from Montana, Nebraska, South
Dakota and various other Sec
tions who have been sheltered in
tents have served the quaran-
tine restrictions and are now oc-
cupying the barracks and the
tents are to be used for quaran-
tine quarters for the new men
arriving daily. We are not al
lowed to give the number of men
now in camp but it registers well
up to the capacity of the can
tonment. The 163rd depot bri-
gade to which all new men have
been assigned and those unfit
for overseas service relegated,
is slowly spreading out into the
vacated territory. Officers at
the camp express the opinion
that there is every reason to be-
lieve there will be a spelling up
in the training Of soldiers in this
new division which will make
possible it's being turned out fit
for overseas work in four. to six
months time In the first place
the camp is now complete in it's
facilities for training men.
There are officers of experience
on hand to facilitate the work.
It is understood that the prac-
tice of taking men away from
this camp to fill other divisions
elsewhere will be discontinued
which will greatly facilitate the
completion of their training.
The organization plan Of the ar.
my has been thoroughly worked
out so there will be no delay on
that account and the past ex-
periences all help to make pos
sible rapid training. The plan
Of organization, which includes
dozens Of units which until a
year ago were practically un-
heard of in American military
affairs, has been thoroughly
worked out. Questions which
puzzled officers IL months ago
have been ruled upon by the de-
partment and no time will be lost
in the transmission of commune
cations.
Red Cross Building Completed.
The big Red Cross building
erected in the form of a cross,
painted white with an electric
cross blazing at night in the
cupola, has been thrown open to
the friends and relatives of the
men in the big hospital. This
hospital covers IS acres Of
ground and each ward is con-
nected with the others by means
Of corridors. "A covered pass
age way leads from the hospital
proper to this Red Cross build
ing. Here the convalescents may
meet their folks and If father or
mother desires to remain over
night to be near their afflicted
soldier boy beds are provided for
such emergencies. II Is ! large,