New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-27

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! nesota North Dakbta, and Illinois
who comprise the Eighty eighth division;
at Camp Dodge, has said farewell
Ito his command. General Plummer
has been ordered to. command at TT.
sill, Okla. General Plummer's fare
well to the command is as follows:
Pursuant to Instructions received from
the war department the undersigned
relinquishes. command of the Eighty
! eighth division. The Eighty-eighth has
won my highest esteem for the persistent
,, eagerness and zeal with which the
various organizations have shown their
, determination to prepare for any service
that may come to them in the future.
The members of the command have
won my personal love by their loyalty
and efforts to carry out to the full ex-
tent of their powers and ability my
wishes as we'll as personal orders and
by the evident feeling Of personal
regard for me. predict for all in the
future of their lives success wherever.
they may be- There has been no word
received at Camp Dodge as to who will
be assigned to replace General Plummer
as division commander. Brig. Gen.
R. N. Getty is acting division commander
at present.
Men Are Studying Hard
If anybody believes that the men at
Camp Dodge are fooling away their
time when off duty they should go out
among them and they will discover
about $4,000 students hard at work.
Classes have been formed covering
about every subject under the sun. Not
only are technical subjects taught but
common branches find hundreds Of
willing, anxious students. Starting the
past week at the remount station l0O0
officers and men enrolled in classes
for the study of animal husbandry.
Some of the best veterinarians in the
United States are instructing in this
SC ence Glasses in agriculture are large
ly attended. Hundreds of foreigners
are studying the English language and
hundreds of those proficient in the use
of English are studying French. The
trades are not neglected, and in fact
any subject that any one wants to study
finds those willing and capable to take
charge of the classes. Camp Dodge is
veritable beehive of industry.
Getting Ready For Easter
Men of every phase of religious be-
lief and many who make no profession,
are looking forward with pleasurable
interest in the elaborate preparations
that are being made for the observ-
ance of Easter. At every religious
center in that vast camp there will be
appropriate exercises. In the great
buildings under the auspices Of the Y.
M. C. A., the Knights of Columbus and
the Lutheran Brotherhood, will be held
most elaborate services in which sing
ing will form a conspicuous part. To
show the religious interest OF the men
record Of attendance at religious
services was kept last Sunday. 1t was
delightful spring day and $4,000 OF
the men had just been released from
quarantine, but in spite of this $4,000
men attended services at the various
religious centers. ...
Instruction in Boxing
Mike Gibbons, division boxing IN
structor at Camp Dodge, is organis-
ing regular school Of boxing lnstruc-
tors. And the lessons taught the classes
by this world-famous middle-weight
will be passed on to the new rockies,
who arrived recently at Camp Dodge.
Gibbons expects to have more than
100 men in his instructors class. The
instructor will demonstrate the tech
nique of the boxing game. Each day
the *scholars' will learn the lesson
which they will pass on to the rockies
the following day. '"This form OF ex-
ercise is important, because it is so
closely allied with bayonet fighting,'
Gibbons says. "Bayonet fighting is
largely boxing with gun in ones
hands. In hand to hand fighting es-
pecially, this knowledge Of boxing will
be valuable.'' II =,
Red Cross to Erect Building at Dodge
| Work is to be started at once on
Red Cross base hospital at Camp