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g like period, The s.folloWing repri-
rhand by the division conan nder also
was given Major Freeman: ..The di-
vision commander expresses the opin-
ION O II: that the conduct Of Major Freeman
as shown upon the trial was highly
reprehensible and unbecoming in an
Officer. Of any grade, and that it was
especially SO in senior officer filling
a position Of the Importance attached
to Major Freeman's Office
Soldiers Must Study English Lam
* 4 - gualge Now
All soldiers of the 88th division who
have not gone to school above the
fourth grade and those who do not
speak,, read and write English, will
be required to study English, accord
ing to "a divisional order. Compulsory
instruction in citizenship for the foreign
men IN the division was also included
IN the order. Regimental schools, similar
to those which were organized by the
regimental chaplains and brigade Y.
M. c: A. educational secretaries for
the last increment of drafted men are
expected to be the means of handling
these classes. The chaplain of each
regiment will be at the head of that
school. =;
More Candidates for Commission
t. The examination of additional can
didates for@the Fourth Officers Train
ing camp which started here, May Is
began Monday and will continue for
several days. The soldiers being ex-
aminea now, are candidates from or
CARNATIONS in the One Hundred Sew
enty7sixthI Infantry Brigade. Approx
imately 400, men, it is expected will be
selected for the course, in addition to
the fxes hundred men chosen from the
remainder of the division and from
colleges who began the course of train
ing the middle of last month.
DR.. Trowbridge to New York
DR.. "A. E. Trowbridge, administra-
tive, secretary of the Y. M. C. A. at
Camp Dodge, and former Iowa univer-
sity: professor, has departed for New
York: to: accept place on the person.
mel bureau of the national war work
council yof the YIN. c. A. He will be
succeeded at Camp Dodge, by H. l..
Eels,<.a Spanish war veteran, who
formerly was affiliated with the State
Teachers college at Cedar Falls. Il
Winter Clothing at Camp Called In
Winter has been Officially declared
over for the men Of the 88th division,
according to a bulletin issued at d.
vision headquarters at Camp Dodge.
Supply officers will turn in the fol-
lowing articles of winter clothing to
the reclamation officer when arrange
ments. have been made for their reno
vation,' the order says. Wooden
brooches, coats, winter underclothing
caps;a @. D. overcoats, mackinaws,
heavysWool stockings, wool gloves and
sheep skin coats are listed mong the
articles to be- turned in. Khaki uni
forms and summer underwear have
been issued to the soldiers:
Deserters Given Is Years at U. S.
Prison
Privates Arnold L. Brown. and John
W. Conway were sentenced to Is years
each at hard labor in the federal prison
at Fl. Leavenworth, after being found
guilty of desertion by general court
martial at Camp Dodge Saturday.
Sergeant George J. Knoche, a military
policeman, has been sentenced to the
federal prison for one year because he
allowed Private Paul Gildea, prisoner,
to escape from him at the Union depot
in Des Moines, May Fl.
These Men Lost Out
Privates Clyde E. Fee, Company E,
One Hundred Sixty-eighth Iowa infan-
try,> and Clarence Whitmer of Com
pany B, One Hundred Sixty-eighth in
fantry, are wondering whether they
will ever draw any pay from Uncle Sam.
These two men were originally with
the Third Iowa, now a part of the
Rainbow division in France. They
didn't catch the boat with the balance
of the regiment for some reason or
other, and were finally picked up by
military authorities.
:, An order issued at Camp Dodge re-
quires them. to- proceed at once to
Camp Merritt at Dumont, N. j., under
custody Of a sergeant of the military
police and a sergeant from that Or
ganization.
The interesting part of the order to
Fee and Whitmer is the fact that they
will be compelled to pay the entire
cost of railroad transportation Of both
themselves and the two guards who
will accompany them, as we'll as nee
essarv added expenses of the trim, Z