The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-08-29

ers have been brought to camp
this week and placed under the
care Of military police until they
could be drafted into the SER
vice. Some Of these men who
have voiced objections to .serv-
ing in the army have been con-
vinced by the advice Of Capt. Per
Lee and Lieut.. p. w. Crippen,
commanding officer and adju-
tant Of the provisional military
police organization Of the camp,
1T the best thing to do would
Soc1e.,. eey orders and join the
New o.. .ers who are to go on
duty at the Base Hospital are:
Maj. Warren Dennis, Capt. JEFF
ferson Blything, Capt. Gilbert
!! Gotham, Capt. James A. Down
ing, Capt. George w. Kirby;
Capt. w. s. Little, Capt. V. H.
Ragsdale, Capt. III. b. Wilkinson,
and Lieuts. G. II. Faggart, M.
M. Miller, Claude Moore, Finis
Suggett, Carl Hudson and Dav-
i'd Natinson. ).
Standardize Work for Army
Pastors.
Recent legislation increasing
the number Of army chaplains in
the military forces Of the Unit
ed States will result in the grad
ual elimination Of representa-
tives Of various creeds now
known and authorized as army
pastors, according to an an
nouncement from division head
quarters at Camp Dodge. Since
the organization of tahe 88th di-
vision there have been from fif-
teen to thirty men, the major
ity Of them ordained ministers,
conducting religious work among
the soldiers. A letter from the
war department received last
week directing that these men
be notified Of the departments
intention of relieving them of
this work and placing the entire
religious activities Of the camp
and the new 10Th division in the
hands of commissioned chap
lains, resulted in a meeting Sat-
urday at which official notifica-
tion of the departments policy
was communicated to the pas
tors. There are representatives
of thirteen different sects here,
numbering between twenty-five
and thirty pastors. The work
these men have done, is said, to
have been Of considerable aid
and benefit to the men and Of
ficers. At the meeting Satur-
day representatives of the fol-
lowing sects were present: Pres
byterian, Methodist, Baptist,
Lutheran, Episcopal, Congre-
gational, Swedish Evangelical,
Swedish Evangelical Free church
Christian Reformed, Christian
Science, Seventh Day Advent:
lists and Catholic. In directing
that the services of these army
pastors be dispensed with, the
department points out the pro-
vision which recently was made
for placing three chaplains in
every regiment or / for every
1000 men. A training school
for army chaplains also has been
established at an eastern post
where men commissioned for
this work are given special in
struction in the work.
More than one hundred and
fifty draftees at Camp Dodge
claiming conscientious scruples
against entering any branch of
the military work either COM
batant or non combatant, were
being furloughed to farms in
the north and central west Mon
day. The placing Of these men
on farms in accordance with in
structions from the war depart
ment, temporarily at least solv-
es one of the most trying pro-
blems with which the military
authorities have had to deal. |
The objectors being furloughed
must report each month to some
dis-interested person and their
work must be satisfactory or the |
will be terminated, the
orders say. They will receive
no pay from the government but
are to be paid at the prevailing
scale Of wages in the community |
where they are employed. Any
amount in excess Of a private's |
pay Of thirty dollars a month.
except in,such cases where room
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