Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-07-10
Do Not Follow Your Soldier to Des
Moines.

MOines. Red Cross authorities ask |
that families of men stationed at Camp |
Dodge do not attempt to come to the |
city to get work Practically all
available positions for women are al
ready filed. 1t is also problem to
find homes for them during their stay
here.
Warn Soldiers of Insurance Fraud.
That persons posing as government
agents have been perpetrating frauds
connected with war risk insurance on
men before they arrive at the
has come to the notice OF
authorities at Camp Dodge.
All men selected for military service
are warned that they should not at
tempt to take out war risk insurance
policies before they arrive at the can
tonments to which they are assigned.
The applications cannot be legally
taken except by an officer in the ser.
vice authorized to handle this work.
In at least one instance soldier filled
out an application for what he thought
was war insurance. Thus far officials
are undecided whether the work is
that of INSCRIPTIONS persons posing as
agents of others who consider them
selves empowered to solicit this in
surance.
Manufacturing Potash.
The biggest potash factory in the
country is located in the outskirts OF
the military tract at Camp Dodge.
Potash is made by burning the vast
quantities of manure hauled out from
the remount On a single day LOO
loads were dumped upon the bottom
lands across the Beaver. This sub
stance is dumped load in each heap
and dry straw is provided so that igni-
ton may be made. Acres and acres
are burning all the time and the ashes
thus procured are carefully placed in
sacks and are shipped to what is
known as refinery where the real
commercial potash is extracted. Pot
ash is very valuable these times and
prices are high.
in Evenings.
Late evening picnic parties and
strolls at Camp Dodge will be barred
by an order to be issued requiring
women who visit the cantonment to
confine themselves to the main roads
and streets after 9:15 p. m.
New Registrars Will Help Fill Up
Class I.
Ninety:ive per cent of the new reg
istrants, who became OF age since
June 5, 1917, will probably be placed
in Class l in the opinion of Adj. Gen.
Guy E. Logan. Comparatively few
men Of that age are married, and
many have stated that they will waive
all claims for deferred classification
For these two reasons the classifying
of the new registrants will be easy
and the big majority will be classified
within one month. Registrars are
given 10 days in which to return their
questionaires, one-fourth of which will
be sent out Tuesday.
No'Near8eer for Embryo Officers.
There's no near-beer for the soldiers
in the Fourth Officers Training camp
at the cantonment. At least not until
after the hot days of midsummer have
passed. In an order issued recently
by Lieut.. Col. F. J. Mcconnell, officer
commanding the school, the student
officers are ordered to stay away from
this variety of thirst parlor. The eff
feet of the near-beer, medical officers
top-notch speed as are the men in the
school,
Revoke the Salute Order.
An order issued by Col. R. N Getty,
formerly a brigadier general in the ma
tional army and acting division com.
mander, directing that officers and en-
listed men salute representatives OF
the Y. M. c. A., Knights of Columbus,
Red Cross, Jewish Welfare Board and
similar organizations, was revoked.
Soldiers Consume Much.
Authentic figures show that a sol.
der consumes in supplies and food the
equivalent of his own weight every
days. In the matter of clothes his con.
sumption is times that of the out.
door civilian in ordinary employment
at home. His uniforms become sat-
urated with mud and are so often
placed in containers for cleaning that
they soon disintegrate. When it comes
to shoes our warriors have the best
in the world They cost the govern
ment SIS pair in million lots, and a
soldier at the front wears out one
pair month. In the matter of food
it has been determined that the sol
der eats rs per cent more than the
ordinary laborer at home.
How to Distinguish Officers.
The insignia on shoulder loop indi.
Gates the rank of officers.
General, and General Chief of Staff
-Four silver stars.
Lieutenant general-One large silver
star and two small silver stars.
Major general-Two silver stars.
Brigadier general-One silver star.
COlOnel-A silver spread eagle q
inch high and inches between tips
of wings.
Lieutenant colonel-A silver leaf /
inch high and l inch across.
Major-A gold leaf / inch high and
l inch across.
Captain-Two silver bars, each Il
inch wide and l inch long. Bars to
be Il inch apart.
First lieuterant-One silver bar Il
inch wide and 1 inch long.
Second ieutenant-One gold bar "A
inch wide and / inch long.
Women librarians in the camp hos
pitfalls are to wear uniforms. The
commanding officers in charge at the
different environments have asked the
American Library Association, which
supplies these librarians through it's
library war service, that uniforms be
adopted. The uniform is natural.
colored pongee shirt-waist dress, worn
| with a white collar and dark brown
tie. On the sleeve is dark brown
brassard, bearing the letter A. l.. A.
A Panama hat with brown band and
an A. L. A. pin is part of the uniform,
which was chosen as the most prac-
tical for summer wear in all parts of
the country.