The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-24
CAMP D0I -
OFFICER
Captain Alfred Knapp, 337th FNz A.
tiliery, Court Martialed and Dis
missed From the Service.
USED MONEY OF THE COMPANY

USED MONEY OF THE COMPANY
400 Men From e9th Division Will be
Chosen to Attend the Fourth or.
eersNTrainine School.
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. Camp
Dodge, April 22-The most important
duty at the camp is looking after the
health of the men. In the regular
weekly health report 1900 men were
reported confined in the hospital.
There were "a death for the week. OF
which 80 were from pneumonia. TAX.
ing into account the number of men
enrolled this Is the largest death rate
in any cantonment in the United
States. Six wards in the new addition
to the base hospital are in use and zoo
patients have been transferred ito the
hospital at Fort Des Moines. Colonel
Ashburn, from the surgeon generals
Office at Washington Is here making
careful inspection of hospital con-
ditions and experimenting the trans
fer of chronic cases to the fort hos
pital.
Men physically unfit for the rigors
Of war sent to Camp Dodge under re-
cent calls are being weeded out. These
men now being sent home arc from
Minnesota and North Dakota princi'
pally as the most of the lOwans have
already been passed upon.
Convalescent soldiers when released
from the bast hospital are to hereafter
be placed in what is termed a conval-
escent company under a new plan re-
Gently adopted at the big camp. These
men will be given light training and
will be under especial observations
where the rigorous training might be
too much for them. Under this new
plan also men can be released from
the hospital earlier than they could
under the old plan where they had to
stay until practically their full
strength had returned before taking
up training.
Lieut.. Col. J. Il. Shook. division sur
geon. is responsible for the new plan.
He declares that men not able to re-
port for full duty can be built up
under the direction Of medical officers
and will be better for the health of
tie men and for the development OF
the army.
The convalescent company Is for the
present a part of the l63d depot brig
atie. The plan as 1t will eventually
work out is to have one squad In each
company designated as a convalescent
squad where men reporting back from
the base hospital will be assigned.
Soldiers who have been operated on
Z II we'll as those who are convalescing
from other illnesses will be assigned
TO this company.
Quartermaster's Depot to be Estab-
Iished Here.
All supplies OF food, clothing and the
like are received from the quarter
masters headquarters jim Omaha. The
war department has decided that dis
tributing depot will be established at
Camp Dodge. Six large warehouses
arc to be erected at once. each having
a storage capacity of 10000 feet.
Potatoes have been purchased to
supply troops at Camp Dodge con-
trary to orders issued last November
that all articles of the ration required
for tho supply of troops will be OBJ
tanned from the camp quartermaster
when on hand" A new order was is.
sued from the divisional headquarters
forbidding any violation Of this order
in the future. This means that no
supplies eau be bought from local bus
mess firms when the camp quarter.
master has the goods in stock. I
Officers Training School Closes.
Saturday the officers training school
completed it's work. 1t opened the
first week in January. Over 400 men
have been giving strict attention to
the work and all agree that 1t was the
most strenuous Is weeks they ever en-
perienced. Even on Sundays the men
had to attend recitations and lectures.
A professor from the University OF
Minnesota who says he thought he
knew how to get work out Of students
admitted his failure after taking this
course. At the completion of the
work the men were given ten days
leave of absence
G. J. Whipple, of Chicago. personal
supervisor for the government COM
mittee on classification of men and
officers In the national army. is here
investigating tho records which the
student officers have made. He will
select q certain number for commits
sions as captains and lieutenants. to
DO assigned to the personnel section at
other camps.
According to Mr.. Whipple. 12O are
to be selected from the various train.
ing camps to fill existing vacancies.
viii Serve with the Philippine Scouts.
A number OF soldiers in the Eighty
eighth division are to be selected for
service with the Philippine scouts.
They will rank as second lieutenants.
The following officers have been ap-
pointed a board to select these Off
GERS: Lieut.. Col. Francis w. Honey
cutt, Lieut.. Col. Clarence T.. Fronk.
Mai. James u. Mcdonald, Maj. Alfred
s Price and Capt. John H. Quigley.
Drafted men who have been called
to report at Camp Dodge during the
five day period following April 26th
and to Jefferson barracks in the five
day period beginning May 10th. may
not enlist for special service under the
call asking for skilled men in various
lines of work
Camp Dodge Officer Sentenced to
Prison.
Captain Alfred Knapp. SS7th Field
Artillery, tried by courtmartial at
Camp Dodge, is dismissed from the
service and sentenced to serve two
years in the United States penitentiary