The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-17
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Board Examines Directors.

camp DOQSo. ltS recommendations III
individual cases will be made to the
war department.
The examining board is composed
of Major Stoddard of the judge advo
Gates office in Washington, Judge
Mack Of the federal court at Chicago
land Professor Lane of Columbia uni
|versity. 1t is examining conscientious
DIRECTORS at all camps.
The entire provisional detachment
|of conscientious DIRECTORS at Camp
Funston, Fit. Riley, Kans., including
lisa men, was transferred to Camp
Dodge recently.
"A small majority of the conscien-
tious DIRECTORS are accepting non
|combatant service.
Several of them have refused to
shave or have their hair cut since
their induction into military service.
A large number have refused to wear
any part of the clothing furnished it's
soldiers by the government, and are
wearing the civilian clothes they wore
when they reported at camp.
They are compelled to work but are
not forced to take military training.
They are treated courteously by Of
|ficers
With the arrival at Camp Dodge re-
Gently of 1874 men from Camp Funston,
Fl. Riley, Kans., the SSth division is
housing and feeding conscientious OBJ
jectors to military service from Min
nesota, Iowa. North Dakota, Missouri,
Illinois. Nebraska, Kansas and sew.
eral other states. :.
Much Water REQUIRED.
1T takes large volume of water to
supply the thousands of men at Camp
Dodge. Sprinkling, watering the grass,
trees and shrubbery and the various
other necessities make large demands
upon the supply. The big cement res
ervoir on the hill holds an abundant
supply and affords excellent pressure.
1t requires % wells near the river to
provide the necessary moisture. There
are five pumping stations in charge OF
three shifts of men working eight
hours each. The wells are sunk in
a gravelly formation which affords
perfect filtration In addition the wa
ter is treated chemically and the sanl-
tary engineers pronounce it OF the
highest quality.
Ready for the New Men.
Beginning with the week of July
gath, $4,000 new men will arrive, most
ly from Montana, South Dakota and
Nebraska.
Men received will be assigned to the
163d depot brigade, but attached for
training, quarters and rations to or
CARNATIONS of the division.
All matters pertaining to insurance
and allotments of the new men will
be referred as heretofore to the per-
sonnet office of the 88th division and
insurance officers of the organization
receiving the men are requested to
directly with Lieut.. P.
A. Herscher, insurance officer, 163d
depot brigade.
Uniform Color for Buildings.
There is a probability that the bar
racks and buildings in general use in
the cantonment soon will be painted
a uniform color, similar to the decora-
lions of the privately conducted build
ings of the camp.
Building authorities here have been
advised that the preservation Of the
wood would be greatly aided by the
application of paint containing lib.
eral amount of oil.
Death of Lieut.. Col. Todd.
Lieut.. Col. Frank G. Todd of the
United States medical corps and com.
mander of the base hospital at Camp
Dodge, died last week at hospital in
Chicago whittier he had gone to in
spect the health conditions among the
soldiers at camps near that city. DR..
Todd was one of the most noted ply
sicians in the northwest. He had a
lucrative practice in Minneapolis and
was an authority on many ailments
that made his work at the hospitals
here exceedingly valuable. He had
recently been recommended for the
command of base hospital in France
and he was to have sailed for that
country soon. His death was from
pneumonia, the same disease that he
had fought so persistently here dur.
ing the epidemic in the early spring.
Remembering the Home Folks
Every Sunday the soldier boys make
lit point to write letters. OF course
they write also during the week but
Sunday is the one big day. On single
Monday morning the postal authori'
ties collected 41,O0O letters at the Y.
M. C. A. stations upon the grounds
and in the afternoon 21,000 more, max
ing for the day $1,000 letters that left
the camp for the folks back home
This gives some idea of the enlarged
duties that have been thrust upon
the Des Moines post office since the
establishment of. the cantonment at
this place. -1s re-.
Three Neeo Soldiers Executed.
The most exciting event since the
camp was established was the hanging
of three negro soldiers, found guilty
of an assault upon II year old white
girl. Every soldier in the camp had
to witness the hanging. 1t was a most
trying ordeal for many of the men and
several collapsed. Gen. Beach, com
handing officer, issued the following
concerning the case:
"On Friday, July 5th, the death sen
tence by hanging was made effective
in the cases of three enlisted men Of
Camp Dodge who were, convicted OF
rape, the most heinous civil crime
known to military men. The crime
was committed on Friday May Gath
and due to energetic action on the
part of officers and men the culprits
were promptly apprehended with the
result that they were soon brought be