Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-02-23
NOTHING IS WASTED AT CAMP DODGE FOR
SHOES ARE RECL AIMED AT A TAILOR SHOP

The Y. NJ. C. A. buildings supply
both the boards and the game and
soldiers often drift in, sit down to
play, and become old cronies In few
minutes.
Let a soldier sink into an easy chair
before the fireplace. with checker
board on his knees and someone play
ing "Drowsy Waters" on the Victrola,
and he is lost to the world.
The proverbial country storekeepers
would feel quite at home here.
A checker tournament will be played
if the men find time to play often
enough.
Both officers and non commissioned
officers of the French army at Camp
Dodge wear gold stripes.
A lieutenant's stripe is parallel to
the edge OF the cuff, and the sergeants
is set at an angle. A corporal wears
two diagonal cloth stripes and ser
geant-major, two diagonal gold stripes:
A second lieutenant wears one golo
stripe, a first lieutenant two gold
! stripes, a captain wears three g0lo
stripes, and a major four gold stripes.
Other insignia Of rank in the French
army is lieutenant colonel, three gold
and two silver stripes; colonel, flve
gold stripes; brigadier general. two
stars; major general, three stars; a
marshal of France wears six stars
/ marshal Joffre is the only marshal
| since 1870.
! A chevron is worn on the upper part
of the right sleeve for every wound
received in action. One chevron or
the left sleeve indicates a year al
the front, with an additional chev
ron for each succeeding six months
The majority of the officers at the can
Torment wear five chevrons which In
dictate service at the front since thu
beginning of the war.
Many city women who have been
trif1e run down from close confinement
in stores and Offices are finding tn
fresh air at Camp Dodge real healtl
builder. Since the big cantonmen
Opened a number Of women have lef
city Jobs to work at the camp.
One of these is Mrs. Grayson, whit
for a number of years has had charg'
OF the thread counter in the art de
partment of Younker Bros store
Feeling the need OF a rest and NOR
outdoor recreation, Mrs. Grayson &C
cepted the offer to assist in running
the refreshment and notion counte
put in by the interurban in their Oak
wood station at Camp Dodge.
In three weeks Mrs. Grayson game,
seven pounds. She finds the soldie
boy customers easy to satisfy. TIL
war is throwing many women into new
and novel occupations and in man.
cases the change is very beneficial.
Because lonesome little privat
said 20 Gee" in thankful tone on
night as he glimpsed the honey com
forts at the Hostess house, the build
ing is becoming known among the sol
diers as the 20 Gee" house.
Out Of 70 officers in the Three Hun
| dred Thirty field artillery
, Of them are Yale graduates. Most G
, these officers come from MinneapOli
and st. Paul and these two cities hav
always been among the staunches
supporters of Yale.
u It's funny how the man out of uni
5 form invariably looks admiringly an
3 a bit wistfully at the man who is i
5 one. 1t is safe to say that a trip O
bus or interurban is never made fror
/, Des Moines to Camp Dodge that som
civilian does not strike up a converse
ton with soldier and ask him a
sorts Of interested questions abou
3 how he likes it, how the army treat
him, etc.