The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-29
SOLDIERS COMING
and Then GOING
Camp Dodge Discharges During Week
Were More Than 1924 Men-32,- {.
276 Discharged Altogether
BIG BAND TO BE DIsBANDED
One of the Swell Musical Organiza-
tions of Cam pto Turn in All In
struments to Government


struments to Government
CAMP DODGE, Jan. 27-More than
10000 men will be demobilized within
the next month according to orders
from the war department received on
Sunday. This means the entire 10Th
division, but there is a proviso at
tached to the order which permits the
men who so desire to unite with uits
OF the regular army.
Enlisted men who desire to stay in
the service will not be required to
sign up for any specific term of ser.
vice. They will be allowed to trans
fer to any unit for which they are
qualified. Prior to this time no pro-
3 vision had been made for re-enlist-
lnent.
Camp officials state that it is the
policy of the war department to pro-
vide in this way for the maintenance
OF permanent camp units.
The men will be given choice OF
duty as automobile or truck drivers,
stenographers or duty with the camp
utilities or at the hospitals.
Officers of the division will also be
! allowed to remain at Camp Dodge. Ex-
aminations for commissions in the reg
ular army will be arranged for officers
who are recommended to take the eX-
aminatiOns.
All of the division units except the
Second regular army infantry are af-
fected by the order.
The units to be demobilized are the
S7th infantry and SSth infantry, and
the 18th field signal battalion. the
219th engineers, the 55th, 56h, and
57th machine gun battalions, the 273d
field hospital and ambulance train and
the 10Th military police.
The 10Th division supply train left
Saturday afternoon for Detroit where
1t will be stationed at Fort Wayne, to
conduct motor transport service to
Baltimore, Nd. Rehabilitation Of the
division should be completed in a
month, officers say. s..
Col. Robert N. Getty Retired
Col. Robert Nss.Getty.shas been re-
tired from active army service by or
der of the president, according to
news received from Washington this
morning. Colonel Getty has served
more than forty-one years as an army
officer. His retirement was because
of age. AS a brigadier general in the
national army Colonel Getty was long
at Camp Dodge, commanding at first
one OF the two infantry brigades of the
8Sth division and later the division
temporarily. He came to Dodge as
brigadier when the division was or
ganized, year ago last September,
arriving few hourse before Maj. Gen.
e. H. Plummer came. He was here
throughout General Plummer's admin
istration, commanding the division
during General Plummer's trip to
France.
Soldiers Are Coming and Going
Camp Dodge discharges during the
week ending Thursday night broke all
previous records with a total Of 1884
men both from overseas and home
camps mustered out of service. To date
1926 men have left Camp Dodge. An
average of 1900 men a day has been
the record for the last week, the high
est since the discharges began. A to-
tai of 4,2S9 men arrived during the
week from other camps. The largest
per cent came from Newport News.
Va, and consisted of former 34th and
SSth division men. The following
casual units are now in camp: New
port News, Va, 1,7S9; Camp Meade,
Nd, $40; Camp Pike, Ark, 419; Camp
Dix, N. j., 275; Vancouver Barracks,
Wash, 1853; Camp Greene, N. c., 20;
Fort Riley, Kans., II; miscellaneous,
454.
Band to Disband
After nearly two years as musi-
cal organization with the 127th field
artillery, the regimental band Sunday
afternoon gave it's farewell concert
in the open at the north end Of Camp
Dodge. The band will surrender it's
instruments and be mustered out soon.
This band was one of the swell musi-
cal organizations of the camp. No
less than thirty different musical or.
ganizations have been at the camp
since its establishment Musicians
from about every state in the union
belonged to these organizations. Some
of the best bandmasters in the coun-
try have had them in charge from
time to time. The disbanding of this
organization is what IS happening to
all of the others and friendships and
associations formed by men of musi-
cal taste and congenial spirit are dis
rupted by the order to disband. The
association will be one of the pleasant
remembrances OF army life.
Indian Papoose in Camp.
A cute Indian baby has been one of
the attractions at the hostess house
for couple of weeks. Little Wood
row Sully is real papoose. His
father is full blood Shawnee Indian,
from Green Wood, S. D. His mother
is a member of the Yankton tribe Of
Indians, and is at Camp Dodge await
ing the discharge of her husband from
the service. "Big Chief" Sully, ,as his
"budies" call him, is a member Of the
development battalion. His wife came
to Camp Dodge few days ago to at
tempt to secure his release. 1t will
be but few days until the father will
be able to accompany his family back
to South Dakota.
Camp Dodge at Last Completed
Final construction work at Camp
Dodge was turned over to the govern
ment by Charles Weitz & Sons, Mon
day, when government inspectors &C