The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-01-15
WOUNDED MEN
FROM OVERSEAS
Entire Train Load of-Wounded Men
From Overseas Will Arrive at Fl.
Des Moines Next Week
RED CROSS MAKES AN APPEAL

RED CROSS MAKES AN APPEAL
People Who Send DeIicacies shouI,
Remember There Are Wounded at
Camp Dodge Also
CAMP DODGE, Jan. IA large in
crement of soldiers fresh from hare
service in France will arrive the com
ing week. Dispatches from Newpor
News have been received at the caml
asking if there are accommodation:
for the thousands who are headed thi:
way and the reply was in the affirm
ative. Members of the 33Sth field ar
tillery, the 126th field artillery and
i-she 1O9th ammunition train will begir
to arrive within few days.
The Iowa cantonment will receive
$50 members of the 33Sth, SIS mem
bers of the 126th and 329 members
of the 1O9th ammunition train. Other
members Of these organizations will
be sent to Camp Cody, Camp Travis
and FIT. Sill for Rehabilitation.
1t is announced that an entire train
load of wounded men from overseas
will arrive within the next week for
u reatment at Ft. Des Moines. The
more than $4,000 soldiers, including
those of the 163d depot brigade and in.
coming casual units, have been dis.
charged from Camp Dodge since the
rehabilitation process began, and
more. than $4,000 men have been re-
ceived for mastering out purposes
from other camps.
An average of aboutN85O discharges
per day for the last two weeks has
been maintained by the discharge or
ganization at the camp, which Is only
slightly short of the average intended
I to be kept by the war department
1000 daily.
That the number is not larger, 1t
was said, is due to the inability of rail
roads to shandle the men out of Des
Moines.
A total of 6,816 men were dis
charged from the camp during the
week ending Saturday, and during the
same time 4,691 men were received
there. OF this number, Camp Forrest,
Ga, led the list in sending men to
Camp Dodge with 1,255, and Camp
Merritt was second with o14.
A large detachment from Camp
Pike. Ark, was received at camp Sat
urday night. Nearly every eastern
cantonment, coast artillery depot or
regular post has sent some, men to
Camp Dodge to Jbe sent to their homes
in this section of the country.
Orders from the war department for
the discharge Of the 10th division,
which was partially formed at Camp
Dodge, are expected during the week.
This is based on the statement of Cen
eral March, chief of staff, in Washing
ton Saturday that the rehabilitation
program had reached the last section
of the schedule-the mastering out OF
combatant divisions.
General March's statement indicated
that these units would be discharged
on the same basis as other Organiza.
tions and at the same rate-apprOxi-
mately 5000 men week. The strength
of the 10Th division at Camp Dodge
is estimated at between. 10000 and
1000 men.
Evidences Of Service
Perhaps the questions asked most
often now that many of Sthe heroes
have come home are about wound and
service stripes, The army's chevrons
for six months foreign service and
for wound are just alike-a shaped
gold stripe for each six months OF
service or for eadh wound. The diff
ference is that the service stripes are
worn on the eft sleeve just above the
cuff, the wound stripes on the right.
There is also a chevron of light blue
for. less than six months Of foreign
service. Right" is "wound"-tive let
ters each. For each six months In this
country v shaped silver stripe Is
worn Just above the left cuff.
Concerning the marks, Of especial
skill in shooting; the sharp shooters
badge is a maltese cross with bar
above it; the expert rifleman's a de-
vice of pair Of rifles crossed on
wreath; the pistol experts is smaller
IA pair of pistols crossed on wreath;
the marksmans badge is a plain bar.
On the bars of all Of these Is printed
the degree eff skill attained.
The shoulder insignia Of officers
rank-the lower ranks at least-ls
more generally known. A lieutenant
general wears three silver stars on MS
shoulder; major general, two; and
brigadier general, one. The coloneps
sign of rank is the silver spread eagle;
the lieutenant colonels the gold sill
yer leaf; the majors, the gold leaf. A
captain wears two silver bars, and a
first lieutenant one, and second lieu
tenant, one gold bar. ...s. ..
Non-commissioned officers wear
their insignia sewed on the sleeve,
above the elbow. A corporal wears
two inverted v bars; and sergeant
wears three. A supply sergeant's
chevrons differ from sergeant's in
that the bottom V is connected at its
ends by bar. A diamond added to a
sergeant's chevron makes him first
sergeant Men, who have not seen
service abroad wear scarlet insignia.
They mean that the wearer has re-
ceived honorable discharge from SER
vice. They indicate that the man per-
formed creditable service while in the
army and all men being discharged
at Camp Dodge will be provided with
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