The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-12
WAR SECRETARY
VISITS DODGE
Secretary Baker and Chief of Staff
March Visited Camp Dodge Yester. -
day on Tour, of Inspection
MANY MEN ARE DISCHARGED
Maximum Number to be Discharged
viii be 10000 Per Month-Many
Soldiers Now Returning

CAMP DODGE. March S-(Special to
the Observation-Disclosures of fif-
teen companies and three battalion
headquarters of the depot brigade,
Camp Dodge will begin Immediately.
Brig. Gen. B. T. Simmons, command
ing the 163d depot brigade, has re-
ceived authority for this action. Fol
lowing the demobilization of these
units, the brigade headquarters; cas-
ual and discharge group of officers and
clerks; one battalion headquarters;
headquarters company; sixth COM
pany; Co. A (development) and a de-
velopment company of colored SOL
diers. This reorganization will result
in the immediate discharge of practi-
cally every depot brigade officer who
has not applied for a commission in
the regular army. 1t also will make
available for discharge men who ask
for release on dependent or industrial
grounds A few will be retained if 1t
is found their services are necessary
in the work to be done. General Sim
mons will have charge of the dis
charge of casual officers and enlisted
men, The maximum number to be re-
leased will be 10000 month.
Many Soldiers Returning
Units of the 10th and list coast ar
tillery corps and the 14Sth machine
gun battalion, composed of $40 men,
arrived at Camp Dodge Tuesday morn
ing from Camp Merritt, N. j., over the
Chicago Great Western railway On
Wednesday morning 357 soldiers are
expected from Newport News, Va, ov-
er the same road.
Two Brothers Met. in France
Fourteen years ago at CarbOndale,
ILL., two brothers named Batson part
ed, the elder going west to do for him.
self. The young men did not keep up
a correspondence with each other eX-
cept in casual manner and. neither
knew of the others fate when the war
broke out. but one day in France they
met face to face, and it was a glorious
reunion the brothers had. At that time
one was with the 1st division and the
other was sergeant in Co. A, 1st en-
gineers. They again became separat-
ed in France and the younger one, Pri-
vate Royal Batson, was severely burn
ed while doing military duty. He is
now at the base hospital convalescing
and he recently heard that his broth
er is safe and the brothers are plan
ming to meet at the old home at Car
bondale just as soon as Royal is able
to travel. .,.
A Bit Of Club Life for Nurses at Base
Drill, literary and card clubs have
been formed by base hospital nurses.
The literary club held it's first enter
tainment Friday night at the Red
Cross nurses building with Miss Gen
evieve Russell, for several years an
army nurse. speaking on her expert
ences in Cuba, Japan and the Philip
pine Islands Miss Blanche Heiser-
man, occupation therapy aide, sang
many of her own compositions.
Nurses who are doing night duty
have organized a basket ball team and
play from 4 p. m. to 6 p. m. The stu
dent nurses have resumed their Mon
day night programs. The literary
club will meet weekly.
EelIs to- do a." Work Overseas
Harry L. Eells, Y. NJ. G. A. educa-
tional director at Camp Dodge, has