The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-03-19

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A touching event was the presenta
|tion of medal voted by congress to
Lieut.. Col. Emery j. Pike, whose
death resulted from wounds received
at Wanderers, France, Sept. 15, 1918
This medal is the highest recognition
this government can bestow. 1t was
presented on behalf of the government
| by Gen. Foote. the medal being re-
ceived by Miss Martha Pike, aged IL,
daughter of the deceased officer. An.
other daughter, Miss Joan Pike, aged
| ID. was present as was also a sister,
Miss Bertha Pike, and the mother OF
| the brave officer. Two sons, John,
aged II, and Zebulon, aged 5, are IN
! school at Columbus, Ohio. Col. Plke
was with the SD division at the time
of his death.
CHICAGO Musicians Send Instruments.
At Fort Des Moines four mandollns,
1.-TWO guitars, three banjos, two ukuleles
three Victrolas, four occarlnas ana
two auto harps have been received at
the Red Cross for the men in the nos
pitfalls. The instruments were sent by
the Chicago Band Mems association
who solicited funds. Each instrument
bears plate with the Inscription For
the boys at the U. s. General Hospital
from the citizens of Chicago.
Save Discharge Certificates
The absence of pockets of suitable
size has caused an order to be issued
urging discharged soldiers to take
more care in preserving their dis
charge certificates. After the original
lis lost duplicate must be issued and
this is making lot of extra work.
Officials urge every man to go lmme-
diately upon his arrival home to the
local county clerk and record his GER
tificate.
BUSY Times at Vocational School
The attendance at the vocational
school, base hospital, has reached 800,
In addition to the pupils at the school
400 bed patients are receiving lnstruc-
ton in the wards.
Several additions to the teachlng
force have been made. D. 'E. Wledman,
who has 6heen active in educatlonal
work at the Great Lakes naval tram
ing station, is now in charge OF the
academic department here. Lieut.: l..
w. Secor, formerly Of New York City,
who has been making his home in Des
,Moines for the past three years, has
been added to the educational service
He was a member of the SSOth regl-
ment at Camp Sherman, O., but was
recently transferred to Camp Dodge.
Captain Moore, Of the base hospital
force, has been made assistant educa-
tional officer, succeeding Lleut. ). a.
w. Smalk, whs has been trans ferred 70
Camp Zachary Taylor, KY.
Twenty-Five occupatiOnal aides are
now members of the faculty. Or TINS
number eighteen are giving instruction
in the wards.
DISCHARGED Soldiers After Bonuses
7 Camp Dodge authorities wish to call
particular attention to that part OF the
law allowing bonuses which deslgnates
that all men entitled to bonuses, anu
who have already been discharged ana
received their final pay, must MAKE
application to the Zone Finance Om-
Ger at Washington and not to camp
Dodge. No other disbursing ofhcers
other than the one designated are au-
thorized to pay bonuses in such cases.
All enlisted men and nurses VINO en-
tered the service prior to NOV. H.
1918. and who are discharged from the
service at the end of their current en-.
listments, or prior to that time, Will
receive the bonus, in addition to all
other amounts due them. In the case
of officers the bonus will be paid TO
all those who resign or are honoraDly
discharged prior to or within a year
after the termination Of the war.
All men who shall be discharged IN
the future will receive their bonus at
the time of their separation from the
service. Those discharged prior to
the passage of the law VIII receive
their payments "as soon as practicaDle
after passage of the act" The bonus
viii be credited and paid on the hnai
nav vouchers of those to be discharged
Persons already separated from the
service and who have already received
their final pay must forward claim lot
their bonus direct to the Zone Finance
Officer. Lemon Building, Washington,
D. c., who has been designated to set
tie such claims. E.
Fort Hospital to Treat the Nerves.
Fort Des Moines is named in the list
of eleven hospitals designated by the
surgeon general to treat soldiers sui
fering from peripheral nerve injuries
according to the latest issues OF the Of
fetal U. S. bulletin. Peripheral nerve
injuries by reason of complexity, de-
mand cooperation of a neurologist,
surgeon skilled in neurologic surgery,
an orthopaedist and a well developed
physo therapeutic department. AT
Fort Des Moines particular care has
been taken to fill all the requirements.
AS many Of the cases have become un-
avoidably scattered throughout the
general and base hospitals OF the
country the surgeon general has d.
rected the commanding officers to
transfer the suffering men to the hos
pitfalls designated. The treatment of
peripheral nerve cases, whose symp.
toms are affections of the nerves all
over the body, particularly the arms
and legs, is by operation or massage.
Foote Ordered to Ohio.
Brig. Gen. s.. NJ. Foote, formerly
commander of the 163d artillery bri-
gade of the 8Sth division, has received
orders to proceed to Camp Sherman,
Chi1licothe, o., for duty. Gen. Foote
recently returned to Camp Dodge with
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