The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-26

a Des Moines bank was deposited al
the Iowa National the other day by
Captain A. A. Padmore, of the finance
department at Camp Dodge. The check
Twas for $3,500,O00. The money was
required for paying off discharged
men, paying the monthly stipend of Of
Ulcers and meeting numerous other ex
penses. 1t takes money to support an
army.
| The 169th Soon to Return
The return of COL Bennett, who Is
now in New York and will reach Des
Moines within a few days, has aroused
increased interest in the return of the
midwest portion of the Rainbow dl'
vision.
Return to Camp Dodge for demobili'
lzation of middle westerners In the
Rainbow division is probable II predlc'
tions OF army men at Washington ore
carried out. 1t is now believed at the
capital that the division will be start
ed on the home journey in the very
near future In this case all soldiers
of the division living in a $50 mile ra'
dius of Camp Dodge will come here to
be mustered out. This would include
those left of the original personnel OF
the 16Sth infantry, formerly the Third
Iowa..
Secretary of War Baker has made
plans to parade the division in New
York and Washington, while the indl'
vidual regiments will be paraded In
their own states. In this event the
16Sth doubtless will pass in review in
Des Moines before being demobillzed.
Associated Press dispatches from Cob
lenz state that the Rainbow unit and
the Thirty.second division will be re-
viewed by General Pershing there and
will be the first units to be sent home.
Red Cross Meets Urgent Call
"Red Cross, Des Moines, Ia. Meet
the Tenth engineers at Rock Island
station, 4:20 p. m. with 600 buns, 600
bananas, 600 oranges, 80 quarts of ice
cream. $50 cream pies"
Two hundred and eighty-seven
hungry engineers, members of the first
American railroad unit to enter France
enroute from Brest to Seattle, wired
the Red Cross headquarters for sup
per Saturday afternoon.
Miss Ruth Green, executive secre-
tary of the local chapter, received the
message at 2:3O o'clock Saturday
afternoon. And promptly at APO
o'clock when the big special bearing
the engineers rolled in the Red Cross
canteeners under her direction were
ready with their truck loads of food.
stuffs.
There were two buns, two oranges
two bananas, half brick OF ice
cream, a half Of an oozy cream pie
that tasted like home for every man IN
the unit. In addition the Red Cross
had prepared twenty gallons OF piping
hot, coffee and had 800 packages OF
cigarettes and 500 boxes Of matches
|ready for them, ~.
Men Must Seek Employment
1t is not the purpose of the govern
ment to turn men loose upon the coun-
try without giving them chance for
employment.
A recent headquarters bulletin or
ders that all enlisted men about to be
discharged will report Immediately
after physical examination in Building
301 to the U. S. employment service,
Building 233, "for the purpose of be-
ing informed and receiving assistance
relative to employment Organ1za,
ton and detachment commanders are
held responsible that all men in their
commands. about to be discharged, re-
port at the labor office. The fact that
a man about to- leave the service has
no employment in view will in no way
affect his discharge.
~ ~
Brig. Gen. S. M. Foote, camp COM
nander' until the arrival of Major Gen
eral Ballou, left early this week for
Hot Springs, Ark, where he will spend
several days on leave. General Foote
will return to Camp Dodge from Hot
Springs. The 163d artillery brigade
which General Foote commanded and
which he brought back from France Is
rapidly being mustered out here and
will soon be entirely relegated to his
tory.
Discharges Continue
Discharges of casuals at Camp
Dodge in the seven day period ending
Wednesday night we'll off trite from
the average which has been maintain
ed in recent weeks, 5,601 having been
mustered out in the seven days men,
toned. Despite rumors to the con-
trary there had been no orders re-
ceived at Camp Dodge to discontinue
discharge of soldiers.
Numerous Changes
With assignment of "a officers to
camp organizations where vacancies
already existed or will soon be created
through the discharge of present in
cumbents an important step has been
taken in placing the cantonment upon
a permanent peace basis"
Officers affected by the assignment
order had been, for the most part, on
duty with the 10Th division prior to
it's rehabilitation and included among
them are many who have applied for
commissions, in the regular army.
Lieut.. COL L.. W. Mosely, infantry
officer of the 18th, becomes camp ex-
ecutive officer, relieving Major War
rem Pugh, camp adjutant, who has
been acting executive officer. Major
Jesse A. Ladd becomes camp inspect
or and Major l. M. Oseth assistant in
spector. Col. Theodore Schulz and
Major Arthur M. Jones with several
captains and eight lieutenants are as
signed to the convalescent center and
to the depot brigade there have been