The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-02-05
MANY ARE SAD
PARTING SCENES
Separation Of Officers and Men Dur.
ing DemobIization at Camp Dodge
Affords Pathetic Scenes
JEWISH BUILDING is DEDICATED

JEWISH BOIIOINO 10 OEOISA e
Rainbow Division Will Be Given ;
s. Monster Demonstration When it
Visits Des Moines in Few Weeks
CAMP DODGE, Feb. 3-The arriva
of several hundred more wounded ant
disabled soldiers at Ft. Des Moines
and at the base hospital at Camp
Dodge, the transfers of others to hos
pitfalls nearer the homes of the in
jured and the activities in reclama
tion at the vocational departments al
point to the tremendous work aheac
in teaching crippled men to be sell
supporting.
Among the changes announced fol
government hospital No. rs Fort Des
Moines is the naming Of Col. George
F. Jueneman, of the army medica
corps, to command this unit.
He will succeed Maj. H. H. Frothine
ham, present commander, who has re
quested his discharge, according tc
Col. w. H. Smith, in charge of the
hospital division of the surgeon gen
erals office. Major rockingham
wishes to return to civil practice, Col
Smith says. He Joined the army at
the outbreak of the war and was a
member of the officers reserve.
Col. Jueneman has been in the ser
vice since 1908. He comes to FIT. Des
Moines from Ft. Logan H. Roots, Ark
near Little Rock After his graduation
from Columbia in 1897, he was en-
gagged in the medical profession and
was made assistant surgeon in the
army July 10, 1903. He was gradual
ed from the army medical school in
1904. He was made a captain in the
medical corps April %, 1908 promoted
to major while serving with troops on
the Mexican border in 1916, and was
advanced to lieutenant colonel and
colonel shortly after the entrance OF
the United States into the war.
Maj. Martin B. Tinker, of the Ft.
Des Moines medical staff, will intro
duce new methods of surgical treat
ment at the fort, after a visit to the
general hospital at Camp May, New
Jersey, and Ft. McHenry, Baltimore,
where he will consult with the com,
manding officers and the chiefs OF
the surgical service.
\ Capt, Frank Stetson, cavalry officer,
who has been undergoing treatment at
Ft. Des Moines. will be assigned to
the Fifth cavalry at Ft Bliss, Texas,
after his release from the hospital.
Col. E. w. Rich, division surgeon at
Camp Dodge, has been made camp
surgeon, relieving Maj. O. w. King,
who will be retained at Camp d G2e
for duty. Capt. A. H. Parks, medical
corps, Camp Dodge, has been ordered
to Camp Grant, Rockford, ILL.,, for
duty.
Some Sad Parting Scenes
The separation of officers and men
during rehabilitation afford some pa
thetic scenes. The men have been to-
gether for many months and an at
tachment has been formed that makes
comradeship mean very much. The
discharge of the men sewers many
close friendships and it is not unus-
ual to see tears in the eyes OF officers
and men as the final farewells are ut
tered. This is especially true OF the
soldiers who were in the thickest OF
the fight in France. Every day and
every night groups of men may be
seen going to the depots to catch a
train for home. They have great
bundles of luggage over their shoul-
ders and each hand clasps suit case
Or some piece of camp equipment.
The overseas men brought back with
them all manner of relics from the
battle front.
Jewish Building Dedicated
The last of the community buildings
to be erected was the auditorium
erected by the Jewish welfare board.
The structure cost about $4,000. The
dedicatory exercises included invoca-
tion by Rabbi Frederick Cohen, OF
Omaha; an address by David Oransky
and Miles Goldberg, executive secre-
tary of Chicago; who presented the
building to Camp Secretary J. H. Skir-
ball, the head camp worker, and he
in turn presented the building to Brig.
Gen. S. NJ. Foote. commanding officer
of the cantonment. Over 1000 people
witnessed the interesting exercises.
High Official Visits Hospitals.
It is estimated 100000 Americans
were wounded in action in France,
according to Capt. H. N. Austin, in
,structor and consultant of the recon-
struction board, surgeon generals Of
fee, who has been here two weeks, re-
viewing conditions among the over
seas wounded in the base hospital and
in the convalescent center. He has
conferred with Maj. Frank E. Burch,
commanding officer of the hospital and
Lieut.. Chester E. Kellogg and Lieu
tenant Smack, educational officers at
the reconstruction school at the hos
pital.
Captain Austin explained that no
time is lost in getting the mind OF the
patients on their future. The patient
is interviewed as soon as he enters
the hospital, the interviewing done by
a psychological officer. The patient
and officer agree upon which occupa-
ton or profession the former should
follow. His instruction begins at
once, the occupational therapy aides
doing the teaching. Bed patients. OF
high school and university education,
are also provided extension and cor
respondence courses. In fact, the
courses are offered to any patients
who desire to undertake them.
Overseas patients who can satisfy
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