The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-04-23

ber which applied and their names
will be reported to the war depart
ment. The officers selected were reg.
lular army men of all grades and these
were recommended for regular army
servic.
General Caldwell Relieves Simmons
Brig. Gen. Vernon Caldwell who
reached Camp Dodge Saturday has re-
lieved Brig. Gen. B. T. Simmons as
commander of the 163d depot brigade
at Dodge. General Simmons left last
night for his home in West Virginia
where he will spend few days be.
fore reporting to Camp Custer, Mich,
for duty. Announcement of the gen
erals demotion to his regular army
grade of major came last week.
Condemn Dodge Land April 19 =.
Condemnation proceedings against
Camp Dodge land which the govern
ment wishes to buy was to be started
April 10Th by agreement of the war
department. Practically all the ter
ritory now occupied by the camp on
which the government has made any
| improvements is said to have been
recommended for purchase.
To Concentrate Units at Dodge
Camp Dodge units will be concen
trated to occupy the area between
Twelfth and Depot streets, a strip of
territory about ten blocks long.
Camp headquarters, the depot bri-
gade, casual discharge cneter, utilities
| and personnel departments will be To-
Gated in this area. The hospital zone,
| located in the north end of the can.
tonment, will not be affected by the
change. Two or more watchtowers
will be installed in the north and
south ends of the camps, where men
will be stationed to guard the unoccu.
| pied territory. Mounted patrols, it is
believed will supplement this work.
Former Camp Dodge Unit Not Home.
ward Bound
According to Lieut.. l.. R. Fairall
who is with the SSth, now stationed
at Gondrecourt, France, all hope fer
! the return of that unit this spring
has vanished and in all probability it
will be some time after the first of
July before the. division will embark
The fact that living conditions in
Gondrecourt are daily becoming i'm.
proved, due. to the fact that the wealth
much easier for the men to reconcile
themselves to their stay of perhaps
three or four months longer.
Lieut.. Fairall stated that instead Of
| the mess halls and barracks being
barns and sheds, permanent barracks
have now been erected, all OF which
are very comfortable. Each company
now has it's 'own mess hall and prac-
tically all of the kitchens are closed.
| Beautiful scenery surrounds the
entire city where the. troops are sta.
ltioned Low hills bound the area on
all sides, which, for the, greater part
have been left in their original timber,
forming picturesque scenes unexcelled
elsewhere in the world.
1t is thought that in all probability
4 the men. will receive another seven
day furloughs should they remain in
that country until the first Of July. i
| Explains Life Insurance and De-
b. ,, pendency Clause IT, .l.~ +
| In a recent letter your correspond
ent referred to suit brought against
the government by the father of a boy
who died at Camp Dodge from an at
tack of the flu, the payment of the in
|
up, the claim being that death from
flu was natural visitation and not as
sOciated with service in the army We
sent a copy of the article to the war
department and in reply the following
letter from Secretary Of the Treasury
Carter Glass was received:
Many fathers and mothers named as
benefciaries of the government insur-
ance applied for by their sons have
gained the impression that they must
prove dependency in order to receive
payments of insurance. This is an en-
tirely erroneous impression probably
due to confusion of the insurance
and compensation provisions of the
act of congress Of Oct 6, 1917, and
to mistaken assumption that the
terms Insurance" and "Compensa-
ton are used interchangeably, where
as they represent, two entirely sep
arate and distinct benefits.
| Insurance is payable regardless of
any dependency and a beneficiary des-
ignated in an application for govern
ment insurance if within the permitted
class of wife, child, grandchild, parent,
brother or sister is entitled to receive
|
without proving any dependency upon
the insured.
Compensation" however, which is
separate and apart from insurance
and takes the place of the pensions
provided under the old pension system
is payable only to wife, child, de-
pendent mother or dependent father
of man who is disabled or dies as a
result of injury suffered or disease
contracted in the line of duty while
employed in the active service. Com
pensation may be payable in addition
to insurance, but mother or father
must prove actual dependency in order
to receive monthly payments of COM
pensation although they will receive
the insurance in monthly installments
if named as the beneficiary thereof
whether they are dependent or not.
16Sth. Will Be Gone Shortly After !.
| .,.' Landing
Iowa troops Of the Rainbow division
will be sent to Camp Dodge within
five days after their arrival at an
American port, the rehabilitation di-
vision of the war department defin-
itely announced in changing the orig
inal plans of having all the Rainbow
ItrCOnS reDOrt at Camp Meade, Mary