The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-08-20
CAMP DODGE
!. news LETTER
Interesting News Letter Of Happen
inss at Camp Dodge Prepared by
Reviews Special Correspondent
1ssTA AS NATIONAL GUARD
Number Of Transfers in Official Cir
cies-Land owners Having Hear
inn 1eforeEederaI Board

Number OF Transfers in Official Cir
cies-Land Owners Having Hear
ing seforeFederaI Board
CAMP DODEG, Aug. 18-Miltary af
fairs are still lively at the big camp
Soldiers are coming every day and
discharges are made promptly. The
nucleus OF the Fourth division, an ad
junct of the regular army, which is tc
have permanent quarters here, is al
ready on duty and it is expected thai
5000 men will comprise the minimum
enrolment OF the organization. 1t is
believed that, Major General William
Wright, who has been in Washington
since June on special duty, will re-
turn soon with instructions regarding
the Fourth division which will be sta
toned at the cantonment permanent
@ ly, Brig. Gen. e. B. Babbitt has been
acting camp commander during Gen
eral WTight's absence. .
Transfers in official circles are an
nounced from Washington as follows:
Capt. Ernst Schiffman, field artil
lery, is relieved from his present duty
and will proceed to Camp Dodge.
Capt. Daniel c.. Hutton, medical
4. corps is relieved from duty at Camp
Dix, ". j., and will proceed to Fort
Des Moines. o.
Capt. j. H. Hickson. sanitary corps
is relieved from duty at Camp Bowie
Tex, and will proceed to Fort Des
Moines.
Second Lieutenant Leonard J. An
derson quartermester corps. is re-
lieved from his present station, Camp
Dodge, and will proceed to Washing
ton, D. c., for military service. :"
Mai. Edward Ellsworth, infantry,
will proceed from Kansas City, Mo-.
to. Omaha, Neb., and thence to Camp
Dodge.
III Property owners whose land has
been condemned by the government
for Camp Dodge, are having hear
ing before the federal board appoint
ed to appraise the land. About half
Of the 1000 acres taken over by the
government already mas been pur:
chased. Those appointed to appraise
the land are M. HI. Cohen II. b. Haw.
ley, Ludlow Robbins, Hubert Utter.
back, B. B. Wore and Gardner Cowles.
TWO Ckums Meet by Accident
Two soldiers enlisted together in the
medical department OF the army at
Leeds, N. D., two years ago last
spring. This week they went home
together, and therein lies story. :
The soldiers were Glenn P. hickey
and John Don Carlos. 81
Soon after enlisting they were sent
to Jefferson barracks. Their friends
at Leeds went to the station to bid
them good luck They planned to stick
together throughout it all. But the
army ruled otherwise. At Jefferson
barracks, Hickey was sent to an east
ern camp, while Don Carlos was or.
dered to a soutfafn one. =
Most Of the two years hickey spent
over in France. Throughout it all his
buddie stayed down south, combating
the flu and working as the soldiers OF
the medical; department had to work
in a big cantonWent.: ~
They lost. trace of each other, al
though they tried time and again to
learn where the other was
Last weeks two discharged soldiers
from Camp Dodge drifted into the
union station carrying their bundles,
enroute home They had been dis
charged that day. And while waiting
for their train the two buddies who
left home together and promised to
return, together met for the first time
since early in 1917. *
Starts Forming Fighting Third"
The 18Sth infantry is to be reorgan.
lied as a national guard regiment.
Definite assurance that an addition
al infantry regiment will be assigned
to Iowa was secured from the war de-
partment and General Carter, chief of
the military bureau, by the committee
headed by. Adjutant General L. G.
Lasher, which went to Washington,
D. c.. General Iasher announced upon
his return. .-.
Iowa will be assigned the first regi-
ment which is refused by any state.
General Lasher, was promised. He
anticipates there will be a large mum.
her refusing regiments. Isl
The committee, composed Of Col.
Matt Tinley, Adjutant General Lasher
and Colonel Rab,h Howell, Of Iowa
City, aided by congressman Hull. took
the matter before the secretary Of war
3 who referred them to General Carter
with his recommendation and promise
of support. The committee was prom
ised immediate action. - ,
(, Meanwhile Colonel Tinley has been
instructed to proceed with plans OF re-
organization. The regiment, which
4 will be maintained at a. strength OF
1,500 men. will have its companies 10.
Gated at practically the same towns in
which the 168th was recruited.
Help Maintain Morale
Hunting down the German spy or
alien enemy no longer causes unceas-
: ing vigilance at the headquarters of
? the intelligence department of Camp
Dodge. s.,
Since the signing of the armistice
and the cessation of hostilities, the
!, work OF this department has fallen
back to, it's customary rotltine-and
! thrills are few and far between.
Plenty OF work, however. is to be
had Cases developing from arrests
made by the military police always de.
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