Arrivals at Camp Dodge Increase to Over One Thousand
AP dispatch from Camp Dodge Iowa reports 100 enlisted men from Wisconsin and Illinois arriving, bringing total ordinance department strength to over 1,000. Additional items note Camp Grant lack of facilities, a cancelled Camp Dodge Camp Funston football game, a death at the base hospital of William Simpson of Centerville, and planned Christmas gifts for national army men from Black Hawk county delivered by auto from Waterloo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Camp Dodge
Wisconsin
Illinois
Ordinance Department
Camp Grant
Rockford
Lis
Camp Funston
Fort Riley
Kansas
St. Louis
William Simpson
Centerville
Iowa
313Th Engineerd
National Army
Black Hawk County
Waterloo
Youth suffers through-and-through foot wound from rifle mishap
John Barton of Dewey Avenue sustained a severe left foot injury when a 22 caliber rifle discharged while he played with it. He did not know the gun was loaded and the bullet passed through his foot. Dr. B. J. Woersmeyer was summoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Barton
Dewey Avenue
Young Barton
B. Jw. Woersmeyer
Draft men may select branch under new Crowder rules
General Crowder announced December 1918 that draft age men may join the colors upon request with racial restrictions. Enlistment limited to infantry signal medical and quartermaster corps, with coast artillery cavalry and engineers barred. Local boards handle induction and travel costs to designated training camps nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crowder
Infantry
Signal Corps
Medical Corps
Quartermaster Department
Coast Artillery
Field Artillery
Cavalry
Engineers Corps
Regular Army
General Crowder
Aviation Section
Toa
Belly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Medical Department
Fort Riley
Mississippi River
Medical Officers
Fort Oglethorpe
Mississippi
Quartermaster Corps
Camp Joseph B. Johnston
Jacksonville
Fla
Ordnance Department
Raritan
N. J
Fort McDowell
Pacific Coast
Camp Greene
Charlotte
N. C
Boy Scouts 10 Help Saturday Patrol On Christmas Rush
Troop No. 2 of the Boy Scouts of America plans a Saturday street patrol to aid the public. Scouts will help women with bundles onto street cars and guide elderly pedestrians through heavy traffic during the Christmas rush, with some on Monday night if scheduled programs permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Second Street
William Dale
East Hill
Man Fractures Both Arms in Roof Fall
W S Greiner, brother of Dr A J Greiner, fell from a garage roof this morning while construction work. He fractured both arms at the wrist. Dr T F Beveridge attended the injuries. A baby daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Matt Van Tryfle, with Mr Van Tryfle serving as a first lieutenant in the Butler Battalion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. S. Greiner
A. J. Greiner
T. F. Beveridge
Matt ‘van Tryfle
Mr. van Tryfle
Buttery C
Taylor Holmes
Edgar
Jane Grey
James Oliver Curwood
Goldwyn Wonder
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Pathe Weekly
Pol Red
Butterfly’ Pictures
Jack Mulhall
Bluebird
Franklyn Farnum
Agnes Vernon
Marie Walcamp
BOY Scouts
Yardley
Bar X Ranch
Jack Pickford
Louise Huff
Jack and Jill
Amuse W
Pashion
Anson Clothing Company
Paul Steinmetz
iHome
Frank Anson
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