Governor W. E. Lindsey expects to present formally to the athletic commission at Camp Cody the $1,000 worth of athletic goods purchased for the use of the men at camp. The presentation is to be on Saturday. Governor Lindsey will leave here Friday, stopping enroute at Albuquerque. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Friday, June 28, 1918
Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico 1917
Major F. G. Brewer, commander of remount depot No. 326, says that on Thursday there were in the corrals and stables of that depot 6,500 horses and mules.
“While the depot was only designed for 5,000 head” continued the major, “we are getting by with the present number very well. J. W. Thompson company are building additional facilities which, when complete, will cost about $40,000. We expect soon to have 3,000 head more.” – El Paso Herald Newspaper – June 28, 1918
109th Eng Supply Co Remount Area
By a new division order the last remnant of the old 59th depot brigade is carried under the name of “the surplus detachment” and is in charge of officers and noncoms of old First South Dakota cavalry.
Many New Assignments
A number of officers have been assigned to infantry and artillery regiments by an order issued from division headquarters. These include permanent and some temporary assignment, the latter to take the place of officers away to receiver instruction otherwise. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – January 2, 1918
The local reclamation branch of the camp quartermaster’s department continues to add to its already demonstrated efficiency.
This branch is under the command of Captain Stanley Eiseman, under Major R. B. Sturkie, camp quartermaster. He says he has in the clothing repair shop is running a double shift, the women working in the day time and the enlisted men, who have been employed right along, working at night.
In addition to the regular shoe repair shop, there has been established temporarily a shop where some 45 civilians are employed. These came from El Paso mostly. This shop is due to a great accumulation of shoes caused by various changes in the camp.
In the matter of garbage waste from the kitchen and mess halls, the reclamation branch has instituted a system of segregation so as to check up on the amount of wastage of different articles. These separate articles, bread for instance, are weighed. Also, four inspectors are out all the time examining and checking up on the matter of kitchen waste. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Thursday, July 4, 1918
Private Chris W. Schnack, of company 1, 133rd infantry, passed away Wednesday at the surgical hospital as a result of shock following an operation to amputate his right leg at the thigh. The address of his nearest relative was given as Charles Michaels, Daneville, Iowa. The body was sent to that point for interment.
Private Thomas R. Freestone, company H, 133rd infantry, passed away Wednesday of lobar pneumonia. His mother, Mrs. Mary Freestone, resides at 618 Southwest street, Des Moines, Iowa.
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There probably will be upward of 100 Camp Cody men present in El Paso on April 15 to take the Consistory degrees and the Shrine, according to R. S. Charles Hammond of the Pass City, who has been here for the purpose of organizing a class. – El Paso Morning Times, Saturday, April 6, 1918
Military Funeral Procession – Deming, New Mexico
Several hundred common laborers are wanted by the United States employment bureau here at once for work in El Paso and Camp Cody, according to a call issued Monday morning. Work in the city of El Paso will pay $2 per day and at Camp Cody the wages will be $2.50 daily. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Monday, October 14, 1918
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Private Brewer Dead at Camp Cody, Deming, NM
The base hospital reports the death of Pvt. Clarence H. Brewer, of company C, 133rd infantry, of pneumonia. His father, Thos. S. Brewer, resides in Edom, Texas. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Monday, July 1, 1918
A new wrinkle, the postless ring for boxers, has made its debut in Camp Cody, the first sample having been set to the division athletic office by Dr. Joseph Raycroft, war department athletic director for the United States. The rope was particularly designed for use in the training camps and possesses the beauty, from the training camp standpoint, that it can be set up anywhere. Tommy Connolly, division boxing instructor, is enthusiastic over it.
The ring consists of a padded rope, similar to those in common use wherever boxing is done. Instead of posts, it is provided with four loops at the corners, sufficiently large to allow a man slipping one over his body. Thus four men, instead of posts, hold the rope taut while the boxers are milling inside it.
The ring can be set up in any company street and every company in the camp can be provided with one. By means of it, when men put on the gloves, plenty of room is left for the combatants to wage their battle without any crowding or outside interference, to bad features thus eliminated.
Connolly will boost for the purchase of a number of the postless rings, so that there will be several to a regiment. Each ring will cost no more than $5 at the most. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Tuesday, May 21, 1918
Boxing Match At The Camp Cody Stadium
General Provides Open Air Entertainment For Men In The Stadium
The commanding general is providing, through the army, the Y. M. C. A., K. of C. and welfare workers, high entertainment at the open air division stadium every night in the week.
In addition to the Knights of Columbus movies Monday night, he invited Miss Seymour’s ukulele club, consisting of ten people, to appear in several selections.
As a surprise, Miss Helen Swope, daughter of Captain S. D. Swope, M. C., who is on duty in France, also appeared.
General and Mrs. Lindsey and Mrs. Lindsey’s house guest, Miss Bobbie Seamans, of Palo Alto, California together with the general’s aide de camp, Lieutenant R. Y. Copelin, and several members of his staff, enjoyed the program.
The general contemplates continuing these outdoor meetings during November and December. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Tuesday, November 5, 1918
Outdoor Movie Theater – Camp Cody, Deming, New Mexico
By virtue of a memorandum order issued from headquarters of the 34th division, commanding officers of organizations were instructed to curtail the privileges of enlisted men sleeping out of the camp to the same basis as the officers; they will not be allowed to sleep at the homes in the town more than two nights out of each week, the other five having to be spent in camp. However, the enlisted men were granted a little more latitude than is granted the officers, as the order says it is not to be interpreted as doing away with the existing pass privileges up to 11 o’clock at night, when not involving absence from duty. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Monday, April 1, 1918
What Deming Looked Like During WW1
Captain Delos Walker, head of the 34th division personnel office, stated on Monday morning that at 6 pm Sunday there had arrived in camp 6113 of the 7063 draft men who were to come here; also, that they were continuing to straggle in. From different states those in stood as follows: Arizona, 1248 men; New Mexico, 853; Colorado, 1805, and from Texas, 2207.
On Sunday Major E. S. Bullock and his corps of surgeons made a record in making the necessary medical examination of 1800 men. Major Bullock stated that he had not kept the exact figures on the men given their surgeons’ certificate of disability, but that he did not think the total would be more than 5 per cent, which he considered a good showing. – El Paso Herald Newspaper – Tuesday, June 4, 1918
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