Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-01-23

8 Long Company e. Fourth infantry,
nave been appointed corporals IN Company
y, vice Corporals WOOD and hamhl as
The danoe held by the Fort Crook Social
club w eonesuay evening in the post ~ m
nasium was largely ATTENDED by Lrlenus u
the boys from Omaha and vicinity
First Lieutenant Charles Abel, Fourth
infantry, is suffering from a snght ATTACH
OF the grip. He is Delng attenueu Ds 1T
For Forty recruits arrived from Fort slocum,
n Y, Friday morning ana were asslsheu
10 companies the same day. r,.,. =,
Corporal Handy, Company H. Fourth IN
fsntry was h9 n frDited states Wednes
gay morning by reason Oh expiration Vi
term of service. ., al
charged from Company b, was re-enllsted
for that company "wednesday morning, py
First Lieutenant owen e. FISK meulcai
priyate Robert Livermore. Company G.
Fourth infantry, has been appointed a cor
poral in the machine gun platoon by the
post commander, to date from January To-
Captain switzer, Fourth infantry, met
ing by falling from has wheel while rIdlng
on the icy pavements in the posi- AZ
present Captain switzeT rs cSnil me I'LL ~ ms
Provost Sergeant Charles Mottern, com
pany f. Fourth infantry, was examined az
the post hospital by Lieutenant FISK foI
special assignment 10 the lwehty-sMth IN
tantry. - a,,
The anti-typhoid serum was ueliiOil
strated iu this post July, 1903, and proved
a very valuable serum for the prevention
of disease. About all the members OF thy
detachment of the hospital corps stationed
al this post took the treatment, With NJ
iIl effects following. Also large maJot-
inv OF the officers their families and serV-
ants and the enlisted men of the Sixteenth
infantry, then stationed at this post vol
unteered to be vaccinated with the serum:
IN the surgeon generals report Tor 1913 OF
the different army posts demonstrating
the serum show Fort Oglethorpe Ga,
leading in the number OF troops Nolunteel5,
about 80 per cent OF the command.
The following circular has been Issued
by order OF Major Atkinson:
Typhoid fever exists more or less m the
cities OF Omaha and South Omaha, beng
presumably que to impure drinking water,
against drinking from the water works
system Of these cities.
The protective value Of the adm .nistra.
don OF anti-typhoid serum, as practced
n the medical department OF the army.
loubt as shown by the statistics of that
department
IT is, thr, efore, recommended and urged
that all officers, their families and serv-
ants, all enlisted men and their families
and all civilian employees and their tami-
lies upon this reservation who have not
had the dreaded disease-ty pnold fever
and who are not over IS years OF age take
This preventive treatment.
The administration OF the auti-typhOd
serum Is harmless. In the event Of an out
break OF typhoid At this POST Il Is within
tue pow ei OF lNe utpaIli thinlIdIuel
to order this treatment given TO all II he
deems the situation 10 warrant such
action. In order that the post surgeon
may know what quantity Of anti-typhu d
serum to make IcquistiOn for to VacCinate
those so desiring company commanders
and the quartermaster will furnish this
office before the nth instant with list OF
all men under their authority and the fam
lilies OF such men VINO desire 10 be vac
cnated with this serum.
individual Officers, lur themselves or
their families. viii furnish similar notfics-
ton.
q ompany commanders and the quarter
master viii, in person, explain TO those
under them the advantages OF this treat
ment and urge them 10 submit 10 such vac
clnation.
As an illustration Of the efficacy or
this treatment. the following Is cited. All
members, except five, Of a company Of en-
gineer troops, stationed al Washington
barracks, Washington, -. c., were vac
cnated with anti-yphoid serum last
spring This company Camped with me
National guard during the last summer. D.
Typhoid fever broke out In camp. Zone
~ the vaccnated men took the dis e..
Three Of the five who had not been vac
cinated had the disease