The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-08-26
NEclECT Of Ill
eUARDSMEN TALE
DECLARED FALSE
Dr. Howard, Infirmay Officer
RefuteS Statements,

"Only three men in the Oklahoma
infantry have been really III since the
regiment encamncd at san Benlto, /,
Texas" asserted DR. NJ .. Howard
today in an interview given 70 The
Times. Doctor Howard has Just re-
turned from San Bcnito where he was
lieutenant in the rcgimcn'al iniirm-
arv, the medical organization of the
Oklahoma infantry
"Tales Of widespread illness and lack
Of attention to patients are lies" hsI
said. John Ashlock Chief Trnmne,er
LaMo,,c and Color Sergeant Mcclure
are the only men who have been sc
riously i'll and all received medical at
tention as soon as their illness was
reported to the iniirmary"
Transfer Serious Cases
Doctor Howard said that the inflrm
ary necessarily lacked equipment OF a
hospital and that Il was designed to-
treat onlv minor cases Minor injuries
and indSpoSjtions are treated there
and all necessary medicines admins
tered. Other cases arc transferred TO
the distric, hospital at Brownsville and
the surgica, cases to the post hospital
at Brownsville he explained
Chief Trumncter laMoue was
threatened with PNEUMONIA and was
sent nv the infirmary to Browusv'llc
He was sent back to the regiment
about two weeks apu and Is ranldlv
recovering. Color Sergeant Mcclure
was III in his quarters in camp and
received medical attention for week
Later he was cnt to Brownsville and
was informed that he was TO be op-
Grated on for appendicitis" Doctor
Howard stated
Illness Not Known.
Regarding the case Of John Ashlock
m.r,ber of the rccimcrtal hand Doc
tor Howard said Ashlocks illness was
not known to the irfrmary officers I'm
Ill the night Of the bic storm
THAT night after the regiment had
been rovcd ont ol camr and was GUAR
tered in town" Doctor Howard said 81
was instructed bv Colonel Hoffman 10
make the rounds and look after the
sick.
Finds Ashlock Ill
~ found seven sick men in the
GoudSby residence lust across the
street from camp. They were being
cared for by well men At the mex
corner | found John AShlock lying on
. cot at the residence of Doctor Siycr.
dentist Ahlock was on the porc'
and | found he was very ill., ordered
him carried up town and | went aheaC
and engaged a room for him Incl
dcntally paid for the room out of m,
own pocket
while | was examining NShlock h,
asked me If | could get him a dis
charge told him would get on
Immediately a disability discharge
Name Never on Report.
Saturday morning after the rcgi
ment returned to camp looked mp Ash
locks case. found that his name ha,
never been on the SICK report II,
had never been in the nirmary or re
ported to it. Mavity and Graham, tw
doctors in the band had been Carin
for him in his quarters. immedla,el
instructed Chief Musician Flynn to pr
Ashlock'S name on the sick report an
then recommended a disability dis
charge for him.
AT headquarters we found that \
had applied for a discharge under III
married men rule and it had been aI
proved Final action was taken on
that day and he was Immediately dis
charged and sent home"
Going to New York.
Doctor Howard has been discharge
from the regiment to do addition;
work in New York hospitals this win
ter He will return to the service