Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-10-29

er, whose word has never vet been
questioned, makes the following au-
thorltative statements of fact CON
corning the condition of the border
camps
FOR three months, an average of
llV'uo0 national guardsmen have been
stationed at various points along the
Mexican line, During this period. the
death rate has been two per thous-
ana per year. Here in Washington
community far advanced in its sani-
tauon and health measures, the death
rate Is seventeen per thousand per
year
percentage of Sickness Less TITAN >
Per Cent.
The percentage Of sickness, by that
! mean the number Of men given
medical treatment Is less than 9 per
cent.
'Of the thirty-seven deaths in the
national guard that have occurred to
date, nine We're from accident. and
twenty eight from disease. OF this
latter number the majority were due
to organic complaints of such secret
nature that they escaped the examin-
atoms of the medical officers at the
time of mastering in.
ut Is on these figures as well as on
the enthusiastic reports of every ex-
pert sanitarian sent to report by CT
william bodies that / base the claim
that the border camps have establish
ed higher standards than any known
before
Let me say that it is not from the
men themselves that complaints have
come, he added. In every instance,
false reports have been traced to a
political origin, springing from
s~erces~ ursc-upt<su~ enough TO
harrass the United States in "A crisis
cruel enough to play upon the fears
OF mothers and fathers. II was with
reference to this organized campaign
Of falsehood that General Funston
sent me the following telegram on
August 2.
Writers Have Carnival Of Lying.
i wish to call attention of the
war department to the carnival of
lying being INDUCED in by many of
the correspondents who accompanied
the state troops to the border.
have never seen or heard of anything
that approaches it for sheer mali
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
endured these pests as long as | pro-
pose to and shall hereafter bar Of
| tenders from camp and prohibit them
from accompanying troops on the
march,
lone New York paper said Mr..
| Baker was peculiarly bitter in its
| attack upon the conditions that sur
rounded the New York troops. | or
dered an instant investigation of the
! charges in detail, and | have here
the report of General Organ, COM
handing the New York division. You
| will notice that he brands each charge
as a lie, backing up his denial with
sworn affidavits from all parties con-
cerned. one of this correspondent S
tricks was to quote from the testi-
! mony of regular officers criticizng
| the rations issued in 1898 in such
| manner as to make people believe
that the comments had reference to
the rations now being served on the
border
What about the scourge of para
typhoid among the regiments that
you were supposed to be Concealine
from the public?" | asked
Only Two Deaths From Paratyploid.
Sick reports are received every
week, and are accessible to all cor
respondents. Concealment of disease
1 is an impossibility. With regard t
paratyphoid, at no time did these re
ports show more than eightyfiv,
cases among the 10000 men. 1t /:
also well to understand that the com
plant is only a mild form of typhoid
and that there were only two deaths
from it.
No. he said thoughtfully, 9TH,
people OF the United States have NJ
cause to take less than complete pride
in the officers of the regular army
and national guard, upon whom Z
great task was laid. | have never
been a believer in fact suppression
Hiding a sore is a poor way to cur'
it, and if evils existed in the bordel
camps, | would be first to handle {
muckrake. But they do not exist
As far as money care and science
permit, the health and well-being o.
! the defenders of America are givef
every protection"
What of the charges that the ma
tional guard was loaded in rattletral
cars, forced to sleep in seats and OF
floors, sent away without sufficien
rations and only saved from starvation
by the charity of the communities
through which they passed. | asked
him.
Here" he answered, taking som'
typewriter sheets from his desk, "ar'
1 the reports of the commanding gen
erals of the various departments,
Furnished With Ten Days Rations.
| took them from him and mace
the following extracts:
Major General Leonard Wood, com
handing general of the eastern de
partment: IAN troops leaving mobil
ization camps in the eastern depart
ments were furnished with ten days
travel rations. Trains were provided
either with cook car or BAGGAGE car
with range set up in H. 1t IS no
possible that troops which have beef
reported short of rations at Kansas
CITY and Cincinnati could nave peer
short, unless rations had been throw
away. as every precauuon had beer
taken to see that they started VIII
an adequate supply When dVallaDIe
tourist sleepers have been provided
and when not available, day COaches
the railroads providing one doup
seat to each man without extra
charge. Troops have been trans
ferred from day coaches to touHs
sleepers when en- route, whenever pos
sible to do so. Cars without lights
were not used to transport troops
Troop trains were not sidetracked OF
| DELAYED to accommodate private bust
ness, but troop trains have been helO
- ,,fs,l TotiI
exercise men and animals, ana ~
bathing the men. Ample uI4hhi's
water was provided"