Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-21
TRAINED NURSES y
NEEDED IN CAMPS
AT LEAST 500 ARE WANTED AT
ONCE IN THE HOSPITALS
AT cANToNMENTS.
MEASLES, THEN PNEUMONIA

Army Medical School Safeguards MIL
lions by vaccines-lnterned Ger
mans at Hot Springs Fairly Treated
and Paid for Labor.
From Committee on Public Information.)
Washington. - The outbreaks of
measles at the cantonments, followed
by the resultant complications, includ-
Ing pneumonia, nave increased the
need for additional nurses at the hos
pitfalls established in connection with
the camps. At least 800 trained nur-
ses are wanted at once.
After a recent inspection trip to one
Of the camps with a high sick rate the
surgeon general reported there had
been 5000 cases of measles. At the
time Of his visit there were 300 cases
Of pneumonia in he hospital.
The height of the measles epidemic
is over, but pneumonia does not de-
velop for some time after the incidence
Of the measles, so a considerable num-
Der Of cases Of pneumonia may be ex-
pected.
The pay of nurses is $50 a month
and maintenance. Application should
be made to the superintendent, Army
Nurse Corps. Mills building, Washing
ton.
The interned Germans at the station
at Hot Springs, s. c., are not prisoners
Of war. They comprise officers and
crews Of the German merchant vessels
which were held in the United States
at the time of the declaration Of war.
These aliens receive no funds from
the government except compensation
for labor actually performed. Those
engaged in construction work get $40
q month, with an additional So to fore
man. Interned officers have not been
permitted to receive from any source
more than $40 a month and crewmen
not more than SIS. Receipts in excess
of these amounts are placed to the
credit of the aliens In banks.
Three plain but substantial meals
are prepared each day. There is no
waste, the same measures of economy
and conservation which are being
urged upon every American housewife
being practiced at Hot Springs.
The receiving hospital for United
States soldiers brought back from Eu-
rope, to be established at Staten Is
land, N. Y, will have q capacity of
$500 beds. This marks the beginning
of q comprehensive plan for the care
of soldiers who are disabled in the
line Of duty. 1t will be used only for
distribution.
From the Staten Island institution
men will be transferred to general OF
special treatment hospitals, sites for
which are now being selected through.
out the country. Whenever possible,
injured soldiers will be sent to places
near their own homes. They will be
fitted for trades to which they are
adapted, and at the time of discharge
the government will assist them in re-
turning to their proper places in indus.
try.
by right of war the right of strange
races to migrate into Germanic settle.
ments will be taken away. By right
Of war the non-Germanic population
In America and Great Australia must
be settled In Africa. By right of war
we can send bach the useless South
American romance peoples and the
half-breeds to north Africa. Quota.
ton from the German In the new ITO
page publication issued by the com
mittee on public information, "Con.
quest and Kultur.' Copies may be Sc
cured free Of charge by application to
the committee on public information,
10 Jackson place, Washington, D. G.
In the equipment furnished each In
fantryman by the ordinance bureau OF
the war department are nine and a
half pounds of iron and steel. This
Is exclusive Of the uniform equipment
provided by the quartermaster corps.
Used in the bayonet scabbard are
two ounces of iron and steel; bacon
can, O.04 ounce; bayonet, Is ounces;
front sight cover, 2 ounces; knife, I
ounce; meat can, 0.03 ounce; pack car
riers, O.03 ounce; rifle, 107 ounces;
shovel, rs ounces.
The port of New York is under mil
ftary control, the water fronts being
guarded by the regular army. Fully
armed guards prohibit the passage of
any person, alien or citizen, who can
not establish a business reason for &C
cess to the waterfront areas. The
same military control will be estab-
lished at all other American ports and
may include factories engaged in war
work.
Every postal employee in the United
States has beer instructed to take an
active part in the campaign for the