The Detroit times., 1917-09-27
ALCOHOL
COSTS U.s..
A SOLDIER
Custer Recruit Dies
From Final Fling
With Booze
DRINKERS ARE
IN BAD SHAPE
Several Suffering From
Effects of Good
BYE Spree
Rn HAROLD 2. NILCOI

CAMP CUSTER, BAL ~
Creek, Mich. Sept The fourth
death IN az many/aays has been re
corded at Camp Custer. Jonn Do
bryzyski. No. 7s8 Dubois.st., Detroit
died here Tuesday. He was mem
Der OF Company T., Three hundred
and Tenth engineers, altho he never
had drilled with his company ana
had spent alt. but one night or his
military career in the base hospital
That one night was memorable iOi
n took many men 20 restrain DO
brxyski. who ran amuck WITH
knife. The cause of death has mol
bean officially made public yet ac-
cording 10 the army custom OF with
holding such information until after
an autopsy. Il Ia no secret, how
ever, that Dobrzyski was a victim
of alcoholism, with epilepsy as al
added affection
There may be other deaths from
alcoholism, for several men here
are In mighty bad shape from long
sprees with which they bade fare
well TO civilian life. IL can be stat
ed on highest authority that none OF
the deaths AZ Camp Custer has been
due 20 any infectious disease, or any
disease which had its origin ST The
camp. | no case has man Who
died ever participated in military
activities With his fellow soldiers.
A few more than $50 Detroiters
) arrived az camp Tuesday afternoon.
These were stragglers who should
have been here last week. II devel-
oped in the genral roundup that
few of these men were slackers. Most
OF them failed 10 join their draft
contiugents last week because OF
MISUNDERSTANDING and delays In the
receipt OF notices. Military authori-
ties here are inclined 20 view these
men exactly Rs II they bad arrived
on time. One thing can be said 10
their everlasting credit There we're
no drunks among them They were
trim looking lads-most OF them OF
foreign birth--and appeared 70 have
no serious objection 10 serving the
Stars and Stripes on the neld of
battle.
Medical examinations are pro-
crossing rapidly One reginentai
medical staff said this morning that
II had whipped its system into such
efficiency that the full number OF
$50 a day could now be examined II
the muster papers could be ceEr-
cred that rapidly. Tho examiners
insist that the discharges for physi-
cal disability will continue 70 run
less than FIVE per cent. There are
some glaring instances OF imperfect
men. Two sent 20 one regiment had
active pulmonary tuberculosis.
These instances, however, were very
few and all the more conspicuous
because OF the excellence OF the
rank and file.
Some " more discharges for phys
zeal disability we're announced Tues
day evening. Only two Detroit reg.
iments---the Three Hundred anC
Thirty-ninth and the Three Hundred
and Twenty-ninth Field artillery
were included. bat Detroiters are
scattered turnout most OF the units
Affected by the Tuesday announce
ment These discharges were as
follows:
From s7sth artillery: Sol Goldberg.
vahan Kehomian. Walter G. Koch.
Clarence Latham. Elhridge q Mavu,
Clarence NJ. Schultz and Aravin
Staico.
From 3ssth infantry: Cletus VI
Comean. Edward 2. Hanahn. Martin
A. Kirstowsky. Menelaos MarRsides
Henry Pepper, Leonard g. Pritchard
and OtD a, Smith.
From s37th Infantry. Simon F.
Brant. Julius o C3uchy. Ralph A.
Foote. Adam Kuharki. cecil j Nil
Ter, Earl ID Osborne. Martin Sartorlus.
Ernest Sundquist William Hanger
strom. Louis L Trzypa. Clarence
Pfeil. Fred RiEg. Joseph r.. shank
and Albert G. Trimmer
From s2Sth artillery Albert Y
Baxter. Lawrence = CLARK Ralph ~
Drews. Abel j GrevinE Charles 7.
Knowles. Edward J. smith. George "a
Sowle. Otto r. Fechter Edwnrd Van
derlaen. George Cook Gerrit Biarliug
Elmer Decker. Charles T. Eifert
Loren J. Gardner, Tom Janoki. James
Keanc. Kenneth + Rathhurn, Roy II
Smith. Clarence II Mcyering. Archie
Morse Roy 7. kinker. Klaus voont
and Evart Wnconmaker
From 31Sth field hospital. Earl "
Gibbs and ora a. Gowthrup From
sanitary train; Samuel Mex cow
ENn