The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-11-22
CAMP TRAVIS MEN
IN BETTER SHAPE
THAN CIVILIANS
Families Need Have No Fear
Of Health of Select Men,

CAMP TRAVIS, SAN ANTONIO
Txss, Nov 22-(SNeciaD -- No ono
knows better than General Allen, com.
man ng the Ninelieth Division Ma
tional Army here that n efficient army
is an army composed OF soldiers vino
are in good health Those who have
sent members OF their respective FAM,
lies 10 compose this great division can
have no more comforting thought than
that everything modern science, eternl'
vigilance and constant wllDhiulnc,,
can do is being done 10 keep the sol
diers at Camp Travis strong IN body
and IN the best OF health
In no line OF endeayor IS that AK.
ON eternal vigilance IS the price at
safety applied with greater energy
than a, Camp Travis. The Nlnetlcth d.
vision is like one great big family It's
. efficiency a. fighting unit is impaired
bv each soldier IN that cnmmand that is
sick. Not only to provide the greatest
possible efficiency but also TO conserve
the bodies OF the soldiers Tor the future
is one OF the problems that has had the
thought and attention Of some Of ld,
foremost minds in the medical world.
Family OF 10000
In a family OF 5000 people there Is
constant danger and an ever present
opportunity for the breaking out ani
the spreading of contagious diseases
Measles and mumpS Concomilants OF
childhood days, make never end
ing fight TO find lodgmcnt in camp,
Mild case OF both these di'eaSeS have.
as was expected, appeared al Camp
Travis But infected units have been
quarantincd, stricken cases have been
placed in isolated wards and the num-
ber oi these cases has been held at a
much lower minimum than would
have been the case in any city OF the
same population as Camp Travis.
worth Pound OF Cure,
The medical corps Of the army be
lieves firmly and practices rehgl
ously that an ounce OF prevention T.,
worth a pound et cure To the end
that disease linds no place in Camp
Travis where it can spread no stone
Is left unturned to insure absolute
cleanliness in everything, The foot
served the soldiers is scru'lnyed with
scientific eyes. Kitchens are required
to be Spic and span and housewives
who take a pride IN their households
can well afford to envy hc result,
secured. Shower baths. with lot and
cold water, arc provided and the men
themselves see to II that they are used
hy every soldier in Camn Travis An
immense laundry serves the soldiers a.
charge OF $50 per month for all the
washing the soldiers require or de'u'
done.
On arriving az camp each soldier +
given a thorough. careful physical eN
animation Those with minor aiImcnt
or suffering from defects that can Dt
corrected through known agencies art
segregated into scparate battalion
and there trained back to robustness
There are dental officers who look
after the teeth ~ the command and
there are experi physical training eN.
pertS who direct the work OF rebuild
ing the unfinished bodies The sick
are treated at large hospital known
as the base hospital which has a ca
paeity oi 1000 beds and better equipped
or more well fitted hospital IS not to be
found anywhere
Better Than Civilians
The result OF all this care and at
tention is tha, soldiers at Camp Irayr
are better looked after than 90 out 70
every 100 men at large The least 20
the things that should cause anNcO'
for relatives and friends is the hcaI1
Of the soldiers at Camp Travis Ever
officer at Camp Travis must co-operat
with and coordinate his efforts VII
the medical officers, who are Suprem
in all things that conserve and preScrv
the health OF the soldiers.
That the energies expended to kec
the soldiers at Camp Travis IN goo
health are worth while is atteStcd %
the fact that no community no clt
in the south with 10000 population ca
point to such splendid results as hay
been the fruit OF this care and after
ton There are fewer cases OF sick
ness at Camp Travis TODAY than in an
city in this state OF one third the popc
lotion Of Camp. Travis
As the men are built up PHYSICAL
and become hardened 20 all thinE
that effect the health this Sic'ne'
will be s,ill further decreased, for :
Camp Travis thcrc Is being warcd
fight that never ends and there Is b,
ing maintained a vigilance that ury'
fails to maintain the highest hcal
standard that modern science and den
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