The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1917-12-26
GROUND GLASS
IN CANNED FOODS

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Officials at Camp Dodge Warned (,
RigidIy Inspect Az Breakfast Foods
Before Serving 10 Soldiers.
COMBATING THE SOCIAL EVIL
Steps Being Taken to inferno All Sub
jeets Of venereaI Oisease-Con.
struct Private Hospital for Same
DIVISION HEADQUARTERS. Caml
Dodge. Dec. 24-Drastlc measure!
have been taken by military officials
cooperating with state and city Off
cials in Dcs Moines to protect sol
diers of the Eighty.eighth division Of
the national army here against socia
diseases.
To eliminate this evil, termed by
Secretary of War Baker as "the
greatest menace to the military forces
of the country" policy which com
prehends the confinement of men and
women found to be suffering from We
nereal diseases for such periods as
may be necessary to complete q cure
or for the period of the war if it is
found necessary, has been decided up
on following conference between Col.
J. p. HarbesOn. commanding the mill.
tary police, DR.. G. l.. Sumner, secre.
tary of the state board of health, DR..
II. l.. Saylor, Des Moines city health
officer, and medical officers of the
eighty eighth division.
Already twenty women found to be
suffering from social diseases after
being picked up by the police OIL the
streets of Des MOines have been con.
fined in a hospital at Des Moines,
where they will be treated.
Thus far no men have been interned.
but the policy extends to cases in men
as we'll
The Des MOines city council soon
will vote on an ordinance making such
confinement mandatory and plans are
now being formulated for the con-
structioh Of hospital where all pa.
tients will be segregated. The win
dows and doors of this institution will
be barred and guards will be placed
to prevent those placed therein for
treatment from escaping.
To date less than 1000 cases of ve
ncreal diseases have been admitted to
the base hospital here. or these ap.
proXimately three.fourths were con-
ttracted by soldiers before entering the
service. OF the other One-fourth 80
per cent Of the cases were contracted
in Des MOines, medical officers say.
This is considered an especially low
humber of cases considering the total
sYsilslll9E of men who ;hAxe Sbeons s In
'{raGlaRfI WNK tliss tIi vision and rs f:lr
above the average Of posts of simiiar
size which have been maintained in
the past.
rhe policy adopted is said to be the
most advanced and practical method of
the social evil OF any IN the
country.
Every package Of breakfast food
and every can of tomatoes being serv-
ed as food to the soldiers here Is be.
ing carefully examined as a result OF
a recent warning to Brig. Gen. X. M.
Getty, acting division commander,
from Maj Gen. w. II. Carter. com.
lmanding the central department at
Chicago
Ground glass. according to General
Garter has been found III certain
brands of hOminy breakfast food and
canned tomatoes, large quantities of
"7''Sn suOAo F',~'S "' "oA" w -"
army organization ana company
commanders nave Dcen instructed 10
see that none or these ioOds are served
without first being subjected to close
scrntihy
Ohiclals OF the dlstrict attorney OF.
nee IN Chicago reported 10 uehefai
.,artcr or tne hna'ng or the glass ana
inc probaolllty OF German plot 10 XIII
American soidiers ana civii,ans.
u grass Is iound IN any ol tne eoOds
mere ~ rs prooaple IL VIII De aiscarded'
ABOUT ioV men from lllinois ana an
equai naMDer from iowa. Minnesota
ana North Dakota nave reported LOT
service since Decelhoer Isl, accoroihs
10 oo!: Wliiiam newman cMei muster
n,s oNicer inese men are nllihs the
piaces OF those VINO nave oeen reject
Gu because ol phssicai ae"ciehcy or
lof improper ihduction INTO the SER
vice, a number or them also are re.
porting uhaer tht provision OF the war
uepartmeht allowing one per cent or
the Iuli DIVISION quota 10 report at
any tlme tney deslre. rms provision
WAS was lhaae 70 Deneht tnose men VINO
elmer quit or lOst thelr employment