The Detroit times., 1917-09-26
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
BY HAROLD Y WILCOX

CAMP CUSTER, BATTLE
Greek. Mich, Sept. 26.-The fourth
death In as many days has been re
corded at Camp Custer. John 10
bryzyski. No. 7S3 Dubois-st, Detroit
died here Tuesday He was a mem
her OF Company +, Three Hundred
and Tenth engineers, altho he never
had drilled with his company and
had spent all but one nigh; OF ms
military career In the base hospital
That one night was memorable, ior
Il took many men 20 restrain Do
brryski, who ran amuck with
knife. The cause OF death has nor
been officially made public yet. &C
cording TO the army custom OF VITA
holding such information until after
an autopsy. IL Is no secret, how
sver. that Dobrxyski was a victim
of alcoholism, with epilepsy as an
added affiction.
There may be other deaths from
alcoholism. for several men here
are in mighty bad shape from Ions
sprees with which they bade fare
well to civilian life. u can be stat
ed on highest authority that none OF
the deaths az Camp Custer has been
due 10 any infectious disease. or any
disease which had its origin at The
camp. no case has a man VINO
died ever participated In military
activities with his feilow-soldiers.
A few more than i50 Detroiiers
. arrived at camp Tuesday afternoon.
These were strsgglers who should
have been here last week. II deYei-
oped in the genral roundup that
few of these men were slackers. Most
Of them failed 10 join their draft
contingents last week because OF
MISUNDERSTANDING and delays in the
receipt OF notices. Militsry authori-
ties here are inclined 10 view these
men exactly as II they had arrived
on time. One thing can be said 10
their everlasting credit There were
no DRINKS among them They were
trim looking lsds--most OF them OF
foreign birth-and appeared TO have
no serious objection TO serving the
Stars and Stripes on the field OF
battle.
Medical examinations are pro-
crossing rapidly. One regimental
medical staff said this morning that
Il had whipped its system into such
eficiency that the fnll number OF
$50 day could now be examined II
the muster papers could be deliv-
cred that rapidly. The 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 10 one regiment he'd
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
fcai disability were announced Tues
day evening. Only two Detroit reg.
iments--the Three Hundred anG
Thirty-ninth and the Three Hundred
and Twenty.ninth Field artillery
were included. but Detroiters are
scattered turnout most OF The units
affected by the Tuesday announce.
ment. These discharges were as
follows:
From 3zsth artillery: Sol Goldberg.
vahan Kehomian. Walter g. Koch
Clarence Latham. Elhridge r. Mayo.
Clarence NJ. Schultz and Aravin
Staico.
From 35sth infantry. Cletus VI
Comean. Edward Y. HanRnn. Martin
A. Kirstowsky. Menelaos Marasides
Henry Pepper. Leonard :. Pritchard
and otb A. Smith.
From 33Tth infantry. simon T.
Brant. Julius G. Ciuchv. Ralph a
Foote, Adam Kubacki, Cecil J Mil
Ter, Earl u. Osborne. Martin sartnrius
Ernest Sundauist. William Tanger-
strom. Louis l. Trzyna Clarence
Pfcil. Fred Rlce. Joseph g. shank
and Albert G. Trimmer.
From S2sth artillery Albert r.
Baxter. Lawrence c. Clark. Ralph v
Drews. Abel !. Growing Charles r.
Knowles Edward J. smith. George n
Sowie. Otto l. Fechter. Edward Van
dcrlaan. George Cook. Gerrit Bierling
Elmer Decker. Charles T. Eifert
Loren J. Gardner. Tom Janoki. James
Keane. Kenneth + RAthburn. Roy n
Smith. Clarence II Meycring. Archie
Morse. Roy l. Rinker. Klaus Voogi
and Evart WaEonmaker
From 32Sth feld hospital Earl W
Gibbs and Ora g. Gowthr0p From
sanitary train Samuel McKeown