New Britain herald., 1917-12-08

only seven cases of typhoid and one
 case of parat$ phoid.
 Tho olfic'ai medical records of the
 Spanish War disclose that "every regiment in the United States service in 1898 developed typhoid fever"
 More than 90 per cent of the vo!un- teer regiments assembled in the Span ish-American War developed iypho;d fever, these same records show, with in eight weeks after being gathered
 in the state cncampments. Typhoid fever not only appeared
 in every regiment in the service in
 1898 but it became epidemic. both
 in the small encampments of not more
 than one regiment, and in the larger
 ones consisting of more than one corps. Typhoid fever became epi- demic in camps then located in the Northern as well as those located in the Southern States.
 The statement has been frequently and truthfully made both in and out of congress that more men died from disease during the few months of the Spanish American war and the sub ! sequent fighting in the Philippines than were killed by enemy bullets. More than 80 per cent of the total deaths resulted from typhoid. Medical Corps Prepared. During the 19 years that have in tervened since our little brush with l Spain, it is true, medical science has made great progress. It is equally true-despite the charges of unpre- ] paredness-that the medical corps of the army aS now constituted under the leadership of Surgeon General Gorgas was ready to safeguard the health of the soldiers on the day President Wilson issued his first call for volunteers.
 Speaking few weeks ago at a Lib- erty Loan meeting in Cleveland, Sec retary of War Baker paid his respects to certain critics of the administra- tion's methods of preparing for the great task that confronts it in the world war.
 II suppose" he said, that the l world would not continue to exist if there were not some doubting Thom- , ases-if there were not some mis- guided people who criticised some lit tie fault or another-drumst stick ora tors about broomstick preparation ! and that sort of thing.
 | But let us pass that over You can
 
 ! has done herself worthy in her prep aration and our boys are not going to want in the supply of arms and ammunition and protecting devices against the artifices of our adversary They are flowing out in adequate ,, quantity from our workshops. And, in addition to that-and like more to tell you this than any ; thing elSe-there is going to be d better army than we have ever had in
 this that from tho first day that a
 soldier was called. it was determined
 that the environment in which he is
 trained shall be d healthful, stimu-
 lating and wholesome environment
 There are things that soldiers can bring home that are worse than wounds. We are sending into this ideals-worthy of the cause they are
 going to defend. And when they com , out of it they will be stimulated and strengthened so far as their minds and bodies are concerncd-heroes in the highest sense of the word.' | Elimination of typhoid from the , camps is only one of the accomplish
 mcnts of the trained experts t,-'' nave been entrusted with the care If hc soldiers health. Every form of
 communicable disease is receiving
 .!.;:: constant attention.
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