The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-17
DIR LITTLE Is BACK.
IN CANON AFTER
FOUR MONTHS AT
u. s. ARMY CAMPS

ftrut the War Department at Wash
in5on termination OF his contract
\ slfh the government as a member OF
the army tuberculosis commission !af'
ter four months OF service at Camp
poniphan. Fort Sill. Oklahoma. and
Camp Travis. San Antonio. Texas. re
turned 10 Canon City last Saturday to-
resume his medical practice.
The experiences OF DIR. Little during
his connection with the army were in
teresting in many ways. familiarizing
him as they did. with military life,
and cannot be otherwise than valuable
) to him in his professional career. As
chairman OF the commission at Camp
Doniphan and one of the examiners at
Camp Travis. he had exceptional op
portunlties for personal contact with
both the officers and enliated men OF
the army Of those posts now training
for overseas service in France.
The members OF the commission
were under army administration and
subject to the usual military reguia-
lions The duties OF the commission
we're TO examine the troops for lung
and heart diseascs and 10 weed out
those who were likely TO become
charge on the government because OF
tie inherent weaknesses of those or
rams. Dr. Little was honored by being
made chairman of the commission as
signed TO examine the men al Camp
poniphan. Cooperating with him were
nine other physicians. all of them
specialists in those particular
branches Of professional research.
During the three months that Dr. Lit
tie Was at Camp Doniphan. practical
ly fun division of $4,000 soldiers
was examined, in addition to the thous
and or twelve hundred men at the
aviation field at Fort Sill AZ a re-
suit of the Investigations OF the com
mission at these two places. seventy
rig men were discharged from the
army on accoun, OF tuberculosis and
something like forty or fifty others
because OF heart disease
IN. Lfttfe says that an rule tiei
troops of both the seicctive raft and
National Guard armies are staiwart.
husky looking young men and he pre-
diets they will give n good account
Of themselves on the battle front
against the German iegionr. Camp
Donipbnn Ia a rendezvous FOR the Ma
tional Guard troops and Camp Travis
far the selectivc draft men. At pres
ent thore are about 10000 men under
going military training at Camp Tray-
is. while at Leon Spring.. some forty
miles distant. In the largest military
aviation field in America.
Every branch OF the military ser
vice is represented at thcsc two camps
and the work done there Is of extreme
interest to the civilian yisi,or. par.
ticulariy in the artillery and aviation
divisions Dr. Little says that grea,
progress ia being made at the aviation
schools and that the aircraft service
of the army is rapidly being brought
. into prominence The military on
campments at Fort Sill and San An
tonic are well laid out and are admir-
ably adapted 10 their purposes. says
Dr. Little. and the health of the men
is good The troops. he asserts. have
entered to some extent from the lack
OF overcoats and other needed sup
plies. but that defect is being gradual
ly remedied. The food is OF good
quality and the men are generally
satisfied with their conditions. M
Dr. Little saw Capt. Gustav Strom.
berger. formerly OF this city. but now
attached TO the auartermasters depart.
ment at Camp Travis. while Mt San
Antonio. He reports Capt. Stromberss
er "a holding an excellent clerical
position at headquarters and OF being
well liked by his army associates.