Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-11-06
SOLDIERS PERMITTED IN JITNEYS
BY NEW CAMP ORDER; BUILDINGS
AGAIN OPEN AS QUARANTINE LIFTS
Street Cars Still Under Ban of
Military Authorities, How
ever. Men May Enter Private
Homes, But Not Hotels,
Restaurants or Churches

The quarantine restrictions put in ef-
feet by the military authorities at the
Machine Gun Training Center following
the outbreak Of Spanish influenza at
Camp Hancock. were partially lifted Sat
urday by an official order issued at camp
handkerchief, by command Of Brigader
General Oliver Edwards. Briefly sum
married., the situation as concerns the
soldiers Ii now as follows,
Soldiers are permitted to ride in any
automobile Or other public conveyance,
provided they do not face each other or
other passengers.
They may not ride in trolley cars Of
jitney "busses"
They may ride in touring car 'jitneys, -
provided they do NOT exceed the normal
seating capacity of same.
They may enter Y. NJ. c. A. huts. K.
Of c. buildings or the Jewish Welfare
Board building at camp for the purpose
Of writing letters reading or lounging.
No theatre performances. movies. re-
ligious services or meetings Of any sort
win be permitted in the camp. nor will
soldiers he allowed OF attend same il held
elsewhere.
The Liberty theatre at the camp will
remain closed for the present
In the city of Augusta, soldiers may
not enter any hotel, restaurant or board
ing house unless their families reside
they may not enter any club, dance
hall, billiard hail, lodge church, theatre
or other places Of amusement or wor-
ship.
They may not patronize soda fountains.
The order does not specify whether or
not soldiers may enter private homes,
and in the absence from camp Saturday
night Of the authorities who issued the
nrtar I1n ma Hlrt Iftfta inf
preted by the Provost Marshal and the
Military Police. who are charged with
their enforcement, to mean that soldiers
would be allowed 70 enter private homes,
provided, however, that they do not yio-
late the spirit of the order and form a
part Of any large gathering in a private
home, such as a dance or reception.
The order Is the first lifting of the
limited ban placed on the soldiers az
camp since the restrictions went into eff
feet four weeks ago IT was taken by
both men in the service and their friends
to mean that the Influenza situation at
the camp is finally under practical con-
troll, and that with the Observance Of few
er precautions the further spread Of the
disease will be as effectively checked as
they were by the general restrictions put
into fleet about the first of October
Continued precautions against any re-
laxinG Of the preventive and pTophylac-
tic measures adopted at the camp are re-
CURED In the memorandum Issued on
Within the organizations a careful In
special viii be made by the officers of
the day or special inspectors appointed
In each organization. to see that tent
doors are left wide open except when Il
is actually raining. and that tho men
sleep In the tents with their cots ar
ranged so that heads and feet alternate
Tents must be furled and bedding aired
daily, weather permitting The men
still are prohibited from entering any tent
but their own, and from visiting the areas
occupied by other organizations,
All men must be properly instructed by
their commanding officers in the facts
concerning the spread of the disease. to
the effect that it Is carried on the
breath and transmitted by talking. sneez-
ing, coughing or clearing the throat,
sending germs into The atmosphere to
An soldiers are warned to try TO avoid
coughing, sneezing or clearing the throat
near other persons, even talking close
into the faces of others and to prevent
the spread Of infections spray from the
throat by holding a handkerchief to the
sneeze. or clear the throat They are also
warned to be careful to use clean hand
kerchiefs at all times
The memorandum also says that the
larger the am amt Of infections breath Of
victim of thS malady inhaled by an
such breath is inhaled. the more severe
will be the diseas when It develops in the
Innocent person
All floors throughout the camp are to
be oiled again and daily inspections made
by medical officers to check off the sapi-
and to take instant steps for the treat
ment OF all men indisposed. however
slightly.
The memorandum follows;