The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-05-02
News Notes From Camp Wheeler

unit say they know nothing about
how soon they will move.
u The convalescent section in charge
of Capt. L .Tolley, has been greatly
Augmented as the result of the infu-
enza epidemic. As the men are dis
charged from the base hospital, they
are assigned to this section for sew
eral days before being sent back to
their organizations for duty. When
the men have all recovered the con-
valescent section, however, will be
rather small. The men in this Sec
ton are required to take physical
exercises and drills chiefly.
Athletic officers of all infantry reg
iments held a meeting Monday after.
noon and discussed another division
meet. Boxing matches will feature
the next meet. Mike Cantwell, pro.
fessional boxer, has been sent to
Camp Wheeler to train the men in
the art Of handling the gloves, so
they can hammer up the Boches
when they grapple hand-tohand.
All regimental canteens, beginning
Wednesday, will remit to Major G. c.
Harold division athletic officer five
cents for every man that patronizes
the canteen. This fund will be used
to purchase prizes and to defray 9TH
er expenses of the next athletic meet
An accurate record will be kept
showing what each regiment donates.
The following order has been is
sued officers of this division: "To
enable authorities at ports Of en-
barkation to reserve proper place on
army troop transports, it is essential
that officers called upon to furnish
a statement of the amount Of bag
gage accompanying troops, exercies
greatest care in furnishing this in
formation. In order that no vacant
space may exist at the time of sail
ing, port athorities are required to
assign such additional cargo as may
be needed to completely load troop
transports after all equipment has
been placed aboard. Unless the
weight and measurements given by
organization commanders when
called upon by the port authorities is
correct, it results in additional cargo
being slowed over troop property
thus causing delay in the discharge
of troops and their property upon ar
: rival abroad"
In the marking Of officers personal
:. baggage the order reads: Railroad
: carriers have recently put into eff
:. feet a rule which permits the accep
lance Of officers clothing and bed
:, ding rolls in the free allowance Of
checkable baggage to the limit Of 15(
pounds. These rolls must be prop
erly marked with the division stam1
for Identification. When equipment
: is not marked, in some cases the
= property is lost or delayed"
Workmen ere rapidly completing
: the four new hospital buildings in the
: base hospital section. They are the
. most durable structures on thu
- grounds and are two stories high AL
: of the mwill be equipped with thu
last medical appliances for the treat
u ment of soldiers
" On his visit to Camp Wheeler, Sec
y Rotary Of War Baker said the bas,
. hospital would be a permanent, instl
III tuition for the care and treatment o
u soldiers, even after the war. Thi
10 means that wounded men from tn,
~ battle front will be treated here.
VI Practically all the lowlands aroun,
'e the hospital have been drained an,
u cleared fundegrowth. The tw,
u hundred negro soldiers, members O
the sanitary unit, are still workin,
III on the big canal that drains the riy
ie er swamp. Officers have little fea
le of fever this summer, since place
Is for the notwithstanding mosquit
X have been destroyed Jacksonvill
is Metropolis.