New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-04-24
CAMP DODGE LETTER

in order that the preun onia scoure
may be eliminated. Within a little
over week, 35 deaths resulted at the
base hospital from this disease. TIE
cause is attributed to TIE dust that
was almost unbearable during the
windy days preceding the recent show.
ers. The virulent type of pneumonia
has caused most searching investi
cation of the conditions Throughout the
camp. Noted physicians are devotine
their knowledge and skill to the treat.
ment of the afflicted. Two noted spe.
cialists have joined the medical corps
at the base hospital. Capt. George l.
Bates has been ordered from Fit. Riley
as division tuberculosis specialist. Capt
Kent f. Williams has also been ordered
from Fl Riley for duty. Every pre-
caution possible is taken to prevent
the further spread of pneumonia. Wards
are all under quarantine. Caps and
gowns and masks are worn by every
person who enters the wards, visitors
not excepted. Doctors put on freshly
sterilized clothing before entering each
separate ward. Thousands of pneu-
monia masks are being made in Red
Cross work rooms Throughout the country
for use in the contagion wards OF military
hospitals The masks consist OF several
layers of gauze with tape at the four
corners and are tied over the nose and
mouth They are sterilized each time
before they are used. Sheets are hung
between every two beds. When patient
reaches the stage where he is able to
walk again he is also given mask.
The nurses are girls who have been es-
pecialy selected for this work after
years OF training. They are patriotic
an are willing to sacrifice; otherwise
they would not be willing to relinquish
better salaries to serve in the military
hospitals. Major F. C. Todd, COM
manding the base hospital at Camp
Dodge, says: I'm the pneumonia ward
where all our worst cases are con-
fined, it is almost impossible to pass
down the length of the room without
being moved to tears when one sees
the tender care which is given these
terribly sick boys - some of whom, per-
haps, may never recover. All our
nurses have the smile habit, and it is
the most contagious thing in the hos
pital. Its value is inestimable." Ma
jor Todd says it would be impossible
to establish a system of care-taking
and supervision in civilian hospital
equal to that maintained in military
hospitals in the United States. In
every ward, besides corps OF nurses,
there is a ward surgeon and his assist
ants who are constantly in touch with
the most minute developments of each
case. Over three wards there is an
other supervising surgeon who is so
assigned because of sheer professional
ability. In addition surgeons are ap-
pointed to manage groups OF wards.
By this system oversights and mis-
takes are practically impossible.
Baseball Stars at Camp Dodge
Baseball is being reorganized at
Camp Dodge. All regiments will have
teams and INFRINGEMENT games will
he arranged by the athletic directors.
Among the men who have played pro-,
fessional ball and now help their regi-
ments to grab camp championships are
Leslie Whalen, former pitcher Tor the
New York State League, who will pitch
for the Four Hundredth Fourth tele-
graph battalion; Joe Pierney who
played last year with the Kansas City
Blues and will play in the Three Hun
dred Fifty-first battalion team; Mick
ey" Houck, who played last year with
the New York Giants, and is now with
the Four Hundred Fourth telegraph
battalion; Art Ewald, third base player
in tie Des Moines team of the West
ern league, and Jerry Sheehan, pitcher
for the Philadelphia Athletics, who
will pitch for the Three Hundred Fifty
first field hospital team.
Army Discipline Very Strict
Breaches OF the peace that would
exact only a small fine in civic life
partake of a seriousness when army
rules are fractured that fairly takes
the starch out of the victim. Private
John D. Arnold, member of the band
of Depot Brigade at Camp Dodge, has
been sentenced to six months in the
division guard house at hard labor and
10 forfeit half his monthly pay for a
like period for being drunk and dis