Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-17
LETTER FROM
DIR. koNloMAcHER
Camp Dodge. Jan. 9. 1913.

Camp Dodge, Jan. 9, 1913
DR.. r. C. Lahman.
My Dear Doctor: Just finished
spending a pleasant half hour
the Weekly Times, and
am here TO say one surely enjoys
better than home news
paper when away for any length
OF time. Missouri Valley has the
proper spirit in this war game
and was more than pleased TO
read the names of the numerous
recent enlistments TO the various
branches. Tomorrow | have a
little time to spare and will take
a run down to the 1G3d Depot
Brigade to see the Valley boys.
Don't know what company they
are i'm, but can soon find out at
regimcntal headquarters. The
party there | ann most concerned
about is Dutch Walton, chiefly
to see. if he has any more pep
than when | last saw him in Aug
ust. Will let you know later how
/ find the bunch.
Well, the holiday season is
over and while sorry couldn I
get home as intended, yet never
had a more enjoyable time in my
life. Christmas fifteen of us were
invited TO DIR. Pearson's for din
ner and certainly had the dinner
OF dinners. DR.. Pearson sure was
"a delightful host. New Years
morning we all assembled at di-
vision headquarters TO pay our
respects to the commanding gen
eral of the post, General Getty
The bands played all the patriotic
airs, adding a great deal to the
occasion.
New Years eve we attended the
dinner dance at the Hyperion
Country club. At midnight a
number of The Orpheum people
came out and put on very en-
ioyable entertainment, much tc
the delight of us ALL.
EX-President Taft spent last
Tuesday afternoon at the hospi-
tai and delivered a fine address tc
the officers here. Never did
spend more busy week, some
thing doing every night. For the
past few days everyone here in
The quarters has been going to
bed at 8 p. m. to try and make uK
said sleep lost during the past two
weeks owing to the many festiv-
tiles. Des Moines is sure a LIVE
place this winter. The militar.
snap and pep is everywhere. NJ
sooner is something mentioned
than it's done.
The hospital is full to over.
| flowing and will start enlarginl
the place at once. There are a 10
of interesting things here l woul'
like to tell you, but we are forbid
den to give out any news in tina
Prospect. Can say this, however
that the clinical facilities ar
great, and cannot be equalled an
place, for one has every conceiv
able kind of a case. Furthermore
everything of the latest to wor
with. The course OF instruction
Igiven these days by the variou
men sent out by the surgeo
general is fine, really a pos
lgraduate course, is what it is, 0
the highest type. Col. Ridlon
has been here a week and give
four hours lecture each day
clinic in fractures, and it Ger
tainly has been fine.
One thing of interest here j
the pleasing results obtained j
pneumonia by the new serum ser
to US from the Rockefeller Insti
lute. III is a new variety mad
from a various number Of gum
in an entirely new process. Th
average mortality in pneumoni
lis about "A per cent for Iowa, an
so far by using serum here, NOR
1 tality has been reduced to pc
cent. This serum is still in til
Experimental stage and feel SUI
it will be much improved upon i
the near future. DR.. Simon FleA
ner has twenty-five laboratol
men working on it all the viii
| and trying out every conceivab
Experiment with it.
| Santa Claus was more tina
kind to me this year, and certain
1 ly appreciated the box sent by I'll
il Missouri Valley ladies'.
Rush, it's q sad affair to thil