Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-22
PNEUMONIA CAUSES SIX
DEATHS At CAMP LEE
There Have Been 1,53O Cases OF
Spanish Influenza Reported
Among Men to Date.
LEAVE QUARANTINE CORPS
Two Hundred Limited Service Vir-
ginians Sent Out to Aid Local EN-
cmption 3OartlS-Work Started on
Colorcd Hostess House.
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Especial to The Times Dispatch
CAMP LEE. VA, September Ell
Spanish influenza continues TO spread
among the soldiers. This afternoon
there was q total of l.539 cases re-
ported among the men. However, med
leal authorltieS were pleased with tho
reduction IN the number Of new cases
reported to-day. Compared with the
high total OF OYER 300 for a day. the
record to-day showed but 1879 new
cases. Additional units have been
placed in quarantine, but as "a whole
the camp has not been placed i'm re-
strlction. either rs To the departure
Oh soldiers or as TO the incoming WISH
tors. However, health authorities
strongly advise against relatives Wis
ting the camp unless they have
learned prior TO leaI ing home. whether
their soldier is in quarantine. Re-
CARELESS OF the cause of any close
quarantine, no one is allowed to break
There have been number OF in
fiuenza eases which have drVclopcd
into pneumonia. Six deaths have re-
suited from pneumonia which set in
after influenza
An educational campaign is being
conducted among the men, under the
direction OF the medical authorities to
encourage them to take proper pre-
cautionary methods to prevent the
spread of the disease. One statement
which was read 10 every man in camp.
was that acute respiratory and other
diseases such as pneumonia. meningi-
lis. measles. diphtheria. tuberculosis.
bronchitis, tonsiliitis. scarlet fever aud
influenza or grippe were responsible
for the majority OF deaths from dis
ease in camp and environments during
the winter, l9l1-lS
TRANSFERRED FROM
QUARTERMASTER CORPS
officers and enlisted men of the
luartermaster corps are affected by an
order recently issued from Washington
requiring that wherever practical they
De transferred from the quartcrmastcr
service to Held service. Twcnty-fiV
per cent of the officers who are avail
able for this service will be assigned
and their position filled by those who
are not qualified for the field. The or
der is not limited to .ncn of the draft
age, but TO gil officer Of the quarter
master corps The first effect OF the
order at this camp was noticed this
week. when Il lieutenant of the quar-
terlnaster corps was advanced TO Il
captain in infantry.
Two hundred Virginia limited ser
vice men who We're forwarded here by
their local boards have been reas-
signed TO the various boards in the
state where they are aiding in the
work OF classifying the thousands of
men who registered on the Eth The
provost -marshal-GencraI has ordered
that 5000 OF these men be assigned 10
duty with the local boards. and they
nave been distributed throughout the
mica states. ne NlrSlnlanS We're in
Quoted into the service as privatcs
spent few days here where they
were equipped and then forwarded TO
me b"ards frequently the men were
former clerks in III, Office of The local
boards; They wcr" vaccinatcl by IA
local physician in a town to which they
were assigned
Work has already begun OH the coll
we'll Road, near the entrance to the
camp. The negro house will hc i'm
'hars" Of negro women who are cX-
p"rIsaosc social workers. As there are
fewer colorcd soldiers here than there
are white soldiers. the house viii be
smaller. hut in many respects il Will
be even more modern in its arrange
mcniS than the house for white sol
dtcrS. y cafeteria will be operated and
an inside balcony will lend attractive
ness
The branch hostess house which Is
being constructed for the use of the
and Training Camp IT Eighth street
and Avenue /! will be completed next
week. The building is Il small affair.
and is built for the benefit Of the WON
en- visitors, who may visit relatives IN
that end of the camp. There will be
secretary in charge n the building
Al all times. with volunteer workers
during the busy hours. There will be
no regular cafeteria, but refreshments
viii be sold each afternoon and night
Soldiers who hay" a technical edu-
cation. or who have had five years en-
rincering experience. are eligible for
appointment TO The Engineer Officers
Training School al Camp HUMPHREYS.
Frequently men are forwarded To the
school from this camp.
Although the majority Of the states
Of the union make provisions for sol
dierS voting, the men here seem prin-
cipally concerned in winning the war
and not with the government back
home Delaware voters registered this
week, but only a few awaited them
selves of the opportunity Pennsylva-
Iians have shown little inclination to
pay their poll tax or TO get friends back
home to pay Il for them. Sew Jersey
men received ballots from their com
pany commanders, but few have indi-
Gated any interest. New York men are
registering at the Information Bureau
at camp headquarters but il Is only
occasionally that men from that State
take Tn" initial step. West Nirsini:hs
may vote If they obtain :. ballot from
homo thirty days before an election,
hut among the men from that Stale
there seems to be no desire TO express
their influence back home.