Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-28
camp LEE RECRUITS
WILL LIVE IN HUTS
New Men Will Be Prevented From
Congrcgating in Mess Halls and
Other buildings.
LITTLE CHANGE IN INFLUENZA
Big Sales Made in Exchange Store
( Many Officers Uniforms Sold
Discarded Clothing Being Re
10 Claimed-School for SaddlcrS.
Especial to The rimes-Dispatch ]

CAMP LEE. VA. September II
Pisns just worked out by camp officials
for the future housing of recruits are
expected to prevent any repetition OF
!, the existing influenza cpidenic. Il was
call for The erection OF small huts. each
ITO house eight men. in which the re-
crui,s Will be qusrtcrcd for al least
two weeks after their arrival III camp.
Work on the huts is expected to be
started within the next few weeks.
This construction Will cost arproNi-
inately 1000. COO. and is q part OF the
, general extensions planned for this
cantonnent
The plans provide for the doing away
with mess halls and other buildings
where crowds ight collect, thus giving
disease A free hand !: one o. more OF
the men are suffering from any ipfec-
tiouS ailmert. Recruits, instead OF
assembling in a bu!ldins. where they
sit close together while eating their
their mess kits 10 The kitchens. obtain
their food and return 10 their huts to
cat
Approximately 5000 mon will be
auartered in these hu,s Sewers already
have been laid III The section where
they are 10 he erected, and an electric
hu,s are completed this section Of the
eantonT1en; vii! be a detention camp.
The frs; cases o! influenza were dis
covered IN the Depot Brigade among
The newly arrived recruits.
SIX HUNDRED NEW
CASES OF iNF'Lt ENZt
Little CT no change in the influenza
ment to-day. the camp surgeon an
nouncinE that ga new cases had de-
hour to-day This broueh; the total
number OF ''nu" cases up 20 S.7sS since
The first outbreak Of the disease. nearly
being taken here both to prevent any
furthe. spread and 70 care for the men
who are infected. Practically all men
l., Il afN,N a., y
now fully. recovered and returned 20
their work.
.,nnouncemcnt was made here to-day
by the camp athletic oficia! that the big
field meet. which had been planned FOR
October -, had been postponed because
OF the outbreak OF influenza. The meet
Will be held al some future date this
fall. and despite The postponemen;,
;Hen arc showing great interest IN the
event. There Will be many entries fo7
and some OF the most prominent ath>
letes in the country are now stationed
\; the camp.
SALES AT EXCHANGE
STORE BEAT ALL RECORDS
Sales a. the Camp Exchange Store on
las, SATURDAY and sunday. j, vas an
nounced to-day. broke, all previous
TWO days business, and many camp
ofticers believe that no other merCan-
tile establishments in the United States.
with an equa! Moor zpacs. has eve. made
\ similar record. To the clerks in the
store the business reminded Them OF
'fre sales" and bargain" -ushes in the
big department stores OF leading East
ern cities. There was - continue! line
of men marching into the store pu--
chasing oihcers' equipment. y ;otal Of
1856 officers were measured Cor uniforms
by Two men, while 275 -eady-to-
suits were sold: ESQ pairs OF shoes. 800
pairs OF puttees and hundreds OF trench
oveTcoats.
Special attention is being given these
DAYS, 10 the reclamation and handling
Of clothing. All equipment discarded
by tho men goes into the hands OF the
, reclamation section. where IL is sorted,
repaired. sent TO the s;eril!zing plant,
!. Then dry cleaned. and. in time, &c:
clothes are reclaimed daily The same
treaimen; Is given blankets. as we'll
as hats. In sterilization. the equipment
Is sualected 20 steam heat OF between
zoo and 400 degrees, which assures the
killing. of any germ, or m!crobe tina;
might be secreted in the clothing.
fur;ner evidence ~ Ge-rany's great
piopaEanda organization has JUST been
received in the shap" OF = newspaper
~Isr n < ur t-on-the Main, which is
dropDed into the American lines from,
hot-a:r balloons. The publication, BY
selecting its news items carefully and
ing them, attempts 10 create 4 feeling
OF unrest in the minds Q: the Yankees.
y copy OF the paper dated July 90
rom Major FL ~ I wse. comm mana of Of
the development .oattalions here, from
his brother. Colonel Hugh c. Wise OF
ne SiNty-hrs; Infantry. In forwarding
this country the newspaper, Colonel
81 1dded the notation: Il don't think
viii cause anE dese!tions in our
81. II is 50 funny | though; you
Al; erjoY reading it,
HICh N EUHOPE"