Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-05-01
SWlNDLERS WORK
FOLKS AT HOME
Pneumonia Scourge Sub.iding.
Only 2.07 Per Cent Of Farm
ers Are Called to Service.

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Divisional Headquarters, SSth Divi-
sion, National Army Camp Dodge, Des
Moines, Iowa, May 20. 191S.-The
scourge of pneumonia, which made
Camp Dodge the most unhealthy canton
ment in America seems to have SUBJ
sided. The month of April leaves be-
hind a death record Of 100 men from
this disease. The most noted experts
and specialists in the United States
army have been devotlng their time
and talents in an effort to break the
hold of the disease. These men are
greatly encouraged over the improved
condition. They believe their efforts
have been materially supplemented by
the weather. That blanket Of snow
which came so gently upon the dusty
earth has most wholesome effect be-
cause physicians believe that the dust
was largely responsible for the prevail
OF the victims revealed in post mort
EN- investigation the presence Of for
elgn particles that could only have lodg-
ment by being inhaled in the dust that
was binding during the windy days.
There are now about 1000 men in the
hospital. \ transfer OF chronic cases
OF various ailments took about 200 men
to the newly installed national reserve
Red Cross nurses are on duty. The
number Of men in the hospital is not
startling when it is taken into account
that sick men have been accommodating
have been sent to other camps and In
each case the sick were left behind and
with the accumulated Affections from all
men who have been received since and
are now at the camp it is not surprising
that the sick list is apparently large.
The care and attention given the sick
men could not be improved. There is
not a hospital in the civic life of any
community in the entire country that
is so thoroughly adapted to the care of
the afflicted. All modern and necessary
equipment is available. Cleanliness is
enforced with the greatest precision;
one hundred and fifty Of the best nurs-
es in the United States are on duty.
These women, most of them mature in
age and Judgment and with experiences
that have given practice that leads to
while the smile and genial cordiality is
ever present in the sick wards there is
underneath it all a seriousness that
prompts capable, Intelligent service.
That is the business of a Red Cross
nurse She is not in the business as
pastime, nor is she in it for the remun-
Grafton of the small stipend of $50 per
month, because, she could make more
sion in civic life, but she is concerned
for her country just as much SO as the
brave young men who are training for
service across the sea. PATRIOTIC i'm
pulses prompts loyal service and the
young women are doing not only their
bit but their best.
The physicians and surgeons were
family doctors at home. They have
dropped the title Of doctor or physician
and are known here as colonies, majors,
captains or lieutenants on the medical
staff. There are men on duty here,
drawing the meager salary allotted to
their rank. who left behind a practice
that brought them from $4,000 to $780,
900 a year: Specialists are here who
have national reputation. About ev-
cry disease known to the medical pro-
fession crops out here. Many men were
Others failed to take proper care of
themselves under their new environ
ment. While sanitary rules are very
strict and their observation most in
sistent this does not prevent fellow
he is wet with perspiration after inten-
sive drilling and taking cold, even
though he has been warned not to do so.
This reference to the hospital and
service is made at this time for pur-
pose. There is not a community in the
four states represented here but what
OF s fhsre baeK
wondering what will happen to their
boys if they get sick and are denied
mothers care and attention. The an
swer is in a study Of the conditions as
quately. No home in all this broad
land could give the boy as good &C
commo dations if sick as are here pro-
ydsd ana no whethe5 private
ganizations or maintained and sup
ported by municipality can attain
to the standard maintained by this
base hospital behind which stands the
on1in ~ WV of
war-this great government Of the
United States, If you please.
Applicants for Tank Service.
A number of men are anxious to be
transferred to a department that is
not represented here at Camp Dodge,
that is propelled by gas engine Of
a thousand horse power and whose To-
is w 2F9 sed by E
trenches, across shell holes and thru
barbed wire entanglements with ease
Great machine guns are inside of the
monster and to drive the tank and to
knowledge and skill in both mechan-
ical ingenuity and in craftsmanship.
LIEUTENANT G. G.. Garland. Of Chicago.
is this fo week fbs serca v the
men will take the test and those Sc
lected will be taken at once to train
ing school in the east.
wireless Service Ii Easy.
A radio tractor resembles very
much an ordinary ambulance which is
used In taking to the rear of the firing
ferent on the inside A complete wire
less equipment is provided and the
cover and receive wireless messages
from all directions and almost any
distance. The other night captain
Butler, of the signal corps, 313th field
in the middle. of an open field where
Is bushels of corn to the acre was
gathered last fall and he talked with a
signal corps officer at Camp Funston
away down in Kansas and he talked
also with an officer in the same de.
partment of the service at Camp Grant
at Rockford, Illinois.
New Men Arriving.
The past week has witnessed tn.
arrival Of some 1000 new men. The!
kota and illinois The registration Of
fee is open night and day and it il
an interesting process that the me'
in groups Of 200 the men stripped Q
all clothing stand at attention" Will
score of physicians look them over
only eOy' for certain t nns defects, such as ia
feet and other foot misfits; anothe
group are concerned about the eye
and still others inspect the throat an
vestigation and the fellow to get tn
/ last look is the dentist. He make
| dates with the men whose teeth nee
Il repairs. But all of them before the
/ must be vaccinated both for small Pc
/ and typhoid. Sore arms result With
a few days but it is part Of the r.
II Quirements and the men go throug
In ont AiYont mo n
casionlly some poor fellow keels ov'
Il when the little needle touches a sci