Albuquerque morning journal., 1918-01-21

was 323. The highest average month
ly temperature was II and the lowest
A. The soldier boys there can work
and train in the open and with abso-'
lutte comfort all the year round.
Department Endorses site.
with reference to dust, Mr.. Speak
er, which sens to have made such
very vivid impression on the distin-
Suished gentleman, / desire to say that
in all sections of the southwest there
ARE at infrequent intervals dust
storms; and / presume that the visit
of the gentleman occurred on one of
I'these very rare occasions These
storms are really healthful in effect,
purifying, as they do, the atmosphere.
IA large body of men moving around
as they do in Camp Cody naturally
create dust, but it is pleasure to in
form the gentleman that this condi-
,tion has been rectified by the liberal
Sprinkling of water and oil and no
longer exists, if it ever did exist as he
describes it.
Now, Mr.. Speaker, I called at the
office of the surgeon general the other
day in regard to conditions at Camp
Cody I have heard that some criti-
cism was about to be made relative
to the camp and asked a formal ex-
preston of that officer especially as to
health conditions there, and received
this letter:
War Department, Office of the Sur
geon General. Washington, De-
cember IA, 1917.
Hon. w. B. Walton, Room 172, House
of Representatives, Washington, d.
c.:
My Dear Mr.. Walton--In compli-
ance with your request of this morn
ing, am directed by the surgeon gen
eral to make the following statement
in regard to health conditions in the
Thirty fourth division, national guard
at present stationed at Camp Cody
N NJ:
This camp is excelently located. It's
general sanitary condition and sani-
tary administration has been reported
as excellent by all inspectors. includ-
ing an inspector from this office. The
climate is fine one
1t is believed that health conditions
would have remained excellent at thi.
camp had 1T not been for the outbreak
of measles, which started soon after
drafted men had been received. The
outbreak of measles assumed consid
cradle proportions by the middle oi
November, since which time the mum.
ber. of new cases reported each week
,y,nr ociy h,,t b. Al
same extent as in number of othel
camps of the national guard made uI
of troops from the more sparsely set
tied states.
Reports from Camp Cody indicate
that the type of measles cases is mild
The outbreak has been attended by &
few cases of pneumonia as compli
cation, and, as with pneumonia, there
is always certain proportion o.
deaths. :,
AS regards pneumonia at CamI
: Cody, the death rate has been re
markably low. The proportion O
cases of pneumonia following measle
has also been much lower than in tn,
: other camps.
: Conditions would appear to indicat'
that the measles outbreak has abou
reached its height at this camp. Ad
. ditional cases Of pneumonia are to b'
! expected, but as the measles subsid
: these will no doubt diminish in mum
} ber Generally conditions at Caml
t Cody may be said to be better than a
five or six other national guard camp
, and not so good as at five or six Others
! These latter camps are composed 0
: troops from the more densely populat
: ed northern states, among whom tn
J proportion of men who have not ha'
/ measles is small. All reports indicat
: that the extent to which the nationa
3 guard camps suffer from the measle