Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-31
|OWAN. PRAISES
CAMP CONDITIONS
STORIES OF UNFlTkESS OF CAMP
CODY SITE BRANDED AS
PURE ROT.
HEALTH OF SOLDIER
BOYS CAREFULLY GUARDED
Care Of Men Better Than They Would
Receive a. Home-Hospitais Ideally
Kept and InvaIids Receive Unusual
Attentior-Cases Of Pneumonia Be-
lieved Due to Ca-elessness Of Men.
Special 10 T.lrS-Eepuhl!can,

Special 10 TiarS-Repuhl!can,
S.olx City. Jan. 3I.--F. " klaas has
just returned 70 ms home here from a
yss:, 70 Camp Cody. Deni1s y. NJ,
Where ne Wen, th.ee weeks ago for !
VS. VIA his son and to Sc Tor a.,o-
eelf Z there is ANYTHING 70 the many
Pepor;s Of unEtaass OF the place as 1
site co- / camp and ~ the i! treatment
accorded the solder Toys OF Iowa, Min
nesota and South Dshota- H brands
all OF these stories as the worSt Sor- OF
rot. He made a critical EXAM a:.o1 o..
everything connected with ~ camp
made = his business 20 looH MO the
treatment accorded the soldiers. ne
food being served them etc. Ta.A.ns
Of his obSe-va Glons ne sad:
Officials OF the camp are NOR So
lic!rous OF he health Of the soldiers
than are ne civil Authorities :. home
or even heir parents
Eases Of p.-Au 1ronia ard orha- nal
aides are due more % The ca-o!essness
q the soldiers themselves than % an
NEGLECT Of the camp officials,
Police as Health Guards.
Where in civil life vii, YOU find
body, OF police stationed in front O: a
motion picture rhea;er 70 keep vor-
sons away because the ventilation sys-
tenn OF the theater happens 70 oe not
the best?
Where N cAI! re viii yo3 A@d a
body Of Lolice stationed al the outskirts
Of city 20 prevent the ?assagc o any
man who IS not ade'l lately clothed Tor
=
IlGhtH
Where in CIV, lie will You 5nd =
BODY of col:ce inssteo, that CITIZENS
- ear overcoa;s after DARK, :ns.sten:
that each man garb himself n warn?
clo,hins al night las!scer: that each
man pro de proper ventilation for ms
s.ceping room
That IS exactly VIA. : found a.
Camp Cody. The climate a Camp
Cody is conducive 70 sharp changes in
the TEN perature at night, drops o. 90
to 30 degrees occurring al times. To
guard the health Of the soldiers. t1e
camp authorities insist that ever man
derarting for town IN the late after
noon shall wear an oyercoat. SIX
blankets two pairs Of shoes and Other
equipment in the same liberia! proper
ton are issued 10 each soldier.
Hospitals Ideally Kept.
The hospitals are Ideally kept. Tho
soldier patients are pampered. TneE
are wheeled in the sun and given better
attention than they would receive Ia
an ordinary civil life hospital. Is j.
anv won.ier. Their, that ny son and TIRE
sons of many of my friends asserted
that they prefer camp life 20 life al
home. eliminating from consideration,
Ct course. home ties?
These calamity howlerx and those
camp alarrnists certainly have secured
their intorr2Alon from the wrong
source. I vas n Camp Cody the daE
OF the sarrd Storm described Is one OF
such great severity in dispatches a2-
bearing in numerous northern papers
that have seen, but I didn't suffer any
discomfort and ! didn't wear gas
mask either"
The verdict OF M. kIaas Is n line
with what IS ex pscted % De the report
10 Governor Harding BY Judge Kennedy
and Dr. Jepson. They were recently
APPOINTED by the governor TO MAKE
critical examination of conditions al
the camp. Tacy made the trip, spent
several days at the camp and maze
q most searching Investigation. Since
their return from the camp they have
refused TO say much about their Visit,
preferring to let * all come out in her
report 70 the governor and 20 the var
department, but it IS learned by some
things they have said that they have
little sympathy With those who have
so bitterly assailed the va department
and the officials at the camp