Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-04-27
Especial to The Argus.)

Camp DUGge, Iowa, april "a
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uieTs Viii De erected at once at
Camp Dodge by the American Red
Cross.
Contract for the erection Of the
BUILDING was awarded Tuesday to
the Arthur H. Newman company OF
Des Moines.
The building will be 100 by 100
feet and will be erected in the
shape of the Red Cross design.
This building will be equipped as
a home where convalescent men
may be taken as soon as they are
able to leave the hospital but are
not able to join their regiments.
Near the biggest tree south OF
the base hospital was chosen the
site Tor the home The elm tree IS
four feet in diameter and is one Of
the prettiest trees in the camp
neighbOrhOod.
DR.. William P Hosken. field d.
rector of the American Red Cross,
will have charge of building plans.
The recent almost inconce!vable
increase in the death rate at Camp
Dodge, caused by pneumonia, has
changed the record of the Eighty
eighth division from that of one of
the healthiest divisions in the ma
tional army to one WHICH has an av
erage death rate greater than that
in civilian life
Eighty-nine deaths have occurred
from a new form of pneumonia
which, up to the time of its appear
lance here, was practically unheard
bof by medical officials.
1t has attacked man after man,
resulting in a death rate of about
26 per cent of those affected. Every
possible precaution has been taken
to prevent further spread of the
disease and the epidemic seems to
be slackening this week.
When reports of the increasing
number OF deaths reached the sur
geon generals office in Washing
ton, Major Paul Cook, expert cpl
demiologist, was sent to Camp
Dodge with an assistant to aid in
curbing the disease.
He found that steps already had
been taken along the most APPROX
ed lines under the direction of Ma
jor Frank c. Todd, commanding the
base hospital, and Lieutenant Colo
mel ]. R Shook, division surgeon.
In every other matter. except that
OF pneumonia, the Eighty-eighth
division stands well among the 9TH
er cantonments in health cOndi-
tons.
Relative to meningitis, scarlet
fever. diphtheria, mumps, measles,
smallpox and social diseases, the
division has good record
1t should be understood that the
camp is not considered an I'M
healthy place or as having a high
mortality rate for any disease other
than the new type of pneumonia.
So great is the demand for rooms
from guests at Camp Dodge that
Manager Dougherty is building an
addition of so rooms 10 the Dodge
City hotel When completed the
hotel can accommodate about 200
guests
At the conclusion of a lecture at
the Liberty theatre the other night,
at which a quartet had sung cover
There" Dean Holmes Cowper start
ed down the company street" be-
hind a big Ala bama negro. The lat
ter was slouching along with his
hands in his pockets and Dean cow
per heard him muttering to him
self:
"Ovah theah. Ovah theah, All
ies' like to gift ovah theah oncet an
I'd chop dat ole kaiser's had off an
use Il for a spittoOn,"
OF all the dire fates wished upon
the kaiser, this probably would take
the prize
in the spring a young mans
fancy lightly turns to thoughts. Of
love"
So ii is not surprising that when
q lonely young lieutenant strOlls
into his quarters and is greeted
with the words: "A lady has been
calling you on the phone for half