The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-10-16
FLU" REACHES
ITS MAXIMUM
Officials at Camp Dodge Issue Daily
Bulletin Giving Review Of the
Influenza Situation .-s.a
THE SICK MEN CRAVE JELLIEs

THE SICK MEN GRAVE JELLIES
Call Issued for 1000 Glasses of Jelly
to be Contributed With All Speed
Also Crave Lemons
CAMP DODGE, Oct. 15-The wave
of Spanish influenza that Is sweeping
over the entire country it is thought
has reached its maximum force at the
camp Col. E. w. Rich, divisional
surgeon, has forbidden the publication
Of the number of cases or the number
of deaths on account of exaggerated
statements that have gained circula.
tion. In announcing his action Colonel
Rich pointed out that it was his be-
lief that much unnecessary worry and
unrest were being caused by publish
ed accounts of the deaths, and cases
Scores Of kilograms are received daily
by the military authorities inquiring
as to the welfare Of the soldiers. The
military authorities notify relatives of
soldiers as soon as they show symp-
toms of pneumonia and the adjutant
general of the army reports immedi
ately to the nearest relative all cases
Of death. A daily bulletin is issued
giving review of the situation but
this is not intended for general circu-
lation. 1t can be said upon the author
ity of the medical staff that condi-
tions are steadily improving. The
death rate has been nothing like as
large as in some Of the other canton
ments and when it is taken into .ac-
count the large number of men at the
camp the situation is really not as
serious as was the pneumonia epi-
demic last spring when there were
12O deaths in a single month. The
best medical skill in the entire coun-
try is on duty, thirty-two medical Of
ficers having Joined the staff this
week. This makes an aggregate of
$50 physicians in charge. There are
375 nurses and 1000 enlisted men are
acting as attendants. Quarantine
rules are strictly enforced and every
precaution to- prevent further spread
OF the disease has been taken. Vari-
GUS women organizations have con-
tributed over $4,000 gauze masks to
be worn over the mouth and nose. The
material out Of which these are msGe
is medicated SO that the filtered air
Is free from all bacteria and other Inn
parities. These are worn at night
while sleeping. Thus far the fatali.
ties among the colored troops have
been largely in excess of the whites
when the number of these men is TAX
en- into account. Perhaps the group
of men most disappointed on account
NJ hn ot,A Wi ifof 30
demic are the officers from the base
hospital from 4 to 124. These men
had received orders to entrain for an
eastern camp, which meant quick
departure. for overseas, but when the
disease broke out the order was can
celled and these men were ordered
to assume active duties here.
Men Crave JeIiies
The sick men crave jelly like moth
er makes. The executive committee
of the VIC. c. S. has issued urgent
requests that 1000 glasses of jelly be
contributed with all speed To meet
the requirements 1000 individual box
es have been furnished. The men sick
with influenza also crave lemons and
oranges and these are being contrib
uted in large quantities. Several
down town grocers have sent out box
es. Of these fruits.
JH3a Officers Assigned Here
Following officers were assigned to
duty at designated posts in recent
army orders from Washington: Major
John r. Porter, medical, to Ft. Des
Moines; relieved from Walter Reed
hospital in Washington, y. G. =, First
Lieut.. John +. Boyles, to duty at Camp
Dodge as assistant personnel adjutant
from adjutant generals department
at Washington. Mitchell c. Mackin ap-
pointed first lieutenant, medical, to
duty at Ft. Des Moines. Captains
James T. Faulkner and Charles e.
Ross, medical, transferred from Ft.
Des Moines to Camp Custer to ex-
anime command for nervous and men.
tai diseases. First Lieut.. Everett NJ
Bennett, Austin G. Davis and Joseph
L. Swartz, medical, transferred from
Camp Dodge to base hospital 81 at
Camp Greenleaf. .
Jewish Order Is Busy
The various Jewish war relief or.
ganizations are preparing boxes of
cigarettes, candy and cookies for the
quarantined Jewish soldiers at Fort
Des Moines and Camp Dodge. as
Mike Gibbons is Slated for Rank of
Major in Army
I According to report from St. Paul,
Mike Gibbons, the famous artistic
middleweight, is slated for the rank of
major in the United States army. The
honor is to be conferred upon Gibbons
1t is declared, in recognition of his
services as boxing instructor at Camp
Dodge, and later at Camp Gordon, Ga.
K Soldier Given 20 Years s1..
Death sentence, imposed by a mill
tary court martial upon Sander MAXI,
a recruit from the 163d depot brigade
at Camp Dodge, for refusing to obey
orders of his superior officer, has been
commuted to confinement at hard Ia
Dor, for 20 years. The war department
announced. Papers in the case indi-
Gated that Maxi refused to wear a uni
form. He was not conscientious
objector" but just naturally "onery"
is the way a member of the court
martial expressed his opinion.
More Wounded at Fort Des Moines
The government hospital at Ft. Des
Moines received another contingent OF
nearly 100 men right from the battle