The Washington herald., 1918-02-18
| Army and Nay yyysA NeyysAt;
Best Service Column in the CITY

MAJ. James Brown Scott, Judge Ad-
vocate Generals Reserve Corps, has
been assigned to special duty with
the Department of State. the War
Department has announced. Maj.
Scott will report to Secretary of
State Lansing.
Reports to the Adjutant Generals
ONCE show that there were '7s5 en-
listments in the regular army on
February IL, making a total of
S72.1os acceptances since April /,
1917.
Lieut.. Col. James w. Van Dusen
and Reuben B. Miller, of the Medi-
cal Corps, have been appointed TO
duty with the national army with
rank as colonels. dating from jan
uary 80, 1918. Maj. Bert W. Cald-
well, Medical Reserve Corps, has
been appointed to the national
army with the rank OF lieutenant
colonel.
The Secretary of War authorizes
the publication of the following
memorandum from Surg. Gen. Cor.
gas on conditions at Camp Greene
Charlotte, n. c. Immediate action
is being taken on the points raised
Feb. IL, 1918.
Memorandum for the Secretary OF
War.
The wet weather and character
OF the soil at Camp Greene, Char
lotte. n. c.. together with the TEN.
porary nature OF the camp. have
brought about conditions which
wish to call to your attention anc
which may be summarized as fol.
lows from the last two reports OF
sanitary inspections Of the camp:
Knee-deep mud has interfereC
with garbage removal by the con.
tractors, and quantities have beer
dumped or buried because OF short.
age OF fuel for burning It
Limited facilities for heating wa.
ter for bathing over a period o,
several months has resulted in tn,
men becoming dirty.
Water from the kitchens, baths
and overfiowed latrines is removed
by bitches. surface drainage. o.
stands in pools. The character o
the soil will make it slow to DIR!
/ out and, with the advent of warn
weather. flies and other insanitar!
The dirt floors of the kitchens
will breed flies; the field ranges ii
use are uneconomical and smok,
indoors with any wood fuel
Shortage of supplies has hel'
back the work on the detention
camp for contracts until its over
crowded condition has led to tn,
establishment of quarantine area
in the regiments, but reports upol
this indicate that completion of tn
detention camp is preferable to con
/ tinuation of the latter plan, espe
cially since sufficient tent spac
and separate latrines and mess hall
have not been available to make tn
regimental quarantine absolute IL
the areas set aside.
Work has been held up on tn
additional quarters for nurses b,
failure of material to arrive, an
the same has affected progress o.
Reconstruction of the operating an
laboratory buildings OF the bas
hospital, which were recently de
stroyed by fire.
Overcrowding, to the extent o
eight men to a tent, and occasion
ally more, is reported.
Sick rates at Camp Greene ar
not notably high and measles an
pneumonia cases appeared on tn
decline at the last report, but tn
linsanitary conditions mentione
should be corrected without della
to prevent increased sickness an
mortality, which may result fror
their continuance.
1t has been recommended that ad
ditional tentage, be supplied tn
commanding general, Camp Green,
to enable him to quarter all me
on the basis of five to a tent instea