Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-20
SECOND DEATH OCCURS
RESULT OF EXPLOSION
Lieutenant William w. Webber Sue
cumbs to Injuries at Camp
Lee Base Hospital.
GO FAR OVER TOP on LOAN
Soldiers Have Subscribed More Than
Observation-Disclosures No Longer
Considered Epidemic, rs Only 81
New Gases Reported Yesterday.
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CAMP LEE. October 19.-Second
Lieutenant William w. Weber, of
Brighton, Mass. who was fatally. in
died early this morning in the base
hospital, as a result of his injuries.
Lieutenant LII nIds Weber as was Sergeant
,srn;n, j, Feeney. Of Clyde. Ohio. was
carried by Feeney exploded. Sergeant
feeney died in the base hospital within
1wo hours after the accident occurred.
Inc shredded remnants of the SER
geants legs were amputated in efforts
70 relieve his suffering and to save his
1t is possible that the real cause
OF the explosion will never be known.
~ party OF officers from the school OF
arms from the infantry replacement
the central officers training school,
were reparing for mimic gas at
TACK against one of the battalions of
embryo officers at the school There
Mantle carried by Feency was to rep
resent high explosive she'll. There
were gas shells. shells for smoke puffs
used in the mimic battle. Sergeant
Feeney also carried hand grenades. 1t
is presumed that one OF these grenades
was discharged. causing the explosion
Of the dynamite that he was carrying.
Havoc was wrought among the mem
bers of the party. Two have died Of
their injuries, Three are In the base
hospital and their conditions was con-
sidered serious By army surgeons. Five
others are more or less seriously in
Jured Three required med cal at
from the hospital. Two officers re-
ceived injuries that were considered
more of shock than of injuries of u
Psr ina Sntr nature They have no, been
lous manner. escaped injury other than
OF minor bruises. One officer had wax
In his ears as precautionary method
OF preventing unpleasantness when the
big shells were exploded. This was
driven into his ear drums and medical
attention was required to have il re-
moved: Many OF the men were thrown
twenty or thirty feet.
Instituted by training camp authori-
ties but until this reaches camp head
issued.
CAMP LEE GOES
FAR OVER THE TOP
This afternoon at O'Clock reports at
the office Of Major John L. King, who
that there was sl.60I, O0u worth Of
bonds purchased by the men.
Major Ernest l.. De Campo. who on
yesterday made cash purchase of
bonds of 100000. to-day increased his
S166sGription $4,000. lnstead of s7i5,-
he no@ Owns hs'd BY a5or wo DE camps
thought that he is the heaviest owner
or bonds now in the service. lie draws
from the UnitSl States Army for his
services ms MAYOR salary of $3.50 n
month mont, Major De Campo is several
operations that furnish 5000 barrels of
oil each month to the allied gov
ernments. He is somewhat of n SOL
der or fortune, and counts Mexico
CITY. Mexico as his home. At one time
he was ost-marshal in the extra
cantonment zone, and was located in
Petersburg.
Spanish innunza is no longer con-
s!dered an epidemic at The camp. There
were but thirty-scvcn new cases re-
ported to-day from the 10000 men To-
Gated here. AZ no time within the
past week have there been more than
total of ll.4l1 men have contracted
Jhis illness in the five weeks that it
mas been prevalent among the SOL
diers There were eleven deaths re-
ported to-day, bringing the total who
have succumbed in the five weeks to
day. There are now 2,328 men re-
ceiving medical attention. -
From comparative reports received
from other camps, the disease has not
been as fatal at this camp as it was
at other places. One day this week
there were los soldiers who died at
Camp Meade. Md. Reports from Camp
DevenS show that frequently more than
ninety men succumbed in one day. At
Camp Custer, Mich, the death during
the heaviest period were in excess Of
eighty. The heaviest report at this
forty-one. and only twice did it reach
forty.
TRANSFERRED FOR DUTY AT
RICHMOND COLLEGE HOSPITAL,