Weekly journal-miner., 1918-03-06
(From Sundays Daiiy)

| NOiliS bO bHiS SllS as lilS ICpIGSGHld- tive of the war department to make the preliminary arrangements for the opening of the big military hospital at Ft. Whipple, left carly this morn ing for San Antonio, Texas, where his report will be made to the proper authorities. Col. Reaney was accom- panied here by his son, Corporal R.
 M Reaney, youthful member oi General Pershing's ill-starrcd cxpcdi- ton into Mexico after Col. Pancho Villa.
 "In all my travels throughout the United States while representing the war department. I have never seen a location more ideally situated for the establishment of the big sanator- ium which Uncle Sam has ordered than the Ft Whipple reservation" :" said Col Reancy yesterday afternoon in discussing the matter. and Pres colt can be assured that my reports upon the subject will take the form of long recital of the many advan. tages which will come from locating the project in the old barracks here
 -I had not expected to find such expensive and wcll-preserved build ings as those out at Whipplc, and barring tine use of the scrubbing brush and trimming up the weeds, etc, there will be practically no work necessary to put the big plant into shape and ready to receive the many patients which will be sent here by the government. All of the handsome structures at Whipple are in as good shape as they were when built, and all of them practically ready to move 1 into.
 And the climate-never before have 1 encountered such wonderful conditions. The old rife range north of the fort would have made one of the finest cantonmcnt sites in the United States and it is hard to see why Prescott was not the logical choice of the committee which had charge of the placing of one of the big camps in the Southwest The broad expanse of country north oi the city would have afforded plenty of room for the quartering and drill ing the 30,000 or 10000 men, and the endless sweep of territory between here and the Black Hills would have been the best sort of an artillery range The rarifed air would have been ono of the best assets in the matter of target practice, and with the Del Rio water mains passing through the site and with the railroad and power and light lines nearby, ii would have been the best cantonment site in the western part Of the United States However, Prescott will have to be content with the establishment of the military hospital, which is a whole lot better than allowing these beautiful buildings to remain un-i tenanted."
 According to the statement of Col. Reaney, there will be about 800 pa. | tients sent hero and corps of about 100 physicians, nurses, attendants, etc. ! will accompany them As soon as Col. Rcancy makes his report as to the kind and amount Of supplies needed, the wares and fixtures of all sorts will begin to come in from var [ ious supply depots in the West. The hospital will probably be opened by about April 18th, and the patients will continue to arrive from time to time thereafter.
 Col. Reaney. together with a party i of citizens headed by K. x. Fred ericks, yesterday afternoon made an inspection trip to the old target range, five miles north of the city, and also looked over a number of the buildings in the group at the fort The post hospital, which was a won dcrfully well constructed piece of ar chitecturc, was examined, and found to be in as good shape as it was when it was abandoned several years ago While the building had been cleared of all movable fixtures and equip ment, the place was in splendid shape the brilliant white cnameled walls ap- bearing as though they had been painted but yesterday. The place is steam heated, and has all facilit:c. for making an ideal hospital wl:cn l: is equipped again.
 Fort Bayard, New Mexico, the point to which most of the soldiers suffering from pulmonary disorders arc sent, is about taxed to its capa- city. and an outlet must be found within the next month or so for the overflow. It is said that the number of men whose lungs give way under the strain of army life is increasing at an alarming rate, the government realizing the fact aud taking steps to combat the eyil. While one would ordinarily imagine that d mau in the army. living the rigorous. open-aii life Recessitatcd by the character of the training. would prove inimuns from the ravsgos of tuberculosis, it Is nevertheless q fact that many oi