Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-12-07
BATTLING PNEUMONIA
GERM At CAMP lee
Two Hundred Soldiers Receive In
oculation OF Discovered
Vaccine.
WILL GET JOBS FOR MEN
When Contingent Is Released, Word
VIII he Sent to Employment Bu-
rcnu Of Their home Town, and
Work Will BE Found for Them.
Especial to The Timcs-pispatch.

Especial to The Times Dispatch
CAMP LEE. VA. December 6.--Pneu-
monia. known In medical circles as
the Captain of the Man of Death"
is being fought ut this camp by vat
cine. As yet only zoo OF the soldiers
have received this latest OF inocu-
la:ions. but others have volunteered
10 he v.cc,natcd and before Christ
mas a large number will have received
the preventive. The work or vac
c:nat!ns the men is being directed on
behalf OF the camp surgeons Office ny
Major Thomas Darlington. former pub
New York
In discussing the work this after
noon. Major Darlington stated that
"nc-scv"nth Of the deaths that oc-
from pneumonia. This ratio exists
throughout the country. With the OK
ception OF nursing babes. :, per cent
OF all people in the United States have
at some time during the year in their
mouths pneumonia germs The resist
ing power OF the individual alone dc
sIstins power that so much pneumonia
deyeioped following influenza.
The vaccine that is Being o adm fnnen,a
is = preventive only to types one.
two and three. Until the reeen, cpl
ttNIS u lulli'IlZi mo majority
deaths from pneumonia in this and
other camps resulted from these three
types. Type four. which follows ini,u-
enza. is not prevented by this vaccine
Neither Is typo i've benefited
FIGURES SHOW RESULTS
IN SOUTH AMERICA
In South America during tho past
your years Lister has given prophylac-
III, TIC ,0 fascination against the three mos;
prevailed there. In this period not \
single case OF pneumonia due to II
p Pm, moc9cous OF the types used In
vaccinatcd individuals. each OF whom
has as rule been under observation
tor about nine months following the
Iaccinai .on.
In our own army vaccination was
Eiscn last winter rs a prophyiactic
ihcasure to half OF one division. Dur
vaccination until the troops went over
seas. pneumonia from the first three
,Erts did not occur at all among the
N"ccinatcd troops. whereas among the
nnraccLnated troops IL occurred even
more frequently than 1t had befor.
vaccination was given to the other half
the vaccins is generally given in tho
afternoon. The man receiving it re.
s.lNes practically no Ill results ana
over twtnty-!our hours
LiHoR DEPARTMENT
TO HELP FIND joins
Through the Department OF Labor
Yer. discharged soldier is 10 receive
once he Is discharged from the serv-
sc. Already g. s. Somer;ndyck. n
specia! agent OF the Labor Department
~ me I, ".t"d States t, Employment Bn
rect tn. plans or the depa rtmcnt for
aiding the soldiers.
., ii,s ,n plan +, at nresen, c9ntempla,es
thargc branches Of the United States
Employmcni Bureau how ,nany men
nave hnen discharged and returned TO
vocation Of each This information will
z" from this camp 10 the State d.rcc-
Tor. and he VIII in 'iurn advise the
w. ,. ssmTH 9n bureau which Will
county In this section. THESE en-
nioFment burtau will he operated
through tne cooperation of tho ma
nonai and state councils of defense
ihns when man arrives home this
bureau VIII have arranged employncn,
FOR him Only tho men who live with
their actual discharge from this ca,nr.
othcrs VIII be forwarded 10 lamps near
their homes
Spanish influenza OF . type much
lni!aer MAN that which prevailed here
curing the severe epidemic now OK
ISIS IN camp to a slight degree. There
h:e fewer cases Of pneumonia resulting
than were found during the previous
epidemic
THIRTEENTH BATTALION EIRsr
TO HE MUSTERED OFT
The Thirteenth Battalion Of the in
iahfry replacement center is the frs,
halthn"h IN That organization that *
sShoduIea Tor muster gu, OF the SER
vice The men in this unit arc to be
cSamined sunday. and within . few
days thereafter arc scheduled to lie
en- route 10 their homes as civilians.
The present orders require that Pat.
;aiions Five and Eighteenth of the re-
placement center shall be done away
Win and the enlisted men and s,rplus
ot'icers thereby created returned 10
clvil life The first four battalions
battaiions TO their full authorized
strength OF 1000 men each
Men from the Third Development
battalion were examined to-day The
improved by further military training
and were ordered discharged
Inc work OF mastering out OF thc
ordered icinrned viii proceed from
one organization TO another in s;icn
manner rs will insure the discharge
or the greatest number Of men in
the quickest possible time Units affect
Ell are G.Ono men from the replace
mont center. 5000 from the depoi bri-
gsdc. 1000 from the casual detachmcn;s
and 1000 from the development bat
men will have been discharged before
Christmas. There is no indication
when other units stationed here will
be mustered out of the service nor
what units will be returned here from
France or other camps for discharge
Rev. Father NJ. l.. Corrigan. knights
OF Columbus chaplain. who has been
on duty here for more than fourteen
months. has returned to his parish ut
bunsmorc. Ia.