Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1919-03-03
Ayers OF Nav, Says camp IL iIcnlth-
fuI Resort Despite Mud and Rain
and No Initial Epidemic Starts.
HASTE WAS GREAT DEMAND
French III Prepared to Receive Men
Tie SAYS aud Great In~h CON
fruniCd Americans,

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nistn ,scr, u,ho has nu re-
,,rro, ,rnn, Er,ncn sntd urcst has
,,ro,.t hnal,iT,n In,,n i'm sulto OF
r. ,,I a,l aizn coutipuo,ig rniu.
,Ynericnced dur,rg the winter
,,,nntbs ana thni there ms been no
inI,ini cnidcmlr there ApgroNl.
,na,eiv . o00 snidicrs died there
ton :, infuenzn Int the chaplain
sav. ,hnt .,in rrpcitrnIIy all Of lqcsc
cases these men were brought nahoro
,,,I,h ,te lise.s. from trnngporte
u,,,. discrimination
nt,,o,, ,n'. ,ct,,rr IN Amcric, from
p,,,,', ~, ,hnrlnin,s letter says.
-, t,,,, n,m ,.wsnnncr. fulcd with
,,1 10, .nt oy,dc -snrr,d cru
'''' ''''', ''''''. ,I,,Ion, AZ u,ost
.'sIl' c@ol @ W '.nE a,.a,,,I Irterest
"appe" w u" 'nn,indgo can,
III bcH' a'' ,,,i,'n ~ noth Tho
earning, WY 'u''''"' '''' ,a, p.ss
army ann wy na'S ~ ,,,'s ~ ur,st
man la'neu ~" ns ha,, 70
lhroush tme WoiHa oi,i,a,w CON.
sntuIns 1iin,n nu bm.insss N nc-
oitlons' ! nsau "y o..,hie with
quaint inysen 49,. M ppar,aini,v 10
az mal'o'p ol W. 20
the army hpu ene na,, o,n.ct.,
Being clergytnen nol ro",',
with regular military service nav
naturally no reason Tor covering w
any OF the mistakes OF the inllHh's
When the army moNcu nv
France II was as huRe new o'su,s
Eatlon, breaking virgin sou VIZ
France us the French were pre-
pared 20 receive US AZ thlH tlho
France was calling Tor our Holu'ers
We realized the need OF haste In get
ting the men across.
Tents Betrr Than BARRACKS. ,.
IA ,,rribI, because our boys are ~
inx In tents on the hills around
Pcntenaxen. yet 'nose VI w VIZ
have had their we'll being In mind
have thanked God that the boys
had the tents instead or woodcn
barracks The tendency slwnys II
10 crowd the barracks. lnnuennh ~
crowd disense' we bhVeu .h'
into the tents OF the boys VINO slept
in tents we lost very few
"Of course there IN muu w ion
tenaxen. There In practically no
frost In Brest. no blizSirdn' inc
winter In n time of rain. II Will rain
. do.en times In a day.
'In September, October ana NO
yember. 1918, many cases " influ-
enxa were among the soiuiets'
Iost probabIy 1000 men In that dis.
trict alone and IN practically al OF
these cases thsre men we're brought
ashore with the disease from the
tr.nsports.
zone case Of influenza aboard VIII
intact half n ship OF seasick men
Such cases went aboard. OF course
Men who were brought ashore,
diving told me that they knew petore
embarking In America ,hey hau IT.
fluerzn, put4 .ha' wv, o.. ,a.r os
and pretended 10 ne wen WI
losing their chhnco w se' w
front.
vN n"a h,,, w. uved
I'VE lost about z,ooo ou,
many thousands more III 'hese s,. ,,,
hospitals and tents 'ha' h."
became the ooJeo" " ''N"
demnntion t,,,,.,,o I,
In the mlnes' -, Wv. ~, nt ,hs
the rear grea. on" ,,ho yound
front ana 'ns sI 'a"'' W
la.Nn
ed oesa'' 10 'loW ~ ,., pres, vos
IN very ,,asa ,yn fronts
the place wno'v I'D ~ A., heI, there
.net' na" 81, herause death
pu av.rywhrre and In 30 manS
d,a NOT Heem to have a
raht,ny chance.
Hs"s ,un,,n now base hospital
TO- m,ncess Of construction wher
w. ,n,,uepza reached ua. II wa'
Wv, Iasiened ns a hospital FOR th'
,JcL and for contagious discusses, hu
4, hnd 10 be pressed into this service
oIn one OF our American nc"s
n,,.ra recently | aaw a bitter ntthcf
on mi. hospItal In an alleged inter
,isn, v,ven. hy a Rcd Gross worker
Many OF her Etatemcnts were utterly
Inaccurate.
After accusing the scurEeons @
nsxleti heart leSsnesS and induter
ence mis- Red cross worker who u
moi !, nurse, asserts that our d"a'
we're loaded onto trucks. carried on
a.. tho country and buried wthou
csremony without religious service
NJ any Kind. we're dumped into 'h'
rround and their collins taken bac'
10 the hospital 10 be used asaln' :.
This IL one thing hapP'n -
know something about At inc tli'
there was No chaplain at Nornaun
Naturally ! offered I" help' NV"
boys have been minis,ered 10 Who'
dyinr first hy the chaplains OF Vh
q my Catholic and protestant whom
n ..rt out there, whenever the,