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Show HEALTH CONDITIONS op mnwm Pneumonia and Measles Are Prevalent in Several Southern Camps. WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. Although ninety-six deaths occurred at national guard and national army camps during the week ending November 16, health conditions at a majority of the camps was -more satisfactory than the week previous, field sanitation reports to the surgeon general compiled today show. Pneumonia, epidemic in some southern camps where there arc many cases of measles, claimed sixty-one victims during dur-ing the week. The highest sick rates came from camps at which southern troops are training. Tho rate in the national guard is 42.6 a thousand, compared i with 28. 5 for the national army men. ! The highest rate was at Camp Travis, i Fort iSani Houston, Texas, where measles is increasing. The rate is 87.9 a thousand. Camn Meade at Annapolis J unction, Md., showed the cleanest slate with a rate of 9.1. The national guard camps where conditions con-ditions are not as good as the previous week are at Greenville, S. C; Macon, Ga., Fort Worth, Texas; Hattiesburg, Miss., and Alexandria, La., and Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and measles are given as the cause. The national army fccamps not up to the standard of tho previous week are at Columbia, S. C; Fort Riley, Kans., and Fort Sam Houston. Contributions to Tobacco Fund Previously acknowledged ....$2,492.25 Emnloyees Nevada Consolidated Consolidat-ed Copoer Co., McGill, Nev. 212.65 George W. Swartz, St. Anthony, An-thony, Idaho 1.50 Miss Ilia Call, St. Anthony, Idaho -B0 L. L. Walker, St. Anthony, Idaho 1.00 W. K. George, St. Anthony, Idaho 1.00 C. S. Couerly, St. Anthony, Idaho .50 A. E. Preston, St. Anthony, Idaho .50 Arthur Yeamans, Dubois, Idaho .50 Niels Thorasen, Shelley, Idaho 2.00 Florence Johnson, American Palls. Idaho 1.00 Lars Nelson, Tremonton, Utah 1.00 Marie Nelson, Indian Springs, Utah 1.00 Victor Bngman, Indian Springs Utah 1.00 Norman Walters, Cardiff Mine 1 . 00 Billie McLaughlin. Cardiff Mine . 1.00 Ed Walker, Cardiff Mine .". . . 1.00 Bob Hurley, Cardiff Mine 1)00 Felesia Williams .50 Mrs. Maude McLeod .50 Mrs. Elizabeth Home .50 N. B. Ritchie .50 Anonymous 2 . 00 Total 52,721.40 |