Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-02-05 | Page 8 | Camp Cody, N. M., Praised in Report

CAMP CODY, N. M., PRAISED IN REPORT Location Said to Be Poor, Owing to the Sand, and Numerous Sandstorms. OMAHA. Neb.. Feb. 4. Will A. Mau-pin. Mau-pin. special representative of Governor Neville of Nebraska, to investigate conditions con-ditions of the army camp at Camp Cody, Demintr, N. M.. yesterday made an exhaustive ex-haustive report to the governor, in ivhich he praised everything in connection with the camp except its location. In recapitulation, recapit-ulation, Mr. Maupin's report says: "To recapitulate: I found the men to be well fed. well clothed and comfortably housed in tents; the hospital equipment is fairly good and the management thereof there-of excellent. "The general heaith is good. but doubtless would be better were it !iot for the sand and sandstorms. The soldiers at Camp Cody are 'rearin' ' to go, and a mighty fine lot of men they are. But whoever is responsible for locating an army camp on such a Godforsaken, sand-plainied, sand-plainied, windswept desert is also responsible re-sponsible for a lot of overtime work on (lie part of the recording angel."