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Show GAMP KEARNY DEATH RATE REGARDED LOWj Divisional Sanitary Inspec-j tor Collects Figures and ! Makes Comparisons. EXECUTE FORMATIONS Three Battalions of Artillerymen Artil-lerymen Present Grand Sight in Maneuvers. Camp Kearny Is j Leader in Health, j Reports Establish j Averace death rate per week for ! total population for a period of eleven weeks from October 20, 191 1, to January 5, l'.'lS, inclusive: E 5 : Canto K.v.rf.v,CV.. I 51 2. -43 plus Pnnnae. Mich. ....17.M4-10S6.1S plus Galesburg. Ill :i,2'i 622.."... plus Kearnev. N. J. ,.:M?3i 612..1rus lx?aver.worih. Kan. l$,33: Plus Concord. X. H 22.65S -71 3.13 P "9 Sanduskv. 0 20.i:'3 55 2.. 2 p us New London, Conn. 20,?s5 0 3.14 plus Vton 11' 22. SH4 101 4.41 plus Northampton. Mass. 19.P2. Si' 4.46 plus Kokomo. Ind 20.?S0' 51 2.43 plus Actual number censored. The avcru.se death rate per week for the above ten cities combined, exclusive ex-clusive of Camp Kearny, is 3.53 plus. Bv comparison, the death rate at Camo Kearnv is more than 33 1-3 per cent less than the death rate of the other cities, save Kokomo, with which it ties. By TLOYD A. TIMMEEMAN, Staff Correspondent. CAMP KEARXY. Cal., Feb. 1(5 Rumors Ru-mors which have recently arisen to the! effect that soldiers were dyiuc; by the ! scores daily at Camp Kearuy. and that j health conditions were extrenielv bad, proved to be absolutely without foun- j dation today, when Major Charles V . j Decker, divisional sanitary inspector, . compared the death rate here with the death rates of ten cities throughout the United States, and found that the rate at Camp Kearuy is more than 33 1-3 per cent better than that of the other American cities. ! The cities were selected at random. , and the onlv attention paid to the choice was that they contained as nearly near-ly as possible the same population as ; the soldier population of the canton- j meet. The comparison was not made . for one week, but for a series of eleven : consecutive weeks, during which time the death reports from the cities were ; received daily, anil at the completion ' of the period an average was struck. Since October 20, 1917, and up to the i present time there have been but fifty- j one deaths at the cantonment, giving a weekly rate of 2. 43. The highest death j rate per week among the cities shows ii.lt. while the low-est ties Camp Kearnv, Kear-nv, with fifty-one deaths during the eleven weeks, and shows the same weekly rate of 2.43. Allays Apprehension. Ma.ior De.ker hit upon the idea of comparing the death rates with the cities in order to set at rest for all time the rumors which have floated from mouth to mouth regarding health conditions at the cantonment. German Ger-man propagandists are believed by the amp officers to be responsible for the spreading of the false stories, which in many cases have reached the homes of the boys in training and have caused . onsiderable worry. In order to uriet the fears of others, which have neon stirred by the false reports, Major IJecker adopted the comparison system, and has thrown op"n his records to the camp correspondents, in order that the figures might be thoroughly checked. Formations Executed. As the grand finale for the week of -troiiuous foot drill of the I'tah artillerymen artil-lerymen during the past week, forma- tions were execute i this morpin: on ' the hutre parage grounds in battaliua formation, with The entire three bat- j talions forming the regiment participat- i mg. The hun-lreiis ot' artillerrmen ! presentel a fine appearance as they maneuvered, with each battery carrying carry-ing its red guidon and keeping p'rfert step to the eraek r"i;i mental band. In command of the first battalion was Ma.ior Leroy Bourne. Captain Glen S. Jensen, who arrived in camp yesterday from Fort Sill, Okla., commanded the second battalion, in the absence of Major Y. E, Kneass, and Major Alex R. Thomas was in charge of the third battalion. The battalion maneuvers continued until 10 o'clock, when the men were ilia-missed ilia-missed to prepare for their rt'ular Saturday Sat-urday mornini; in?peetion. Medical inspecting in-specting officers gave the camp of the Utah men a clean report in regard to the condition of the tMits, mess halls and bath houses, and following this the men passed their necessary examination, examina-tion, which gives them their liberty. After noon mes? there was a ruh to the trains and auto stages and the m1" climbed happily aboard for th city. Officer? ot the command $iather-d at regimental headquarters, wiiero ("aptain Curtis Y. Clawson, regimental a i."1 1 1 a n t . read them the Saturday bulb-tin lor di-1 di-1 vLsional headquarters and i.-sucd ciders governing the camp during the noli lay. Goes to Fort Sill. Captain .Lloyd Garrison, adjutant ot the first battalion, v a selected today to undergo a course 0f instruct ion in , artillery fire at Kurt Sill, Okla., and will leave tomorrow. The opier inti-I inti-I mated that every captain in the rei- ment would be selected for the eour ! later and the names would be chosen in rotation. Officers who are now at the school, hoivcver. will report le-re for duty before The next selection is made. Deciding that Private .John A. Your. a of B ba t vr y was ;i ?int i r -z li is govern men t in the . u r by emit i u , i ng his former buiiK-.-s ot stock raisi:g in stead of in a military w;iy. the tv r depart de-part mf ut tfniay isueil an order for hi honorable discharge. I'rivato Young is the owner ot hundrel,H of head of pto- k in L'tah, which could not properly be attended to during his absence. Wagoner pjc Huppe of Ij battery anf f ered an attack of epilepsy this morning he uaw leaving the battery l;iTii hou-e. following a hot shower Apparently he was in good condition as ; he left a group of rnen with whom he w:n talking, but upon reaching the door j j he collapsed. When his I'rienos reached I hint he wjis in an mi'-on-friLiM con.iiti(tn I fi rid M a jor Yi 1 la n.l "n ristophersnn v. ; ini tneii i;t t'i v sent for. ' v fp; ic U ork ; M;ijnr hristtipher-nn rellcvcrl the :-,,. dier s bjoud pre-jure and OT'lrred din ireinov;il to the ijitTip infirmary. His condition repnrted ol senom. Is Granted Furlough. f'orporal h';iy T;i lor of 1! 'oaft-ry, who r'f ort I for duty yesterdnv .il'cr recfiveri ng f in in a n ; 1 f ;i U nf a ppen dicili- in Ihe rarup b;te io-piJ;i, bciii raiit'-d a furbli ;i n d will l'n t'UMor' 'ivv tor l,o- AllL'eb fur a i . : t p-M be fore ;iL';iiii nt ri n training. Warmer l;u---ll I'. .Moin will imf mi ib'rc cip'i a t o hi lor the saine Mcknc-s, a1 he Ium com pit i'ly rccoerci from an attack of what he hclo-vc'l to hac been apjieiidicii i . o new lieutenants who rerei vrd t h'-i r a ppni n t irooi 1 s a t v flays ago re ri'i vt--I t . in pin a ry a ig ri men t for duty t o'jay. l,iMit'iia nt I ,i-h t -',, '. unn h;ih a-f-:iif t'i V. batt'-rv aioj Lieutenant Stanley O. I r'd.er to' T batt-ry. In A ba t ter v the fi il iow i n g pro mot tons urm a nnoii 1 1 I tielii'. : To be wagoner:, I 'ri va 1 iw Spcio -' r l.'ogers a r d ' 1 1 1 I urd T. .Ic-.per--.il. The follov-. ing men were proinoteij o pri a t of the tir ( rla-: 'i t :.t- - ( land" I. I'.al.er, lv. a a lleime". , - . II IS lark, i firl ( . Kirmn, .Inlm Finn, Kd I ward J. Hall. hailes l. lla-.vh v, lu-orge (,. Neil on, ;bn M- S. hulter, Karvev V 1 1 L i n --oi and Imiwnnel II :ver." |
