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Show CAMP CODY MAS RIFLES FOR MEN DEMING, N. M.. Feb. 1. Assertions in the report of the Minnesota state safety commission that only 75 per cent of the men in tho national guard camp at Camp Cody are equipped with rifles, was denied in a statement issued is-sued at division headquartors yesterday. yester-day. The statement said tho soldiers here are 100 per cent equipped and wore at tho time Governor J. A. A. Burnquist and other members of the Minnesota commission were hero. "There are rifles on hand for every soldier In Camp Cody who Is required to bear arms and for whatever troops that may bo sent here to bring this division up to full war strength," tho statement said. As to health of the troops, Major R. P. Fagan, assistant division surgeon, said today that the latest report on all the troops in tho United States show 47.6 men In each 1000 non-effective. The average for national guard camps is 49.1; national army, 51; Camp Cody, 43.6, be said. |