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Show UldLtu . jd M . ' ' ion XT 'J -tIme Epidemic of Septic Pneumonia ,. Cases and Measles Caused funs by Cold Weather. J. Three Thousand Cases of , KPE Measles, Three Hundred X?ui Pneumonia, Sixty Deaths. ' SSS WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-Surgcon mJ General William C. Gorgas, reporting W ' today on his investigation of the epi- Sear demic of measles and prevalence of fencoi pneumonia at Camp Wheeler, Macon ' Pclou Ga., declared that the number of cases )' nsa of measles was decreasing, but ex- 1 N th pressed the fear "that wo may be be- i&ive ginning here an epidemic of septic W- pneumonia." 1 fA Coa cMen' G?n.ural GorSas lade his intS&tffc spection of tho camp this week ther& .WFr has been approximately IIOCO cases ov measles among the 20,000 southerners i' at the camp, and 300 cases of pneu- 1 L r'aHlltJ . ",bUf,. . "-lbs "from ) h' "7, v- me past month. K General Gorgas reports that the ten- Wt dency towards pneumonia undoubted- Wt ly was increased by the mnn being ev- K posed to cold weather for a moi"lh?D K x their summer clothing. , |