GOOD HOSPITAL
SAN ANTONIO. Dec. 2. — Within
the last five months the most com
plete medical organization knows to
the United States army has been
developed to care for the 150,000 state
and regular troops stationed at bor
der points and in Mexico.
The system includes five base hos
pitals, located at Strategic points in
the long stretch of border territory;
eight camp hospitals at other points,
where troops are stationed, a canton
ment hospital at Columbus, N. M., to
serve the force on duty in Mexico,
and 26 ambulance companies and 41
field hospitals distributed among the
troops in the field.
The base and camp hospitals afford
accommodation for a total of 4,600
patients and have medical and surgi
cal facilities equal to the finest hos
pitals, located at strategic points in
have been occupied at any one time
since the nation’^ militia strength
was called into the federal service,
but the room is available in case of
need.
Back of this array is the potential
organization. A hospital train of ten
Pullman cars, with a capacity of 250
patients, has been placed in use to
transport patients from the camp to
the base hospitals and from base hos
pitals to general military hospitals In
various parts of the country, should
a campaign in Mexico be undertaken.
These larger institutions are the Wal
ter Reed hospital at Washington, D.
C„ the General Army and Naval hos
pital at Hot Springs, Ark., and the
Lettiman hospital at San Francisco.
About 1,200 beds are vacant in the
three hospitals at the present time. i
In addition, a number of army posts
have been selected for transformation
into general hospitals in case of emer
gency. This list includes Fort Mc
Pherson at Atlanta; Fort Oglethorpe,
also in Georgia; Fort Benjamin Harri
son, Indianapolis, and other army sta
tions where barracks are available for
hospital purposes.
The medical corps has complete
equipment in storage for 20 evacua
tion hospitals and two base hospitals.
An evacuation hospital takes care of
300 patients and a base hospital ac
commodates 500, so the total reserve
equipment ready for use at a moment's
notice is sufficient for 6,000 men.
Evacuation hospitals are entirely un
der canvas and are intended for use
along an extended line of communica
tion.
The base hospitals now in service
are located at Fort Sam Houston, Fort
Bliss, Brownsville, Eagle Pass and
Nogales. Serving as feeders for these
institutions are the camp hospitals at
the following points: Laredo, 120
beds; Del Rio, 75 beds; Marfa, 160
beds; Deming, 180 beds; Douglas, 300
beds; Llano Grande, 200 beds; Mc
Allen, 150 beds, and Fort Clark, 150
beds.
Typhoid fever was formerly the
worst scourge of camp, but it has no
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place among the troops along the
Mexican border. From May 1 to Oc
tober 18 only 24 cases of typhoid
developed, and no deaths resulted
from the disease. All of these cases
were among the national guard organi
zations, where in some Instances the
men were not innoculated with typhus
serum until after regiments had come
to the border. There was not a single
case among the 42,000 troops of the
regular army engaged in patrol duty
and stationed in Mexico with General
Pershing’s command.
In Spanish-American war days —
over a period of eight months in 1898,
among 147,000 regulars and volunteers,
the typhoid epidemic reached the en
ormous total of 21,000 cases, and
there were 2,192 deaths from the
disease.
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The steamer Alameda left Seward
last night and is at Latouche loading
ore. She should reach Cordova late
tonight.
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There will be a special meeting of
the Loyola Social Club this evening at
8:30 o’clock. All members are re
quested to be present
11. I. O’NEILL, President.
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PHONE 127.
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ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that the As
sessment Roll for the year 1916, has
been completed by the assessor, and
is now open for Inspection at the of
fice of Nathaniel Greene, acting town
clerk.
The council will meet as a board of
equalization on Monday night. Decern
her 4, 1916, and every night thereafter
until Monday night, December 11, each
night, between the hours of 8 and 9
o’clock.
29-4t H. A. SLATER, Mayor.
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C. L. Hoyt, who conducts a road
house at Culkana, arrived in town on
Sunday’s train to meet his wife, who
is returning from a visit to the states.
Empress Theater
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5.
‘The House Of Fear”
A GOLD ROOSTER PLAY IN FIVE PARTS.
From the Famous Stories by John T. McIntyre.
TWO SHOWS EVERY NIGHT 7:30 and 9:00
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