Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1917 — Battery C Under Quarantine At Camp Shelby. [ARTICLE]

Battery C Under Quarantine At Camp Shelby.

Battery C, 137th Field Artillery, has been placed under quarantine at Camp Shelby, following the discovery of an epidemic of measles and have been segregated from the remainder of camp. Quarantine came late last Tuesday afternoon, after a careful examination of every man. Immediately after the noon hour on Tuesday each man was examined by the medical officer of the camp. There were cases from this camp List week but nothing ~csme from that. The following day we were examined and no more cases had developed, but from Saturday until Tuesday there were several men taken sick. The decision of the officers following the examination was to put us off by ourselves, and with three officers and 187 enlisted men we moved to another part of the camp and quarantine guards were placed about our camp. No one is allowed to leave or enter the battery street at present. It was long after 7 o’clock before our camp was established and we had our evening meal. Three officers escaped the quarantine, they being out of camp Tuesday. Captain Gray and Lieuts. Nowels and Hersing were those who were not placed under quarantine. As soon as the new camp becomes organized we will resume our drill and school. Every precaution is being used to keep the disease from spreading to other parts of the camp. Each person will be examined and as fast as possible those who are found to have contracted the disease will be cared for. The examination will last at least 12 days after the last case has been found. “CASEY.”