Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1917 — Camp Shelby Troops Will Be Vaccinated [ARTICLE]

Camp Shelby Troops Will Be Vaccinated

Hattiesburg, Miss., 7 ’ Dec. 19. Medical officers will begin revaccinating the more than 30,000 persons in Camp Shelby on Thursday. In this number is included a number of 'civilians and also soldiers of the regular army who have come here from stations in Vermont. All of the Indiana soldiers .were supposed to have been vaccinated at their home station,' but investigation by the medical officers revealed that not more than 20 per cent of the cases took. It was the failure of Indiana troops to respond to the treatment back home that has caused the revaccination £0 be ordered for the entire camp. T The Indiana people who are here to visit their relatives at Camp Shelby are surprised at the state of the weather. Just like all north people they thought this was the land of perpetual sunshine and understood that this camp site was selected because the soldiers could drill evert’ day in the year. There is no

snow but is it very unpleasant and disagreeable and there are many cases of sore throats and cases of la grippe. Weather conditions here are unusual. Not in fifty years has there . been so much rain and disagreeable fog as now. The soldiers from the north who did not prepare for such weather suffered a great deal, because of their thin clothing. But the heavy stuff is being given out now and that will relieve some of the suffering. The other day there was an inspection of the 139th field artillery. The men were shivering in lightweight khaki . and so were Colonel Moorhead and his officers. Brigadier General H. H. Whitney, commanding the artillery turned to Moorhead and asked whether he did not have heavy overcoats for himself and officers. “YOs, sir,” answered*- Colonel Moorhead, “but if these men have to stand out there in the cold with thin clothing on it is no more than right that the officers should do the same.”