Camp Funston

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Coordinates: 39 ° 5 '46.4 "  N , 96 ° 43' 35.4"  W.

Camp Funston 1918 or 1919

Camp Funston was a US Army training camp during World War I , named after General Frederick N. Funston, who died in early 1917 . It was in Kansas and part of the Fort Riley military base . On average there were 56,000 young recruits in this camp, who were trained here for their use at the front in Europe .

In terms of medical history , Camp Funston is important because one of the first outbreaks of the Spanish flu is documented here and the course of the infection can at least partially be reconstructed: In January and February 1918, the country doctor Loring Miner , who practiced in Haskell County , experienced a sharp increase in flu cases with an unusually violent increase Course determined. He was so concerned about this that he published a warning about the flu in the Public Health Reports of the US Public Health Service . There is evidence that at least three people from Haskell County traveled to Camp Funston in late February, arriving between March 28 and March 2. On March 4, a cook working in the camp fell ill . Three weeks later, 1,100 recruits were seriously ill in the camp. By relocating troops from Camp Funston, the pathogens were transferred to other training camps and from there to major US cities. The outbreak in Europe may also be traced back to people infected from Camp Funston. Influenza illnesses with the typically unusually severe course are documented from the French port city of Brest for April 10th. Also recruits from Camp Funston was moved at this time to Europe and had Brest as the first port of entry.