“ I do not know of a single cantonment in the United States today where the boys are not given the most careful and solicitous care, and statements of this kind, untrue as they are, at this particular time, when we are calling for an additional draft, are absolutely unpatriotic and almost treasonable in their effect. ”

“ It has become a tragedy."
This sentence was preceded by the statement that the soldiers in cantonments were being inoculated and dying from inoculations rather than disease. The sentence was the conclusion of the federation's argument against inoculation.
"This statement is going into the homes of the nation and creating anxiety almost indescribable," said Mr. Reavis. "What is meant by it is that the Government, by inoculating soldiers against typhoid and other diseases, is deliberately killing thousands of soldiers in cantonments. ”