Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-10
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NO SICK CALL"
The man who occupies this position in
which the work Of quartermaster and
cOnlmissary is so strangely combined is
a civilian. and holds no rank as officer.
This system. the commission reports. -
far more beneficial to the service than
anyOn could imagine.
In the German army there is no such
thing as a sick call" II an, enliste>
man reports that he is i'll or otherwise
unfit for duty the fact is reported to
the first sergeant of the company. An
inspection is then held. and if the SER
geant thinks that the case is of sufficient
Importance the man is removed to the
hospital; otherwise he is retained in
quarters until the medical officer makes
his round. The man is then marked as
simply OFF duty.
In the German army all field hospitals
are regarded accurately as held hospitals
and never in the light of permanent hos
pitfalls. as is so often the case with the
United States army. In the German
army the field hospital is just what it's
name implies. 1t is an entirely mobile
unit. and any case that can by any pos
sibility be removed is sent back to the
rear or to a base hospital within six
hours.
When the line is in action the field hos
pital advances with it. and thus it be-
comes what it was really intended to be.
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can be dressed and small operations can
be performed. In fact, the present com
mission speaks in the highest terms OF
and the United STAKES is advised to adopt
several of these features in its own sery-
ice.
For instance, DR.. Woodbury. was par-
tlcularly We'll pleased with several of the
nEentlons that were new to him. In re-
gard to one of them, he said: IT must
call attention to the new bakery. wagon
that was tried this year for the first lime
In active field maneuvers. e,
III Is a wagon, with four wheels. ten
feet long, drawn by four horses, the bod,
OF winch consists Of a furnace, arranged
for a wood fire. over which is a corn.
gated sheet iron oven, the heat from
which Is prevented from radiating Dy a
packing between the two skins from
the outside of the oven will bear the
touching OF the hand without burning.
In front is arranged a tam for the
heatlng OF water used in the mixing OF
the dough, which mixing is lone in a
following wagon, where the loavas are
shaped, placed upon boards and prepar-
ed for the oven. The capa city Of these
ovens is eighty loaves, baked ready for
issue every hour and a half, at a speed
upon the chausee of a kilometer in ten
minutes.
A BAKERY.
THE general effect Of one of these
wagons is that Of an oval iron tank rest
ing upon it's short diameter, a smokes
stack at the forward upper end. a water
tank in front, with stop cocks for draw.
ing; irebox and doors at after end be-
low, and doors for oven above. This
mobile bread bakery has been tried with
great success, and appears to give most
excellent results. The old fixed over is
buried In sand. with q capacity Of 100
loaves every hour and a half; but the me-
cessity of transportation from the ixeu
oven to troops moving renders the oven
sion"
No suggestion that has been made by
| DR.. Woodbury. in this report has caused
| pore comment in army circles in
Washington than has this matter of a
portable oven. The question of pro-
viding fresh bread for the troops when
problems that arose to battle the de-
partment during HI late war, and,it is
generally believed that the German Off.
Gals have at last found the way out OF
the trouble. y |
1t is the intention of the authorities.
therefore. to make a still further inves-
tigatiOn of this wagon. and 1t is more
than probable that one or two OF the
ovens will be built and sent to the West.
where they cvan be tested by the troops.
Another point to which DR.. Woodbury.
calls attention is the care displayed by
the German officials to see that the sol
ld1ers are kept In good condition. When
the army is in the field the forces re-
main but N day on the same groun1
This not only prevents the possibility OF
disease blu also makes the use OF dis
Ifnfectants unnecessary.
BODILY CARE. y
The entire body of every man is in.
Ispected by the medical officers n al
least in every 80 days. and the feet are
inspected at least twice in each week
vVh0 man 0Ro 0t0nA mn - Alo0 vV.H11o thu
inspecting officer examines the front Of
the feet and legs for strained tend.lns
blisters. etc. The men are then about
faced. n the s0les Of their feet are in
Ispected.
While these are but a few Of the mat
tiers that the commission has brough'
to the attention Of the government. they
give some idea of the scope Of the in
Quiry. 1t In h intention OF h 0f1cial.
OF h war department to continue thu
work. moreover. and 1t will now be ex
tended to other. European armies. I
the reRulta obtained are m ITAat "a ha,