Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-26
MEDICAL SCHOOL
REGULATIONS TO GOVERN 1T rs
SUED BY GEN. BATES.
Medical Officers of the Army and Mill
tia Officers May Attend the
Course Of instruction.

Gen. Bates, acting secretary of war, has
issued regulations to govern the Army
Medical School in this city, which embody
several new features. The object of the
school is to train medical officers Of the
army. candidates for appointment as as
sistant surgeons in the army, and medical
officers of the militia, in such subjects as
appropriate to the duties which a med
ical officer of the army is ordinarily called
upon to perform.
Medical officers of the army who are sta
toned are on leave at or near the city Of
Washington may. with the permission of the
surgeon general. attend the school.
Graduates of reputable medical schools
who have qualified for appointment as
sistant surgeon in the army In so far as
passing the preliminary examination shall
attend the school.
Such medical officers of the militia as may
be authorized may attend the school.
Militia Officers.
A militia officer In order to be eligible for
the course of instruction must not be less
than twenty-five nor more than thirty-fve
years of age. He must be of sound health,
good moral character and citizen Of the
United States. He must have been men,
Der of the organized militia at least one
year, and must have such preliminary edu-
cational qualifications as will enable him to
participate probably in the course OF IN
Struction.
Militia officers desiring to attend the
school must be nominated to the Secretary
of War by the governors of their respective
states, and the nomination must in each
case be accompanied by affidavit of the
nominee stating his age. citizenship and
length of service in the organized militia
and by certificate from the colonel of his
regiment other satisfactory person as
to his good moral character.
Such militia officers as have complied with
the above and who may be selected by the
Secretary of War as candidates will be
ordered to proceed to posts in the vicinity
of their homes for preliminary examination.
If the physical examination be satisfactory
the candidates shall then be examined in the
| following subjects:
| Anatomy and physiology.
Practice of medicine, including therapeu-
tics.
Surgery.
Hygiene. general and military.
Militia officers. before their admission to
| the school, must sign agreement to at
| tend and pursue the course of study and to
be bound by and conform to the rules and
discipline imposed by its regulations.
Allowances.
| The expense to the government on account
| of militia officers attending the school is
| limited strictly to travel allowances, COM
| mutation of quarters and subsistence. The
| travel allowances consist of the mileag e
| mutation of quarters will be the same as
| provided by law for officers of the CORE
| spending grade in the army Militia Off
| GERS cannot be furnished with quarters in
! kind. For subsistence each militia officer
| will be paid 81 per day while in actual at
| tendance at the school.
! Each militia officer must provide himself,
| at his own expense with the proper uni
| forms of his own state or territory, and
| with the required text books The course
| will require the entire time of the student,
| 50 that no outside occupation during the
| school term viii be practicable.
The course of instruction for militia Off
| GERS shall be the same that for student
| candidates, and they shall upon graduation
| be classified in the same manner.
When militia officer graduates from the
| school the fact of his graduation shall be
| reported to the governor of his state or ter
| ritory, who shall also be notified in regard
| to the positions in the medical service OF
| the militia for which the officer is specially
| qualified.
| The names of militia graduates shall be
| entered in the register at the War Depart
| ment in accordance with section % of the
| act of Congress approved January 81, 1903.
| qualified for such duties as the staff
| of the school may recommend.
Course of Instruction.
| The course of instruction shall be both
| theoretical and practical and shall embrace
| a period Of eight months, commencing on
| the LIST of October.
! The course of instruction shall embra ce
| the following subjects: Duties of medical
| officers. medical department administra ton
| and customs of the service, military by
| giene, clinical microscopy. military surgery,
| tropical medicine, sanitary chemistry hos
| pital corps drill, operative surgery, ophthal-
| mology and optometry, military medicine,
| X-ray work, equitation.
| satisfactory examination in any subject
| shall be understood TO be the attainment
| of 50 per cent of the maximum in both the
| examination paper and practical work in
| that subject.
| The names Of medical officers of the army
| who receive certificates of graduation and
| the names of student candidates who after
| ward receive commissions shall be borne
! on the army register as graduates of the
| army medical school.
The student candidates standing highest
| in this examination Will be selected for
| commission, in the order of their gradua-
tlon, to I'LL existing vacancies in the medical
| department. Candidates who have received
| certificates of graduation, but who fail ia
| receive commissions because Of lack of va.
| cancies in the medical department, will be
| preferred for selection for volunteer com.
missions and for employment as contrac,