Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-02-14
DAILY KENNEBEC JOURNAL. TUESDAY, FEBRU AIRY H. 1911


ccdius year from Major Bal 7, Brad
| bury who since the formation Of this
detachment has given his tine and
best efforts To make it as thorouGhly
efficient and well equipped as any hos
| pital corps in the country.
| Tho medical and surgical supplies
of the medical department. y. q. :.
NJ. NOW consists practically of one
lrcginental hospital outfit and four
| lregmcntal nfirmary outfits together
| With miscellaneous medical supplies
not catalogucd in the manual OF the
medical department, /. :. A.. 1906. The
Imembers of the medical reserve corps
chosen from some of the best surgeons
of the state have rendered good ser
vice during the past year and are of
great assistance to the recruiting Of
| fCcrs If the companies located at a
distance from the regular surgeon OF
the medical department of the National
Guard of the state of Maine.
The report makes the following rec
concentrations:
That If the military law Of 1909 is
| to be revised by the Legislature of
| 1911 that portion of it relating to the
medical department should be subject
Cd to the criticism and approval of the
chief medical officer of the National
Guard of the State of Maine, or some
one recommended by him who is fa-
miliar with the requirements of that
d p@rtment in relation to the proper
needs Of the service.
That the attention of those medical
officers assigned To the drill and in
strurtion of the hospital corps detach-
mont should be called to the one criti-
cism heard which was in relation to
military courtesy or rather the lack of
it The men arc slow about salutinS
4 passing officer or omit it altogether.
\ little attention paid to this duty
would make a more favorable impress
sion IN military men.
That il tie State campgrounds are
/" be used as such, the sinks which
have been there since the State first
used the ground for that purpose be
replaced ny sufficient number of in
eineratorS to supply their places. Not
EithStanding all the care and atten-
ten possible these sinks are the breed
inS places of innumcrablc flies, which
as is well known. carry infection and
lilth to the kitchens and mess houses.
The result cannot but be obvious.
That the present system of kitchens
and cook stoves should be abolished
for thn welfare OF the guard and the
It sultr cooking outfits of troops in
camp or on tile march be substituted.
That most important department of
the ComnIiSsarX. the cooking, should
be done in CAMP the same way it
would have 20 be done in the field
where household Kitchens and cook
stoves are not in existence. In that
Way the cooks would have some ex-
periencc that would enable them to
produce good rfsults if ordered out for
camp duty II unable to give the men
we'll cooked and disestible food the
result is easily foresccn. Very many
are sick from intestinal trouble and
typhoid soon stalks through the camp.
The expert ritlomcn who have cost
the state thousands Of dollars to train
and equip arc no better or rather not
81 good as SO many farmers with pitch
forks at the front. They are 90 miles
in the rear, perhaps in the hospital,
largely victims OF the cooking of mex
perlcacCd cooks or cooks who never
had amy experience with the outfit pro-
Nided for them. If We are to retain
the old Kitchens l recommend that
th"y be thoroughly Whitcwash,d just
before each cncampment and | repeat
my former recommendation that the
drop door or serving board be covered
with zinc which can be thoroughly
cleaned. in place Of the plain board
now used, which becomes foul from
grease.