Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-05-02
ENDLESS OPPORTUNITIES
FOR PREVENTING WASTE
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more difficult to PROFOUND remedy.
The hardened official will contend that
waste, If excessive. Is entirely due to
defective discipline. and that 1t is only
required to tighten the discipline to-
stop the leakage. But while punish.
ment OF offenders may be good. prnycn
ton of the offcnse is better. and tho
remedy Is to be found not I'm adding
to the terrors of discipline. hut I'm
cmoodyinS the cult of economy I'm the
fabric OF army training. Supervision
ana accountancy must also help.
Inc reform could be effected after
th's manner: all hard and fast rules
ior 'he replacement and renewal Of
equipment should be abolished Tho
responsible officer should be allowed TO
draw what he wants at his discretion.
zach unit should be charged up with
the book value OF what 1t consumes: II
should be closely inspected ut uncor
tain intervals to see that everything is
up TO standard and serviccabie. Finally,
due credit should be given to the unit
ana commanding officer VINO produces
the same or better results at lower
pook cost BY this means scope within
wise limits would be given for the ex-
eFcise OF administrative skill, and closer
individual attention on the part Of all
ranks would result
method such az this. although out
lined for peace. should also be main
famed during war, TO the extent th,t
the wastagc of each unit should he
tabulatcd in the base Offices ana an
average for similar units arrived al
inquiry could then be made into In.
case OF such units AS unduly- exceeded
me average, due allowance being n,do
Tor special work done by the unit"
"KNITTER'S NEURITIs-
NEW MALADY IN ENGLAND
100 much wartime knitting and
se"!hs ~ responsible fer the appear
may be compared with writer's crsmn
OF tennis elbow. The physicians call
u Knitters ncuritis." Il affects rho
upper arm and shoulder rather than
the myers. and seems only to afiict
nose VINO Knit with difficulty. not hav-
ing practiced the art In their youth.
me only treatment is to give m
knitting indefinitely '
Wnen any unframed set of muscles
Is suddenly called upon to reneat in
dehnitely complex and unaccusto,nod
sequence OF movements" SAYS a Lon
is very likely TO develop Knitter's
ncurits begins with the worker fcnl-
ing that the usual wrist and finger
movements cannot he followed wi,,
the customary ease. Then the muscles
get SUN, ana in tho later stage dcvelop
a spasmodic cramp as soon as the knit
tne needles are taken into the fingers
Although the fingers are thus affected
whenever an attempt is made to knit
thcre is no Interference with other va
rieties OF finger movement
CHIROPODISTS IN UNIFORM
PROPOSED FOR ARMY
Chiropodists in uniform as "A nnccs
sary and honorcd part of the British
army are proposed BY London manor
inspired BY the marching record of A
Lancashire regiment. which boasts =
weil-known chiropodist among It's
ranks This regiment has made the
hardest practice marches without a
man dropping out. The reason is tho
fine shape the rcg!mcntal feet are in.
Detached from the humdrum routine
OF duty. tho soldier chiropodist spends
his day pceling and pairing. II every
regiment had the same advantage such
thinss as retreats from Mons might
be made without discomfort Resides.
the thing which saved the British on
that occasion was the bad state Of
the German feet. due to new boots
The National Society of Chiropodists
which has r clinic in London for The
Tree treatment OF soldiers and sailors.
is enthusiastic over the idea of a
chiropcdic corps, wearing khaki and
bearing the corn and razor or some
other appropriate insignia on their
caps.
READING MATTER
FOR BRITISH SOLDIERS
The Camps Library Committee. which
aims TO furnish reading matter for all
the British soldiers at the front and
III training, and which has it's head
quarters In a big garage adjoining tho
House of Commons. has received over
100000 books from contributors all over
the British Isles In tho past three
months. large number Of volunteer
workers are kept constantly employed
In sorting. repairing and distributing
the various volumes. one room is de-
voted TO old books, another to hcaps
of magazines, another to the Book
Hospital" where a dozen young women
spend their hours stitching and pastine