The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-04
NINE MEN NEEDED IN HOSPITAL CORPS
 SAYS DR. GLASGOW
Alabama Hospital Corps Will Be Best Militia Organization in the
 Service

The recruiting of 21 additional men in | the Birmingham district who are ex- perienced in first aid work is believed
 to make the First Field Hospital corps of Alabama the best organization of that
 kind which will be offered to the war department of the government for Mex ican service. The corps Is commanCed
 by Dr. M. W. Glasgow, captain of the
 organization, who has been a prominent officer in the Alabama Safety association for some years.
 The hearty cooperation of the big in- dustrial corporations and coal companies, according to Captain Glasgow, is largely responsible for his success in securing the enlistment of these experienced men in the corps. All of the companies when told of his plans, readily agreed to keep the positions of the men open, and most of them made more or less liberal allow ances in the matter of salary for six months of service
 Dr. Glasgow announced last night that he now lacked only nine of the neces- sary number of men for service, but he stated that he could use at least 30 to advantage and he would have a recruiting station at the city hall for that purpose. The men who have joined through the efforts of Captain Glasgow come from the following companies: Three from the Repumlc Iron and Steel company; four from the Empire Coal company; six from the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron com- pany seven from the Tennessee com pany, and one from J. Blach & Sons, all of whom have had much experience in the first aid work. They have been trained under w. T. Burgess of the United States bureau of mines and took part in the recent first aid field day events. which were pronounced by Major Paige of the United States army to have been the best ever held in the country.
 q was especially anxious to secure these experienced first aid men for serv- ice in our field hospital corps,'' safd Captain Glasgow last night. T realized that they could render wonderful service to the government, and that 1t would take some months to train new men to the point of efficiency which these men had already attained. I was highly grati- fled at the hearty cooperation which I received from all the corporations and coal companies when l explained to them our plans. Every one of them responded patriotically
 'In addition to the 21 men I have re- cruited since Saturday, I expect to get some more today from the Alabama Fuel and Iron company, from the Woodward Iron company, and other industrial cor porations in the district. I am convinced that our corps will be the best and most efficient offered to the service of the government, as the percentage of experi- enced first aid men cannot be reached by those from sections other than industrial. It has been remarked that the first aid organizations in this district were among the most efficient in the world, and with the bulk of our corps made up of these men, the corps can render invaluable service in handling the sick and wounded at the front.
 'FWhile I only need nine more men for the minimum strength, I am anxious to secure about 30, and hope that other first aid men who are interested in this service will call at the recruiting office at once We must close up the enlistment at once as the government is anxious to secure the services of additional hospital corps"