The Washington herald., 1916-08-04
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The responses which have been made
to the circular issued by the bureau oil
medicine and surgery in relation to
correspondence course OF instruction for
officers of the Medical Reserve Corps OF
the navy, and medical officers of the
Naval Militia, has been a source of graft
fication to the Surgeon General of the
Navy. More than 100 have already signi-
fed their desire to avail themselves OF
the course with only a few not heard
from. The course will begin about the
first OF October and will cover two peri
DDS OF from six to seven months each.
The first course will be devoted to the
navy regulations and naval instructions
as they pertain to shore duty, and espe-
cially to instructions in recruiting. The
second period, which covers work aboard
ship will Immediately follow the first.
These receiving instructions will be sup
piled with literal ture in the form of the
Manual for the Medical Department Of
the Navy, extracts from the Regulations
and Instructions. and other service pub
lications. Bulletins dealing with the Gus
toms of the service and other matters
pertaining to the military position of 4
me dical officer in the navy. will be is
sued. At short intervals study matter
will be assigned, question papers issued
and answering papers required. which
will be criticised and returned to the
participants. Very little time will be re-
quired for study and answering quiz pa
pers. If a participant finds that the
study takes up too much of his time ne
may withdraw. except in the case of Off
GERS on active duty who will be required
to take the course unless they have stud
led at the Naval Medical School.
The information called for in a House
resolution. concerning the contract with
the Shanghai Dock and Engineering Com
pany, OF Shanghai, China, for the con-
struction OF a steel collier for the use of
the army. was promptly made to Congress
by the War Department. The contract
was awarded by Gen. Bell at Manila. un-
der authority given him by the Secretary
of War for the expenditure of funds
without reference OF the projects to the
War Department, as long ago as Febru-
ary. 1918. The contract amounted TO
s371 900. which was much less than the
work could have been done in the United
States. The European war delayed the
completion of the collier. it being impos-
sible to get the specially designed coal
discharginE machinery from England.
The original installation Of that ma
chinery was rejected for defects and it
was impossible TO get the material from
the United States because of the special
design. The contra Ctors requested last
month to have our ambassador in Lon
don obtain p' 'rmlssiun from the British
minister OF munitions for the shipment OF
machinery TO Shanghai The deal was
entirely for the interest Of the United
States government and there was nothing
irregular or mysterious about the transac-
ton.
Representative Pou, of North Carolina
took occasion TO laud Secretary Daniels
in a speech lest week.
He said: From time TO time during
this Congress We have read very bitter
attacks made upon the Secretary OF
the Navy. 1t has been noticed. no doubt
that these attacks were very general
In their character II Is easy to say
mean generalities about any man. 1t
Is easy to ridiCule men. The charges
against this man have all been general
in their character. There has not been
one single charge that specified any
thing dishonorable ever done by Jo-
sephus Daniels, now Secretary OF the
Navy.
Il wish that all the people Of the
United States knew this man as his
home people know him. He is a clean
man. He will never do anything dirty.
Never in his life have his hands been
soiled by dishonor, and 1 think I can
properly bestow upon this loyal Ameri-