Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-05-08
416. 2. FIRST AID DIVISION

416. 2. FIRST AID DIVISION
is very gratfy;iaig{i to q fe tSia able n to
vision have been greater during the cur
More than sos First Aid classes for men
$3.50 certificates have been issued to
successful students, an increase of 6,816
over the previous year Cooperation alton
ciation. the Young Women's, Christian
Association. the Boy Scouts. of America,
and the Girl Scouts Of America has has
80. 1916. S46 joint certificates. in First
Aid have been issued with the Young
Women's Christian Association. and 500
Joint certificates in First Aid with the
Young Mems Christian Association.
4I7. Personnel-The professional per-
sSnnel at ne consists Of nr Mat
man. and Mr. Wilbert f. Longfellow.
ia he and Kid iefkn
eral changes in the staff have taken
place during the year. DR. w. e. Tur-
Tessna ar to psrt Of n
The vacancy created by his resignation
was filled by DR.. Robert H. Crawford: .,ra,S
of March and was replaced by the ap-
pointment of DR.. Eric S. Green. DR.;
been @ in the service of the First Aid
Division. resigned early in May to enter
private practice and his vacancy was
filled by the assignment OF Dr. Carroll
4ls. Raiiroads-On the 7th of March,
1916. the Division sustained severe
train wreck which occurred about two
miles north of Greenwood. Miss. while
the car was engaged & IN tour 30 OF 111i- H.
nois Central Railroad: The car at that
time was in charge of DR.. NJ. J: Shields.
who was also accompanied by Dr. Craw-
ontn n N o.
tion. Fortunately the two doctors and
the cook escaped without serious injury
While the loss Of the car interfered f1r
roads. it is a pleasure to report that q
new car was obtained through the gen.
erosity of the Pullman Car Company OF
Chicago. ILL.,. and placed in service on
the goth of June when it's initial tour
was inaugurated on the Chicago and
report december: 1879 the following
tours on railroads have been COM
pleted:
Prior to the. wreck. Car No, 3 covered
Central.
Car No. has covered the Chicago &
western. the Erie. the Central of New
Jersey. the Philadelphia & Reading. the
Lehigh Valley the New York Central
dianapolis & Louisville. and at the pres
ent time is in charge of DR.. Bingham
on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad
the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, the St
Louis Southwestern. and at this writing
is touring the Chicago. Rock Island &
Pacific System.
In March, when travelling on the Illi-
nois Central. a schedule had already
Missouri. Kansas & Texas Railroad and
it was expected that we would be un-
able to undertake it after the car was
destroyed. However. through the cour-
tesy of Mr.. A. A. krause. Safety Com
missioner of the Missouri. Kansas e.
Texas Railroad, their Safety Car" was
turned over to the Division to conduct
dition that the Red Cross would supply
the doctor. cook. and supplies. Alto
gether. in spite of the interruption in
our railroad service due to the loss OF
one car. a very satisfactory showing has
been made. and more instruction has
in any previous year.
Between December I. 1915, and De-
cember l. 1916. the different doctors in
charge of our cars have instructed Co.
S32 railroad employees in First Aid to
the Injured and Accident Prevention:
S56 lectures and demonstrations. and re-
Quired the cars to pass over 21.452
miles of trackage
Car No. must soon be replaced as it
is rapidly becoming worn out. Ever
since last March we have been endeav-
orlng to SECURE reimbursement or sat
isfactory. settlement. from the Illinois
road. We have recently been informed
by Mr., r. w. Bell. General Superin-
tendent OF Motive Power Of that road,
that new car is being built and will
be turned over to the First Aid Division
about the middle of January, 1917