Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-05-08

mteetng.
BY he askt q CsrriIsl caused a huge influx
Of correspondence which gave this Depart
msnt conception Of what would be the con.
forcs We. quit. oVerwhelmed. and Al
cured the number Of officers was too
cumstaness. Nj George F. Porter. of Chicago,
volunteered his services and for several weeks
handed large portion Of the correspondssnsse. &c,
the prsparation Of appropriate form letters;
He also made . study Of the organization OF
an Information Bureau for the purpose OF
Of sick and wounded in war, such as. was or
eanised By the Sanitary Commission during
the Civil War and will always become neces'
In the revision of the Bylaws of the Amer;
lean Estional Red Cross at the last annual
meeting proyson wss made Tor the Rss spPEGms Enos,
Medical Service. This Committee consists OF
81 members. Of which 36 are appointed by the
COMMITTEE and sps ihe Sn,ss ms% Of
this Committee and Of State and local commit
tees acting under it, were prepared with much
by the Executive Committee. May 8. 1eie.
II was recognized that enrolment OF the
medical profession which would include the
Of '' the 'p Profession was a very difficult and
delicate undertaking, and one which required
facilities including knowledge OF the accom-,
members Of the profession throughout the
country: solution of these apparently IN.
superable difficulties was offered by the fact
cal associations of the United States-the Am
erican Medical Association. the American Sur
gicaI Association, the Congress OF American
gress Of Surgeons Of North America, and the
American College Of Surgeons-jointly, ap-
pointed Q committee which would make
comprehensive survey Of the medical resources
OF the country. including the names OF phy-
scians available for field or home duty IN time
Of war. with the special qualifications OF each
which these men are connected, together win I'm
other data required for a mobilization OF the
medical resources of the country. TINS Com,
mittee met in Chicago for organiEzstlo?n "a on
April II. 1916, and elected as Chairman'
Frank F simpson, n,,ort and the c.a21s following
Robert G. L~ton,e. Fred b Iund, William J.
Mayo, Franklin Il Martin, Frank ,hx r. vadr srmp-
Veer. On April %. this Committee met IN
Washington and made an offer OF their ser
vices and those of the 10000 medicel men.
assist the medical welfare OF the Army ana
Navy The Director General of Military ke-
lief. who was invited to be present at the meel,
ing of this committee, pointed out that the
work proposed by it seemed to cover grouno
which was given to the American, Red cross
BY its Charter and by the proelamat,on M hma,oi OF
20. 1911 and proposed that this Committee
should work either through the Red cross or
in conjunction with it. This suggestion, aIter
due deliberation the part of the committee
OF the associated medical societies, was ae-
cepted to the extent that an agreement was en-
tered into that they should cooperate with the
American Red Cross through its National Com
mittee on Red Cross Medical Service. when
committee should be an interlocking one WitH
the committee oi the associated medlcai socie
ties BY having as members of the National
Committee all the members OF the committee OF
the associated societies. which was known as
the Advisory Committee OF Olvilah fhysiciThhs Th
and Surgeons on Medical Preparedness inc
director General of Military Relief OF the ked
Cross was also made an ex'oftclo member OF
this committee. 1t was also agreed that ns, ane
lists and other data prepared by the ADVISORY
Committee should be furnished to the NATIONAL
Committee on Red Cross Medical Service =.
1t is believed that this arrangement gives IA
eilities which could he obtained in no other
way for accomplishing the purposes tor whicn
the National Committee on Red cross Medical
Service was appointed, and that these ~ wv
committees working together can in the event
Of war place in the hands OF the medical ser
vices Of the Army and Navy an effective means
OF mobilization of the entire medical resources
OF our country -
The members Of the National Committee on
Red Cross Medical Service were appointed un'
ter date Of June !. 1916. twelve to S,rvr one
year, twelve to serve two years, and twelve
TO serve three years. The following were the
members appointed the numbers after their
names indicating the number OF years "hch
Bean. Arthur D. ~, 1872 South Michigan
billings Frank C2>, li2 South Michigan
Binnie. John + (a). 1894 Rialto Bldg,
Kansas City. Mo
. Bloodrood: Jos. c. u. 9o4 Charles St,
Bradford, Edward II. t2), Dean, Harvard
Medical school, Boston, Mass
Brewer, George E. (3), IS East 64th St,
Grille George w. OD. Osborne Bldg. Cleve-
land. o.
Gushing. Harvey t2), Peter Bent Brigham
De Schwcini,z George f. (3), 1905 Walnut
Finney. ] NJ T. p. 1900 Eutaw Place,
Gibson, Charles l.. te), 10 East saith St,
Kober. George NJ. t0, eco H st. N. w,
rniScrsi,y 'sh, Medical school, New York City.
lie Cor'e, Robert q. t2). 1880 Locust St.
''i'a%G'"fT La%d. Fred Bates ts,, 527 Beacon St,
Boston. Mass.
Martin; Edward %, 1906 Locust St,
Martin, Franklin II. C2,, 30 North Mchi-
gan Ave. Chicago. III.
Msias. Rudolph (a), 1923 Prytania St,
Mayo. Charles II. ~. Rochester. Mimi
Mayo. W J. cd. Rochester, Mimi.
Murphy. John b. t3). Monroe Bldg. Chi
Murphy. Fred T %. 57ss Coates Ave, 81.
SkMartry, Lewis s. t2), The Ather'on'
Noble. George H (s), $50 Peachtrce St, At
Iante Ga.
- oehsner Albert j. uD. 2loe sedcwick St,
Porter. Charles Allen t2,. 254 Beacon ST.,
Boston. Mass.
Reed. 6. 4. l.. (a). Union Central Bldg,
Cincinnati. o.
Rixford Enmet ~. 1895 California ST.
s'R ReF,'s5 Hilbert A es,. 4as r.yetssvi''. ST.
sewal!, Henry t3). Majestic Bldg, Denver.
Colo.
Simpson. F. F. %. 7o4s Jenkins Arcade
Bldg Pittsburgh. Pa
strong pichard P. (2). 12o Broadway
Thayer. r, William (s), 4o6 Cathedral ST.,
Wander vecr Albert u), % Eagle St. Al
Vaughan, Victor c. (2), 221 South State
81 Ann Arbor. Mich.
Williams. !. whi,ridge t3l. Dean Johns
The ex-oficio members are: The surgeon
General L s. A: the Surgeon General, =.
= N; the Surgeon General. L. ). Puhlc
Health Service: President. American Medical
Association President, Congress OF American
Phvsicsns and Surgeons; President, Ameri-
ersl Of Military Relief: the Director General
of Civilian Relief: the Director. Of the Medi,
"a, Bureau the Director of the Bureau OF
Naval Service tho Chairman of tn" Na'1onal
Committee on Red Cross Nursing Service
Owing to the untinlelv death ot the late Dr.
occurred in the National Committee in August:
,oIe which was ded by the appointment IF