South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-31

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in Camp. Your Health s
Marching and care Of Feet 9.
Your Equipment and Arms. 10.
Recreation i'm Camp. Il Playing
the Game. Il. Teamwork in the
Army L.. Grouping Men into
Teams -. The Team Leaders 10.
Fighting Arms of the Service. Is.
stan Branches OF the Service-I.)
The staff branches reviewed in
the preceding lesson are the general
staff corps. sdjutant generals de-
partment, Inspector generals de-
partment, judge advocate generals
! department. engineer corps. and
signal corps The other three staff
branches which all directly touch
every soldier are the medical de-
partment. quartermaster corps. and
ordnance department
The medical department works
along two distinct lines First. il
tries ia keep everyone i'm the army
in good health. and for this purpose
keeps close watch of the cleanli-
ness of camps and buildings. of the
quality and cooking of food. and the
like. second. il provides ambulances.
hospitals. and medical service for
the proper care Of sick or wounded
men The medical department in
Guides the dental corps. the hospital
corps, and the nurse corps. It's Off
GERS are experienced physicians who
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enlisted men are chiefly engaged In
the difficult and often dangerous
work OF rescuing the wounded and
! Transporting them to field and base
hospitals
Just as every man in the army
carries intrenching tools so that he
may protect himself without the
help OF the engineer corps when
necessary. so he also carries
"hrst-aid packet" so that he may in
an emergency perform some OF the
duties of the medical department.
Every soldier learns how to give
dressing and treatment 10 his own
wounds when ne is able 10 do so.
and how to assist wounded com
rades until men from the medical
department arrive
Medical Department Efficiency.
The medical department OF the
American army is regarded as one
Of the best i'm the world. A soldier
may feel assured he will receive
every possible attention in case of
need The percentage Of recoveries
from wounds in the hospitals man
ned by Americans during the Eu
ropean war has been exceptionally
high
The quartermaster corps is the
business manager of the army. II
furnishes food. clothing. and most
kinds of equipment; provides horses
and mules: arranges for transporta-
ton: takes charge Of money: buys
supplies: pays troops and keeps on
hand stores Of supplies.
The importance of all this work
can hardly he overstated. Napoleon
said AN army travels on its belly"
meaning that soldiers must he we'll
fed and well supplied il they are TO
fight effectively This is even more
necessary today than il was i'm
NapoIeon's time In modern war
fare the scale of fighting and the
quantities Of supplies are so tremen-
dous that the duties Of the quarter
master corps are multiplied beyond
any previous experience.
The officers of the quartermaSter
corps must be able business men.
Many OF them have held important
business positions The enlisted men
in
equations as blacksmithing. painting
driving teams and trucks. baking
bread. and the like.
Work of Ordnance Department.
OF the same general character is
the work of the ordnance depart
ment. which furnishes the guns.
ammunition. and other supplies
needed for fighting Several times
during the present war whole arm
les have been forced 10 retreat or
have suffered severely because Of
the lack OF munitions. The quantity
of ammunition used daily is enOr-
nous. During the French offensive
OF June. 1917. 12.600.00O shots were
fred from artillery guns
In the actual theater OF war the
ammunition service is under the
control OF the field artillery Bring
ing MP supplies Of ammunition 10
troops and to batteries in action is
one OF the most essential Of all du-
ties on the battlefield The wagons
or trucks carrying ammunition must
be driven when necessary within
easy reach of the firing line. Some
times there is an opportunity here
for the display of resourcefulness
and courage far above the ordinary
requirements OF the service.
A. the second battle OF Ypres in
Aprl 1915. the third battery in the
third brigade Of the Canadian field
artillery ealloped into position with
i'm a few hundred yards Of the Ger
man front. where they did gallant
work lighting against overwhelming
ODDS 20 hold back the enemy's on
slaueht. After a time il became nee I
essary 10 bring up high explosive !
shells. one of the Canadian gunners Z
tells how they were brought
The ammunition wagon contain 7
ing them came gallop.ng across the !
omen field under a heavy IRE. the !
men lashing their horses and yelling /