The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1917-06-15
Call To Arms Of Many Men
VIII Change Affairs
SACRIFICE BY DOCTORS
Many of Practicing Physicians
Must Care For the
Wounded
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From Mondays Daily.
New York, June with owe,
three quarters of a. million men in
this city now enlisted or registered
for military service at the cali of tn
country, New Workers are today pre-.
pairing to adjust their future life so
that one man in every four may go to
fight. Within one year the army
experts are prophesying that fully
half Of the available men of cam
paigning age may be withdrawn from
civil life here to training camps or for
the front. On the assumption that
this war may take away every able
bodied youth and middle-aged man
hereabouts before it is over, this. town
is making plans to keep on to the end,
if necessary. a3
Support The Surgeons.
To support the families and de-
pendents of thousands of local doc
tors who will soon sacrifice their prac-
tises to succor the wounded in
France, funds are now being raised
here by leaders in medical organiza-
tions. Millions of dollars in annual
fees from patients are to be given up
by the physicians and surgeons who
are enlisted in departing hospital
units, the professional experts de-
clare, while many of these practitioa
ers have laid up little or nothing t,
continue the homes they leave be,
hind. That the public may hose tbs
future services Of it's best surgeon
before their dangerous war term =
ended. is admitted by the authorities
on field hospital service, who hope tt
prevent restitution following bereav.
ment for the families they must for
sake. -
.3@., Railways Are Ready. -
Stripped of all vacation leave and
tied down to day and night duty. adj
the railroad workers about this ter
minal are this week beginning to buck
lie down to the huge task of moving
the material to feed, clothe and arm
the entire world. Every mile of track
and every bit of rolling stock should
be made available for this vital move
ment from now on, the men who must
move troop trains, crop cargoes and
army supply stuff declare, if America
is to do her full share behind the
world war. Unless the rail highways
are disturbed by enemy bomb plots,
it is expected they will be able. to
stand the strain of this wartime de-
mand.
The Vacation Vacancies. @
Only scattered punches Of women
and children now attempt to fill the
neighboring summer resorts, accord
ing to reports just received here by
the proprietors, who complain that
the New York City youths are appar-
emily all spending their vacations in
khaki at the various war training
camps Even the beaches hereabout
are missing the men who used to for
over half of their holiday crowds
while the fishing excursion boats ana
docks are becoming deserted as tn
town turns to soldering. When the
militia mobilizes at camp next montl
and all the recruits for. army and
navy leave town, it Is expected thas
the business of running civilian out
ings will experience a sad slump.
Study The Straps.
Puzzling over the multitude of sep
arate symbols that decorate the
shoulder straps and collars OF the
men they meet everywhere,
New Workers have now begun to
study the science of identifying the
grade and character of the service of
these signs. With uniformed soldiers,
sailors, airmen and officers of every
degree sitting, standing or walking at
every turn, the wayfarer about this
town is being afforded an excellent
field for the practice of this pursuit.
That most of the land or sea fight
ers are themselves unable always to
identify the others they observe, is of
come cheer to tn perplexed layman.