The Washington herald., 1917-05-28
Copyright. 1917. by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc,

zens of the enemy co oIntry, can enlist
without obtaining first citizenship papers.
The First Regiment of Reserve Engt-
neers will exist as long as the war lasts.
! Col. Mckinstry, commanding of1cer, was
ordered by Gen. Black, chief of Engi-
"""Ts- - enroll reserve of 900 besides
the 1,061 who will be taken to France
a-,cr UlCl Training at Great Neck. Long
Island. The go will be sent abroad In
drafts as needed to flI gaps
Maj. Gen John F. Organ, accompanied
| by several aids, is on his way to Canada.
The commander Of the New York division
| of the National Guard is to make a tour
Of inspection OF the Canadian mobiliza-
| ton camps, with a view of applying
the best Canadian methods when the Ma
| tional Guard Of the State is mobilized
on July Is
Only few days remain for the men
who are within the age limit OF the Sc
lectve draft to come to the front and
I volunteer their services While II has
not been officially stated, It is generally
| understood that after June 5 the recruit
ing offices in New York City will be
closed. The fact that civilians will as
sumo charge Of the various recruiting
headquarters on registration day leads
to the belief that recruiting officers will
SoOh bC OlA way 10 dCIlN6 service
New York City is not up to the stand
ard in recruiting. considering the popu-
lation and results in other cities
From army recruiting headquarters in
New York City comes the statement that
no more applicants for the Coast Artil-
lery would be considered. This is one
Of the few branches OF the service that
has been recruited up to strength. The
State Of New York, as a whole, seems
to hold first honors for number Of re-
| cruits, but this honor is not at all due
to New York City.
George F. Payne, president Of the
Atlanta College of Pharmacy, has ad-
dressed letter to President Wilson.
| Secretary Baker, and Surgeon General
Gorgas urging tho Importance of estab-
fishing an up-to-date organization Of
Army Pharmaceutical Service. In this
he says:
There are now no commissioned
pharmacists in the United States army,
and, In fact, there are no men OF any
kind who are called pharmacists. TheI {,
are certain men in our Army Medical
Corps designated as 'sergeants' who do
the pharmaceutical work OF the army
they are taught by the medical officers
and are not even claimed TO be pharm-
acists by the department As an evidenCs
of this, we quote below a letter which
| We just received from the medical de-
partment. This letter simply states the
facts, practically as we have stated them
above:
4" In reply to your letter Of April IA
I am directed by the Surgeon General to
request that inquiries in regard 20
pharmacists IN the United States army
be referred to this of1ce. l will say,
however, that there is no rating of
pharmacists. The ratings are master
hospital sergeant, hospital sergeant and
sergeant first class
These men do the pharmaceutical
chemical, X-ray, anaesthetic and hospital
bookkeeping work Of the army, and theS
rank as sergeants only after long yesrs
Of high-grade work. Medical men are
not educated to compound prescriptions
nor to practice pharmaceutical chem
istry. hence every State requires those
who wish to practice pharmacy to be eA
amined and licensed by State board OF
pharmacy, composed Of pharma cists.
There are $1,000 drug stores in the
United States, and each one is center
around which clusters the political anc
social life of the community. There ls
an average of five persons connected
with each pharmacy, which makes about
$50, 900 pharmacists, the average being
about 1000 people to each pharmacy,
although II is sometimes one to l,OD
people. Every one of the pharmacists Is
trained specially, and it is from such
corps of men that the army could draw
II the proper arrangements were mace.