Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-07-08

7 for the product may be very limited
| sixth. the necessary machinery may be
Ill adapted to handling the form OF
waste, or not open to general use on
account of patents. It can, therefore.
be easily seen that it Is not always ad-
visable to even try to utilize the waste.
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Why not Join the Hospital Corps Of
the navy? say officials in that branch
| OF the service. And
| Hosnital Corns then they proceed to
| tell Of some of tho
rived from such enlistment
Young men who desire to take up q
calling, point out officials in charge OF
this part of the service. where q salts
factory wage Is obtained Immediately
and where there Is every opportunity
for advancement, instruction, education
and pleasant duty. should consider well
the Hospital Corps.
The Hospital Corps of the navy con-
stitutes the largest portion of the med
| ical department, whose members, to-
gether with the medical officers. rep
public health forces available to any
community applied to the navy.
| The work of the Hospital Corps con-
sists in attendance upon the sick OF
/
GERS and men. in naval hospitals. naval
| shore stations, on board ships and upon
expeditions of the Marine Corps
It Is pointed out by the experts in
this work that the duty of this corps Is
of g. distinct character peculiar to it.
self. No calling in civil life. they say,
| is similar to it. and therefore men must
| be trained for the work through the
medium OF actual experience in per-
| forming this duty. The duty is not
| 10 hIIf q a.
| tion of lines. the arrangement varying
with the circumstances. Briefly. Hos
pital Corps men act as nurses to the
! sick. administer first aid to accident
giving first aid to injured and wounded
or such other frst-aid treatment as
| may be indicated, assist at surgical OPP
erations, care for the medical stores
and property and compound medicines
| as is done in a civil drug store.
The work being Of a moro or less spe-
cial type. 1t is necessary for the Hos
pital Corps men to receive prelimi-
nary course of instruction prior to I'M
dertaking the work IN general service.
| For this purpose three training schools
| for the Hospital Corps have been es-
tablished. one on the Atlantic coast,
| one on the Pacific coast and one on the
great lakes.
Upon first reporting at the training
| station where the school Is established
a recruit Is assigned to the seaman
brigade for about three weeks to re-
ceive instruction in the care of his
clothing and effects and general duties
| which pertain to the military side of
the work. Upon completion of his
three weeks of instruction he Is imme-
! diately detailed to the training school
for the Hospital Corps. where provi-
sions are made for the stowage of his
effects. placing Of his hammock for
sleep at night and obtaining his food.
The school is under the immediate
| charge of a medical officer and his sew
| eral assistants, who are usually chief
petty officers of the corps, and every
effort Is made to bring about feeling
of contentment and satisfaction, enthu-
! siasm for the work, by kindly advice.
with special reference not only to the
| professional work, but to the advisa-
| bility of the candidate continuing,
should his aptitude for this special
branch appear not to be marked.
Upon completion of this course of
training at the school the apprentice
is detailed to one Of the naval hos
pitfalls for further period of practical
instruction IN actual performance of
duty. He remains at the hospital about
six months. when he Is detailed to a
seagoing ship. where he continues to
perform the duties learned at the hos
pital, using his knowledge which has
been obtained under more favorable
circumstances to meet the difficulties
and unusualness of the work on board
ship.