Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-04-20


demands the service Of specialists, not
only along the firing line to operate
the great guns, but back Of 1t, step by |
step. in the opinion Of DR.. F. +. Simp-
son, chief of the medical section OF
the Council Of National Defense. Inc
medical section, under the direction
of Doctor Simpson, is engaged on the
gigantic work Of organizing the medi-
cal resources of the country into an
efficient working unit, as one OF the
most important features OF military
preparedness.
Broadly, the scheme contemplates
the creation of a medical reserve corps
Of 10000 surgeons, physicians and spe-
cialists in all lines, who will be avail
able for service in the army ana navy
and civilian population In time OF need.
In addition to this, the organization
will conduct a mobilization of the coun-
try's civilian medical resources, rae
tories making medical supplies, nos
pitfalls for the care of the ill and wound
ed and schools for the re-education of
those whose injuries on the battleneiu
make them unfit for the life work they
had undertaken.
The mobilization of the medical re-
sources of the country Is only part
of the great work which is being I'M
dertaken by the Council Of National
defense. working in connection with
the advisory commission to the Coun-
ell of National Defense. The council
I proper is composed of members of the
5 cabinet; the advisory commission Is
I, composed Of civilians who are recog-
I niZed leaders in certain lines, and the
4 chairman is Daniel willard, president
5 of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad COM
e pany, whose special attention Is de-
e voted to the transportation problems
e that would face the United States In
4 time of war. Dr. Franklin Martin oil
t Chicago is the chairman of the advisory
v commission which is dealing directly
with the question of medicine as re
lated to war.
Began Organizing a Year Ago.
= Each of the divisions represented b!
> the members of the advisory commits
o sion has a specific section. a sort o.
! department, directed to carry out III
L particular, work. Doctor Simpson Il
the chief of the medical section and il
! working with what is known as tn
medical advisory committee Of the ad
visory commission. The members are
II Doctor Martin, chairman; Surgeon
General William C. Gorgas of tn
arm. Surgeon General William I
BREASTED of the navy, Surgeon Genera
Rupert Blue of the United States put
N lie health service, Col. Jefferson
lie Kean, director general of military RI
Is lief of the American Red Cross; ID
/: William ii. WEIGH Of Johns Hopkin
university, DR.. w. j. Mayo of Roche'
ter Mimi, and Doctor Simpson.
This organization is co-operatin
ID with the committee Of American phi.
sicians for American preparedness,
W which Doctor Mayo is chairman an
- Doctor Simpson Is secretary. TIL
committee represents, directly or ind
rectly, approximately $4,000 member
of the medical profession of the Unite
d. States and was organized more than
II wear ago as great patriotic NOV
ment for the conservation Of life
Ill time Of war.
Doctor Simpson, with staff In b
office in Washington, just now Is e
gagged In organizing medical reser'
CORPS. which will number 10000 of Il
foremost surgeons, physicians al
other specialists in the country. In
ice Is being accomplished through the CT
a. alton of a committee Of nine medic
leaders in every state, who Will ha
direct charge Of formulating count
la' organizations.
All physicians are being classic
re, according to the work that they
no best. Surgeons who are especially pl
fcient in abdominal operations q
listed as such; ear, eye, nose a
throat specialists all go in one liz
Ill dentists-in fact. every branch of
medical profession is dissected a
In. classified, so as to be on hand for p
ticular. special work when the til
we Of need arrives.
Proper Sanitation Important.
One Of the important questions bel
considered Is that of sanitation, and
medical men who are students Of t
work will be listed as such. PROF.
sanitation in the mobilization Of a
army will save thousands Of lives,
is demonstrated by a very recent
ample.
In 1898, at the outbreak Of the Sp
ish.American war, when approving
" 10000 troops were mobilized