The Washington herald., 1917-09-11
Army and Navy News
Best Service Column in City.

Establishment Of remoUnt stations
at each divisional camp and canton
ment in the United States has been
ordered, so that the army may be fur
nished horses without unnecessarily
disturbing the supply of animals in
any particular section. Formerly
horses were secured from stations at
fixed points. frequently neCesSitating
transportation over long distances. \
captain Of the Quartermas,er Corps
will be in charge of each station, and
under him will be ten other officers
and an enlisted personnel of 2SS men.
At ports of embaTkdJiOn animal de-
pots Of similar strength will be es-
tablished and in France remOunt de-
pots will be built as required at the
rate Of one to each two Combatant
divisions.
some 80 members OF the commits
stoned personnel of the Naval Re
serves. who have been under instruc-
ton at the Naval Academy prepara-
tory to being given temporary COM
missions as ensigns, will complete the
course on September Is. Some Of them
are destined for deck duty and other
for engineering duty. The greatest
n
lists for the course, and many OF them
are graduates of technical schools ana
universities. For this reason, II IS
expected that most of them will be
found qualified for appointment. An
other class Of 80 reserytsts, similarly
selected. will commence the course
Immediately after completion or the
work of the present class.
There is considerable concern
among members of the army meu-
zeal corps regarding the new as
ease called trench feet, and the
Importance of very careful treat
pnent of such cases is becoming
more and more apparent. The Mi
itary Record recently called aIteh-
tion to the report Of French DOC
tor on this subject, as tolloWS. IN
a communication presented 10 lie
Societe Chirurgicale on July J. 1'l''
DR.. Bertrand reported oil cases
coming under his observation, with
"a cases of gangrene. or II per cent.
NJ the 60 cases, 40 were the humid
varietv and 80 OF the cases were
biIateral. one case had humid gan
creme OF the left foot and dry gan
creme OF the toes of the right foot
one had humid of the left and dry
81 the right. and a third case was
~ the humid variety Of both rect
and dry OF the foreigners of bOth
hands. Five of the cases were at
tackled with tetanus. despite anti
tetanic injections given at the Iirst-
aid station and repeated every SIX
DAYS in the base hospital; all tlNe
suffered a rapid development OF the
disease and early death. In two OF
the so cases true gaseous gangrene
developed. and one of the patients
died. Eighteen of the cases showed
Gas but it proved to be due TO the
r,ortifyinE processes in the as
.ssad members. One case sue
cunbed to septicemia. The gravity
of the invasion caused the author
10 amputate in IS cases. OF which
3 were biIateraI. and all OF these
patients survived. The conclusions
~ his observations are important
viz that of the go grave cases
noted. that which marked their
gravity was not the original lnitc-
ron. but what supervened. lie
therefore esteemed it of the highest
innortance methodically to disln-
Fect the parts affected in truly
surgical manner. as is the rule IN
All cases menaCcd by gangrenous
invasion, which in these cases
should be presuppOsed."