The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-05-27
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agElTetA0LOef HERE
Membcxx Of Medical OflicC1s' Reserve
COrps 70 Receive Training
in Richmond.
DIR. ALFRED GRAY IS MAJOR
Head OF x-Ray Department. ut Mcdi-
cal College Of Virginia Selected as
Observation-Disclosures One OF Seven
Cities selected.

Aching on the suggestion OF the pre-
paredness committee Of the American
Roentgen Ray society, Richmond has
just been selectcd as one Of the seven
cities in the United states In which
school of military roentgenology is
to be established. DR.. Alfred L. Gray.
prominent Richmond physician, who
is now In charge Of the X-ray depart
ment of the Medical College of Vir-
ginia, has been selected by the war
department at Washington as In
structor, and he has just received his,
commission as major from Secretary
Newton D. Baker.
Richmond is the only city In the
South to be selected as a locality for
one OF the military training schools,
and 1t means that physicians and
members Of the medical reserve corps
throughout this section are to be sent
to this city for training preparatory
to entering the United States army.
The other six cities selected are
Springfield, Mass; Philadelphia, Pa;
Pittsburg. Pa; Baltimore, Md; Chi
The post as instructor In the Rich
mond school was offered Dr. Gray sew
eral days ago by DIR. Lewis Gray Cole.
ono OF the country's most prominent
physicians, who Is chairman OF the
society. Following consultation with
a number of HIS friends here. DR..
Gray notified the committee that he
would accept the post. He has just
received hts commission from Sec
rotary Baker, which is considered q
very high honor.
There Is an increasing tendency to
place the schools on a regular mill
tary basis A two weeks course for
instructors in the school of military
roentgenology viii be given at the
headquarters OF the committee June
III. and the school in Richmond will
open Immediately upon Major Gray's
return to this city. THE instruction at
the parent school is for the purpose
OF outlining definite plan of teach
ing, taking down and mbling APP
paratus. and working out plans of
technique, etc. in order that the In
struction in all of the schools may be
as nearly uniform as possible.
DR.. Talley II Assistant.
This school is to be conducted at
the Medical College of Virginia, in
the Memorial hospital which is own
ed and operated by this medical In
stftution. and in a field yet to- be
selected somewhere around Rich
mond. A lot of field equipment is to
be sent to Richmond and a site on
which to place it Is yet to be secured.
DR.. .. D. Talley. ofgRichmond. has
been appointed assistant to Major
Gray. but whether or not he Is to
receive commission is not known
.t hi ttyy.n fn14 NoLr 49,
charge of the personnel of the medi-
cal corps Of the war department, is
to he consulted with reference to this
within the next few days,
Major Gray has been made a member
of the medical officers reserve corps.
and he will of course be available for
such other service which emergency
might demand
This course Of instruction here and
in all OF the other six schools Is to
be for three months. The men who
are to be given this instruction -ars
members OF the medical Officers re-
serve corps. and are to be detailed by
the surgeon generals office.
IT Is said that the government will
be In need OF a hundred or, t1nre- roent-
Tenologists by fall or sooner 1t was
for this reason that the various schools
wer established. The society desired
that the work be standardized as much
as possible and the members felt that
the only way in which this end could
he attained is through the plan which
has been outlined.
Major Gray's long experience IN this
work has made him well-oualifcd fol
the pose for which he has been select
cd, and his many friends here believe
he will attain much success as In
structor of this newly-established
school