Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-08

A QetdCQynenL COnSi5to oI LII &C oiAASSA p
Ga Commandant, an Assistant command
ant, and a Quartermaster), and the foi-
lowing subordinate personnel:
ss nsfae GSiefs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Mechanics. -........... .............'..
carpenters ....................''' .s''.
COOKS ............. ......... ...''...'''.
clerks ...................'..'''' a.
Total personnel .............-.....6 81
The Conmandant and Assistant Com
mandant must be physicians in good
standing.
The Section Chiefs will have the title
and rating of Sergeants and one Of them.
selected by the Commandant, will act as
First Sergeant.
The Mechanics, Carpenters, Cooks and
Clerks will have the title and rating Of
Corporal.
1t is hoped that one or more of these
training detachmments will be formed in
connection with every chapter. 1t Is re-
garded as very important chapter ac-
tivity and differs from the strictly mill
tary units in being primarily chapter
responsibility They may also be formed
among students of the smaller colleges
and in industrial concerns which employ
considerable number Of men. Many
companies have already given consider
able attention to First Aid instruction
among their employees. but find it very
difficult to hold their interest. After p1en
have competed in one or more First Aid
Contests there seems to be little left to
offer them
BY the formation of Red Cross Sanitary
Training Detacllments in such insttu-
tons and companies. it is believed the
interest of the men can be maintained
very satisfa ctorily. Through them men
are given an onortunity to belong. to a
definite organization, to wear uniform.
TO engage in drills and other exercises.
and to acquire ether valuable information.
in addition TO instruction in First Aid to
the Sick and Injured" 1t is felt that the
formation of these attachments will meet
real need not only in industrial concerns
but among college students, and will at
the same time help the Red Cross to full
fill part of its obligation to prepare in
time of peace to assist the Armed Forces
of the United States in the event of war.
One can readily appreciate. that it will be
real assistance to the Government, il,
through the efforts of the Red Cross, men
who have been trained to perform the i'm
portant duty of handling and caring for
the sick and wounded, will present them
selves for enlistment in the military med-
cal service upon the outbreak of HOSTILE
ties.
All chapters are urged to assist the De-
partment of Military Relief by initiating
the organization of such attachments in
their respective Jurisdictions. Further
more, whenever the forIna ton of SAM
tary Training Detachments is undertaken
by Red Cross Chapters it is the duty of
such chapters to raise the funds neces-
sary for the purchase of the equipment.
24A. Instruction-The instruction of
detachments will be given by the officers
and commissioned officers.
Where attachments are formed, and
sufficient funds are available, it will be
a great advantage if the services Of re-
tired or ex-non-commissioned officers of
the Army, or of the Hospital Corps of
the Navy, can be procured to act as first
sergeants of such detachments. Their
previous training will be of material as
sistance to the officers in acquiring a
knowledge of sanitary drill regulations
and imparting the same to their subordi-
mates. Sanitary Training Detachments
may also be used to meet emergencies
which arise as result of disasters in
time of peace They may also assist
chapters to provide first aid service on
public occasions, when such action on the
part of the Red Cross has been requested,
or is desirable.
1t is realized that 1t will often be diff
cult to give instruction to members of
Sanitary Training Detachments without
unduly interfering with their usual yoca-
tons or making the instruction irksome,
so that the following outline is offered
simply to serve as guide for the Com
dandant who should. with the assistance
of his subordinate officers, give as much
of the instruction as he finds practicable
When necessary in the Judgment of the
Commandant the work may be varied to
meet any special needs of the men form
ing the detachment. 1t is recommended,
however, that when detachments are
formed a definite schedule of instruction
to cover the ensuing six months be ar
ranged in advance, and that it be followe
as closely possible.
GAS. Outline of Course-Instruction
should be gradual and progressive, and
in the outline has been divided into four
courses of six months duration each.
; Each course will consist Of "a full in
struction periods of from one to one and
a half hours.
Each full period is further subdivided
into two half periods of As minutes, one OF
which should be devoted to theoretical
and practical instruction on a specified
subject, and the other to Sanitary Drill.
24e. First Course-24 full. or As half
periods Ga maximum of 56 hours).
Following subjects should be covered:
Drill Of SANITARY Troops half haIf PERIODS PERIODS
The textbook used for the First Aid in
struction should be either the American
Red Cross Industrial or General Edition,
as may be appropriate for the personnel.
Such elementary anatomy and physiology
should be given at the beginning of this
course as may be necessary to enable
the students to comprehend the applica-
ton of first aid principles to the human
body Each member of the detachment
should be provided with a textbook. A
complete set of charts and first aid sup
plies must be made available for the in
struction.
The course on Drill Of Sanitary
Troops" should be given as laid down in
''DrllI Regulations and service Manual
for Sanitary Troops. U. S. Army, 1914
and a copy of these regulations should be
in the hands of each officer and non
commissioned officer. During the first
course the following paragraphs of the
drill book should be covered:
l. Definitions. general principles and
signals, parag graphs to 26, inclusive.
@ School of tie Soldier, paragraphs q
to 81. inclusive.
g. School of the Deta chment, para
gra phs s. to 90, inclusive
4 Litter Drill, paragra phs 90 to 14o in
elusive.
D. The Loaded Litter. paragraphs 141 to
IFS. inclusive.
Note-For officers only: Manual of the
Saber. para graphs 2iS to PSI inclusive.
247. Second Courss-24 Full or AZ
Half Periods Ga maximum of &c hourS}.
Personal Hygiene and Sanitation
............... ......:..... hair perfods
Elementary Nursing (Care OF stck)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. half periods
FIRST Aid .....................12 half periods
Instruction in Personal Hygiene and
Sanitation" should b given by the Com
mandant or Assistant Comma ndant. Text
book Military Hygiene and Sanitation, u
by 1t. Col F. r. Keefer, U. S. A. pub
lished by VIM. Wood and Co, Philadel-
phia, Pa.l
Instruction in Nursing" should be
from Masons Handbook for the Hospital
Corps II. S. Army. or the Handy Book
for the Hospital Corps, U. S. Navy, and
/, should include only such simple methods
of caring for patients in hospitals as may