El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-23
EVERY DOCTOR
To AID NATION
All to Be Enrolled for Serv-
ice; Daniels Talks Of the
Ravages Of Disease.


f Chicago. Ill. Oct e3.-Enrolment of
every physician and surgeon in the
United States. without regard TO the
/ state Of his finances or dependents.
T for employment in some form during
7 the war is a probability, according to
discussions which preceded the open
ing today OF the eighth annual ses-
sion Of the Clinical congress Of sur
. Eeons. More than $500 surgeons.
+ prominent in this country, Great
Britain and France. are in attend
anc1 at the clinic which is 20 discuss
how the Dlited states may care best
for its Injured during the car.
Daniels II Against Double standard
Dealing frankly and boldly with tl=
social evil as a menace 10 the ma
tons military efficiency. secretary
Daniels Of the navy in an address
here last night, appealed TO the med
zeal profession Ito end the false
double standard that decreases mill
tary effectiveness" The profession,
he declared, must share its part OF
the blame for the "unparuouaole
prUdery that endured q fostering evil
rather than have It exposed and
eradicated"
Army And Navy Suffers.
There is not an army in the field
whose effectiveness is not reduced
by reason OF immoral disease, said
secretary Daniels. The navy suffers
likewise and business halts because
Veneredl disease destroys the man
hood OF wOrkmen and fighters Dur
ing the last statistical year, men OF
the American navy lost lil,5tS day IS
sickness from a small group OF an-
sOlutely preventable diseases. or
rather disease contracted by sin
Many Men Disabled.
This means that every day through
out the year there We're 900 men dis
abled by this disgraceful malady. Add
to that number those required 10 care
fir the disabled and we have enough
men on the non effective list each day
TO man a modern batueship.
IL in Every 1000 Affected
And this does not count those who.
though diseased, were not disabled or
the danger Of cOntagion TO the clean
members Of the crew In the navy III
1895 there were admitted for treat
ment for venereal disease ll- per-
sons in every 1000 and in the army
81 for every 1000. the number in the
army having decreased from l45 20
the 1000 after the passage Of an act
stopping the pay OF all soldiers ad-
mitted for treatment for venereal dis
Navy Also stops Pay.
THE new navy law stopped the pay
Of men so afflicted and viii probably
reduce the number to the army ratio
But these figures show a condition OF
immortality upon the part OF the NIL
nority in both arms OF the service that
challenges the thought OF the author
tiles.
Disease In Central Powers
IN civil life the number afflicted IS
the military service. Il has been
printed that Hecht OF Vienna. stated
that at one time the equivalent OF
three entire Austrian divisions OF
10000 men was under treatment 10r +
veuereal diseases while the German ]
army in Belgium, representing only I
q small part Of the total forces is re- /
ported during the five months OF its
occupation TO have furnished 5000 T.
such patients. Canadian and Austral- F.
ian officers have deplored the raw
ages OF this disease The late figures
cases, and all other countries have
also been weakened.
Must Eliminate the Lie.
"Sir William COler places these In
fictitious diseases at the top as a men
ice I'm war and in peace. The time :
has come to realize that this subuest
foe OF humanity must be conquered Z
and IL cannot be conquered by deny /
ing. New truths must take the place 4
Of ancient lies We know now by the .
testimony Of science that there is no
foundation for a double standard for F.
the sexes. To preach it is to preach (
immortality and a Tow ering Of man .
hood The lie that has lived so long (
must be driven out by the truth
only God Will ever know the toll ]
In blood and tears that this lie has z
taken from the heart Of the world
the price that the health of the race {
has been made to pay for its submis- /
sion TO a historic falsehOod. young .
lives ruined, futures cheated Of prom /
Use, children called upon to suffer for .
the sins Of the fathers, innocent }
women robbed Of the right to happy ]
and the virility of a ma
ton Slapped at its very foundations I
Today as never before manhood I
must be clean We must have fitness /
America stands in need Of every I
DInce Of strength. We must cut out /
he cancer if we would live"