Norwich bulletin., 1917-12-21
eynnasiums and Workships Included

Gynnasums and Workships Included
 in Plans For Care of Injured Soldiers
 Plans for caring for members of the expeditionary forces who may be re- turned from Europe unfit for further service include, beside the necessary surgical anl medical attention. i'm stFuctlOn in the use of injured and arr 1lhcial limbs, and vocational training The experience of Canada and Eu- ropean allies in this work has been of great value to the United States Gov ernnaent in arranging it's plans.
 =. Equipment for heat treatments and electric and hydro therapy will be pro- vided; gymnasiums will furnish op- portunity for special exercise forx re- education in the use of joints, muscles, and nerves which have been affected in service; in curative workshops the man will perform useful work which at the same time will bring these parts into activity. The aim will be to return every man into civil life able to be self -usport- ing and useful. and not dependent merely upon the pension he will re- ceive from the Government. "Godmothering' 'cs soldiers and sail ors is not officially sanctioned No postrnasters pay will be i1lcreas- ed during tho war, according to an order by the Postmaster General.
 
 to- be used in France, to take the place of those destroyed by retreating Germans. .. Many officers of the Marine Corps and the Navy are members of class receiving instruction at Washington. D. C., in defense against the use of gas.
 The wonan's committee of the Council of National Defense has ar ranged to furnish a badge to every wo- man who registers to work in coop eration with the committee. In five years the portion of the worlds gold monetary stock (coin and bullion used as money) held by the United States has increased from one fifth to more than one third The retail price of milk in England has been advanced from 14 to Is cream has been prohibited, except for inva1ids, infants. and for butter mak- ing.
 Work of the womarl's committee of the Council of National Defense has al- ready been started in Porto Rico and plans now made include it's introduc- ton into every Territory of the United States.
 A nationwide campaign for econo- my in the use of coal in steam plants has been undertaken by the Fuel Ad- ministration. The Bureau of Mines is conducting the campaign. with the help of the American Society of Me- charica1 Engineers.
 At chfldren's hospital recently es- tabhshed by the American Red Cross in France. an average of, $50 boys and girls are being examined each day. In connection is a dental dispensary located in an old kitchen, with a den tai ciiaiT improvised from wine bar rel.
 Tn it's campaign for the saving of coal the Fuel Administrations declares the average American home is super heated. Eminent American physi- clans are quoted as saying that a room above 68 degrees Fahrenheit is too warm for health and exposes the occupants to catarrhal diseases and pneumonia
 Among the speakers to be heard in the war conferences. which are to be ing the next few months, are Secretary McAdoo, Secretary Baker, Vice Presi- dent Marshall, Henry J. Allen, Rabbi Stephen s. Wise, Bishop Charles D. Williams, and Lieut.. Paul Perigord, of the French Army.
 More than half of the 1,250 colored
 men who cornpleted the course at the reserve officers training camp at Fort Des Moines; Iowa, have been commsi- stoned aSsofficers in the Army. Nearly 100 colored physicians and surgeons have received commissions as officers in the Medical Reserve Corps. full fighting force of 30se0O colored soldiers, including representatives in all branch es of military service will constitute tailed for duty in France under Gen. couId Fad E. All