The Colorado statesman., 1918-03-02

After an inspection trip to base
hospital, Secretary of War Baker
made the following reply to an inquiry
concerning hospital conditions:
with Surgeon General Gorgas and
Doctor Hornsby made this morning
personal inspection of the entire base
hospital at Camp Meade. The hospital
is very large, fully equipped with sci
entific laboratories and facilities, has
an adequate number of trained nurses
under the supervision Of skilled su-
perintendent; Its medical and surgical
staffs are made up of competent men
filled with enthusiasm for their work.
The hospital throughout is clean and
well cared for; there was an abun-
dance of clean linen, a plentiful sup
ply of well-prepared and appetizing
food, and every evidence of consider
ate attention to the patients was mani
fest. / talked with large number of
the patients, none Of whom knew who
was, and found them cheerful and
without single complaint as to their
treatment or comfort. Doctor Hornsby
told me at the conclusion of our inspec-
ton that the base hospitals In the can
tonments throughout the country were
substantially like the one we visited
this morning. 1t was a most reassur-
ing visit. l have long been interested
in hospitals, and If / were to have a
personal Illness which required hos
pital treatment / should be perfectly
content to be sick In the base hospital
at Camp Meade, satisfied that l would
rapQiva tho attantiOn and
under comfortable conditions"
In England priority must be given to
the manufacture of wartime boots
over all but government work. The
boots must be made OF classes of
leather and to specifications approved
by the director of raw materials; the
manufacturer must stamp on the up
per his registered number and on the
sole the retail price, together with the
words "war time"
The following are examples of styles
and prices per pair: Mems heavy
shoes, $3.50; city clerks shoes, S4.S7 to
$3.50; women's stout shoes, $3.16 to
S4.20; women's first-grade glace shoes,
1888 to $3.50; boys shoes, 81 up;
girls shoes, $1.S7 up. Altogether there
will be 80 types of wartime boots. The
heels of womens shoes are not higher
than 1A inches, but it is understood
that wartime shoes represent in all
particulars the manufacturers ideas
of what the public desires.
Small stocks of corn in the hands of
dealers In New England and other
Eastern and Southern states, with the
exception of Delaware, Maryland and
Virginia, where surpluses were pro-
duced, are indicated by reports to the
department of agriculture. Actual
available supplies in the Southeastern
states are said to be greater than ever
before, although the amount of corn in
the hands of distributors and other
dealers Is much below normal.
Most districts in the Southeastern
states have sufficient supplies for local
needs, while dealers in many places.
especially Mississippi, Alabama, Geor-
gia and Florida have shipped large
quantities of corn to the larger mar
kets.
No commodities may now be export
ed from the United States nor import
ed without license. According to a
statement by the war trade board the
military and tonnage situations have
made increasingly apparent the neces-
sity of instituting complete and thor
ough- going control of all exports and
imports.
Licenses for the export or import of
coin, bullion, currency, evidences OF
debt of ownership of property and
transfers of credit will be issued by
the treasury department; licenses for
all other exports and imports, includ-
Ing merchandise, bunkers, ships sup
plies, etc, will be issued by the war
trade board.
The director of athletics at one army
camp has arranged program as a
means of determining the relative ath-
letic caliber of the companies in the di-
vision. Each man is required to pass
in eight of the following tests to obtain
a positive mark for his unit:
Jump feet from standing posi-
ton; chin 10 times; clear bar at
feet inches; throw 12-pound shot
33 feet climb 20-foot rope in 10 sec
onds; dash so yards in 7 seconds; run
a mile in 6 minutes; lift 6O-pound
weight over the head with one hand;
sit up from a supine position with
5O-pound weight suspended from the
back of the head.
There is no standard recipe for "vic-
tory bread" the only requirement be-
ing that ii must contain not more than