Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-15
MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS
 FOR HOME GUARD.
Created in Order to Give nssersins
 Physicians opportunity to Secure ! Commissions.

A medical reserve corps for the Con- necticut Home guard will be organized and maintained, according to orders issued from the headQuarters of the
 military emergency board w Wednesday.
 And member of the H0Fne ssasds" " l the orders read, land any civilian, pro !, vided inseach ease that he is a regular | practicing physician. and a afmember iii
 good standing of any medical society, corps upon application made or ap-
 proved by the commanding officer of any unit of the Homo guard. by his
 district commander, and by the chief surgeon"
 Col Phineas H. Ingalls, chief. sur geon, gave the reasons for the forTna- tion of the medical reserve corps on | "Wednesday as follows: % When Home guard companies were
 organized in many country towns phy-
 sicians in those towns were active in | the work of examining recruits. and | themSelves became members of the
 Home guard as enlisted men. There
 was no opportunity to give them com
 missions on the reginental staffs. Those same physicians are taking care 1 of the men, so far as the military es- 1 Itablishment is concerned, and they | ] the men in case of active service. To
 give them the rank and status, te Il which they are entitled, and retain | them in the organization without mal- ling them subject to drills and other l duties of the rank and file, the reserve corps has been created, in. which they will be enrolled and given commiss I sions." s.1sss...
 Orders have been issued also to de- termine in what manner the eligible list of men seeking to, obtain comn1is-
 sions as second lieutenants. shall be
 made. The orders provide, substan-
 tiallys as follows:
 Each district commander is directed to appoint an examining board in his Idistrict, for the purpose Of examining men who wish to be placed on the l list In the. examination of applicant. leach examining board will be governef
 as far as practicable by the rules givei in previous >orders. (Gs o. No .S9 Any enlisted man: who desires t appear for examination shall makt .l application to the military emergency board through military channels, ant in forwarding spch applications tn,
 commanding officer of the unit tt j which the applicant belongs will stat, l in; his indorsement whether, in hi
 opinion the applicant is in. all respecti
 qualified to be an officer.
 The application of any person in civi life will be forwarded through a lin, l or field, officer in active service, wht will fndorse and forward Hhe appliea tion in the manner prescribed in tn, preceding para graph.
 ! No person shall be examiaed by an, zA Aesaf1lining board legs FF.fs shall pre sent 6 letter from the military en7er > genes board authorizing his examiue.
 tion. Every persor so examined and fo1in, proficient shall be placed on the eligi
 ble' list for tise period of .nne year iron the date of his examination, anG shsl receive from the military scnasrgsrc' , board a certificate certifying to tas fact. If he is appointed to office dur : ing that period ise s;laE. neE be re, Eexamined but if not appointed he shal het eligible for -exaraination Witeou Il further applicatien
 Every nomination. for appointmen from .ths ranks or frons civil life t } the grade of second lieutenant shall b } l.made from the persons whose name are on the eligible list. and who hold : certificate to that effect. aa,,s t : Further orders have been issued pro : viding that transfers frora the frs t line or active force to tho reserve, an
 i transfers from the reserve to the frs ] fine or active force, are to be mad i1only by the military emergency boar
 upon application made by or approve
 by the district commander.
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