The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-12
Support Defense Council Request
ing that no Doctors Move in
to Fields Vacated by En-
listments.
GRADY HAS SEVEN
DOCTORS IN SERVICE
Six Are on Active Duty; One
Chickasha man Receives Com
mission and Awaits Orders
to Enter Work.

That no doctor can move into q
town or section of country in Grady
county and take the practice left by
another physician who has entered
the service of he government is the
sense of resolutions passed at the
meeting of the Grady county Madical
association hold ti,'s norpirg. The
following stat-...o.lg Was issued by
the association in making public
their resolutions adopted:
Following out the orders OF the
state couLcil of defense, medical sec
tion made at their last meeting in
July, requesting that no doctors
move into fields made vacant by doe
tors entering army service without
q special permit from the council Of
national defense, the society unani-
mously adopted the resolution pre-
sented by the Oklahoma County
Council OF defense, medical section
of which Dr.. Millington Smith is
secretary
"The demand for such action was
urgent, as in a few instances, slack
ers who would not themselves accept
service, were attempting to profit by
the patriotism CT the men who had
gone. Also men were moving from
fields that need them to what they
thought were better locations and
were in the war profiteer class.
"The medical section met pursu-
ant to the call Of our chairman, and
unanimously adopted the following
resolutions.
Resolved: 1t is the sense of the
cuonty council of defense medical
section, Oklahoma County, that there
is no opening for any physician or
surgeon in Oklahoma City or county
until the war is over; and we recon-
mend to the County Medical society
they take action on this matter, and
that they request their members to
report such action and when new
men call upon them they should be
told the physicians of Oklahoma City
are holding the situation open for
the so men who have so Loyalty given
up their practice and gone to serve
their country, and they are able to
take care of this work until these
men return from the front to resume
their practice and the county coun-
ell of defense, medical section( and
the members of the County Medical
society will expect and should ex-
pect every doctor in Oklahoma coun-
ty to Loyalty support this action.
Resolved further, that we take
in no new members to our county So
ciety during the war period who are
not legally practicing in Oklahoma
City or county prior to the declara-
ton of awr.
De il further resolved we, as mem-
bers Of the County Medical society,
request the hospitals of oklahoma
City and county to make no addi-
tions to their staff, unless appli-
cants were members Of our county
society previuos to the declaration
of war should not have the use of
our hospitals"
Seven Grady county doctors have
already enlisted in the medical
reserve corps. Six of these have al
ready entered service, while one, DR..
D. S. Downey has received his ap-
pointment and is awaiting orders to
proceed into service.
Fllowing is the list of Grady
county doctors who have enlisted in
the reserve: DR.. D. .Downey, Chick
asha; Dr. L. E. Emanuel Chickasha;