Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-19
CORNERSTONE OF ELkS' HOSPITAL
 LAID IN BOSTON
Will Be Gift to United States Government For Use of Disabled American Soldiers and Sailors

BOSTON, Mass, June iS.-The cor. nerstone of Reconstruction Base Hos
 pital No. l, the first of it's kind in the United States and the gift to the gov ernment by the Benevolent and Protec- tive Order of -Elks, was laid in the presence of a distinguished assembly of citizens. Representative of the nation, state and city, with eminent men of the medical profession and thousands of Elks and prominent citi- Zens from all parts of the east, par ticipated in the ceremony on Parker hill and signalized by their presence and words the notable importance of the event
 The first reconstruction hospital. which will serve as the model. the standard-maker for similar ones to be established throughout the United States, will give the maimed and dis ahled American soldiers and sailors the best of expert attention and oc- cupational instruction. It will rebuiId human wreckage into able-bodied men and will educate them in occupations which will be qualify them not to be- come a burden to society. The aim of the hospital in brief may be said to be to minimize the sufferings and dis abilities caused by the war and to pro tect the community from an undue number of crippled citizens
 The government through the sur geon-general's department in Novem- Der last accepted the reconstruction hospital plans as a gift from the Elks. The Elks' war relief commission is building the reconstruction hospital at cost of $250,0O0, the money being taken from the Elks' S1,000,0O0 war re- lief fund, voted by the Elks' 1917 con vention. The hospital will be ready to receive the wounded American sol diers and sailors in the early Septem- Der.
 The laying of the cornerstone was under the direction of grand lodge of ficers of the Elks. The departments of the secretary of war and the sur geOn-general were formerly represent ed. His excellency, Samuel W. Me Call. governor of Massachusetts. eX- tended the greetings of the ccmldon- wealth and the Hon. Andrew J. Peters. mayor of Boston, represented the city.
 Fred Harper, grand exalted ruler of the Elks, delivered the principal address of the occasion, telling of the benevolent and patriotic purposes that prompted the Elks to make the gift to their country and dwelling on the blessings that seem certain to await the war-afflicted soldiery that court the benefits of the institution. The subordinate lodge of Elks in New Eng land were represented by E. Mark Sul- livan, exalted ruler of the Boston lodge of Elks.
 The Elks' war relief commission, that has charge, of financing the achievement of this great war work attended the exercises and included the Hon. John K. Tener, P. G. l.. R., Of Charleroi, Penn, chairman; Joseph T. Tanning, P G. E. R., of New York, secretary; the Hon. Jerome E. Fisher, P. G. E. R., of Jamestown, N. Y. James R. Nicholson, ?. c. T.. R, o1 Boston, and Edward Fighter, r. C. ?. R.. of New Orleans, Va.
 Every device and resource known 10 the medical science will be at hand at the reconstruction hospital 70 rebuild every part Dl llt nU4AleAI II aAANs -ANAA with half their faces shot away by shrapnel will get new jawbCneS from their ribs and new noses and new cheeks from their cartridges and tis- sues on other parts of their bodies.
 Thousands of men who woull be human wrecks without proper treat ment will be rebuilt at the new recon struction hospital and taught trades that make them economic assets in- stead of liabilities. The men with frac- lures that have not rightly knitted, with stiff joints. with nerve palsies from shock or from injuryI-these are the cases the reconstruction hospital will help. They will have had the reg ular base hospital treatment just be- hind the firing lines, where the first surgical work will be done.
 Maimed and disfigJIred men will nc reconstructed b. operation, by appa- ratus by education. Treatment will he given not only to the classes already but also to those that need plastic operations to remedy cOEIraC lures or defects or who need appli ances to supplant a missing limb Those given artificial limbs w:ii be educated in their industrial use.