The Sentinel=record., 1918-02-08
MUCH BUSINESS AHEAD FOR CITY
RESUME OF AFFAIRS FOR PUBLIC INTEREST PROVES BIC THINGS
 FOR RESORT.
Major Jump Talks to the League Members on the Necessity of En- rolling Physicians in the Medical Service.

resume of these last nigLt was some
 what of surprise to the membership
 who gathered at the regular monthly meeting To begin with it was urged on the members that within very few days now we will nave the lar
 gest crod ever in the city attracted
 Jy the races and that all accommo-
 dations will be needed during the pe- riod of this special entertainment. and
 until April or later.
 Then there is much to be done i'm
 mediately after the races in prepar- ing Oaklawn stand and other build ings for the convention that re to
 be held there, and that too at an ex- pense that must be met by the Busl- ness Mems League which invited this Igathering of 10000 or more represen- tative women to our city.
 Then there was announcement made of the coming of the Arkansas Bank CTS convention at time when the executive council of the American Bankers Association will be here, and also a meeting on February PC was set for the entertainment of the AL
 Cert Pike Highway Assoication com mittee.
 Announcement was made that the Business Mems League had bought the tabernacle building and that the
 Southern Baptist convention main assemblies would take place in that
 building, it being sufficiently large for
 these but not large enough for the Iwomen's convention which comes later
 The board of governors held a meeting at the conclusion of the ses
 sion and passed a resolution of con
 graduation that Colonel Samuel w.
 Fordyce had passed his 18th birth
 day anniversary in such good health
 and vigor
 Il Plans for the entertainment of the
 National Editorial association were taken up and referred to the hote and entertainment committee of the
 league, with John A, Riggs of this city
 and Frank Henderson, secretary oi
 the press committee of the Arkansas Editorial Assoication, as added mem
 bers A program will be outlined at
 a meeting which will be held this morning at 10 o'clock
 | Major Jump will be at the Majestic
 hotel this morning at o'clock to talk
 with local physicians concerning war
 obligations He addressed the league
 last night, in which he said that he
 had been sent to talk to the medical
 men of the need of more officers in
 the Medical Reserve Corps. Over | l6O.O00 have already been commits stoned, but many more are needed | They are not needed for immediate service except in few instances, but
 to fill the Reserve Corps fin order that the men may be properly tabu. lated and classified. lt Is desired that every physician under fifty five years who is eligible to enroll in the Re- serve Corps. Under such conditions l the surgeon general will send to par | ticular military duty those men who are peculiarly fitted for it. Ultimate. l ly no one will be asked to do the work which he is not well qualified 10 do. Men will not be called for until they are needed and in every instance, | those who have accepted commissions | will be given two neeks' notice of the l time of their departure All of this makes for efficiency and if such con ditions prevail, We may say without | fear of contradiction that this Ameri- can army of perfect young manhood | will be better cared for than any army in the history of the world. We must not be deluded with the fact that l filled over night. We cannot win the | war by boasting of our individuality. | lnyinci1ility is dependent upon the use of our resources A former off cial of the government once said that preparation was useless, for when war | was declared million men would be willing to drop their occupations and | proceed to the coast to repel the in | vader In controversion of such 1 words, thoughtful people must see that preparation is necessary and the l inadequate results gained by the strenuous efforts of the government in the last nine months to fit an army for service against our relentless and cruel foe corroborate this. Specific ally medical men must be rtained to do military medical work in the army. and we ask that the physicians of this locality consider this matter thoushttully and carefully. and ask for commissions in the Reserve Corps. Who can say we will need no more than two or three million men - win the war; the burden falls more and l more heavily upon our shoulders. If We furnish soldiers in the same pro- portion as England and in accordance with our resources. our army will be eight to ten million and when one considers how ,a very important ele- ment. the Russian army on the east tren frontier. has been eliminated and from all signs wifi continue to be