Evening star., 1918-03-17

piled Six-SeventhS OF the nurses lhuS
far in the Army.
The Red Cross has contributed funds
literally to make nurses more COM
Portable. The Army, under the law,
could allow but 40 cents a day for sub
sistence of a nurse when in oversee
service. The Red Cross added from
its treasury S5 cents day for each
nurse. 1t continued this contribution
for nearly six months. until last De-
cember, when legislation put the Army
in position to meet its obligation.
The society gives to each Army nurse
going abroad-whether coming from
The Red Cross or not-comfortable
personal equipment. 1t costs 5000 and
consists of an indoor and an outdoor
uniform. s25 worth of shoes, warm
underclothing and sleeping bag. The
nurses supply towels. soap, etc, the
government providing no personal
equipment.
AS soon as a nurse is enlisted in the
Army Nurse Corps the government pro-
all her professional equipment, sub
sistence. travelling expenses and pay.
which is $50 a month. with $40 more
for foreign service.
The Red Cross has undertaken to Sc
cure dieticianS for hospital duty 1t is
not enough that food be wholesome; it
must be appetizing. The Army has had
no little trouble to find competent
women for this work.
rrns:s oa.s "a Daho. heao OF tne heo
campaign to recruit, for the Army, by
June l. an additional 5000 nurses to fill
the corps as it will be augmented to
meet casualties from the front.
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The President has made regulations
for physical e,sminat;on of raoistr,nts
erleo 10 'he heoi-
Examining cal advisory boards.
One rule is that
RegIStrantS.
hieuieai %o oVlsor9
boards shall have no power to deter
The same rules that are TO he followed
by examining surgeons at cantonments
or recruiting stations must be followed
by the local and the advisory boards in
the examination of repist,ants
The regulations for loo, ho,-a. WA
scribe a standard of unconditional ac-
ceptance and OF unconditional rejec-
i;r,;ts n,,,st bn tas oe.~en these
board
The advisory board after examination
sneant sne "a ~; accept tne registranc. or (o)
cured of a remedia HE iefecti or 1cr 80
cept him for special or limited service
or tal reject the registrant. In the
nsss shree cases the reglstrant must re-
sp1r,u wasn .s ms numoer is reached
NJ lhe duViSory ooard accepts
9at. wheh cured OF a remed1Able de-
ret ne must; ~hen his number is
reots ~ anu 'ae surgeon general d.
,itn1 ue SEM 70 camp or base hos
pi,ai ~ ~ LOT ,reatment, including operation
I USI MIG1ssaiS 70 eHece cure.
.," niie s the manual prescrlbes minutely
tn uis ol every test 10 De given to
snh. ~ rant rant. the feature OF the
tarH 49, snAt nc one can escape mill
may result IN qualifying him for duty.
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The naval bureau of medicine and
spreerv in . h,,,,o,;. ,',
i'eoeu on physicai
fatigue as. factor in
Trainino susceptibilitv to srcb
conmn,;o.h1. s;
Young Men.
as cereoro-spinal fever
and pneumonia, advances cogent rea-
sons for military training Of voun~
The writer shows the fact, in a
ECleQtlnc WaY. 2eneTallv accented that
h,d, f.+;1u. ,.,. ~. . a..
'"e pei sun open 10
an attack OF communicable disease il
the source of infection is present IT
.h, th.t tha a,nh.. ~, <...,
Eli detarr,;ne ~ ,.;, u Sno rssis ':,, u:u
hecnroe III ,,nIess ieolatnd "a VIZ n..s Sih
IIa Sadn.as sa.,arei ,r;,ai,,as 80 49,,
sbnu,d he fo,,owsd !, 1870. wsm ,rn',m
go e. o u;a.S o. ~ .nrHS youhs
Ha ~ pIS al@1l SvntesS. Wnen men
Ia.leu III SiCups' pnys,cai strdlh
ohoo,u oe lSsuaeeu ~ snat ing weaver
nneos snouiu nv. suIer; II neces-
safe ssdit;o,,e,,r 70 ,,a,t o thn a % sonser re-
sho,'ia ~ uIanod =; .ne SounsI men
1 snSutu @ pa aau ~ pa group
"nu ~ elc5encS
II the serons are ueVeIoped az the
.pense q, tne II. many OF the
latter VIII pc iose 70 tne service
llrousn physiGai olsaoIii.y OF one klno
VI anothei rs .IecoSh!Zeo qul1s
pIopsIi! 'nae Hly tFahhs shouio
eIIinlnate the uhnt, out 1of economic
Ieasohs tnere shoulu pe no waste OF
the eNcelieht recruit material no"
avaliaoie;
tie ne IurtneI points OUT ehat oE care.
IuIiy. sIaouateu e1erGlses anu constant
SUPERVISION inuiFiuuais may De orought
10 state OF Splenold pnys1cal oeVeiop-
ment. VINO. II pusned IN their training.
ont suitable rest neriods. produce an
effect quite similar to the overtraining
u1en4 o1 the ;ndividnai
The special committee of the House