New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1918-03-27
CAMP DODGE LETTER

1t has been decreed by military au-
thorities that physical defects that
may be cured by an operation will not
deter men from serving in the army
and they must submit to operations to
relieve them of their disability. A
special medical board has been ap-
pointed to pass upon all cases. Mem
bers of the board are Captains w.; j.:
Redfeld and Frank Borden and First
Lieut. Frederick Engstrom OF the
Medical corps. After thorough ex-
animation men will be told by these
officers whether or not they are IN
danger of dying if they submit to an
operation. In cases where there is
danger, men will not have to 60 to
the operating room, but will be dis
charged from the service. Ii the YER
dict of the surgeons is that no i'll effects
will result from submitting to the knife,
the men will be ordered to take the course
laid out for them Refusal to do this
will result in a court-martlal Tor dis
Obedience to orders. 1t can be truth
fully 50 id of the men who are handl-
capped with some physical defect that
more OF them try to hide it in order to
get in than there are who parade their
infirmity in the hope of 7: getting dis
charged. The base hospital is supplied
with all. necessary equipment for any
or all kinds of operations. The best
surgeons in the United States are here
and the man who was your family
doctor at home, in many cases is here
also and the best nurses, over 100 OF
t EN-, are OH duty day and night.
Physicians and surgeons from all Sec
tons Of the country comprise med
ical staff at the base hospital that is
not surpassed in any country on the
globe. Practitioners who have spent
years in doctoring and surgery, ma
ture in both years and judgment, have
rendered their services and their tai
ent to their country and are here to
serve. Major J. A. Hornsby, one OF
the greatest hospital experts in the
country, was sent here by the depart
ment to investigate conditions care
fully. In his report to the surgeon
general at Washington he says: lone
of the best military hospitals I have
ever seen. Not a civil hospital in the
United States today is giving as good
70 a stand.
point of medicine and humanitarianism.'
He speaks of the excellent work be-
ing done by the medical and surgical
departments and comments on the
great amount of good resulting from
the daily conferences of division heads.
Il found communicable diseases well
and carefully isolated" he adds. A
new nurse dormitory will be ready for
occupancy within a few days. 1t will
accommodate seventy-six. Four more
dormit cries have been authorized. They
provide quarters for twenty-five each.
They will be built adjacent to the
hospital. Maj. Joseph H. Miller will
represent Camp Dodge base hospital
at conference at Fort Sill next week
on how to better conditions in base
hospitals. The Nebraska Base hospital
unit has been ordered to mobilize and
make plans to go to Camp Dodge.
Ambulance Company Takes Hike.
Thirteen miles in a little less than
four hours was the record made the
other day by the 349th ambulance
company. TIE military record for
short marches is a mile every fifteen
minutes. That means four miles an
hour. The rules provide for ten
minute rest out of each hours travel.
For regular marching three miles an
hour is regarded as vigorous pace If