Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-04-22
HEALTH DEPT. HAS
VERY FINE RECORD
236 Officials and Attaches
Enter Military Service,
Most of Them Officers

The Department of Health of
Pennsylvania has just completed a
tabulation of the number of its Of
ficers who have been commissioned
in the Medical Officers Reserve
Corps, together with a list of those
who have entered the various
branches of the Federal Service
since the United States entered the
present worldwide war. The rec
ord is one of which Pennsylvania
has every reason to be proud.
With Pennsylvania for more than
hundred years leading all other
states in medical education and for
twelve years under the leadership
of DIR. Samuel G. Dixon, far in ad-
vance in public health and sanitary
work, it IAight have been expected
in a great national crisis that Penn
sylvania with many men well-trained
| in public health work would stand
first is response to the surgeon gen.
erals call for medical men.
The honor roll from the State De-
partment of Health begins with
seven medical officers who have been
commissioned as majors, twenty
eight medical officers and eight SAN
itary engineers who have been COM
missioned as captains, one hundred
sixty eight medical officers. two
sanitary engineers and one health
officer as first lieutenants, five state
officers to various special branches
of the service, and thirteen nurses
TO the Nursing Corps of the Army.
In addition to two hundred thirty
two persons entering the Army two
sanitary engineers have entered the
ptth1 Il
ing cantonment work and two stem
ographers have accepted Federal
positions for war work.
II is doubtful if any state organ
ization in America could have sea.
to the Federal Army in this great
crisis any such number of persons
trained to serve as officers.
DR.. Royer the Acting Commits
sioner, YVES commissioned a lieute-
nant in 1911, a captain in April
1917 and in addition to his public
health duties, has served as chair
man of the examining board at Har-
risburg. In this capacity he has
passed upon the professional and
physical qualifications of those en-
tering the Medical and Sanitary Off
GERS Reserve Corps, and on the
physical qualifications of those en-
tering the Veterinary Officers and
the Dental Officers Reserve Corps
The Medical Committee of the
Council of Defense reports that
Pennsylvania leads all other states
IN :he number of medical officers
entering the Army. This is as it
ought to be and Pennsylvania stands
ready to Keep on giving to this
branch of the service, giving until it
hurts, so long as this world wide
war continues.
Dauphin countians in the service
are:
Major Thomas w. Jackson, NJ. D.,
Harrisburg; captains, B. Franklin
Royer, NJ. D., j. NJ. Mahon. Ralph
Irwin, c. b. Mark, c. L. Siebert, II.
F. Bronson, f. e. Daniels, w. c..
Riddle, II. r. Stocker, all of Harris
burg; ieutenants, j. Nj. Peters. NJ
D.. Steelton; c. r. Phillips, NJ. D.,
j. w. MacMullen, NJ. D., w. T. Doug
lass. NJ D., of Harrisburg; w. p.
Evans, NJ, d., Middletown; G. B.
kunkel, NJ. D., Harrisburg; l.. l..
Shenk. NJ. D., Linglestown; F.. +. d.
Reckord, NJ. d., j. A. Tinsman Har-
risburg; privates, Leslie Seiders.
nurses, Edna Graybill, Harrisburg
and Anna r. Hitchcock, Harrisburg.
Delaware County
Majors, n. D. Smith. NJ. D., Rut-
ledge; lieutenants, J. S. Eyuon, NJ.
D., Chester; l. B. Roberts, NJ. D.,
Llanerch, K. c. Bullock, NJ. D., Up
land; F. r. Nothnagle, NJ. D.,
Chester.
Cumberland County
Majors, ]. Bruce McCreary. M. D..
ShlppensDurg; captains, L. r.
Flank, M. d.. Carlisle; lieutenants,
n. X. Lefever, NJ. D., Boiling Springs;
A. E Lyons M. D., Fairview; j. f.
rutherford, M. D., GAINESVILLE; r.
w. Thompson, NJ. D.. Wesleyville.
Perry County
Lieutenant, M. L. Stein, NJ. D.,
Millerstown.