The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1918-01-03

now on active duty at environments 81
hospitaka lin preparation for their flu
ture wol$ The nurses number 65, al
having Nassed rigid examinations
There Six, women stenographers
and boolkeepers. OF the 153 enlisted
men, 65 q Orderlies or male nurses
and the remaining SO are clerks, book.
keepers, mechanics, and skilled labor
ers. The base hospital Is little world
in itself and must have cooks, butch
ers, bakers, carpenters, engineers, etc.
The equipment for this one unit cost
$4,000.
] Secretary of War Newton D. Baker
urges men in scientific institutions to
continue their training.
'"The government service will de-
mand more and more scientifically
trained men," said he, land I hope
those who are in charge of scientific
institutions will impress upon the
young men the Importance of contin-
u1ng their studies, except to the extent
that they are necessarily interrupt
ed by a mandatory call under the pro-
visions Of the selective draft service
law"
! Every effort wiIr be made to use
each students special training In con-
nection with specialized occupations in
the army, to afford technical students
liable to call as great an opportunity
through the National army as II they
had enlisted.
In Porto Rico, which formerly inn
ported thousands of dollars worth Of
beans annually from the mainland.
this product is now being exported.
Part of the war-emergeccy work of
the department of agriculture has been
to assist the territories to become less
dependent upon the mainland of this
country for their supply of food. The |
Alaska stations have greatly increased |
the areas soWn to grain and are able |
TO meet increased demands for seed |
grain. The Guam station is distribut-
ing large quantities Of seeds and plants
for cultivation by the natives, and Ha-
wall has materially increased it's pro-
ductfon of food crops.
While the demand for leather for
many uses has taxed the productive
of the country, the amount
used In ordnance equipment for so,~
11ers is sfngularly small. The eouir
nent furnished an infantryman by thS
ordnance bureau (Which does not in,
.lude the uniform equipment from the
Department. contains 2
)nly 1912 ounces.
The largest use. of leather In this
equipment is In the gun sling, which
contains ounces: in the oiler and
hong case are is ounces; bayonet
cabbard, or ounce; pack carrier i
unce. {
All meats and meat products for the I
rmy and navy are obtained only from
establishments and bear the {
Overnment stamp inspected and {
assed." This stamp means that every e
tep In the process OF preparing tho r
leat has been under the constant sl1. t
ervision of trained inspectors. At the Il
amps all products are reinspected and
lboratOry analyses made to show that T
he foods have not been made injurious n
y tampering. 1.
Throughout the country there are g. III
NJ inspectors engaged in this work. q
A censOr's label on an envelope does B
0t Imply that the writer or the a6- t.
'essee is under suspicion, but that IFS gi
is thought necessary in "
Regarding the governments inter, 1e
It's. ~
Under authority of the tradfng-with- II
e-enemy act censorship of interna- h.
)nal mail has been established by the .,
general. The work will be
at New York, the Canal -,
me, Porto Rico. and other places -
here it may be necessary. 80
Forms of regulations necessary to -
vern the proper marketing and ham,
ng of animal and poultry feed are u
w being prepared by the food adj "a
nistration. pu
AS in the case Of industries dealing ai
staple foods for human CONSUMPTION ID
ieral supervision of. feeds will take Pc
form Of licensing system. Infor- no
ltion contained in reports enable
food administration to detect Pr
arding. excessive profits, and to
DIV the exact amount and location
feeds in the country.
sal
1Hntonments throughout the country to
being searched to secure all col tfol
d men with technical training now tw'
service for the formation Of an artil- Ere
regiment at Camp Meade, Md. me
Wis
proposals. to save coal by closing ord
oOis in Northern and Central states cab
ing January and February haye,not Am
n met with favor by the fuel admin. can
atiOn.,
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