The Raymer enterprise., 1918-01-17
HELP INVALID SOLDIER
HEALTH CONFERENCE CALLED
BY STATE BOARD.
Meeting Will Be Held at the State
Capitol Building on Thursday,
Jan. "a.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.


Denver.-Steps to establish an edu-
cational bureau in connection with
the Colorado Health Board are to be
advanced at conference at the capi.
tol called for Jan. "a. The object of
the bureau is to comply with the re-
quest OF the War Department in car.
ing for tuberculous soldiers who have
been sent home. To date the Army
and Navy Departments have sent
back IT'S soldiers.
The conference will be held between
members of the health board. DR..
Erlo e. Kennedy, secretary; city and
county health officers. county commits.
sioners and officers Of the local med
ical societies throughout the state
The presence in the city OF county
commissioners and other officials to
attend the National Western Stock
Show has assured Secretary Kennedy
OF large attendance at the confer.
ence.
The health board at its last meet
ing passed resolution urging Gov
ernor Gunter to appropriate $4,000
from the war funds to aid in the es.
tablishment of the bureau and to .ren-
der medical assistance.
The proposed bureau is based on
the recommendation of the War De-
partment and indorsed by the lealth
board as follows:
]. Establishment of bureau for
tubercular and social diseases by state
health departments.
2. Provision in principal cities for
the suppression Of social evils and the
isolation and treatment of individuals
In public institutions.
3. Commitment to institutions of
diseased persons for industrial train.
ing.
4. Compulsory and systematic
treatment of all infected persons
when necessary for the protection Of
health.
5. Establish in principal cities So
cial disease clinics.
6. Posting certain placards in var
ious places.
Z. Lectures and educational exhib-
its by health board.
8. Elimination OF advertising spec.
ialties OF mems diseases and sale OF
disease nostrums.
An especial appeal to Colorado for
the adoption Of the foregoing program
has been made by the United States
Public Health Service; the War and
Navy Departments; Rupert Blue, ser
geant-general of the health service
and DR.. Franklin Martin, chairman OF
the advisory committee of the Council
OF National Defense at Washington.
No Registered Man Eligible to Enlist
Many men OF draft age have mis-.
interpreted the conditions OF army
enlistment at the present time. Maj
C. N Barney said, mo registered man
is eligible for voluntary enlistment in
the regular army, except medical, den
tai, veterinary and engineering stu.
dents who are already enlisted In the
reserve corps, to be withheld from the
draft. and men who have been passed
by the examining board to be aviation
cadets" Voluntary induction into mil
itary service, through the draft law
into the ordnance, quartermaster and
aviation sections, has been closed
since Jan. /, according to telegram
received by Maj. w. A. Spangler Of
the provost marshals staff.
Naturalization Of Thousands Invalid.
The first papers in naturalization
granted several thousand foreign-born
residents OF Colorado and perhaps
10000 such residents of other states
previous to Sept. 27, 1906, when the
present naturalization law went into
effect, are invalid, through decision
Of the United States Supreme Court
according to a bulletin received by
Paul Lee Ellerbe, Colorado agent ol
naturalization of the Department ol
Labor. Mr.. Ellerbe notified clerks te
all naturalization courts to refuse te
complete the naturalization OF foreign
born residents who took out theil
first papers before this date.
Muster In First Company State Guare
The first company Of fifty Of ths
State Department of Safety was mus
tered In by Supt. Frank Adams, ant
members OF the department 80 far ac
cepted are from all parts OF the state
The men Of the first company have
been selected with special care. Rep
resentatiyes from many walks Of lift
are among them. and they were re
quired to stand rigid physical exam
ination before being sworn in.
Approve State War Bond Purchase.
The State Land Board unanimousl,
approved the purchase by STATE