El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-04
l. s. NEEDS ALL
ABLE DOCTORS
Major Jump Says Those
Who Don't Enter Army
Going to Be Queried.

Every reserve officer o. the medi-
cal corps Of the army is now in actual
service. and there must be more men
for the reserve corps. Every doctor In
the United States. who IS not over So
years Of age. who is not barred from
service because Of disability, institu-
tfonal or communal need. or who has
too many dependents, should be in the
army at this time the country needs
every doctor. and needs them badly
These were the words Of Maj Henry
D. Jump. Of washington. representing
the national council o. defence and the
personal representative Of surgeon
general William C. Gorgass OF the
army. who -vas in FL Peso Wednes-
dav night, accompanied Dy MIS-. ) " 2,
They left early Thursday morning IgE
Albuquerque, from Wnefe Lhes M"
20 20 California points
Forming Volunteer Corps
The major is making a tour OF the
r-nfted States forming FolunLeeE
-,e55r71 corps Of the q. s army the
$50 meets with the state committees
~, rational defence and IS appointing
,-overnfng boards OF the volunteer
-nedicaI service, whose duty II is 20
make a canvass Of the physicians ana
surgeons Of the state
aaf 4umo has been in Texas Tor
he past six weeks and during tnat
time has visited every large CITY IN
+re state and conferred with the slals
medical board The governing pQaTq
II Texas is composed OF ~. . =
chase of Fort Worth, chairman, sec
--ararv of the medical assOciauons Dr.
2. H Cary OF Dallas; Dr. D, L. buI n
cess Of waco. and DR.. W l. Brown OF
Mast Have 5000 Doctors.
In speaking Of the work OF the
volunteer medical corps, MAJ Jump
said There are only two classes q
roc+ors. Those who viii nelp the
government and those VINO VII not
holm in this time Of need Eight nun
dred thousand men are 10 be uraIleo
into the service Immediately ana TINS
means there must be 5000 more doc
.sTbe time Is not far distant when
everv doctor or surgeon who IS not
in the army will have to tell MS
friends and relatives and neignnor
WHY he IS not in the service. every
doctor who for selfish or oIner req
sons refuses to serve should be made
20 serve IT is necessary 70 wake me ne
-oung physicians up 70 the need OF
Reserves 20 Do the work.
AT present there are 1887 doctors
in the medical reserve corps and
here is great need for more men OF
the reserve corps. The reserve corps
Zoe - are the ones who are going
10 do the work. The regular army
doctors are to be the executives and
the reserve men are to do the medi-
cal and surgical work.
There has been great advance
in the work OF the reserve corps IN
the last few months Doctors are as
signed 10 that branch Of work thar
they are best adapted to- The or
rhopedfst viii attend TO injury 70
bones. the surgeon viii do surgery
and the internists viii attend TO the
diseases Of the internal organs. This
system has been carried right 10 me
front line trenches OF Europe and II
is amazing the wonderful work that
is hesn- done over there by this ar
rangemenL
school O-,eued ut Fort OglethOrpe-
"A school has been opened at Camp
GreenIeaf. at Fort Oglethorpe, "a
where doctors are giving POSTCARD
uate course and men who are parllcl-
Iarly adapted 10 some kind OF work