Evening star., 1918-10-06

years after peace comes of the
enormous medical and surgical his
tory of the war. Five huge volumes
published thrtysix years after the
civil war contain Invaluable records
of the medical discoveries in surgery
and disease of those times, but when
they appeared most of the physicians
who had made the history were dead
or retired. Germany did better than
that in writing the medical story of
, the Franco Prussian war, for it
brought the work out sixteen years
after that contest had closed. The
surgeon general. back in July. l9l7
created division charged with the
recording OF the data which will be
used as the basis of the medical his
tory of this war. as it appears in the
: fighting zones and in the camps and
cantonments on this side of the At
lantic.
The division has as it's director Col
r. c. Mccullough. now abroad in con-
officer. Col. Casey A. Wood, acting
director in the Office of the surgeon
general, assisted by Lieut.. Coils. f. II.
Garrison and j. S. Fulton and DR.. T.
MCA1ee Inelr WOTk Will SoNCA Ga
arms of the service ana will extend
even to the Emergency Fleet Cor
poration.
The history will cover all classes of
cases. 1t will include the work OF
many sections-X-rays, camps. hospi,,
tails, the financial side of hospital and
medical supplies. the work of den
lists and veterinarians. The latter
alone have, on the average. care or
10000 animals in every camp in the
zach of which mas lIS
hospitals for sick and wounded horses
and mules. Eminent surgeons ana
sanitarians will contribute to the rec
ords of what they have seen ana cone
in surgical developments and disease
prevention. The director has estab,
ilshed relations with the British ana
French medical officers for co,opera-
tive aid and contributions: he mas
tails observing and reporting the the
progress of the treatment OF the SICK
and the wounded. and will also nave
full reports Of reconstruction work IN
the base hospitals; An adyis9ry cIun- Gpan
coi ci1i coNs's W. MAYO " and Lieut. William
WEIGH, will assist the board IN al
matters coming before 1t where such
assistance is requested.
THE Army ordnance department. IN
1 addition to providing alr the ord
nance munitions for the Army, has un-
dertaken the training Of personnel to
account for, deliver, maintain, repair ana
keep up reserves Of military rifles, pis-
tolls. machine guns. field guns, heavy
artillery and the hundreds of kindred
supplies for the troops in training on
both sides the Atlantic as we'll as those
engaged in the thick of the fight. Col.
w. w. Gibson has been appointed TO
succeed Brig. Gen. Thompson. whose
name is identified with the produc-
ton in quantity of the United states
military rifle. as director OF an orar ee
nance training schools. and his stan
consists of Maj. F.. j.. Thompson
executive assistant and Capt. A. a:
Ricker and Capt. o. S. Boyer, stan
assistants.
. The department has organized
and Watervliet. N. Y, where they are
giving instruction in training officers
and enlisted men in the maintenance
and repair of artillery. small arms
and machine guns. tractors trucSs
and motor cycles. oxy-acetylene
welding, operation of railway artii-
lery, maintenance and repair OF nre
control instruments for artillery, IN
the refining of guns for. oversee
service. for general inspection WORK
for ordnance. The training. of ord
nance supply personnel is carried on
through the medium of thirty-six
field depots
The department after a year and
half of experience is turning out
in time to meet the big supply Of
artillery which may break out at
any time.