The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-06-27
HEALTH OF UNCLE
SANS SOLDIERS
IS GUARDED With
GREAT CAUTION
Capt. Lasche, Brother-in-
law Of Local Man, Tells
The Story
FOOD ALWAYS
THE VERY BEST
Folks Back Home Doing a
Great Work To Help
The Soldiers

Captain P. G. Lasche, Medical Re.
serve corps, brother-in-law of Bt
Stevenson of the Union Light, Heat 8
Power Co., of Fargo, writes an ex'
| ceedingly interesting story from his
post at San Antonla, Texas, con.
corning the medical treatment of the
American soldiers in training camps
and how they are cared for wheT
they are away from home.
Following is Captain Lasche's
story, in part, as furnished The For
UNI by Mr.. Stevenson:
AS soon as a man enters the u. s
army his life and his affairs become
| systematized. He is placed under
the care and instruction of men who
are bound under oath go extend tt
him the best care and considera-
ton possible. Now when l say the
best care possible" l want you tc
| realize that at the beginning of the
war it was next to impossible to get
all things needed on short notice;
this does not apply now, however
The soldiers physical welfare is safe
guarded and looked after as jealous
ly as q young mother watches her
newborn Every morning we have
what is known as sick call" at
which time all soldiers not feel
ing we'll come to their respective
regimental infirmarieS, where they
are examined by the medical officers
in charge and given such treatment
as their cases require. At any time
during the day or night that a man
is taken i'll he either comes to the in
Urinary or sends for a medical officer
who responds to his wants at once.
Should conditions warrant the man is
Immediately sent to the base hospital
where he receives the best medical
and surgical care along with a
trained nurses care. l say best med
icaT and surgical care without fear
Of contradiction because we have here
IN our base hospital men who enjoy
state wide or nation wide reputa-
lions in their chosen field. In no case
does more than fifteen minutes pass
from the time a soldier is reported
sick until the medical officer sees
him. How very different that is from
the attention given him in civil life.
When g man becomes i'll at home he
usually waits several ours before he
calls his doctor and then 1t takes
another several hours before his med
icine reaches him, and he accepts
that as the routine method and seems
SauSIlSO. L QlSlbh9 TO contemplate
what would happen to a medical Off
Ger in the army who dared 20 look
after the sick in the same manner
that we do look after our patients in
civil life. Just to illustrate, I want
to cite a case which came u 7der my
chs ovation this very morning CO Sc
which under ordinary civil life con-
ditions would have succumbed, before
and could have been administered. A
man got up and stood reveille. After
reveille he went to his breakfast and
while in the mess hall he became i'll
and reported at the infirmary. One
glalCe assured me that the man was
very ill and I ordered an ambulance
and had him rushed to the base hos
pilal where he was immediately OPP
Grated upon for acute Illuminating
appendicitis. don't count minutes
out l know positively that less than
an hour elapsed from the time that
soldier reported sick until he was I'M
der the surgeons knife at the base
hospital. IF any one can beat that
for efficient service they have got to
show me.
The food is the very best the mar
kets afford, and is cooked by trained
graduate cooks under the most sani-
tary conditions possible. I feel safe
in saying that a large percentage of
the men in this camp fare lots better