Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-22
EAR ADMIRAL w. IT. RRAI-
STEAD. surgeon general of
the Navy. in view of the rela:

lively small number OF Sc
verely wounded. even including the
marines. did not consider the con-
struction of the elaborate system OF
hospitals for, the reconstruction of
the Navy wounded necessary, and
hence the Navy Is not yet fully pre-
pared to give those men in its serv-
ice the exact care 1t wishes to be-
stow upon them. But the Navy never
fails. At one time 1t contemplated
big reconstruction hospitals of the
Army. but 1t has become evident that
blue ackets and marines are happier
IN the environment of naval institu-
tions, and the idea was conceived by
Assistant Surgeon w. E. Eaton of ar
ranging for their treatment in naval
hospitals and giving them recon-
structlonal education In the shops of
the navy yards. One condition IA
vors such a plan, making 1T possible.
where there are naval shops also. Tho
TWO elements are ut hand ready to be
combined in the service of the wound
ed who can be made over by means
OF VOCATIONAL training.
Whlle the treatment of the men be-
gins In the hospital wards, there
comes time when they must begin
again to live, and that is the hard
time. Wounded fingers are stiffened,
so That they can no longer do the del
icate work that they had been doing.
a wooden foot cannot respond to the
brain action: the man has to learn
now to operate the strange member;
shattered nerves do not take up the
OLD response to the waves from the
brain, and a broken spirit does not
respond to words. Then comes the
time when the nurse, the physician
or hospital corpsman must act to
lead the man to take up life again.
and there Is no better way than to
exercise stiff MUSCLES, broken nerve
or lost will than by some actual work
his particular case as the one that
Will reach his trouble For some time
he remains patient "working"ip the
shop time determined by the. physi-
clan. and he will remain in the hos
pital until the time comes for the hos
board in making vocational rehabil-
itation. The man will have his war
risk allotment, his pay and his care
until he is able to become self-sup-
porting either In the government
shops or in civil life. II he does not
duty of the federal board to re-edu-
cate him to some vocation that he is
better fitted to fill, but the main thing
is that he will have a chance to re-
gain all that 1T is possible for him
to regain. The Navy believes that with
reason of its peculiar facilities, be able,
to give the sailor. men start better
than sailor men could in any other in
situations receive. e
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A RMY ADMINISTRATION is> divided
into two branches. military sup
ply and military operations. Gen.
Peyton G. March, chief Of STAFF. is at
the head OF Army administration
general staff. and the divisions of
supply and operations are headed re-
thals and Maj. Gen. Henry Jervey.
The technical name of the Supply
division Is the division Of purchase.
storage and traffic, and under the
present organization all supplies for
the Army in this country and avail
and are to be issued by the supply
division. Thus the general staff,
through the division of purchase,
storage and traffic, is now in charge
of all the properties formerly con-
Quartermaster Corps. Signal Corps,
Aviation. Engineers. Ordnance. Medi-
cal Corps, and all the others. Since
this division is held responsible for
the enormous stock on hand. valued
at many billions. in self-protection it
must adopt a scientific and practical
method Of ascertaining with what 1t
Is charged. and this 1T ca naccom
plish only by the huge effort Of max
ing a complete inventory Of all the
items down to the last crowbar or
round OF ammunition belonging to
the War Department,
The division of purchase, storage
and traffic Is a subdivision called
purchase and storage" under Brig.
Gen. r. e. Wood and among it's sub
divisions Is that of storage" which
is under Col. F. B. Wells. an Army
officer requisitioned from civil life
and formerly the chief of the storage
division Of one of the great CONNER
cial houses of Chicago. Under his
general direction other officers. Lieut..
Col. l.. H. Brittin in charge, are talk
ing the initial steps in making the
Army inventory. which will be con-
tanned in a catalogue with every item
numbered in terms of commercial
classification, 80 that a post COM
mander hereafter may order supplies
by schedule number with the same
ease that an engineer of big COM
mercial plant can now order lot of
shovels from a distant supply house.
AS this inventory IL to form the basis
of all future accountfngs Of the sup
Dly division. IT Ia Main that IL must