Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-05


increased by . con-
The Marina siderable number, Its
Corps GROWS. Barnett, did not wait.
As soon as he could obtain the requisite
authority from the Secretary Of the
Navy he put the recruiting machinery
into operation. Already 1000 new men
have Joined the corps: and the promise
for May is to double that number.
The labor in details falls heavily upon
the recruiting division. which consists
Of only about $50 officers and men. 1t is
their rule to give to every applicant
full information regarding the service
and their relation to 1t, and this on the
average takes about ten minutes for
each candidate. They accept only one
man out Of every ten applicants: SO that
means for next months promised quota
the interviewing of $4,000 applicants.
medical officers take the candidate for
physical test. and this means about 49,
900 examinations must be made.
The marines thus far have had no
dif1culty in securing young men Of the
type that has kept the corps up to its
long time standard. That quality is
shown by the record of the company
recently engaged in France. where out
Of ESQ men engaged there were 167
casualties. including tho captain and
three lieutenants.
The increase in the naval personnel
and the Marine Corps automatically
increase the
Naval Hospital number of naval
Corps Increase. by som. 5000
and the personnel division of the naval
surgeon generals Office is now engag-
ed in recruiting for the service. Al
ready applications are coming in such
numbers that the recruiting officers
feel confident that they will have no
difficulty in filing the corps to its
strength.
Tho hospital corpsman Is compare
lively new grade In the Navy, and II
was created and developed at the
especial instance and direction of Sur
geon General Braisted. The hospital
corpsman enters the hospital service
and there receives training in the
duties of practical nursing to fit him
shore hospitals. He has little chance
of winning a commission, but may
reach the grade Of chief pharmacist
and 1t does give him a good calling
for civil life, one that may prove OF
value when the war is over. It really
offers good opportunity to young
men of fair education who are ap-
preaching the age Of twenty-one.
When. the destroyer Tanning captur-
ed the German U-boat, two Of the de-
stroyer's crew leaped overheard and
rescued severol Of the struggling Ger
mans. One of the two rescuers was Ell
ger Bartwell. chief pharmacists
mate.
The War Department by a recent
all four-wheel motor
Motor Transport vehicles. except ar
ST.. tillery tractors and
A'ASe' some other special
vehicles, into one organization, as q
part of the Quartermaster Corps, and
an assistant of the Quartermaster
Corps will be detailed as chief Of the
motor transport service.
Col. c. B. Drake. who has been ia
miliar with the motor truck situation
from It's inception, Is temporarily in
charge Of the service as acting chief.
But it Is reported that the War De-
partment may place a civilian at the
head of this division.
The effect Of the new order will be
the Standardization Of all activities at
fecting motor vehicles. and will result
in a material reduction in the cost of
production. Officers Of the motor serv-
ice estimate at least four times the
space it now occupies will be required
for the increased personnel; but the
ficers from the present organization
and at least one-half of the officers
engaged in other corps and depart
ments will be available for duty. Motor
Standardization was thought to be i'm
possible up to the time it was taken
up by. Col. Chauncey B. Baker. who
took the initiative resulting in the de-
velopnient of the standard army motor
truck.
through the division of food nutrition,
Maj Murwin, reports
Improve Food that the work Of camp
inspection to insure
I'VE army wholesome food for the
Army and to conserve that food is kept
up by inspection parties from the d.
vision. He has also developed a plan
to increase the number of scientific Of
fcers and maintain small staff in each
camp to continually emphasize the
recommendations of the inspectors.
The inspectors continue to examine