Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-17
CAMP LEE PHYSICIANS
TO INSTRUCT EXAMINERS
Major Sclmittcr Will Tell Doctors
What Sort OF Men Arc
Wanted for Army.
so,rE VERY AMUSING MISTAKES
In First Draft One Local Board
Sent One-Lcggcd Man to Camp
and Another Certified Man Dying
OF tuberculosis.

Major #. Schmittcr, commanding Of.
i'cer of tho base hospital OF the Eigh-
| tieth Division. at Camp Lee. will meet
WIN the medical examiners OF the local
boards of ten counties and the five
boards Of the city OF Richmond in Rich
!nond today. Major Schmitter is one
OF the eleven officers that have been
sent by the commanding general to
various points in this state and West
Virginia to advise with the local cx-
amiuers Of each county as to the best
method to pursue to examining the men
for the second draft. These men are
forwarded from Camp Lee upon orders
from the Acknowledgement of the
United States. III a letter recently re-
ceived from that officer he stated 1.-THE
Secretary OF War directs that you send
sufficient number Of the members Of
your medical stan 10 inspect local
boards. with a view towards instruct; =
ing local medical examiners in making
physical examinations and inspecting
their methods
The letter further stated that there
was Information that some Of the med
Zeal examiners were incapable. and the
men who are being sent from Camp
Lee are instructed to report as TO the
ability OF the examiners that they meet
Evidences OF this inability were evident
in tho early days OF the camp. Two
local boards sent one-legged men to
the camp TO be trained for overseas
duty. while one board sent a onc-armed
individual to be trained to whip the
Kaiser. One man was taken from the
train at Camp Lee suffering in the last
stages OF consumption. The local boa I'd
thought he was in physical condition
to fight the Boche. but he soon passed
away, victim TO the white plague
instructions as to the method of e.-
iE To-, II.
such conditions on the second draft
viii be delivered by the officers.
FIRST MEETING TO BE HELD
HERE THIS MORNING
Fifteen cities will be visited in this
State and eleven in West Virginia. At
some one of these cities the medical
examiner OF every local board will be
present. At II o'clock this morning,
according to information from division
headquarters Major Schmitter will
meet with examiners OF the five local
boards OF the city OF Richmond and the
examiners Of the following counties:
Goochland, Powhatan. Hanover and
Henrico. AT O'Clock he will confer
with the representatives OF Charles
CRY, New Kent. Cumberland. Amelia.
King and Queen and King William. On
Friday afternoon ut ) o'clock at the
base hospital at Camp Lee the cxami-
"
George and Surry will be directed by
Major Schmitter as to the proper
methods TO pursue in determining the
physical fitness OF man drafted for
service.
Besides Richmond army physicians
VIII meet with examiners from various
counties in six cities of the State They
are Roanoke. Enporia. Front Royal,
Norfolk. Orange and Frederick sburE.
FRIDAY meetings will b. held i'm Iynch
burg, Keysrillc. Alexandria. Wytheville
Camp Lee, Hampton and stanton.
on Saturday the officers viii move to
West Virginia. where the work FOR the
two States will be completed in FL
kins. W. Na on Tuesday.
BESIDES Major Sch;nittcr. the physi-
clans who will meet the examining ply
sicians OF every county i'll the State are
Major Beverly I<cnnon. Captain !. c.
Edgar, Lieutenant :. w. Donaldson
Captain Emmett Fayen. Major Living
Day, Captain Hugh Nelson. Captain
John l.. Kelley. Captain 8. w. Tunnel
and Captain O. L. Sands.
The meetings are being arranged
with the local boards through the adj
jutant-genera!s OF the States The
drafted men a: Camp Lee come from
Virginia. West Virginia and "A section
OF Pennsylvania, including Pittsburgh.
Nothing official has been received from
the adiutant- general OF Pennsylvania.
and. accordingly. d schedule for that
state has not yet been announced.