White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1919-07-06
Experiences In England.

Experience In England.
In England during these more than
four years Of war. the question Of man
power became very critical II was
necessary 10 salvage every wounded
soldier as rapidly as possible and. pro
viding he could be made f. again. 70
return him 70 the firing line This
was true 10 al the nations long IN the
conflict ard f. Is not at al uncommon
10 find soldiers who have been Eound-
ed four and FIVE times who were re-
turned after each recovery TO the fight.
The conyalescent camps and COM
mand depots of England furnish excel
lent examples OF the use Of physical
training in restoring these wounded
men. As soon as their active hospital
treatment was completed the men we're
promoted to the eonvaleseent camps.
Here well-trained physio-therapists
utilized every known method to over
com the stiffened joints and rebuild
the atrophied muscles. But a great
part OF avery day was given 10 physi-
cal frsire.g. graduated and carefully
supervised by medical officers. Calls
theeaes. s>tting-up exercises. games OF
all descriptions and special develop
msEe Cor individual cases were all
utilized. AS soon as these men had
sufficiently developed 10 permit OF
group rather than individual training.
they were transferred 10 the command
depot where more strenuous exercises.
Fames, and hardening processes were
ipdnlged In. AS rapidly as men
reached the physical condition required
they were sent back to the front.
The French recognized the value OF
games In this physical training proc
ess to such an extent that they I'm
vented and described hundreds OF new
games suitable for all physical types
of men, from the severe mutile TO the
perfectly at.
United States Takes II Up.
During the last six months OF the
war the United States Was forced to
consider more carefully the conserva'
ton Of her man-power. Development
b~attalIons were therefore created In
this country and convalescent camps
IN France where men who broke down
In the training or who were wounded
or disabled by disease could be sent
to be reclaimed. Here again physical
training played the chief role In rent.
ting these soldiers.
A story is being told Of the famous
ball team In the development BAT
TALON at Camp Kearney. II seems that
when the division from this camp left
for overseas they dumped into this
battalion the riff-raff Of their organtza-
ton, so considered by the officers. Con-
yalescents from the base hospital were
also assigned to this battalion. Among
the group was a soldier who had lost
his right arm by Academia south
paw luckily.
A young major, a West Pointer with
a vision, was left behind in charge
of this motley battalion. Submerging
his disappointment, he set about max
ing soldiers out of the material In
hand. Within three weeks every man
in the 1.2O0 In his outfit was classified
and assigned to that type Of physical
training best suited to his condition.
Every man belonged to some team and
played some game. Two men who
thought they were too weak to play
were assigned to the marble team and
for two hours every day played their
marble game. As the men developed
physically they were promoted TO .
higher class.
Become Champions
Several ball teams were formed, the
best one being captained by the n
armed pitcher of his team. This de-
vehopsneut battalion baseball team.
aaae - u physically handicapped SOL