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Show USED THE GOLD BRICK CURE "Treatment" Ended Many Cases oi Fiat-Feet, Semi-Blindness and Other "Defects." A gold brik which made the lame to walk and the blind to see is told of by Capt. P. H. McCarthy, Development Develop-ment Battalion No. 1, Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind., who gets the credit for Introducing the term "gold brick" Into the army during the war. The unwillingness unwill-ingness of certain recruits to submit to "development" brought the brick into play. Innumerable cases of flat-feet, semi-blindness, semi-blindness, and other ailments were continually reported by reluctant soldiers sol-diers at the camp. It was up to Captain Cap-tain McCarthy to discover whether these were ailments or alibis. When the medical profession failed, the brick got In its work. The soldier would be handed the gold article and told to go about as he pleased, free from drill, hikes, labor of any kind, but he must carry the brick. When he saw an officer offi-cer he must hold the brick out with the left hand and salute with the right. The sick man was invariably bach drilling with his outfit the second day. Flat feet and cold ones alike were cured. |