Show WASHINGTO N N S FROM OUR congressman W K GRANGER e six more doctors to serve on veterans board the names of six eminent medical men who have accepted invitations to serve on the s special echal medical advisory vis ory group to the ithe administrator of veterans affairs were announced last friday by brig gen franx frank T hines administrator these acceptances cep bring to 14 the number of distinguished doctors who are now serving on this group which has been selected to include leaders in all the major specialties of medicine conventions respond to byrnes request an immediate nationwide nation wide response to justice byrnes request lor for the war time cessation of group meetings conventions and trade shows is indicated by the scores of voluntary cancellations now being ann announced bounced according to the report of the rising war losses this country now is face to face with a serious problem of replacing the man power that is being used up in fighting two wars wan in the armed forces losses of men from all causes are outrunning out running new supplies of men As to casualties the trend is steeply upward through 1942 army and navy casualties in killed wounded missing and prisoners were in 1943 losses were in 1944 they jumped to losses from all causes are averaging about a month or I 1 a year this includes about battle casualties per month and discharges due to illness or other causes inductions are averaging fewer than a month on the basis of intake in december and january this points to a total deficit of about per month an actual deficit substantially lower than that is indicated dica ted however because of enlistments and because the less seriously wounded m may ay return to duty at a rate of possibly a month all told this country now has as its goal an army of well over and a navy of more than considering the quality of our arms the total of more inore than 12 will make the U S armed forces the most powerful in the world it is to offset all deficits and to reach and maintain such strength that inductions are being increased sharply in the months ahead |