Show JOINED MEDICAL FORCE How r Doctors and alid Nura Nurs Rose to Country's Needs in Emergency Told Chicago Juno 7 Tho Tho story of ot tho the mobilization of or tho the nations nation's mc medical forces for the army na navy and public health service will win form forna a unique chapter In tho the history of ot the tho world war according to Dr Franklin Martin chairman of ot the tho general medical board council of ot national defense Dr Martin who recent recently returned from Crom rein Washington ash ington announced to today ay that civilian medical men were vero mobilized as officers of or the army and antI antIna na navy and the public health service ser In addition medical mon men and women wom worn en In tho the volunteer er m medical l Ico corps Were w enrolled mal making a a. total of out of oC a total medical populatIon population pop pop- o of Approximately half hate of ot the doctors in ln military service have bavo been demobilized Most of ot them are returning to practices tices which were left in the hands of ot coWorkers co Practical proof of ot the permanent value o of the volunteer service corps Is tho the fact that tho the surgeon genera general general gen gen- era eral of oC tho the arm army my Maj laj Gen W. W Yo Ireland has asked the tho council of ot national defense to complete Its Hs survey survoy and make malte it a a. part of ot th library o of the surgeon general where experts will keep time the records up to date said Dr S The army navy and public health service ice had less than 1200 commissioned commis officers at nt the tho outbreak of ot war Our first duty was to obtain al officers for tho the arm army and anil navy rem rom tho tim civilian medical profession n tho the proportion of about ten doc doc- ors for tor each c. 1000 enlisted men This vas sas accomplished through Ions lons already in existence and through h he general medical board of the coun- coun il of ot national defense To mako make the vork york effective organizations were ef- ef In more than counties of C c c tho United States Ir Pr Martin said there was no difficulty culty in securing securing- medical menThe menThe menThe men The only reluctance wo observed on tho the part of doctors was to accept l blindly service without a definite as In the tho first rush w we were cre unable properly to classify physicians as to their special fitness and desire Six months before the end o of the war ai a n plan was devised Tho The volunteer volunteer volun volun- teer medical service sel corps under the presidency of or Dr Edward P. P Davis of or Philadelphia was organized Briefly Brien it consisted of oC asking the medical men not yet ct enrolled to a agree to serve ere time the government o In any capacity with the Implied reservation however that they would be selected so far farJ as J practicable with reference to their preference for or service In spite of ot the subtle propaganda based on the alleged opposition to men blindly signing an a agreement for Cor serice service ser ice of these applications were signed and made tho the basis of a classification classi classi- that would kayo have been of ot In Inestimable Inestimable In- In inestimable estimable value for tOr further tion The applications were vero so coded that It was possible to sOC secure almost Instantly in instantly In- In instantly a group of men men for a n. special line hue of or work he said Instances where large numbers o of doctors were furnished fur Cur within a 1 da day or two iwo after requests re requests re- re quests were received from thO th public health service were cited b by Dr Mar Mar- tin e t t |