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Show 200 rasTroit MEN BUCK IN I J Sent Home as Hop Cases, They Have Been "Made Over." FATALITIES ARE FEM Announcement Tells of a Wonderful Work BeiJ Accomplished in U. S. More tnan 2uO men sent back to United States from the American J tionary forces in France as "htm cases'" have been reconstructed aw turned to the front for active m through the work of the reconat division of the surgeon general's fli This information, which is contain an official announcement from Watufl ton, is indicative of the remarkaWeiJ being accomplished in the reconstrirjS hospitals of the country. This is J of work being done by hospitals sm Fort Douglas and gives an idea oh Held f vitally important operation ' which the local hospital will be aL as soon as it is in full operation. The post hospital is one of ttM seven in tlie ''O'mtry designated i construction hospitals" and the duflJ w hirl: are to take men returned fro-Ti front and re instruct them so that 6 wiil be fit f t a -rive service again ited service or able to support thenjJ independently in pursuits of civibaa l when discharged from the military ami Results Astonish. When it is Taken into consideration the primary reconstruction work a in the big base hospitals behind the fain fa-in Fram e and England and that i the "more hopeless" cases are sent fa ;o this country, the results achieved here appear the more ren able. It has been announced that ta vi) per cent of the wounded and .ared for in the base hospitals ifai "fp abi to return to active doty i them and only about 20 per cent i to be sent to the reconstruction i in this country. The report from Washington '--,- many hundreds ; men. supposed -of no further military value, haw fa restored to limited military mi Thousands more are under treatises) ine prepared for further military aaj or for self-support in lines of : a .plovment. Results thus far achieved indicaaj about SO per cent of the cases zrtti filter from the hospitals back IsfH active or hmi'e.l military service I 15 per cent are discharged to the board for vocation a' training and ml i tedf to become independent. r?mnd i citizens while onlv about 5 per ctslj I fatally. j Battalions Formed. ; The men restored for limited Sg .-e-vk-e are being farmed into bat-j ! and assigned to duties such as they been trained to rrrform during ue faffi tita! reconstruction period. . 2 I The hospital medical a .t . laying the foundation for the fatal 2 ; habilitation o: '-.t pick, the wounded 3 suffering from nervous disturb! In this 9 -. arc preparing tients who cannot le restored tol duty. f.T t ,.-1vo t0 come later id war risk insurance Mireau and tWl eral board, which take up the tnfa to make it 'Continuous after the N struction division determine tlat ' time has come when it is safe tts them over to the former for u!tinaS or to the latter to continue the vina training for their economic surpon The medical department of the m States orni has taken the lead is! reconstruction work and :' c syster ri it has put into operation is prr worth in the results thus far wJM |