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Show "BASKET CASES" ARE DENIED BY IRELAND W s7TIXGTOX. March 27. Major Gen-i ernl 'Ireland, surgeon general of the army, 1 ,.,td todav there was no foundation for widely circulated and persistent reports of "basket cases" In army hospitals. A "basket case" is a soldier who has lost both legs and both arms ami therefore ; cannot be carried on a stretcher. . "I have personally examined the roc- ! ords" said General Ireland, "and I wish j to emphasize that there has been no in- , stance of an American soldier so wounded wound-ed during the whole period of the war. . |