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T H E JO U RN AL OF TH E N A TIO N AL D EN TA L ASSOCIATION.
DENTAL SURGEONS ORGANIZE AT CAMP LEWIS. Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington, Oct. 24, 1917Editor The Journal of the National Den tal Association, Huntington, Ind. Dear Sir: Have been officially in structed to inform you that on the even ing of October 23, 1917, a society was formed by the Dental Surgeons of this camp, and given the name, “ Camp Lewis Dental Society.” First Lieutenant C. S. Irwin was unanimously elected president, It was agreed that the object of this so t e
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ciety was to broaden the knowledge of its members along certain specific lines, mainly that of Oral Surgery and Conduc tive Anesthesia, demonstrating both in lectures and clinics. The lecture meet ings are held Tuesday evenings of each week, while the clinics are given every Wednesday afternoon. We all look for ward to a very instructive course for the following three months. Respectfully, E. J. McCLUNG, Dental Surgeon U. S. Army, Secretary and Treasurer. t e
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ARMY DENTAL CORPS. Many . of the dental reservists who have been commissioned during the past four or five months and who have not been assigned to active duty are ex pressing a desire to know when they will be ordered to service. In some cases they appear to have anticipated prompt summons to duty and have ar ranged their professional affairs with that end in view. As has been stated in these columns, there are more than enough dental reservists awaiting duty to fill the 500 vacancies created by the next draft of 500,000 men on the basis of one officer to a thousand men. For the present only vacancies are filled as they occur and the only appointments made outside of that are to meet extraordin
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ary and special needs of the service. Assignments to duty from the list of inactive dental reservists are made and will be made in no regular order in re lation to the date of original commission ing. More depends upon the location of the reservist, his individual qualifica tions and the place of duty. The examination of candidates for ap pointment to the regular dental corps held at various Army posts began on November 12. The papers will be sent to Washington for marking by a board which will make recommendations of appointment and which is composed of Major H. E. Johnson and Captain J. R. Bemheim and J. R. Ames.
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ARMY SURGEON’S STATUS. First Lieutenant Jerome Wagner, M. R., in April, 1917, was placed on active duty as an examiner of recruits, Eastern Department. A commission in the med ical section of the officers’ reserve corps
sent to him prior to June 3 was refused by him. Dr. Wagner has continued to the present in the performance of duties under the order o f last April. His com mission in the corps terminated with the
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termination of the medical reserve corps on June 3. He has since been without a commission but has been receiving pay as an officer of the Army. It is held by the War Department that upon the is suance of a commission to Dr. Wagner as an officer of the medical section of the officers’ reserve corps and his enter ing upon and continuing in the discharge of his duties as such officer was an ac ceptance of that commission and the fail
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ure to execute the oath of office prompt ly does not militate against the conclus ion that there is now any existing re quirement as to the time when the oath shall be taken. It is held also that DrWagner is entitled to the pay of his office. His commission in the medical section of the reserve corps will be re turned to him and he will be required to execute the oath required by law.— Arm y and Navy Register.
HOW CANADA REEDUCATES HER WOUNDED SOLDIERS. As most Americans may be presumed to know, the soldiers’ and sailors’ insur ance law enacted a month ago provides for the reeducation of our disabled fight ers. The Government recognizes that if a man is so wounded as to impair or de stroy his earning power it is the duty of the Government to fit him for a useful and productive place in society. Altho the details of our plan for re educating disabled soldiers and sailors have yet to be worked out, it is likely that we shall follow in many respects the example of Canada, which has been a pioneer in this work. Particulars o f the Canadian plan are therefore of interest to Americans, and they are given rather fully by Douglas C. McMurtrie, a Red Cross official, in the Survey. Disabled Canadian soldiers are receiv ed at Quebec and classified medically. Those whose military usefulness has been ended are distributed to their home districts and receive at once a furlough of one to two weeks to visit their families. At the end of his furlough the soldier returns to the convalescent centre of his home district. This is a hospital, hotel, recreation house and school rolled into one. There are facilities for all kinds of medical treatment; there is a general dining room for those able to go
actively about. There are bowling al leys, a library and provisions for games. The discipline is military but not exact ing. Medical treatment and military routine are of minor importance. The great feature of the convalescent centre is the shops and the classes. These the men attend. voluntarily and eagerly. Some of them take a six months commer cial course including bookkeeping, short hand and typewriting, and they may continue this course if they desire be yond the half year. The object is not to train experts or specialists but to fit men to keep the books and accounts of a re tail store or other small business. There is a class to teach English to foreigners who enlisted in the Canadian forces. Men of all nationalities are there. English is taught by the “ objec tive” method. The instructor, who need not know the pupil’s native tongue, teaches English names of objects first, proceeding then to the formulation of sentences expressive of simple wants. Many men of another group study for civil service examinations that will lead to jobs in the postal and revenue services. They will be preferred in ap pointments to such places. Woodworking, both carpentry and fur niture making; draughtmanship, garden
T H E JO U RN AL OF TH E N A TIO N AL D EN TA L ASSOCIATION.
DENTAL SURGEONS ORGANIZE AT CAMP LEWIS. Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington, Oct. 24, 1917Editor The Journal of the National Den tal Association, Huntington, Ind. Dear Sir: Have been officially in structed to inform you that on the even ing of October 23, 1917, a society was formed by the Dental Surgeons of this camp, and given the name, “ Camp Lewis Dental Society.” First Lieutenant C. S. Irwin was unanimously elected president, It was agreed that the object of this so t e
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ciety was to broaden the knowledge of its members along certain specific lines, mainly that of Oral Surgery and Conduc tive Anesthesia, demonstrating both in lectures and clinics. The lecture meet ings are held Tuesday evenings of each week, while the clinics are given every Wednesday afternoon. We all look for ward to a very instructive course for the following three months. Respectfully, E. J. McCLUNG, Dental Surgeon U. S. Army, Secretary and Treasurer. t e
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ARMY DENTAL CORPS. Many . of the dental reservists who have been commissioned during the past four or five months and who have not been assigned to active duty are ex pressing a desire to know when they will be ordered to service. In some cases they appear to have anticipated prompt summons to duty and have ar ranged their professional affairs with that end in view. As has been stated in these columns, there are more than enough dental reservists awaiting duty to fill the 500 vacancies created by the next draft of 500,000 men on the basis of one officer to a thousand men. For the present only vacancies are filled as they occur and the only appointments made outside of that are to meet extraordin
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ary and special needs of the service. Assignments to duty from the list of inactive dental reservists are made and will be made in no regular order in re lation to the date of original commission ing. More depends upon the location of the reservist, his individual qualifica tions and the place of duty. The examination of candidates for ap pointment to the regular dental corps held at various Army posts began on November 12. The papers will be sent to Washington for marking by a board which will make recommendations of appointment and which is composed of Major H. E. Johnson and Captain J. R. Bemheim and J. R. Ames.
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ARMY SURGEON’S STATUS. First Lieutenant Jerome Wagner, M. R., in April, 1917, was placed on active duty as an examiner of recruits, Eastern Department. A commission in the med ical section of the officers’ reserve corps
sent to him prior to June 3 was refused by him. Dr. Wagner has continued to the present in the performance of duties under the order o f last April. His com mission in the corps terminated with the
AR M Y AND N AVY.
termination of the medical reserve corps on June 3. He has since been without a commission but has been receiving pay as an officer of the Army. It is held by the War Department that upon the is suance of a commission to Dr. Wagner as an officer of the medical section of the officers’ reserve corps and his enter ing upon and continuing in the discharge of his duties as such officer was an ac ceptance of that commission and the fail
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ure to execute the oath of office prompt ly does not militate against the conclus ion that there is now any existing re quirement as to the time when the oath shall be taken. It is held also that DrWagner is entitled to the pay of his office. His commission in the medical section of the reserve corps will be re turned to him and he will be required to execute the oath required by law.— Arm y and Navy Register.
HOW CANADA REEDUCATES HER WOUNDED SOLDIERS. As most Americans may be presumed to know, the soldiers’ and sailors’ insur ance law enacted a month ago provides for the reeducation of our disabled fight ers. The Government recognizes that if a man is so wounded as to impair or de stroy his earning power it is the duty of the Government to fit him for a useful and productive place in society. Altho the details of our plan for re educating disabled soldiers and sailors have yet to be worked out, it is likely that we shall follow in many respects the example of Canada, which has been a pioneer in this work. Particulars o f the Canadian plan are therefore of interest to Americans, and they are given rather fully by Douglas C. McMurtrie, a Red Cross official, in the Survey. Disabled Canadian soldiers are receiv ed at Quebec and classified medically. Those whose military usefulness has been ended are distributed to their home districts and receive at once a furlough of one to two weeks to visit their families. At the end of his furlough the soldier returns to the convalescent centre of his home district. This is a hospital, hotel, recreation house and school rolled into one. There are facilities for all kinds of medical treatment; there is a general dining room for those able to go
actively about. There are bowling al leys, a library and provisions for games. The discipline is military but not exact ing. Medical treatment and military routine are of minor importance. The great feature of the convalescent centre is the shops and the classes. These the men attend. voluntarily and eagerly. Some of them take a six months commer cial course including bookkeeping, short hand and typewriting, and they may continue this course if they desire be yond the half year. The object is not to train experts or specialists but to fit men to keep the books and accounts of a re tail store or other small business. There is a class to teach English to foreigners who enlisted in the Canadian forces. Men of all nationalities are there. English is taught by the “ objec tive” method. The instructor, who need not know the pupil’s native tongue, teaches English names of objects first, proceeding then to the formulation of sentences expressive of simple wants. Many men of another group study for civil service examinations that will lead to jobs in the postal and revenue services. They will be preferred in ap pointments to such places. Woodworking, both carpentry and fur niture making; draughtmanship, garden