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Wounded Men See New York
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TH E JO URNAL OP TH E NATIONAL, D E N TA L ASSOCIATION.
WOUNDED MEN SEE NEW YORK.
tion first, because the penalty o f military failure is unthinkable. Civilian thought
W ith New Y ork society w om en acting as guides the wounded men in New Y ork are being entertained these fine spring afternoons by “ bus” tours around the city. The idea originated at the Red Cross Shop, w hich is conducted fo r the benefit o f the convalescing soldiers and sailors in local hospitals. The R ed Cross w om en m anaging the shop have arranged to take about eighty men each day. T h ey are accom panied by fou r of-th e society women, who point out centers o f interest. Som e o f the trips are thru the financial district and along the Southern w aterfront, while others are thru F ifth avenue and Central Park. The boys always want to see the houses the national captains of industries and the big financiers call home.
does n ot understand,
MILITARY DISCIPLINE. It is not difficult to get potatoes peeled in the army. It is extrem ely difficult to build up discipline in the army. D isci pline has to be cultivated sedulously. H alf o f the soldier's training has nothing to do w ith the technical skill required to operate the devices o f his arm. It has solely to do with discipline. D iscipline is as easy to destroy as it is difficult to upbuild. The destruction be gins by refusing to peel potatoes. In subordination is contagious. The man who refuses to peel potatoes, and gets away w ith it, may lose the next battle. H e has w recked discipline in his organi zation. He has brought to the surface the hundreds o f individual desires which have been suppressed by careful training. He has undone the w ork of months. M ilitary ju stice thinks about the na
because
civilian
thought is concerned with the individual who has com m itted a crim e m ore than the effect o f the crim e on the nation. No direct result of unpunished murder is seen.
A direct result o f disobedience in
the arm y is not only seen but it is felt. D isobedience nullifies an army. It is better to have no arm y than to have an undisciplined army. That is w hy diso bedience, even when it concern only peeling potatoes and sm oking cigarettes, is and alw ays m ust be punished quickly and effectively in an arm y at war. It is not a question o f Prussianized officers against a poor inoffensive indi vidual. It is a question of the individual against the nation. The citizen in peace tim e does not think about the nation. He thinks about individuals. A rm y law is thinking about the nation, and the civilian does not understand it. — Chicago Tribune.
13,101 MEN NEED DENTIST. 1 ,5 7 7 EMERGENCY CASES.
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R eports collected by Capt. Huber, divisional dental surgeon, show that of the 26,437 men in the division 13,001 need dental attention, w hile the other 13,436 are in good shape. Of these 1,577 are em ergency cases and 7,467 need extrac tions or other painful operations. The rest are fo r sim ple cleaning. These rec ords w ere pulled dow n by the 57th Artil lery Brigade. Its men spent m ore than five m onths on the line and had very lit tle tim e fo r dental care.— Over Seas Edi tion o f Camp Dodge Paper.
TH E JO URNAL OP TH E NATIONAL, D E N TA L ASSOCIATION.
WOUNDED MEN SEE NEW YORK.
tion first, because the penalty o f military failure is unthinkable. Civilian thought
W ith New Y ork society w om en acting as guides the wounded men in New Y ork are being entertained these fine spring afternoons by “ bus” tours around the city. The idea originated at the Red Cross Shop, w hich is conducted fo r the benefit o f the convalescing soldiers and sailors in local hospitals. The R ed Cross w om en m anaging the shop have arranged to take about eighty men each day. T h ey are accom panied by fou r of-th e society women, who point out centers o f interest. Som e o f the trips are thru the financial district and along the Southern w aterfront, while others are thru F ifth avenue and Central Park. The boys always want to see the houses the national captains of industries and the big financiers call home.
does n ot understand,
MILITARY DISCIPLINE. It is not difficult to get potatoes peeled in the army. It is extrem ely difficult to build up discipline in the army. D isci pline has to be cultivated sedulously. H alf o f the soldier's training has nothing to do w ith the technical skill required to operate the devices o f his arm. It has solely to do with discipline. D iscipline is as easy to destroy as it is difficult to upbuild. The destruction be gins by refusing to peel potatoes. In subordination is contagious. The man who refuses to peel potatoes, and gets away w ith it, may lose the next battle. H e has w recked discipline in his organi zation. He has brought to the surface the hundreds o f individual desires which have been suppressed by careful training. He has undone the w ork of months. M ilitary ju stice thinks about the na
because
civilian
thought is concerned with the individual who has com m itted a crim e m ore than the effect o f the crim e on the nation. No direct result of unpunished murder is seen.
A direct result o f disobedience in
the arm y is not only seen but it is felt. D isobedience nullifies an army. It is better to have no arm y than to have an undisciplined army. That is w hy diso bedience, even when it concern only peeling potatoes and sm oking cigarettes, is and alw ays m ust be punished quickly and effectively in an arm y at war. It is not a question o f Prussianized officers against a poor inoffensive indi vidual. It is a question of the individual against the nation. The citizen in peace tim e does not think about the nation. He thinks about individuals. A rm y law is thinking about the nation, and the civilian does not understand it. — Chicago Tribune.
13,101 MEN NEED DENTIST. 1 ,5 7 7 EMERGENCY CASES.
•
R eports collected by Capt. Huber, divisional dental surgeon, show that of the 26,437 men in the division 13,001 need dental attention, w hile the other 13,436 are in good shape. Of these 1,577 are em ergency cases and 7,467 need extrac tions or other painful operations. The rest are fo r sim ple cleaning. These rec ords w ere pulled dow n by the 57th Artil lery Brigade. Its men spent m ore than five m onths on the line and had very lit tle tim e fo r dental care.— Over Seas Edi tion o f Camp Dodge Paper.