The Seattle Star Newspaper, November 13, 1918, Page 7

SATTLE STAR—WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1918. nee at PAGE 7 (Special to The Star by N. B, A) ARIS, Nov, 13.—"The extraordi nary success of the American army in the war ts built on the good health of the individual soldier Briefly that sums up the win-the war policy of the new surgeon gen ral of the United States army It wax what Major General Mer ritt W. Treland told the Newspaper Enterprise Association in the first public statement he has made fo Jowing his appointment succeed Surgeon General William C retired “We have got to thank the thou gands of doctors and the thousands of nurse for the amny's superior | pealth,” General Ireland said. “They | patriotically gave up thelr work back in the States to come to | France to keep our soldiers well | The American army has the best | pealth, record of any army in the work.” Army Has 25,000 Doctors \ General Treland sald the army now has upwards of 25,000 doctors, in cluding some of the most eminent _ of the profession. At least 10,000 doctors are needed for every million soldiers, he said. ‘And 2.500 nurses are needed for every 10,000 hospital patients. Not Gorgas aseatidantigmeatesnatie to America for 20,000 more nurses. | “We're trying to keep the boys | well and fit so that they can do 100 | per cent damage every time they go J into battle against the Huns.” he » gad » “We've always got a health drive @n. And even with the coming of | peace we can't slacken, It's going Bio take a very long time to get our {two million soldiers back home [After peace actually ix concluded. ’ BY LOWELL MELLETT | United Press Staff Correspondent) AT THE ALLIED FRONT, Nov Bit ine tron ‘The arrival of peace at, have imagined. ‘There was practically no contact with the enemy. and the last real fighting took place at Ath, carly this morning. Ath and eight miles beyond the German. Orders forbidding com- munication with the enemy were superfuous. The enthusiasm with which the troopa might be expected to receive the great news was absent. The ews was communicated by air planes, dispatch riders and word of mouth. The pb Be continued working on the roads Cleaning their guns. A French of officer told of the arm. istice terms, replied simply, “Merci.” ‘The response of a Portuguese ma- chine gunner was equivalent to s| polite “thanks.” Aged Woman Prays ‘The only incident which filled the dramatic requirements was . — by an aged woman in the of Bouriambrait, on the) apace road. She stared, unbeliev. | ing at first, then begged pardon | | and plumped upon her knees be i aide the road. After praying for a moment, she * arose and, with her tear-stained face | quivering with emotion, stammered the exclamation: “My son!” A general, reviewing a brigade of | Lancashire men, announced the 3 and asked for three cheers for king. All lifted their tin hats | om their bayonets and shouted to} the top of their voices. With men and material moving up formally to the front, it was easy to understand the average Tommy's “I've heard that stuff before.” A great string of ambulances was continually passing with the victims of the early morning battle. When airplanes dropped the news in packets wrapped with ribbons. | the Peemen $¢ Gre men eout of the men could scarce- Give Once, but Pnough for All. U. U.W.W.C. omer LAUGH OF A LIFETIME “What’s Your Husband Doing?” Nights 25-500 Pius war tax. NOW PLAYING TO HELL KAISER Don't mis# seeing the Kal- _ finish by a bunch of Yan- HEAR JACK O'DALE ON OUR WURLITZER | Jong ago General Ireland sent a call! &t the front was not Iike anything | ‘This afternoon I traveled thgu | British lines without finding a single | |was married to Maj. | Orton on November 4 American Army Has Best Health Record And they've got to be kept just as healthy while waiting for demobilt mation ax they have to be to fight I think I ough’ have a pretty clear view of th of the fight | wants ing army, 1h had plenty of per sonal obser I want to be | with the . where [always have | been since we into the war,”| General Ireland came to France with | General Pershing a year and « half) ago. | The army's health has been| splendid. We have onty had one thing to combat—the Spanish “flu,” | as it is called We are doing well against this sterious malady, bet ter than other arnies and countries in Europe.” | Went to France Colonel General Ireland is 6 ra old and | has been in the mee ws of the army a score of yea | France a colonel, was shortly named | brigadier generat and late last sum) mer was appointed assistant surgeon general with the rank of major keneral | He is tall, rangy, young-looking: | with amooth face, a constant jollity, smiling eyes and hair just turning eray He's full of pep and races along with a huge stride as if always | on his way to a fire He doesn't think much of slow-moving French elevators; he saves time by taking | the stairs time. Most about three steps at @ General doughboys | of them by reputation ousands by sight. He knows them, too. During the St. Mihiel drive he was right up there under fire, seeing that the corps surgeons were on the jab. General Ireland first made a name for himself as a hospitalization ex _Dert in the Philippines, know ‘ Hard for Soldiers tol Believe That Peace Had Been Declared Se o | ly be called enthusiastic. | There were a few smiles chaffing, but no cheers Ath was evacuated by the enemy @t 5:10 this morning. Civilians pa raded thru the streets where Ger: | man guns blazed only last night | They danced ar d the last Ger. | man prisoners taken by the Tom-| | mies. The civilians seemed to be! trying to make up for the soldiers’ lack of enthusiasm. | Hoping to catch sight of the Ger. man lines, I pushed. on, passing throngs of people going to their homes, but there were no Germans Soon the roads became #0 thick that | I was compelled to return without a sight of the enemy RED CROSS IS ~ EXPANDING IN BRITISH ISLES (Spectal to The Star by N. F. A.)/ LONDON, Nov, 13.—Building of al some naval hospital at a Welsh port we! | & convalescent hit at an Raval base and opening of huge | | canteens at two large English ports are among the activities planned | for the American Red Cross. | The proposed canteens will be able to supply the needs of several |thousand men within a few hours time and others are planned along | ithe lines Americans travel in going {thru England to France, Other activities are completion of @ Red Cross hospital of 900 beds |at Sarisbury near Southampton and |plans for hutments for 800 more by Nov. 1, and a hospital of 500) beds at a northern port. The canteen for American officers | opened at Grosvenor Gardens is so | popular that an extension for pri-| | vates is planned. In two months it has served 15,200 meals. The dis- tributing service of the Red Cross lis handling more than 1,000,000 ar- | ticles a month. | CAR WAGE INCREASE IS PUT UP TO CITY The city council has been asked es the street car men's union to guarantee the restoration of a tem- porary wage scale that the traction company was paying up to Novem. | ber 5. The schedule was for 4 | and 60 cents an hour for the first, | second and third years of employ- ment. The union claims that the com- | pany refused to continue this rate after the city voted to take over the line: General’s Daughter Married to Major) Miss Dorothy Evelyn Graves, daughter of Gen, William 8. Graves, | William R. Her father is | in command of the American forces in Siberia and her brother, Sydney S. 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