Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1916 — DR. JOHNSON HOME ON 24-HOUR FURLOUGH [ARTICLE]

DR. JOHNSON HOME ON 24-HOUR FURLOUGH

Has Lost Forty Pounds Since Going To Border Some Months Ag<X But is Feeling Fine Now. Dr. C. E. Johnson, who left with the Rensselaer company last June for Mexico as a member of the medical corps, arrived in Rensselaer Saturday evening on a 24-hour furlough. Dr. Johnson accompaniA Battery B, of Purdue, which was recently discharged from the service, back to Indianapolis, and obtained permission tp come to Rensselaer for a day. There is a military order which makes it imperative for a physician in the service to accompany all troops that are discharged, and Dr. Johnson was detailed’ to accompany Battery B. The men are all forced to undergo* a physical inspection before they are discharged, and those who are not in good physical health aer not discharged from the service until well. This is done in order that the government will be protected, relieving them from all responsibility of the future, if the men are physically fit when discharged. Dr. Johnson left Sunday afternoon for New Orleans, La., where he is to inspect the Louisiana troops, which are being discharged from the federal service. Following the inspection New Orleans, Dr. Johnson will returii to the camp at Llano Grande. When Dr. Johnson left Rensselaer he weighed 211 pounds, and now weighs about 170, a loss of 41 pounds. The suit of clothes he had on Sunday morning looked as if it had been originally made for Jess Willard. The doctor, however, stated that he was feeling fine, and felt no ill effects from the loss of weight. Many of the other members of the guard have lost weight, Major Healey being an exception, he having gained 20 pounds since being on duty. Dr. Johnson also stated that it was the general belief of the soldiers that they would be ordered back north within the next three or four weeks. Rumors tothis effect refuse to down and this is the chief topic of conversation among the soldiers. Practically every commissioned officer of the guard has been offered a position in the regular army, but so far very few of them have accepted.