Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1918 — GORGAS WILL REVOKE MEDICAL COMMISSIONS [ARTICLE]

GORGAS WILL REVOKE MEDICAL COMMISSIONS

Washington, April B.—Elimination from the army medical reserve corps of all men not qualified for active service has been undertaken by Surgeon-General Gorges. It is estimated about 1,500 commissions in the reserve will be revoked. A circular letter sent today to the 4000 members of the medical reserve corps on the inactive list, stated the surgeon-general had found it necessary to discharge all officers who, because of age or other reasons, would be unable to respond to a summons to active duty, and asked from each officer detailed information as to his present situation. Commissions in the old medical reserve corps were issued with the condition that the men receiving them could decide whether or not they desired active service. Soon after the entrance of the United States into the war, this corps was transferred bodily—fee—the—newly established rerves. A campaign to rebuild the medical reserve already is under way, the American Medical Association co-op-erating with the military authorities to reach physicians throughout the country.