Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 142, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1918 — REFUSED ADMISSION IN MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS [ARTICLE]

REFUSED ADMISSION IN MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS

, Dr. I. M. Washburn, who served in the Spanish-American war and who has been very anxious to enter in service in the present war as a physician has been denied that privilege. For a time the doctor received a pension on account of disabilities due to exposure in the unfavorable climate in Cuba. The doctor will try again to enter the service and hopes to be successful. The letter denying the doctor's request is here appended: Washington, D. C,, June 20, 1918. Dr. I. M. Washburn, Rensselaer, Indiana. Dear Dr. Washburn: I am directed by the Surgeon General to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of June 15th, relative to your application for a commission in the Medical Reserve Corps. The Surgeon General is still of the opinion that the fact that you were on the pension roll for physical disability is prima facie evidence that you are physically incapacitated for service as an officer of the Medical Reserve Corps. He regrets that favorable action cannot be taken upoh your application. Very truly yours, BERT W. CALDWELL, Colonel, Medical Corps, National Army.