Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 February 1919 — RELATIVES TO BE INFORMED [ARTICLE]

RELATIVES TO BE INFORMED

War Department Will ,Keep Them Posted on the Condition of Wounded Soldiers. Washington. —Relatives of sick and wounded soldiers admitted to military hospitals In the United States will be advised of the whereabouts and condition of the patients at the time of admission under a plan soon to be put Into operation by the war department. Combined with the order issued by. General Pershing to the men overseas to write home, it is believed by war • department officials that the plan will give relatives prompt Information as to all wounded or sick men. • Hospitals in this country, it was announced, would be required to send cards reporting immediately to the nearest of kin when a soldier is admitted what Ills wound or ailment is md his general physical condition. Transfers of men from one hospital to’another/also will be reported.