Fort Des Moines Post (Newspaper) - August 30, 1919, Des Moines, Iowa THE FORT DES KOINES 30 1919 MAJOR STEBBINS HEADS PHYSICAL REHABILITATION PROGRAM AT FORT CooPeration With Patients In Their Activities Is Aim of New Chief IS MADE MORALE OFFICER Discharged Men May Also Avail Themselves of Department Services Major E G Stebbins M C has been appointed morale officer and di rector of physical rehabilitation at U S General Hospital 26 the latter ap pointment correlating the department wUli that of physica training Major Stebbins is eager to estab lish a spirit of cooperation between the patients in the hospital and his department He therefore invites those who wish to discuss their prob lems and difficulties with him to cal at his office in ward 8 If he is ab sent he requests that patients leav their names and ward numbers sc that on his return he may make a spe clal point to look them up Not only does Major Stebbins hopi for close contact with the men here hut he also wishes to follow up dis charged patients through their friend at the post who correspond wit them Major Stebbins has been in tin service since July 1917 serving over seas for one year He was in orthopedic work in Oxford Eng land in Base Hospital 101 at St Na zaire a and at Base 8 He returned to the States July 9 From Camp Sherman Ohio he reported to post July 31 THROUGH THE WARDS Soldiers Praise Army Service One way to find out what the en listed man realty thinks of the arm is to give him a chance t his hearts content without fear reprimand An inquiry recently mad by the commanding general of one o the largest demobilization camps the United States brought interesting replies Out of the 1440 questionnaires sent out among enlisted men about to be discharged 895 per cent stated in re ply that their military training had benefited them personally in one or more ways Only 105 per cent be they had not been benefited It is interesting to note the follow ing extracts from some of the typical answers received A The army has given me a broader outlook One learns to con sider the other man as well as him self I have never felt better cally in my life 1 have straightened up my shoulders which were bent over and have got out of the habit of looking at the ground The army has taught me when given a job to get it done as quickly as possible and to do it correctly It has shown me the value of working during working time and using resting time for rest I have also learned to keep better hours and to appreciate being out in the open air and not staying in all the time B I have a keener sense of duty I can think quicker I have regular habits I am a better Christian What I haye learned in first aid will enable me to help a friend in time of emer gency When I came into the service I had quite a stomach but now I an thin around the waist but have great chest C The greatest benefit was to get out of the satisfied rut I had been living and be made to fee more ambitious and dissatisfied will what I was doing I consider thi mingling of different classes of in the army helps them to understand each other much better than coul happen otherwise Wagoner Fred Searl of Ward 2 left August 19 for a twentyone day fur ough to be spent at his home in Wy ining Sam McWilliams of Ward 3 s spending a thirty day furlough in Kansas Cul Otto Schinert returned Mou ay from South Dakota le was gone thirty days Pvt Glenn P is back from Jewell South Dakota Percy Johnson is the hardest work tig man in Three The only one in the Ward who ocs not behave is the Head nurse Clauson of Ward 4 has re from a fourteen day furlough pert in Iowa Pvt Glenn Murray is away on vc day furlough Pvt is back from Proctor Minn Pvt left East week for Council Bluffs Iowa He will be gone hirty days Pvt Yonce is back from Montana Pvt Timm of Ward 4 lias rc from a fourteen day furlough Sgt George A Boll is on detached service in Stanley North Dakota Oh he poor wild women They are lost without him The Ward 4 phone is iot very busy these days But the el must be ringing somewhere else Some kid George butthe wild wo ien will get you yet The following patients of Ward 6 are away on furloughs Hugo Frank Dupre Donald Dye Theodore Connie McFarland Pvt Garter Smith of Ward 7 r turned from furlough last Saturday Pvt Dunn is away on a five day furlough Sgt Nichols ts bacl from furlough Pvt Claude Clark has gone on a tei Jay furlou Pvt Lyman Fallis is on furlough He will he away seven days The following patients of Ward J have been granted furloughs Powers Smith a Breeze Pvt Alva of Ward 9 away on a fifteen day furlough for a two weeks Pvt Ernest Krave of Ward 10 turned August 22 from Minneapolis Minn He gone days Pvt Edward Harris left last Frida or a thirty day furlough Pvt Ward of Ten is spent ng fifteen days at his home in DC Walter Whitty of Ward 10 doe his bed But we im the error ot his h become the champion layer of Fort Des Sh dor ell the blooming Englishman Ncs it Pvt Homer Newberry retur 22 from Tallahassee na He was away thirty Pvt Henry Thursday from a thirty day furlough pent in Des Raymond Feagans of Ward 12 s away on a thirty day furlough Pvt Koslick of Ward 15 left g 20 for a short furlough Pvt Richard Bauma returned from Aug 22 Cpl made seven mats in hours Oil boy When are they going to put a mir or in Ward 3 Why is P rivate Esch s o f rie n d ly with the nurses of Eleven is no longer COUNTRY NEEDS ARMY TRAINING TO KEEP FIT IS WOODS VERDICT This story took place in France The scene is an operating room in military hospital A large across from the hospital had been se on fire and the entire scene was li by the red glow of the burning stores A patient was coming out from tin der an after a very operation Pull down the curtain nurse sai the operating surgeon What for asked the nurse I dont want him to think the op has been a Would Correct Physical De fee cs of Nation Through Proper Training Exercises RAFT TAUGHT US A LESSON in Medical Journal Cites Games in Health and Development Of Returned Soldiers That onehalf of our drafted men unfit for soldiers is described in recent article m Medicine written by General Wood which asserts that we are SOLDIER AT HOSPITAL WEDS FORMER REAIDE AT CAMP DODGE A quiet wedding was solemnized last Saturday at tlie First Presbyter tan Church when Miss Kathryn Ire land and Pvt Charles M Maple of Lort Des Moines were married Reverend John Wright performed the ceremony The bride was attend ed by Miss Hall of Des Monies while Pvt William Lundy acted as best man Miss Irelands home was in Mur ray Iowa and she was a reconstruc tion aide at Camp Dodge until re cently The groom is from illa Missouri The couple will go ot live in Detroit Mich when Private Maple receives his discharge Its early to talk about Xmas but she is coming sure as shooting and the oiks al home will want a Town scud photograph of their boy Step En and have it taken now and that much of the shopping will be over Remember Townsend wants your ol only losing out as a nation from he standpoint of military efficiency and will treat you right are wasting vast amounts of en rgy from that of economic and in fitness The remedy accord ng to General Wood is physical su and universal training Many found in drafted men after hey were sent to camps were lie ays of a character which could have easily corrected through proper raining exercises Quoting General Wood in his ar icle which goes on to say what the Iraft should teach us as a nation he Flat chests spinal curvatures feet developments defective ceth stow coordination of mind and miscle were common And this the 70 per cent who were sent o us as presumably fit for service What the condition of tne remaining iO per cent was can be imagin ed Again many men were exempted is obviously physically unfit and not brought before the board for examination It is safe to say 50 per cent of our men were unfit for field service in war This j is bad enough from the military standpoint but it is even more seri from the standpoint of industrial efficiency Notwithstanding the influenza demic in America and Europe the av American soldier at the end of Capt C C Harvey II C has be discharged from the Ward The Captain was ward surgeon for about two months and seemed to like the ivard so became a patient We hope ie left in Ins right mind Lieut Horse Doc Cornell visited the state fair Monday with Itis veter inary class He had two ringers Lt and Field Clerk Parks of the 9th Inf a visitor at the Ward Wednesday The Captain has been manager of a company of entertainers on a sum mer chautauqua circuit this summer and was very successful Lieut Col E H Jayne Infantry arrived at the ward Wednesday morn ing from overseas Lieut Vorhess was on the mound for the Tuesday when they won from tlie fort team Lieut Alexander Q M C was dis charged Tuesday We think we know where Friday was on Saturday night but knows where Lieut dug cut is Darling dear still wears his bad blue pajamas Palm Beach is too dul a color for him Ward 15 Ward 15 including MacMillan now of the AR C who favors counti veek He also spends the fighting it weighed wno 5 with pounds more than he did when he ports a very tered the war This gain in weight was due to substantial food excellent sanitary conditions and regular hab its Ask any man who lias had military training about the normal physical development which he acquired in the army as well as the healthful results of his experience Ask your tailor or clothier and he will tell you how the physique of re turned soldiers lias changed even after a few months of training The former hump or sloop in the back has the chest is prominent t line trim the entire figure is Ask any physician or surgeon what e knows of the additional health arising from military train ig Then ask yourself this question Can I afford to turn down the op of at least one year of phy ime on the third floor Why w sk Why The competition used o run closely Payne anti Referring the decorations of one evening and none other than the man ayne who tied the knot we claim it vas a very solemn occasion for a mo nent or two as most all did their miling under cover The same evening Miss Sonaglia id the patients all farewell One es hasnt looked the same since the loom Hes hounding cows and chickens now Tiny dear dont you know that lard boiled eggs wont mix with malt ed milk Theres a truly poet in Ward 6 More about him in column Why so curious Benda It was all what the POST said wasnt it Since has taken to work again the patients of Ward 11 are hunting other quarters The Aides is all around They aid in Ward and out They go a stepping after hours With soldiers round about R L Stevenson Sgt Bruce Merrill of Ward 11 left Aug 22 for a fifteen day furlough Pvt Howard Douglas of Ward U returned Monday evening from a six day furlough spent at his brothers home in Nebraska WARD A Did you know that Ward A is a lively place and that Pvt Placke i having a killing time And dont forget in the want col that Rakers wants arc adding machines You just ought to see the head nurse She smiles and seems so hap py ever since a recent Wei and mental training in the ve all like a change of name or ation or something Who wrote Home Sweet Home Miss Klche says its Floyd Payne Theres a delightful RESTAURANT of a Different Sort at Moderate prices Luncheon at and evening dinner at and LUNCHEON HOURS to 2 oclock EVENING DINNER to service every day the store is open The CAMERA Shop 704 Locust Street 24 Hour Service Films Here Developed Free of Charge Rent Cameras m New Cabaret g I IN S I D E I IN IN I Locust Street 1 DANCING from 9 to 12 p m 1 We serve the Famous Pickwick Beverage in Bottles guaranteed not S to contain over 1 34 per cent The only lively spot in town 1 Kirchhoefer otherwise known as Alkali Pete will soon be up in his two wheeled car Bet his Lowed legs which were accustomed to tlie saddle seem out of place His favorite pose is as Desmond Clarence Cole once soldier then civic has returned now occupying bed 42 We like lo have him with u nol as an invalid hut for his good hu mor Miss Huber A N C our golden haired nurse from Penn sy and Miss A N C corn greet us al 7 a m with smiles that last all day Dear Peter wouldnt get Army Provides Liberal Athletic Equipment Following is the plan adi the War Department for soldi creation and entertainment at the dif ferent army posts which wiH be maintained for the army This enter wil consist principally of athletics wiH include baseball football basketball soccer ball vol ley ball tennis golf polo The cost of equipment which will be sup plied to the personnel for athletics alone will amount to OVER ONE HALF MILLION DOLLARS The items include 43000 baseballs 38000 baseball bats 50 chest protec tors 650 masks 1500 catch ers mitts 1500 first mitts 10000 fielders gloves 470 sets of bases 7000 playground balls 2800 playground bats 2800 Rugby foot balls 800 basketballs 2000 soccer 800 volley balls 5000 volley ball nets 1100 medicine balls 6300 sets boxing gloves 1500 dozen tennis balls 3000 tennis rackets 1000 dozen golf balls SOO sets golf sticks To this above items should be added a suffi cient number of polo sets which will e allotted as called for and a very arge number of punching bags During the war the commission on playground activities met with won success in keeping the men in in athletics at the various posts and cantonments even though the personnel of the camps was changed very often as the men were sent overseas However now since the personnel of tne permanent posts will in all likelihood remain for con periods a much greater op large number of men There is no j question but that the events outlined opted by above wi draw as Idlers only athletic stars but professionals as well Suitable awards for prices wil be givn n iht various tournaments hel d which in them selves are very desirable to ed athlete but its not Its John H Payne not celebration and almost fell out of bed getting straightened out at the critical moment Sgt thats the ono tow does he do several call ers and havent seen one an other Expect juicy bits of scandal even a cousin of his And then theres Ward B Pa arnsworth says it just glitters cause of gold brickers Rah Rah Holseid Holseid Hes as meek as he can be Dont torment or he will chastise thee Miss Anna Beulah Cavender is im proving and says that this Ward is as good as any summer resort Yes please plant And come and cry and cry Such salty salty tears Cause Im going of and die Name Aint Crook Pvt Weeks blew himself lo a hair cut yesterday Stocks going upl Further Brother Weeks wishes to announce a crap game in the base ment of the Baptist Church Soldiers Aides and Nurses cordially invited Dukel Shes headed for Amen Hold cr the barn Reveille is no longer heard in Ward 6 Blank stole the crank to the phon WARD 13 new subject that ill make a good The Ward seems to have quieted down considerably during the list OB account of something to argue should the ladies meet Sgt Kraft maker now bead spearer and art enthusiast hit the High spots too much recently Back in bed with hot applications he says he wont be happy till he hears from Hibbing We expect the market will be flooded with bead work since Nice wanger Adams Leonard Durant and several others got busy Ernest Olson one of the first set in Ward IS has become cham pion kite maker and flier Gave his aeroplane splint a breath of air sev eral feet up in the air He used it as a frame for his latest box kite He challenges anyone for a more novel use of appliances Miss Zihlman has adopted the use of tan colors Is this the new army color for nurses or is it considered more becoming Such be com fort I The Minneapolis Ladies Quartet favored us with some nifty songs on in the will be found to get the men interested in various athletic games by working them in units of competing companies In the southern posts most of the athletics mentioned above could be carried on the year round while in he northern camps football basket all together with indoor gymnasiums will make tip the work during the winter and the balance mentioned above during the summer All ol this equipment will be loanEd to the men FREE OF CHARGE but they will be held accountable for the re urn of every article borrowed from time to time In addition each com pany unit will be supplied with com plete equipment for every athletic event that will be held so that it will be very easy for the enlisted men to obtain whatever they want for recre ative purposes Boxing tournaments and general athletic meets will be held from time to time at the different posts In ad dition the community service division of the training camp activities will provide theaters which will hold very large numbers of men and offer mov ing picture shows home plays and at times stock company The plan worked out br the War Department a very attaint prove very to a The Meeting Place You are invited to meet your friends at Olsens the popular store that service built We feature many items of 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