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...last three lectures in the course on Soldier's and Sailor's Life will be delivered in Sanders Thatre this evening Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, lately Surgeon General in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia will speak first on "The Medical Examination." Professor Hollis will speak on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." President Eliot will speak last on "Enlisting." The lectures are open to members of the University only...
Lectures on the Soldier's and Sailor's Life. IV. The Medical Examination. Dr. Herbert L. Burrell, lately Surgeon General Mass. Volunteer Militia.- Life in Modern Naval Vessels. Professor Hollis.- Enlisting. President Eliot. Sanders Theatre, 8 p. m. Open to members of the University only...
...third and fourth lectures in the series on Soldier's and Sailor's Life will be delivered in Sanders Theatre this evening at 8 o'clock. Dr. F. G. Balch, lately assistant surgeon in the Naval Brigade, Massachusetts Militia, will be the first speaker, and has chosen as his subject "Life in the Naval Reserve." Dr. Myles Standish, captain of Ambulance corps in the Naval Brigade, Massachusetts Militia will follow with a lecture on "Aid to the Sick and Wounded...
...been effected in the personnel and discipline of the miltia. He affirmed that the sanitary conditions of the camps and the personal hygiene of the men had been decidedly improved. One of the most important results of the changed conditions seemed to him the more general acknowledgement by the militia of the value of strict discipline...
...Burrell, lately surgeon-general in the state militia, spoke upon the personal care of volunteers in campaign. He said in substance that the ability to make forced marches and to win decisive victories depends no less upon the health of the individual soldier than upon the maintenance of good discipline. The number of men killed in a war is always less than the number of those who die of disease. In the Crimean war the proportion was one to twelve; in our Civil War, however, only one to two. To keep the troops in perfect physical condition is the great...