Supplement 574

1915 BMJ (Clinical Research Edition)  
OFFERS OF PART-TIME SERVICE. ANY offer of part-time services for military duLties should be made, not to the WVar Office, btut to the Deputy Director of Medical Services of the Commland in w-hich the medical nman desiring to make the offer resides, alnd slhouild preferably be madle tlhrouglh the local Division of tlle Britisl Medical AssociatioIn where it lhas taken steps to assist the D.D.M.S. to organize civilian assistance. This was made plain by Sir Alfred Keogh in his remarlks at tlhe
more » ... rence with tlle special coliimittee of tlle Britislh Mledical Association as reported in tlle JOuRNAL of April lOtlh, p. 646, and was also expressed in tlle circutlar letter of tllc Medical Secretary to Divisions and Branches ptublislhed in theC JOURN.L of April 17thi, p. 683. A list of tlhe ComIm1ands showingc the counties included in each was printed in tle JOURN.-AL of April lOtli, p. 647. By reference to the same page it will be seen that the D.D.M.S. mav be able to entertain offers of part-timne service under aniy of the following eircunmstances: 1. An offer to give so many hours a day to military work at a certain fix'ed time on eachi day. The services of medical nmen making suchl offers may be of great assist auce in miiilitary lhospitals in -seeing men in combatant units reporting sick and in looking after tile sanitation of camps, barracks, and billets. 2. Offers from those whio couild inot devote a specific time to mnilitary worrk, btit wlho, as part of their general practice, vould be willinig to attend, at thle rates of pay authiorized, the wives anid chiildren of officers alid soldiers at certain stations. In peace a military medical officer at each suichi station is appointed to look after thle women and children whiose hUsbands are in the station, in addition to hiis ordiliary duty. It must be clearly understood that the request in this paragrapih does not apply totile provision of medical attendance, medlicines, etc., at places othier than miilitary stationls. It does nlot, therefore. affect the schieme of the Duke of Devonshlire's Cominittee, framed in response to the offer by the profession last September (SUPPLEMENT, September 19th, 1914, p. 173) to give free medical attendanice to those dependants of miien serving, withi the colours whio are recomnmen(led for stichi attendance under certain conditions. tTnder thlis scheme, wllichi applies to all parts of tile country, towns and villages alike, the Executive Conmittee of tile Prince of Wales's Fund lefrays the cost of medicines and appliances. 3. Offers fromii miiedical men who cani arrange to llelp the eiaglbouring practitioners wlho lhave undertaken military duties on suchl terms as may be settled by mutual agree. moXnt.
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