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THE HOSPITAL CORPS, U. S. NAVY. 



The Hospital Corps corps consists of Pharmacists, Hosp. Stewards, 

 Hosp. App's ist class and Hosp. App's. 



All enlistments are made for a period of four (4) years except 

 Pharmacists, who hold a warrant signed by the Secty. of the Navy. 



All men in the Hosp. Corps are put through the Hosp. Corps school 

 at Washington, D. C, and are instructed in the following subjects: 

 Anatomy and Physiology, Minor Surgery, First Aid to Injured, Nurs- 

 ing, Hygiene and Sanitation, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Materia Medica, 

 Diet Cooking for Sick, and Hosp. Corps drill or stretcher drill. This 

 course usually takes from four (4) to six (6) months, and at the 

 finish of the class they are examined and given a diploma after having 

 received a percentage of 75 or over. Then they are detailed to either 

 Hospitals, or Ships, the majority of the Hosp. Corps are all Ph. G's. 

 The pay of the Hosp. Corps is as follows : 



Hosp. App., $22 per month. 



Hosp. App., 1st class, $33 per month. 



Hosp. Steward, $66 per month, acting appointment. 



Hosp. Steward, %y7 per month, permanent appointment. 



Pharmacists $1,800 per year. All Hosp. App's., after one (i) 

 year's service are eligible for promotion to Hosp. App's. ist class, after 

 passing a satisfactory examination; the same is required of Hosp. 

 App's. ist class for examination for Hosp. Steward. Whenever there 

 is a vacancy for Pharmacists, the senior Hosp. Stewards are called on 

 to take the examination. The Hospitals at present have a medical 

 director, executive officer, staff of doctors, Hosp. Corps, and female 

 nurses. Irving L. Herman. 



WORLD OPIUM CONGRESS HAS FINISHED ITS WORK. 

 Its Labors are Summed up in the Nine Resolutions that have 



been Adopted. 



SHANGHAI, Feb. 25.— The International Opium Commission, 

 which has virtually finished its work, has adopted nine resolutions. 



The first recognizes the sincerity of the Chinese Government's efforts 

 to suppress the opium traffic. 



The second declares that unrestricted morphine traffic is a grave 

 danger and that the morphine habit shows signs of spreading, and 

 urges all Governments to take drastic measures to control all noxious 

 derivatives of opium. 



