War Department Gives
New Supplemental Plan
For Release Of Medics
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — The War De
partment announced today a new
plan supplemental to the Army
wide officer demobilization, and
designed to further accelerate the
return of medical officers to civil
ian life. The immediate separation
of the large numbers of surplus
doctors, dentists, and nurses who
are being returned from overseas
by special air and ship priorities
can be effected under the new
plan.
Major General Norman T. Kirk,
The Surgeon General, stated that
this plan will return 13,000 physi
cians, 25,000 nurses, 3,500 den
tists and a large number of other
Medical Department officers to
civilian life by January 1, 1946.
Alaskan Department Headquar
ters announced today that a large
number of Medical Department
officers would become eligible
within the next sixty days under
the new plan of demobilization.
Medical and Dental Corps offi
cers will be considered surplus
and separated from the service if
they have 80 points, or are 48
years of age or over, or ^except
for less than 200 scarce medical
specialists* if they entered on ac
tive duly prior to Pearl Harbor.
Scarce specialists will be released
if they entered on active duty
prior to January 1, 1941.
Army Nurse Corps officers will
be considered surplus and separ
ated from the service if they have
35 points, or are 35 years of age
or over, or are married, or have
dependents under 14 years of age.
Physical Therapists and Hospi
tal Dieticians will be released if
they have 40 points, or have
reached 40 years of age, or are
married or have dependents under
14.
Veterinary Corps officers will
be eligible for discharge as sur
plus if they have a joint score of
80 or more, or if they are 42 years
of age or over, or if they joined
the army prior to January 1, 1941.
Medical Administration and
Sanitary Corps officers with point
scores of 70 or more, or who are
42 years of age or more, or have
been in service since before Pearl
Harbor will be released as sur
plus.
It is expected that no later than !
the end of this year, the separa
tion provisions will be further lib
eralized in order that Medical of
ficers who become surplus may
be released as rapidly as possible.
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