ARMY MEDICAL SCHOOL. A school located in Washington, D. C. Its personnel consists of the faculty, such special professors and instructors as may be assigned to tem porary duty at the school, the students and such enlisted men and civilian employees as are assigned to it for duty. Its object is to train the students therein in the subjects that pertain to the duties of the medical depart ment. It also carries on such scientific work and investigations as are directed or author ized by proper authority. The commandant, professors and assistant professors are de tailed by the War Department from among the officers of the medical corps; the special professors are nominated by the faculty, with the approval of the surgeon-general, from among distinguished members of the medical reserve corps; the instructors are officers of other branches of the army detailed by the War Department to give special courses of instruction. The faculty consists of the com mandant who is its president, the professors and assistant professors. It meets at such times as the commandant deems advisable. It arranges the program of instruction, pre scribes the textbooks appropriate thereto, the allotment of time to each subject, and the char acter and scope of the examinations, and has final determination of all questions concern ing the proficiency of students, subject, how ever, in all respects to the express provisions of law. The adjutant is the secretary of the
faculty and is chosen by the commandant from among the professors or assistant pro fessors. He is the custodian of the records of the faculty, conducts the correspondence of the school and promulgates the orders of the commandant.
The student-body consists of officers of the medical reserve corps who are candi dates for appointment in the medical corps, such medical officers of the army and of the organized militia as may be ordered or au thorized to attend the school, and enlisted men of the hospital corps ordered to the school for instruction. The army field service and cor respondence school for medical officers is a branch of the army service schools at Fort Leavenworth and is governed by regulations published in general orders.