FORT LOGAN WILL GET
FIRST CONVALESCENT
CASES IN TWO WEEKS
Lieut. Col. Howard A. Rusk, head of the convalescent division of the air surgeon's office in Washington, announced Wednesday night that within two weeks the first contingent of 2,000 convalescent members of the army air force will arrive at Fort Logan, a newly established rehabilitation center for air force personnel.
Fort Logan, formerly and army air forces clerical school and army receiving station, will become a major link in the air forces' expanding convalescent training program. Personnel of the administrative staff of the new center has not been announced. Col. W. W. Doe is the present commanding officer.
Colonel Rush said that by the end of this month pilots, bombardiers and other air force members will be started on the road to rehabilitation thru the Fort Logan training program. Mostly men who have served overseas and have been injured or become ill, they will come from general hospitals and air force
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FT. LOGAN WILL
GET WOUNDED
IN TWO WEEKS
(Continued From Page One.) installations in the south and southwest.
The convalescent program for Fort Logan will be the same that has been followed by the air force for more than a year with success, according to Colonel Rusk, who said the program is designed to return the soldier to service or start him on his way to becoming a self-supporting civilian.
COMBAT FITNESS
MAIN OBJECTIVE.
The major objective is to restore the convalescent to full combat fitness, but when this is impossible, the patient is trained for other air force assignments or returned to civilian life.
"These convalescent centers are no bed of roses," said Colonel Rusk. "Training and work go on as usual and there is no opportunity for boredom. The best vocational teachers available are used and the men are kept busy, mentally and physically."
