European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 25 the stars and stripes sunday july 12,1987 it fails to Back medical forecast Dod had projected wartime shortage by William j. Bartman _ i Btu washi1 Diioro were unable to subs tar gon claims thai it would come up Short on medical personnel if a War were to break out. The audit did not cast doubts on the claims but stated that it Wai unable 10obtain Complete reliable and consist ent data needed to make valid assess ments of the situation. To also did not recommend Solu lil the problem which " " forts to go More needs from Congress Ilsc the Penta gon is already Wogec Illson a belter Way to collect data Tafter years of delay it seen when the new efforts in. The House armed service. Commit tee chairman. Lea Aspin a Wii re Quested the general  i concern items from depart a proposal to spend half to eliminate Short Falls in Medis Elj i stand person Nel by the Early lwist1 reports that wound some would  sur Gery if a Kim few broke out have Mac and congressional sup a Jie Pentagon proposals a tit Ai the same time the Gao said Large differences among the individual services estimates on the number of medical personnel who would be needed to provide adequate combat casualty care have raised concerns about the credibility of Doo i medical requirements the data problem is not new. For Many Yean the services differing Esti mates of their wartime medial nun pow or need have been " ample in 1979 tie requirement of Mph pied Beds Iny but for twice As ians. Frt another example the ratio of Anes biologists to surgeons was one to two one to nine for the Aryai Force. The pen Agbim Lily conceded that such inconsistent its efforts to improve for War. In wartime Tine Gao  de  inconsistencies could Lead to agonizing choices for Field medical com Manders who would have no Dod Stan Dard to help them alleviate scarce personnel resources among tie services. Also these disparities make it difficult Tonee mobilize to assess each service s Tor additional medical manpower. Despite the Many problems it found Gao decided not to make any recommendations since the Pentagon is Al ready working on a joint services approach to gelling the numbers straight Bui the question of when remains. The services began to develop a com Mon methodology for estimating Hospi Tal based wartime requirements for med Cal personnel in january 1980," the i said. The services and the Secre i have my Congress Uia the use"3niimyogy will generate consistent for medical support. Which was originally schedule has been repeatedly  Orn m billions in budget Cut ordered by White it Reagan to recommend l cuts to com Washington up gave Federal agencies one Flo billion to Sis billion i _ pen Sale for higher than petted government spending and lower genomic growth while House officials said e spokesman Man Fitzwater said that the budget Dir clot Homes Miter sent an order thursday to aug Binel departments. It instructed them to spare significant reductions in your Ageng spending for inclusion in the an Nual mid Jar budget review to be submitted to Al  Gray d-pa., chairman of the. Budget committee dismissed Reagan s Friday As a symbolic order without  jul month Pentagon visitor we pmed by Weinbe Juer Egton a defend Caspar wet Berger on Friday Wetch Ltd the Millionth i silo tour the pen Lagos Anel Fisher a political Fence major at Jar University of California at i Fisher of _ other members