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; >■ Major Renn Takes Place of Officer Who Will Form New Hospital. Lieutenant-Colonel William Sheep, who has been at the Camp Greene Vase hospital since the fir.st ward struc ture was built and who has been at tlie head of the hospital for several '■>ionths, is relieved from command. He his been appointed to form a hospital unit, to be known as base hosifital No. .^4 Major George Renn, who has been the lns)iital adjutant for some time, has been named to’take the command of the Camp Greene base hospital Nine officers, in charge of varied departments of the Camp Greene hos pital, nave been notified that they are to become a part of the No. 54 unit The officers receiving this order a I c: Major Jonathan M. Wainwright, sur- What It Means By THOMAS S. CROWE, Captain, U. S. A., M. R. C. £ieon. Major Myren L. Morris, in charge of the laboratory. Captain Nicholas Zinner registrar. Captain Harold E. Carney, in charge of the X-ray department and in com mand of the base hospital fire fl.ghting organization. Captain William Scruggs, surgeon in ward C-2. Captain Benjamin Choate, ward sur- o'gon First Lieutenant Nolan El I^eake, at the laboratory. First Lieutenant Dabney Minor, sur geon in ward G-8. First lieutenant VonP, Adolph Fra- delmann, surgeon in ward C-6. Native of North Carolina. Lieutenant-Colonel Sheep, who has won the admiration of all those under his charge at the Camp Greene base hospital, is a native of North Carolina. He was born at Bismuth City, N; G- He is a graduate of the North Carolina State University. Lieutenant-Colonel Sheep has been .in the United States army for more than nine years. From 1914 to l^b he was on duty in the Philippines. He was a sanitary officer on tbe border during the furore with Mexico in 1910. As Captain Sheep the present Ijeu- tenant-Colonel was brought to_ Lamp Green as camp sanitary officer in Aug ust, 1917.-He saw the lumber brought to the site of the present base hospital. In September the Charlotte newspa pers carried accounts of the chi camp sanitary officer being mace > major. A few days later the Major Sheep was placed in commancl ot tne base hospital. He was commissioned a lieutenant-colonel in „„„ The rise of Ueiitenant-Colonel Sheep in the ranks ot medical officers^ tells the story of his ability. His sfren,,„th as a hospital organizer makes bim alto gel her the fit man to build a new unit when such a company is needed. Has the Confidence. Major Renn, who is now of the Camp Greesne tVoRO the absolute confidence of all o • in service under his comman • kindly way of handling every situ Aesculapius, the Father of Medicine, adopted as his messanger or orderly the deity Mercury or as he was some times designated Hermes. In ancient mythology, he was the god of Speed or Swiftness aneU usually portrayed with winged heels and cap, assisting himself in his journeys with a winged staff. In Uiose days serpents were in dicative of Evil or disease and were used for the design in that signifl- gance. Disease or evil as depicted by the serpents, are shown on the Caducous as recoiling from the magic wand of Mercury, indicating that Aesculapius had dispatched his lightening assist- ane to destroy sickness and to do so in all haste. Hence the insignia of the Science of Medicine is derived. ation during his service as adjutant of the hospital has been a subject of re spectful comment. The major had made a wide reputa tion as a specialist in eye treatment before he entered army service. His home is in Richmond, Va Major Renn was an officer in the medical department of the United States army during the five years be tween 1898 and 1903. He re-enlisted m July, 1917, just as soon as he could arrange his office and business mat ters after war had been declared on Prussianism. During tho organizing of the Camp Greene base hospital Major Renn was an important factor in the work. He has been one of the stron.gest aids to Lieutenant-Colonel Sheep in the build ing up of the splendid reputation ot the hospital here. Just as it appears to all the hospital liersonnel that it is fitting for Liem tonant-Colonel Sheep to be honored by being called to form the new hos pital oiganization, so it is evident that Major Renn, who has been a faithful worker at the Lieutenant-Colonels oidc should be named to carry on the effort in the Camp Greene field. A splendid likeness of Major Geor.ije Renn will appear on the cover of next Saturday's issue of The Caduceus. “We will hang together until the Kaiser hangs himself” was the shibbo leth which rang several times through the banquet hall of the Stelwyn hotel, Saturday evening, and w'hlch spirit wa.s animated in the fine comradeship and hearty cheer of the two hundred men who attended the gay affair. The gathering about the festive board had been called a “farewell ban quet,” because a part of the base hos pital men will be taken to form the new Base Hospital No. 54 unit, but there was no sadness of parting shown. "It is you men who are leaving our hospital 'force and who may later be given a chance at service ‘over there’ that we envy. You are the men who face the opportunities close up where heroes are brdng made daily” said Ser geant Patrick J. Dempsey, toastmas ter of the evening in one of his several brief talks. He was roundly clioered. Such was the soul of the occasion. There was no encouragement for Kais- erism The ofl'ice’-s present joined in tho roiising songs, which Private George Ryder and in the sing ing of which the men made them selves hoarse ‘■For wo won’t (ome back till its over -‘over there.' ' —caused the lights to tremble. The attendance bad been limited to two hundred men hi (.iiiise of tho Rra'L ed seating capacity of the banquet hal.. There will be a like airair In two weeks from last night. '1 wo hundred more men will bo there and will sing tho war songs with the same lusty vigor The banquet series may be considered as a battery of long range guns, wdiich are to hurl a line of across the Rhine The first shot, fired from the Selwyn last night, shook tlm earth with its blast Orchestra music enlivened by plen ty ot “jazz” put pepper into the bam quet program from the stait. The good music by the Piedmont orches tra and the ample banquet supper add ed to the zest of the ardor displayed. Sergeant Dempsey brought applause in hLs opening sentence addressed to the men “who nave answered the chow call to this Ibinquet.” The Irish wit of the toasnnaster allowed no flagging ct mirth. Sergeant Goldstein gave a piano- logue as the c.pening musical feature. (Continued on Page 12.) Si ii i 1
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