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THE CADUCEUS. THEY ARE ALL CAPTAINS Captain G. O. Wilkes Captains Johnson and Webster. (But Two Were Made This Week.) Captains Grover C. Wilkes and John C. Webster are the two latest recruits to that rank in the base hospital force of officers. They were commissioned during the past week. Captain Wilkes has been in service since last August and has spent iiis fuil time at Camp Greene. For several weeks he was in Isolation ward duty hut is now located at W ard B-8. a tuberculosis ward. ^ He graduated from the Medical College of Virginia in 1916. He is a native of North Carolina having been reared in the town of Sylva. Captain Webster, standing on the left in the picture above and garbed in the uniform worn by physicians when on duty in the isolated wards, has been at Camp Greene since last September. He is shown in the picture by the side of Captain Johnston who worked with Cap tain Webster in the care of a good percent of the spinal meningitis cases at tlie Camp Greene hospitai last winter. The picture was taken in front of teoiation Ward No. 3 where Captain Webster is stationed. The captain is a graduate of the Bellevue Medical college and for the past eiglit years has lived in New York city. Formerly he resided in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. He had specialized in internal medical treatment. BEATING THE GAME. I recently had cause to go up to Isolation No. 4, and my attention was particularly attracted to a “Nut” who seemed to be far above the average in telligence. I grew quite interested m him from the fact that he continually followed me around and likewise an orderly followed him around. Getting him alone for a moment. I asked him what he was in far. “Sh,” he whisper ed confidingly, "ITl tell you if_ you 11 keep it dark. I have a mania for swearing and writing cuss words all over the place. They, even have to have a special orderly to follow me around and rum 'em out as fast as i write ’em, but I’ll let you in on a se cret. I’m now four damns ahead of him now, and I’ve got “hell” written all over your track. NEW GENERAL ORDERS. FIRST NEWS FROM FORMER COMRADES LEAVE IN A BODY. The officers’ sick ward is almost de serted. Seven offilcers ha.ve left the ward during the past week. Those who have departed since Monday are: R. M. McCurdy,.William Vars, Herman Elwin, George Flittner, W, J. Smith, Robert Linzey and R. O. Byerrim. TO (The following general orders lor orderlies have been worked out by a patient on the C row): 1. To take care of this ward and all patients in view. 2. To report all patients that keep their beds neat. 3. To report all calls from orderlies whose position is farther from the bathroom than mine. 4. To quit my patients o'nljr after they have been relieved. o. To receive and pass on lo the orderly who relieves me lii rows and gossip from w'ardmaster r.’ ' nr se. 6. To talk to no one, on'o -.vhen in a good humor. 7. In case of disorder tell a funny story. 8. In cases not covered ' / li’tlrur- tions ask one of the patieu” 9. To salute all . pati.-e.:s boforo speakiii; to them. 10. And to be esioeiallv watchful at nigh:; and after 'ime le' pali'i'.is to be in bed allow iio ore to dlfiurb them by loud snoring .r tn'.i-in? ALLENTOWN MEN EXPECT LEAVE IN FEW WEEKS. (Special To The Caduceus.) We left Charlotte with the best of feeling towards the Dixie people for the good cheer of southern hospitality was kept up until the last minute. The Red Cross workers of Charlotte served us with coffee and rolls before our train left on Friday. The Red Cross women along the way of our north-winding trail met the train and gave us food twice. At Philadelphia a band of Red Cross workers met us at the big station and gave us bananas, cand>, chewing gum and cigarettes. The merchants of the city gave us oranges, tobacco of all kinds and candy. Yes—and there were When we arrived at Allentown there were five trucks waiting to take us to our part of the camp. We have a fine site right in the fair grounds ?nd with the town all around us We are all in one barracks but have plenty of room left. There is another two- story barracks close at hand and we' would be glad to have as many of you comrades as can to come up and join us. Our dining room seats 6,000 people at one time. Our bath house has 7o showers in it. We are right in a grove of shade trees also. We, have eight long pans in the dining room to wash our mess kits in. Bach pan is twelve feet long. And pretty rfrls down to the station to say “hello.” we have towels furnished to dry our kits wth. We have a baseball diamond near the barracks. The city is fine. There are saloons and everything. The people are very hospitable. Our top sergeant told us that he had been here two months ■ and knew everybody in the city but one family and that they had just moved in a couple days before. We are expecting to start over seas in about five weeks. There are no' fur loughs being granted here. I do not care, however, for I n-wer had a fur lough anyway. We got our Class A passeajust as soon as we arrived. We ger to keep them as long as our records are good. We can stay away from camp from Saturday noon until Monday morning. We go to work at 8:30 in the morn ing and work until 4:30 in the after noon. We can stay out any night un till 11:15 o’clock. We have it doped out that we are to go to Italy from here. GEORGE L. ROBINSON, Base Hospital No. 68, Camp Greene, Allentown, Pa. NEW COMMANDER ARRIVES. Brigadier-General L. M. Kennon has arrived at Camp Greene from Camp Rockford, Illinois, and has formally as sumed command of Camp Greene. He will succeed Colonel Archie Miller, aviation section. The general has not yet paid a visit to the base hospital.
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