LT.-COL. SHEEP
RELIEVED
Lt. Col. W. L. Sheep, commanding
officer of Base Hospital No. 54 has
been relieved of duty with this organ
ization, per telegraphic instructions of
the War Department. He is to report
shortly to another station for duty.
It is with the sharpest of regrets
that the. members of the hospital bid
farewell to their esteemed commander
an dthey trust that he will meet with
further success in the future.
Editors note—To the service of the
Red Cross nurses, Nichols O’Tyne has
written a gripping pomn which is be
ing used extensively in the present
Red Cross drive. It pertaines so strik
ingly to the mission of all the volun
teer nurses that we think this the
most appropriate place to introduce
the worthy verse entitled:
THE MOTHER OF MEN.
O’er her heart, the emblem of mercy—
The deep crimson cross, shining bright
As the blood from the wounds of the
Savior—
Gleams forth on a field of snowy
white.
Compassionate mother of sorrows.
Enduring her travail again.
She walks in the valley of shadows.
This Red Cross mother of men.
She reaches her arms forth in pity,
She gathers her sons to her breast.
She binds up the wounds of the strick
en.
Her heart is a haven of rest
Wherever man fare forth to battle.
Wherever the crimson tide flows.
Wherever the needs is the gravest.
On errands of mercy she goes.
Profound is the love of this mother.
E’er seeking the broken to mend.
As great as the love of that other
Who greth his life for his friend."
’Midst the shriek and crashing of
shells.
She bears hack her battle torn child
ren
From the wide flung portals of hell.
On her brow a diadem royal,
' All builded of deep-biting thorn,
Gethsemane’s gorden of sorrow
She knows, and the glory of morn.
For Christ and the cross is her labor.
’Midst the war-torn valley and glen;
She is love and pity'incarnate—
This iherciful mother of mine.
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