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I I f NEW DIRECTOR FOR FIELD USE. The X-Ray Division of the Stirgeon General’s office had under examination this week a new X-ray outfit for field use. The whole outfit is packed in one motor truck, and can be quickly op ened and set up. It consists of one large operating dark tent, in which the operating table is set up; a box about three feet long containing the mechan ism tor the apparatus, and all the us ual paraphernalia. Ontside the tent is a tank for the development of the plates. The power is obtained from the motor under the truck. A number of these outfits have been ordered for use abroad, although, it is not thought that many of them will, be required; the main use for the X-rays being'at the base hospitals, where they are set up i;ermanently. The British and the French allot two of these mobile out fits to each army corps. THE CADUCEUS. BIG PROBLEM Banning Harvey, who has been the director of the Red Cross work at this camp for some time, has left to take a position in the office of the na tional headquarters in 'Washington. He is succeeded by Dr.- T. D. Gardner of Quincy, 111. Dr. Gardner has had considerable experience in work of this nature and he will commence his duties at once. He is rapidly becom ing acquainted wuth the situation and will be welcomed by military officials as well as by welfare workers. Rev. J. B. Branch, associate director, will continue in charge of the civilian re lief work. Mr. Harvey has remained for sev eral days turning over the office to his successor. He goes to Washing ton to become the associate director of hospital activities for the whole country. His promotion is on© well earned and something to be proud of. It will also give him an opportunity to be of far greater use to his coun try. The work which he did here will long be remembered and we wish him success in his new position. FIRE WATER ONLY. Clerk (in small town hotel): Will you have a pitcher of water sent to your room, sir? Colonel Bluegrass: Water? What for? Ain’t’there any fire escape?—Bos ton Transcript. 150 ARRIVE The status of the army medical corps is one of the important sub jects that has been under discussion in army circles for some time. General Gorgas, as Surgeon-General of the Army, has demanded a higher military ranking for the many capable surgeons who have gone into the ser vice, in order that there may be the necessary authority to secure the best results in sanitation and hospital management. It has been, a winter of bad weather conditions, and we made the mistake of rushing too many men into the! camps before having sup plies of warm clothing, and before san itary and hospital provisions were duly^ made. The prevalence of pneu monia, scarlet fever, measles, and to some extent meningitis, has given Gen eral Gorgas and the Medical Corps great anxiety. In France, near the fighting front. General Pershing’s staff and the line Officers of the army must obviouslS’ have as much author ity as mllitaiy exigencies seem to re quire. But in the administration of our training camps here at home, with vast numbers of recruits pouring in, the sanitary and medical considera tions could well have been put first. The army has lost more than it has gained in efficiency of training through relative failure on the medical side, which General Gorgas now declares has been caused by the lack of proper rank and authority. Something in the nature of a Medical Board of Health, with the commanding officer of the camp or cantonment as its ex officio president, should have been in posi tion to exercise immediate authority. PERSONNEL OF BASE 54 REACH CAMP GREENE. The mystery is solved; the question of who was to make up the enlisted personnel of Base Hospital No. 54 is settled once and for all, and settled in the most unrefutable manner by the arrival of the men themselves., After many weeks uf impatient ex pectation, the 150 pulled into the base hospital the other day in the most un concerned manner imaginable and took possession of the new tents in the rear of the barracks, and quite a few of the old tents that have shel tered the soldiers of the old detach ment for many happy weeks. While we are pleased to have these new men with us we regret the event that has necessitated the removal of so many men from the cool, breezy tents to hot, confined, sweltering barracks, where the crowded conditions are likely to prove anything but enjoy able. It now seems probable that removal of the entire organization of Base Hospital No. 54 to another post or en campment is very probable. This ex pected change has been looked for ward to by the men and officers of the outfit with great interest and it now seems predestined to take place in the very near future. We trust that these new men will appreciate the fact that their arrival has made the men who put the tents in the delightful screened condition that they are in at the present time. The men who were obliged to move live in hopes that the new arrivals will at least attempt to preserve the work that they spent so many hours in erecting. Private Raleigh Baker has just re turned from a thirty-day furlough spent on his farm near Taylorsville, this state. Dail Overland Co. The Parhcr Ry. News Company 436 West Trade Street CHARLOTTE, N. C. RISTAU m ALL MODELS IN STOCK Can make immediate delivery 5 WEST TRADE STREET PHONE 1581 FIRST-CLASS RESTAURANT FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN POPULAR PRICES QUICK SERVICE COURTEOUS TREATMENT T. M. chapman MANAGER WE DO NOT CHARGE EXTRA TOR BREAD AND BUTTER
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