FLOOR COLLAPSES
FOUR KUF.V IN ACCIDENT WHICH
STIRS CAMP.
Four soldiers wexe hurt and several
others narrowly escaped injury when
the floor of the central K. of C. build-
i(i'^ colU’psed under the weight of
ight hundied men, who had crowded
into tie structure on Wednesday
evening. The report that the building
had given way spread like wild fire
."ivl re^’ched the base hospital
after 9 o’clock in the form of an ac
count of severa’’ hundred men being
injured.
All the camp was stirred. When the
report could not be disproven at once
the orde~ was sent for all medical men
to report to the base hospital imme
diately. The military police an
nounced the order in every building
whe^ there was a gathering of sol
dier^ Automobiles were commandeer
ed. Charlotte Heard that the camp .was
burning. The soldiers reached the
camp center in hundreds to learn
that the affair was not as serious a*s
civen out on the first wave of excit''
ment.
Those injured when the forty feet
of floor gave way and who are now ""
tients in C-3 ward of the base hospital
are:
Arthur Fauver of Georgia, fourth r"
cruit camp, right wrist laterated.
Ami le Cdnotal, Italy, fourth recruit
camp, insised wound in the palm of
the hand.
Daniel Crimlick, Pennsylvania,
fourth recruit camp, back strained.
Arthur Purnett, New York, fourth
recruit camp, shoulder sprained.
William Bailey, lourth recruit
camp, collapsed from effects of ner
vous shock and is temporarily a hos
pital patient. ,
-The K. of building is construct
ed on the side of a. hill and a part o'
the fioor'ng had not been pronerlv sup
ported to hold such a crowd of in- -
ca thronged the place from the stre"*
of the ’imited service men, now in
nuarantine. There was a dron of near
ly four feet at the east side of the
building when the floor aavh way.
Reconstruction has been started.
(By Joe Lawlor)
Some time ago a member of the
staff of The Caduceus suggested that
an interview with a certain person
who had charge of athletics at Camp
Greene would make interesting read
ing as his life was just chock full of
episodes that bring old King Joy to
the hearts ■ of sport followers. The
gentleman in question was none other
than the famous “Pop Poster” and
Tuesday night found us at his
chateau on North Charles street. After
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FIGHT MALARIA.
The need of absolute cleanliness
and sanitary conditions in the camp
and the dange- of malaria was noted
again du’-ing the past week when a
numbe’- of men f^-om the Base Hospi
tal we'le assigned to the task iof
cleaning up the camp.
The work will take three weeks and
it\is hoped that by that tiihe all the
haunts of the mosquito will he de
stroyed. Trees are being cut down
and brush and undergrowth is being
burned. Every place in which it
might be possible for mosquit.oe’s to
breed is being oiled so that In the
near future the entire camp will he
free from mosquitoes and also mala
ria.
Sgt. William Wright is in charge of
the hospital force and the other mem
ber sare: Sgt. Harrington Corp.
Dempsey, Corp. Harper and Corp
Pop Foster.
being cordially received by the host
and hostess Pop’s first command was
“At Ease Men” and from that time
on the athlete was a target for all
kinds of questions, which he answer
ed in a modest way for it seems to be
a habit with men who do things that
the least said about them the better.
Pop Poster was born in New Haven
April 8, 1878, and started playing semi-
pro ball with Jim O’Rourke’s club at
the tender age of 16, considering the
calibre that was representing the club
such a start made sport fans predict
a brilliant future tor the Nutmeg
State boy, he also starred on his high
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I missed the
Camp No. 4 car.
The last one, •
A few nights
Ago and
Wlas forced
To take a
Taxi to carry
Me back to camp.
The machine I
- Hailed seemed
Loaded to
Its capacity
But I had only
A short time in
Which, according
To tile provost,
I had to be
Off the street.
1 clambered
Aboard the
Ford and in
So doing
Pell into the
Lap of a
Soldier sitting
In the rear seat.
He very kindly
Made movements to
The effect that
I might stay
There, so
I settled down
On his knees for
A comparatively
Comfortable ride.
When we readied
Liberty Park
My host notified
Me that I should
Arise and allow
Him to alight.
I stepped out of
The Machine
And much to
My chagrin
Discovered that
My host, about to alight
Was a Major of
Infantry.
I came smartly to
Salute and
Apologized tor
Having made
Such a breach in
Army etiquette as
To have sat
On his knees.
He very pleasantly «
Told me he was •
Glad to have been
Able to accommodate me
But warned me
Not to make the
Same blunder with a
Second Lieutenant.
COSGROVE.
Another graduate of the fatigue
squad is R. Dewey O’Connor, who is
now working in Ward D-2.
Privates First Class Nikrant and
Shipley, two of the well-known ward
men about the hospital, are absent on
well-earned furloughs.
^ ^ ' j;, L ,
“Shorty” Kramer and “Kid” Cum
mins are both with us agaita after
leaves spent in and about their home
towns in thq.middle west.