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wr*P?w e*^fP0«WW¥^ ' f. ■it ;■ ,'t HAVE MOVED THE CADUCEUS BASE HOSPITAL NINETY-TWO IN NEW QUARTERS. Base Hospital No. 92, which haa been stationed at Camp Greene for the past two weeks, has been recruit ed to its full quota and is now located just east of the camp headquarters. The hospital unit was formerly sta tioned near the camp water tank. One hundred men from Camp Green- leaf, Oglethorpe, Ga., arrived on Tues day afternoon and are enrolled in the hospital organization. They were con ducted to Camp Greene by Lieuten ant J. M. Scmeitzer. They are men of but few week© service and are re cruited from New York and other New England states. “Camp Greene is the best looking camp we have seen,” declared the new comers when interviewed on Friday. The men of the base hospital No. 92 unit have done little but clean up the camp grounds since they arrived at Camp Greene. The region of the water tank had just been put in order when the order to shift camps came. Now the new tenting site has been made presentable and the query is “Where next?” WOLLARD BACK. After a leave of several days Ser geant First Class George Wollard, for merly in charge of the sanitation of the barracks and the tents, has re turned to this station for duty. GREETINGS The following Labor Day greet ings were sent to the boys in France by Charles M. Schwab, head of the shipping board: “I am indeed glad of the oppor tunity offered by this Labor Day to send to you boys in France my sincerest greetings. “We read with wondering eyes of the splendid feats you are per forming and our hearts are over whelmed with patriotic enthusiasm and gratitude for the stand you are making to safeguard democ racy. “We are with you in every pos sible way; nre devoting all of ou“ energies and making all of the sac rifices, no matter how great, so that you may be supplied with food, ammunition, and other ne cessities. “The ships are coming out at r splendid rate, and this shows what our industrial workers can do when inspired by patriotic enthusiasm. God be with you all and may you return covered with honor and the glory of magnificent deeds in keep ing with American traditions.” WARD CLOSED. ON THE JOB. 'Corporal Freeman is again back on the job in the X-Ray department alter a stay in the hospital where he under went treatment for several weeks. GOES HOME. Sereeant William E. Wright of the detachment office, has left us for ten days to vi.sit a scene of great attrac tiveness in New Haven, Conn., and to journey onward to his home in Nor wich. The obstretrical ward of the base hospital, opened some weeks ago as an emergency measure to receive the wife of a soldier, has been closed as the patients admitted then have left the hospital. The following births were reported from the ward: Virginia May Kershenblatt, daugh ter of Sergeant and Mrs. Irvin Ker shenblatt. Willie Jane Roberts, daughter of Ser geant and Mrs. William Roberts. While the ward was open a small number of medical cases in the wives and children of soldiers were also cared for. Kirkwood Dairy QUARTERMASTER Sergeant Clifford T .Smith is enjoy ing a ten-day furlough at his home in St. Louis, Mo. Quartermaster Sergeant Elrod has returned from a ten-day furlough spent at his home in Jefferson, Ga. and “her” home in Athens, Ga. Is he dead? No! Corporal Coleman is very much alive., The horse that was the cause of Sergeant Barth hav ing a wrenched back and Private Wet- terholm being In the hospital with a broken arm was tamed by Corporal Coleman. There was a collection tak en up for flowers prior to his adven ture, but as it was not needed Quar termaster Sergeant Miller and Private Kerkhoff enjoyed the show at Keith’s. Overheard at tffe Soldiers’ Club Mon day night: “Who Is that graceful dancer?” “That is Charlie Kerkhoff.” “Isn’t he a wonderful damar?’ “Isn’t he a wonderful dancer ” The mystery is solved as to why girls leave home. Glance through this issue of The Caduceus and gaze at the group picture of the Q. M. C. Aren’t they handsome???? They pos sess faces only a mother could love. Sergeant Wheeler was the recipient of a letter from his brother who is en route to Prance. We all wish him the best of luck. Clyde can send him a letter stating that he is en route to “Somewhere in Charlotte.” Sergeant Wheeler, Corporal More land and Private Mohr have not as yet fully recovered from their week-end visit spent in Concord. —By Sergeant O’Malley. Best of Milk and Cream Brown’s Restaurant “The Sensible Place to Eat” Patronage of Hotels, Cafes, and Family consumption solicited. The Best of the Season’s Foods and Tastily Prepared. TWO DELIVERIES DAILY Telephone 836 , 17 Soutfi Tryon Street TelepKone 336
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