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THE CADUCEUS OFFICER’S PAGE BY LIEUT. WILLIAM L. MUNSON JOIN THE CLUB The organization of an Oiflcers’ Club in conjunction with the Manufac turers’ Club of' Charlotte has attract ed the interest of many of them throughout the camp. , With the typi cal spirit of the base hospital twenty of the officers connected with that organization were among the first to step forward and take iip member ship with the new club. The society is under the supervision of the War Camp •Community Service which is doing all in its power to make the whole thing a vast success and it is planned that when the 'or ganization is well under way, to ho’*'' Sunday evening concerts for the offi cers as well as numerous dances for their benefit. The officers from the IT. S. base hos pital who have joined the new club are: Majors Claude P. Brown and Joseph H. Way. Captains Walter Defoe, Gaston Day, Herman Elwyn, Harry Hayes, Fred erick Ives, E. W. Kennedy, Herman Keyser, Harry W. Long, Clyde IL Ross and Theodore West. Lieutenants Hal Cowles, Charles Harvey,' Arthur Kraetzer, Meyer Le vine, Marion F. MoKnight, John Mil ler, Irving E. Tier and George Upton. WINS OUT ENLISTTED MAN GETS COMMIS SION—RICHARD H. DICKINSON Faithful service and efflciencynow brings it’s own reward, is an old. axion that was upheld by the recent promotion of sergeant 1st class Rich ard H. Dickinson to the rank of first lieutenant in the sanitary corps. For the past year he has been mess sergeant at the patient’s mess at the U. S. A. Base Hospital Cam]) Greene and for that period he has toiled in a seemingly tireless fashion, day after day for the welfare of the sick boys. All through the long winter of 1917-lti he was to be seen in the kitchen and mess hall from early morning to late at night, supervising the preparation of the food and looking after the sani tary conditions ' of the building. “Dick,” as he was affectionately call ed by the boys who knew him, was always at hand with a smile and a cheery word for the men who stood with him in the fight to give the pati ents the best “grub” that the mess allowance afforded. Now, they in turn are the first to come forward with congratulations and wishes of best success for him in the future. Friends of Captain Grover C. Wilkes have received notification of his safe arrival over seas. He is attached to the 122nd Infantry as a medical offi cer. Captain Wilkes was one of the pion eers at the U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Greene, having arrived here in August, 1917, and remained a part of the hospital until the last of June, 1918, His work was in the isolation wards and in B-8. Captain Harry N. Long joined for temp, duty October 23, from Harvard Medical School, Boston, Maes. As signed to the Surgical Service. 1st Lt. Leonard bursthoff joined Oc tober 23 for temp, duty on the sui- gical service, having completed a course of instruction at Rockefeller Institute, N, Y. Lt. Wallace, Hanilton, 0., was transferred October 24th to U. S. A. Base Hospital No. 92, which was sta tioned at Camp Greene, N. C., and left a few days ago for “over there,” Captain Ellen left on a five days’ leave October 26th, at Rocky Mount, N. C. 1st Lt. Becjcwith left Camp Greene October 2Gtli en'route-to Walter Reed Hospital tor treatment. 2nd Lt. Ringstrom, Hugo joined Oc tober 27th for duty from Yale Army Laboratory School,, New Haven, Conn., and was assigned to the labora tory service. 1st. Lt. Thomas T. McGurl joined for duty October 27th . from Camp Greenleaf, Ga., and was,, assigned to the medical seervice., 1st Lt. Samuel Gayraan joined Oc tober 28th frpm^Camp Greenleaf, Ga., and has been assigned to the surgical service. Richard Dickinson was born in- the early “nineties” in the little city of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and spent many happy years of his boyhood there, moving to Brighton Massachuetts later where he entered into business pursuits. Previous to his enlistment into the army, early in August 1917, he had; served a “hitch” in the navy receiving an honorably discharge from there ' in 1911. When he entered the army he was ordered to Ft. Ethan Allen, Vt., fof training coming to Camp Greene on the 5th of October of the same year. Soon, later he was made mess sergeant. Lieut. Dickinson has been ordered to Camp Crane, Allentown,, Penn, and will report there for duty in the near future. SONG OF STRENGTH M. KIRSCHBAUM Maker and Renovator of I saw a singing soldier. Marching along the road; His brow was wet with sparkling sweat, As he trudged with his heavy load. 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