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THE CADUCEUS
DON’T PULL BACK
OTHER, father, sister and the other dear ones at home;—This
is an open letter to you. It is directed in behalf of the enlisted
men of the U. S. Army B;jse Hospital, Camp Greene. We hope
that you will read it with the same care that you once studied
our traveling orders.
We of the medical service ask no help. We only want the privilege to
nnish our job.
Be patient is the only request we have to ask of you in this message.
we know how badly you want us to come home. We feel the same way
about that because the touch of your warm hands and the tender smiles of
your care-worn faces are nothing short of sacred to us. But you are not
e pmg us in our necessary work when you fill our mails with distracting
appeals to “come home” and you are only retarding the work of all the
nospital when you heap the desk of our commanding officier with letters
on the subject, “Let our boy come home.”
True the last gun has been fired. For the fighting man of the trenches,
ne who has slept in the stagnant water and who has borne the shock of
the conflict, the war is over. His mission -was to destroy the enemy and that
Work is finished.
Our work, the job for which we took our solemn oath as we stood beneath
the silent folds of “Old Glory” and of which the old flag itself seemed to
take record, is to rebuild the broken bodies, to battle disease, to heal the
wounds of conflict and to care for the maimed and hurt of our comrades.
Our assignment has been to “save the soldiers” and the high standing of
the medical department of the American army and the rating of the U. S.
Army Base Hospital, Camp Greene, shows that we have done our work
Well.
But our job is not finished. There is a big work ahead—the task of
caring for the wounded men who are to come to us from France. We feel
a new and inspiring honor in being allowed to bind up the wounds of these
matchless heroes—these brothers in arms who rushed, without a falter,
against that mighty line of Teuton hate and who crushed by the spirit of
their valor the war machine of forty years building. '
These shell torn patriots need us now and who would falter? Our gov
ernment, “of the people, by the people and for the people,” which Inspired
toe unrivaled bravery at Chateau-Thierry, has designated us for this work.
We will be true to the trust. We know that you good folks at home would
have us do so. We want that pride you felt the day we marched away to
be completed at our return.
From you we ask now only the help of patience. It will only pull back
toe work for you to harass us and our officiers by “come back” letters.
We want to come home but not until our work is finished. We will not
desert our post until our alloted work is done. We do this for our honor
and yours.—
With Love,
The men of the U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Greene.
QUARTERMASTER
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Lt. John H. Trickey the new C. O.
of the detachment believes in having
things up to standard. He enlarged
toe office and installed new filing
systems that facilitate duties of the
clerk.
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We welcome the following new
members to our Fighting Corps, who
came here from the Fourth Recruit
camp on Tuesday: Max Mitkowsky,
Charley Morris, John Murray, Anthony
Schum, Henry States and Grover Wall.
We promise to do our best to show
them a good time for the next six
months.
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Pyt.lst Class “Bob” Arledge accom
panied Sgts. Miller, Barth and Elrod
to Kannapolis last Sunday. They do
say that it takes one of the F. M. C.’s
to take the girls away from a Q. M.
Sgt. Adelbert G. Coleman has just
returned from his home at Scranton,
Pa., where he spent ten days on ac
count of a death in his family.
It takes a snake in the Grass to
turn about and bite one who steps
upon its tail and it takes a person of
the “Hun” type to turn facts about
in a vain endeavor to fool the Public.
When Washington became tired of be
ing bothered with such small Organi
zations as the M. S. D!s and gave or-,
ders that they were to consolidate
with a regular department certain
members of the' M. S. D. person
nel made a wild rush for the
“Orange Hat Cords,” which indicates
that they were glad to get in when
invited.
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Sgt. 1st. Class Walter J. Reel left
Friday night for fifteen days at his
home in St. Joseph, Mo. He expects
to show the home folks that army
life has not made him forget how to
live in a wet town.
The S^anagement of
S^cademy ‘Theatre
wishes each and every
Soldier Boy
J^erry Christmas
and
Ha^py S^ew Year,
Homing that this will he
tiered
as
the greatest in History
Two Matinees Christmas Day
2 and 4 p. m.
Holiday Prices—Special ProjJram
Holiday Dances
CHRISTMAS
Afternoon and Night
NEW YEARS EVE
Dance the Old Year Out and
the New Year in
NEW YEARS
Afternoon and Night
Classes Mon., Wed. and Fri.
Pi ivate Lessons by
appointment
References Required
R.Lfox Dancing School
Phone 3259
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