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the hospital staff by the presentation
of a valuable Waltham wrist watch
and a pair of silver Lieutenant-Colonel
leaves, on Christmas clay .
Major Joseph H. Way, one of the
pioneers of the hospital staff, present
ed the token of regard to the com
manding officer. Lieutenant-Colonel
Renn was deeply moved by the expres
sion of devotion from the men of his
staff.
WHAT NEXT?
NOW THE ARMY OFFERS US
INTERCHANGEABLE GLOVES
Hereafter troops will receive Inter
changeable gloves which they may
wear on either right or left hand.
The Clothing and Equipage Division
is now arranging to have all gloves
in process of production made inter
changeable. The interchangeable
glove is a five-finger knitted wool
glove, with seams so “fulled” or “fluff
ed” as to be invisible. These gloves
are not shaped to fit snug on the
palm or full on the back of the hand,
but are knitted flat so that the palm
and back are Identical. The thumb
is fitted into both the obverse and
reverse sides of the glove about a
quarter of an inch instead of being
fitted deeply into the palm and slightly
into the back of the glove. This
makes it possible to shift the gloves
from one hand to the other to equalize
the wear on both sides and also ob
viates the necessity of furnishing a
full pair of gloves to replace the loss
of one; one glove only being furnished
to replace the one lost. The exact
appearance of the glove may be ob
tained by observing the shape of the
open hand pressed on a fiat surface
with fingers slightly separated.
THE CADUCEUS
LIEUT.-COLONEL RENN HONORED
BY HOSPITAL STAFF
lEUT.-COLONEL George
A. Renn, commanding of
ficer of the U. S. Army
Base Hospital, Camp
Greene, was honored by
CARRY SERVICE SPIRIT BACK
Happy New Year to the officers and men of Camp Greene.
A short cut to happiness, the most indelible trade mark of
happiness is service and you, of Camp Greene, who have so
faithfully and cheerfully served your country and your fellow
well performTd'^ should be very, very happy in the ^cnowledge of service
Before many months you wiil have returned to civil life. May you take
with you and put mto„effect in your home cities the lessons of service and
co-operation you have learned in the army. The man “worth while in any
community is the man who appreciates the privilege of being allowed to
live in the community and who pays his rent by giving of his time and
brain in the service of his town and his neighbor.”
secretary of your Chamber of Commerce
in helping to make your town a better place in
make 1919 a mighty-happy year for two fellows—
yourself and the secretary. A happy 1919 to you, and many of them!
Edward N. Parris, Executive Secretary,
CHARLOTTE CHAMBER OP COMMERCE.
HOME DAY
SUNDAY WILL FIND SOLDIERS
IN CHARLOTTE
A soldier in every Charlotte home
on Sunday is the movement which ha's
sent committees of church workers
among the soldiers during the past
week in an effort to place the men
in homes on to-morrow. There are
few of the soldiers who have not
been approached by the church work
ers who are arranging for the enter
tainment of the men in uniform.
Every Charlotte church should be
well filled with the wearers of the
olive drab to-worrow for most of the
kindly invitations have been accepted
and the men will welcome the chance
to add to the home circles of the
Charlotte folk.
SING CAROLS
THE KHAKI UNIFORM
Was first seen by a British oMcer
in Ehst India in 1848. He tried it
on the British soldiers and found it
to be good. It was cool and wore
well—did not fade, or show dust, and
could not be seen far away. It is a
native Hindu word and means dusty,
is made in cotton and woolen goods
and is now used all over the world.
G. E. Woodard, Dec. 14, 1918
MUSIC GREETS DAWN AT THE
HOSPITAL
.. In order that the spirit of the angel
song at Christmas morn might not
be lost for the soldiers and patients,
a band of singers made up from nurses
and hospital men made the rounds of
the wards early Christmas morning
and sang several numbers. Their ef
fort was received in warmest enthusi
asm. The chorus sang two numbers
at the head of the detachment street
and cries of “Merry Christmas”
sounded from every tent along the
line when the song had died away.
Those who arose at daylight and
made the round of song were:—Camp
Choruster Belingham, Mrs. Theodocia
Baldwin, Miss Walt, Nurses Pollock,
Shumaker, Richardson, Johnson, Rich,
Hagen, Richard, Long and Converse;
Captain Reginald Rowland, Sergeants
Adams, Coleman, Donovan, James
Johnson, Lyons, Mills; Corporals Sul
livan and Riley and Privates Vanades-
tine, Caletrl, Leahy, Warner, Judd,
LeRay, West, Hutchinson and Gates.
IVe wish to express our thanJ^s to the Boys in Uniform for their Co-operation and (food Will
May You Jill have a Happy and T^rosperous New Year
and the Lord’s Blessings attend You
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THE STONEWALL HOTEL
W. E. Hockett, Mgr.
CHARLOTTE. N. C.