ALL WERE BUSY
THE CADUCEUS
FAREWELL.
EVEN MAIL DEPARTMENT HAD
A FEW DUTIES.
(Special to The Caduoeus.)
HAT the mail and record
department ot the Sur
geon General’s Office
was not idle during the
year just past is shown
conclusively in the an
nual report of mail, records and files
in the administrative division of the
office, just submitted by R. H. Brooke,'
chief clerk in charge of this depart
ment. The detailed report shows that
the department handled thousands of
letters, records, telegrams and files
during the year, and did it with
promptness and efficiency.
Altogether there was a total of 698,-
703 pieces of official mail handled
during 1918, 753,418 pieces of personal
mail and 112,558 pieces of bureau
mail, or a grand total of 1,564,677
pieces of incoming mail.
Although the incoming mail came
well up over the million mark, that
which was sent out from the office
also passed the million, but did not
reach the total of the incoming mat
ter. Of the outgoing mail that sent
first class was by far the greatest, as
1,024,977 pieces were sent out in this
manner during the year. Fourth
class mail to the- amount of 140,020
pieces was sent out and 89,181 pieces
of bureau mail. The grand total of
outgoing mail was 1,254,178.
The telegraph wires were kept busy
going in and out of the Surgeon Gen
eral’s Office all year long, for there
126,466 Incoming telegrams and 62,313
outgoing, or a total of 188,779 tele
grams. This brings the grand total
of all mail and telegrams handled to
3,007,634, making a daily average of
mail and telegrams for every working
day in the year of 8,240, or almost
enough to keep a good size force of
clerks working nearly every minute.
The record room was equally well
employed, with 930,034 cross refer-
11
BIRTHDAY DINNER
After almost a year iti Camp Greene,
I am now taking my leave. I have
spent almost ten months of that time
at the Base Hospital “Y,” as Building
Secretary, and during this time I have
had many new experiences and have
made many new friends. The officers
—both those who have come and gone
and those who have remained—are
noble .men, kind and faithful; the nurs
es have rendered such faithful service
ot Uncle Sam; the enlisted men, so
faithful and true have stood their
posts in the darkness of the night and
guarded us while we slept—all these
are noble men and women. Doubtless
they will have a great reward in the
future—they deserve it.
The Caduceus, during its existence
here at camp, with its many good sto
ries and news items about the camp
and the life at camp, has done a won
derful and noble work for the boys
here and the folks back home who
have scanned its pages tor some bit
of news of their son here in training.
May the editors live long and prosper
ous lives.
May the blessings of our Heavenly
Father abide on all.
CHAS. H| MARTIN.
ences made and 86,844 cases recorded.
In the filing section there was not
much time for anything but . work.
Over a million papers were filed, 1,-
555,154 to be exact.
To carry out this enormous amount
of work during the entire year, there
was an average of 107 employees pres
ent every day, but even so, the
statistics show that there were 10,139
hours of overtime work performed, in
order that everything might be kept
strictly up to date and in complete
form. And incidentally, those 10,139
hours ot overtime figure up something
over 422 extra days, and those are
good long 24 hour days too, so that
it would appear from this that the
record room really worked two years
in stead of one.
SGT. MILLS ENTERTAINED.
Sgt. Frank D. Miils of the Medical
Department was delightfully surpris
ed last Monday evening when ushered
into the dining room of the Red Cross
House and was greeted by a number
of friends gathered about a beautiful
ly decorated table. Not until congrat
ulations were being offered did Sgt.
Mills realize that it was his birth
day dinner.
The guests found their places by
recognizing a well known nickname
on the place card. A pink and green
parrot was perched on the glass at
each lady’s place and a pink ribbon
led from the gentleman’s places to
the center of the table, by which they
extracted a small doll from beneath
a cluster of pink chrysanthemums.
The lighting system was effectively
camouflaged to represent a rose bush
bearing large pink roses, from which
radiated a soft glow, which added
beauty to the pink and green decora
tions throughout.
The event of the meal was when all
lights were extinguished and Miss
Hildreth entered bearing the Lighted
Birthday Cake, which was placed be
fore Sgt. Mills to cut. Miss Jehle
drew the thimble and Miss Marie Pox
Wait the button. An unsolved mys
tery is; who got the ring and dime?
After opening the packages of
gifts, which were wrapped so as to
create surprises, Sgt. Mills expressed
his thanks to those present.
The .guests were; Mrs. Baldwin,
Misses Marie Fox Wait, Converse,
Richardson, Welch, Hlldrith, Jehle,
Theil ,and Chapin; Sgts. Milis, Miller,
Reel, Barth, Elrod, Both and Arledge.
ACTING DUTY SERGEANT.
Sergeant First-Class Harold Mac-
N'ish is a busy man these days in the
absence of Sergeant First Class Faulk
ner, as he is taking care of the posi
tion of duty sergeant in connection
with his own duties as supply ser
geant of the detachment.
The Charlotte
Supply Company
General Mill Furnishers
and Manufacturers of
Leather Belting
and Dealers in’
Machinery
Machinists’ Tools, etc.
PHONES 2417-2418
Willard Storage Battery
Service Station
WE TEST AND FILL
YOUR BATTERY WITH
PURE WATER FREE
Carolina Storage Battery Co.
Comer S. Tryon and Second Streets
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