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f BASE H( OUTL u.u. o.j.. onn Dr>yiar>*c* u n,ui* uaiiuy iui suu i airenw, ; L Sheep, a North Caroli of Operation Described. The average citizen of title section ; does not realize that a hospital costing a half million dollars and able to! j care for 1,000 patients at one time is located at Charlotte. But today there are 900 patients in the base hospital at Camp Greene, with 100 beds vacant. This is. the largest number ever in the hospital at one time, ai- . though since September 15 of the | present year, when the buildings were < opened for use, 2,000 patients have gone through this institution, with only five deaths. . It is not permitted to give the exact comparative standing of the hospitals located at the training camps throughout the United States, but it is known that Camp Greene has shown the leadership in efficiency almost every month and when it did not lead in fact, it never was lower; than second place. The base hospital is located to the southeast of Camp Greene, proper. Just off the Tuckaseege road, and covers 25 acres of land. There are 60 buildings in all. of which $5 are ward buildings.. These latter buildings are divided into sections with 32 beds each, and n these, together with the officers' wards, a total of a complete thousand men can be treated at the same time. Well Heated. , ' All buildings are well heated by stoves, and steam heat is now author- , ized for the operating rooms, of j which there are two. Plumbing and : sewerage, now being installed, will' .fc cost in the neighborhood of $50,000,; [-. according to estimates of others than - . officers located at the base hospital. I Two additional buildings are now . being erected, 'one for the officers and f ;'.x another for th6 60 trained nurses atj. ? tached to this institution. These new f. buildings will be 57 feet wide by 124 | l j- feet long, and will be used for quar- j t Major W. U Sheep, a North Caro- | llnian, la commanding offldar of the base hospital and he is authority for the statement that the institution is y complete. A trip over the entire hos-. pltal, even in the way of a casual lnI' spection,* requires some four hours. 1 ' This trip would include a visit to the QB& laboratories, where all food is an-! IV * alyzed, whei .1 the rations are balanced, where the milk and the water and I iv' all else that goes into the treatment of the patients in the hospital are j " E?'" analyzed. ... . All Fabrics Sterilized. In another building separate from j the hospital, proper, all the wearing, apparal of the attendants and the k bedding and all other articles of fab ric are sterilized for absolute cleanllBRh"' ncss and safety. ' A .nxtlnn nt the hOSOital IS 8et f aside for recreation for patients. Pool1 tables will soon be in place, a read-! in? room is already in operation, fe?-;. shower baths will be installed as soon r as the plumbing is completed, a tailor shop and barber shop is Included I in the equipment and really the base ) 7 hospital is nothing more nor less than , a complete little city within itself. A vsit to the kitchens is especially *?> interesting. That in which food is f prepared for the convalescent patients employs an even dozen cooks, with a battery of eight huge ranges, and 400 . > men are now fed three times a day. ?r. The emnu is attractive, the food ? ? , - . wholesome and adapted to the needs. jg of the men. Hospital Diets. l?.' The patients In bpd and not able to! come to the large (mess hail, are fed ' from the ward kltcmens, on food prei scribed by the physicians in attendance. There are three diets in. the hospital, light, liquid and fulL In; each ward there is a diet kitchen ) where the food is handled for the' men who can not get out. The three diets are as follows: Liquid Diet. Beef tea. >'$?. Beef juice. Ii'-v Broths and soups, strained. Milk. IS&f..- ' Malter milk. Egg albumen. | Orangade. Tea. Coffee. IKV- Lemonade. '**" T nu> In addition to the articles In" the liquid diet Cereals. BjU.V. Rice boiled or steamed. !/ Hominy boiled. Hfc*' Broths and soups. IKk- -Oysters, raw. stewed or creamed. j_,, Bread and butter, crackers toast j Fresh or cooked fruits. Jffif'V. Potatoes, baked, mashed, boiled or creamed. - jv Chicken baked, creamed'or boiled. ) .. Fresh flsh, boiled, broiled or baked, (fcs-. Puddings: corn starch, bread, rice !-' ? and Carina. K Cocoa, chocolate. Roast beef or steaks to be added . DSPITAL AY OF E /hile 100 Beds Are Vacant?Plu inian, Is Commanding Officer?B when ordered by ward surgeon. , Full Diet. This diet comprises every thing In the commissary or market that the | mess can afford, excepting all heavy | pastry and other indigestible articles, j These will not be given to patients ex cept for special reasons. Huge Refrigerator. Food products of a perishable nature are stored In a huge refrigerator room within the hospital. A visit there shows hundreds ol pounds of fresh meat, butter and the like, and to the rear is stored immense quantities of delicacies for the sick. Chocolate by the barrel, oranges, apples, lemons, grape fruit, by the case, celery In great packages and the staples In endless amount. And aside from the buildings In which the men are treated are a number of other buildings. Supplies of all sorts, a dispensary building, a Are department, and an animal building, the latter in which gtllnea pigs, white mice, rabbits and other experimental animals are kept Thd buildings are all being beaver boarded at this time, and the arrangement* of the structures themselves is such a to lend efficiency to the staff of 45 physicians and surgeons under the command of Major Sheep. The staff and the assignment of its members is as fogllows: Surgical Service. Chief of service, Maj. Jonathan M. Wain right. M. R. C. , First lieutenant, Samuel M. Lyle. First lieutenant, William M. Scruggs, M. R. C. ; First lieutenant, Adolph VonP. Fardelmann, M. R. C. Sob-Section, Head Surgtry. Chief of sub-section, Maj. Lomax Gwathmey, M. R. C. Captain. George A. Renn, M. R. C. First lieutenant. Charles M. Banner. M. R. C. f j First lieutenant, Charles F. Adams, M. R. C. First lieutenant, T. E. McConnell, M. R. C. First lieutenant, Michel Saliba, M. One surgeon, orthopedic (to be supplied). Three surgeons, urology. First lieutenant, Clyde F. Ross, M. First lieutenant Walter A. DeFoe, First lieutenant, Roscoe A. Mitchell. M. R. C. One roentgenologist. Captain. Harold E. Carney, M. R. C. Dentists. First lieutenant, Vincent E. D. Bragg. D. R. C. Medical Service. Chief of service, Maj. Francis Palfrey. M. R. C. Captain, James K. Stockard, M. R. C. Captain, Joseph H. Way. M. R. C. Captain, Gustave J. Bergener, M. R. C. First lieutenant, Wm, J. McAnally, M. R. C. First lieutenant, Harvey Robinson, M. R. C. First lieutenant, Gaston Day, M. R First lieutenant, Alfred E. Johnson, M. R. a First lieutenant, Phillip A. Sheaff, M. R. C. First lieutenant, Hermann Elwyn, First lieutenant, John C. Webster, Psychiatrist and neurologist. > First lieutenant, Alfred P. Chron-! quest, M. R. C. Laboratory Service. Chief of service. Ma J. Wm. J. McDonald. M. R. C. Captain, Claude P. Brown, M. First lieutenant, Leonard Hart, M. First lieutenant, Joseph Placak, M. R. C. Supply Department. First lieutenant, Gustave Fonteyne, S. C. U. 8. Second lieutenant, Wm. B. Wilson, Q. M. C., N. A. Second lieutenant, Chas. R. Wagner. Q. M. a, N. A. First lieutenant, Walter H. Mytlnger, M. R. C. Registrars. First lieutenant, Harry Meade, S. G, U. 8. A. First lieutenant, Nicholas Zinner, M. R. C. The following officers have additional temporary assignments: Adjutant, Capt. G. A. Renn, M. R. C. Mess officer. Second Lieut. W. B.. Wilson, Q. M. C., N. A. Recruiting officer, First Lieut. Samuel H. Lyle, M. R. C. Receiving officer, First Lieut. Sam-; , REPREt [ALFA A mbing and Sewerage Being Insts uildings for Officers and Nurses I IH I Photo by Cook. Commanding Base Hospital. uel H. Lyle. M. R. C. C. O. detachment of patients, Harry Meade, 8. C., U. 8. A. C. O. medical detachment, Harry Meade. S. C., U. S. A. Sanitary officer, MaJ. Wm. J. McDonald, M. R. C. These offlcers have been carefully selected for their especial fitness in each of the various departments to which they have been assigned. In addition to these officers there are 400 enlisted men attached to the camp. These have quarters in a set of .buildings aside from the hospital proper, known an barracks. And the 60 female nuraes, attached to the hospital, will be housed shortly in a nurses' home, being completed now. A visit to the wards themselves is probably the most interesting feature of a trip to the hospital. The wards are heated by three stoves, two huge fellows, and a smaller one, and even during the recent hard weather they were most comfortable. The beds for the patients arc especially comfortable, three sets of double blankets with clean sheets, feather pillows, and all other needed equipment being provided. Patients In these wards declare that the arey much more comfortable than when in their own tents in camp. The officers have quartern within the hospital reservation, but aside from the hospital proper, and within the administration building, each officer has quarters for the proper discharge of his duties. At least once each day Major Sheep, commanding, makes a personal and minute inspection of the entire hospital, wards, kitchens, and every department being looked into carefully. With him goes an orderly who makes notations of conditions which are not up to the high standard of the army and forthwith ordeVs are issued to bring them to that level immediately. The location- of the base hospital is almost ideal, say surgeons. It is far enough from the training camp to miss the noise and dust, and far enough from the highways- to miss the same trouble. But situated on high ground, from which the land falls away in every direction, amid the pines, the great institution is admirably located for its purpose. Visitors are welcomed to the hospital every day from 2 to 4, and every section may be seen save those in which contagious diseases are being treated. There are several wards where patients suffering from contagious diseases are isolated, and there is one for the insane patients, some of whom develop In every training camp. Provision is also made for prisoners, and it appears to the layman that every necessity has been provided for. > Progress Through Hospital. Th? nrnrresa of a oatient through the hospital is interesting. He reaches the hospital from his outfit, is taken into the receiving station where his record is made, his clothing removed and he is put in pajamas and a bath robe. From the receiving station he is sent to a ward, where he is given treatment. When ready to be discharged he goes again through the receiving station where he exchanges his hospital garb for the clothing he wore to the hospital. Conversation with the men In hospital brings out the fact that they feel that they are receiving the best sort of treatment and that they are I perfectly comfortable. I That more than 2,000 men should 4ILLI0N 11 tiled at Cost of $50,000?Maj. W. Ill low Under Construction?System have gone through this hospital with- 127/ /iXtfl in about three months with the loss Hfl/ IKJ| of but five is taken as an indication |]Ji| fv |1 of the high type of services being se- Ijc^I J IH cured there, together with the excel- J I I Hjj lence of equipment and location. I 111 J M ATHLETES BUSY II \ fffl Y108 DESPITE COLT] HU Opportunity Offered Thirtyninth or Fiftieth Infantry Elcv- Ktii XtH ens to Schedule Game. BRiffln In spite of the prevailing cold i weather athletics at 107 have not suf- I \ fered. The boys slipped one over on /tfTfl the weather man by taking advantage iWI'W.' of the indoor sports such as passing the medicine ball, hand wrestling, and throwing the medicine ball for distance. A few records were made in the latter event. Together with the above, a few wrestling matches were staged during the week. These were j * I practice bouts and no time in falls V\ I made was taken. The participants || will make their respective debuts in yKt I the near future and we will then see i| I | some classy mat work. ?...? Horseshoer Iiadluii-1. one of the igrapplers craves a match with any ICO pound wrestler in camp and is LB I anxious to go on. Address physical SI' ^ s director 107 for match. Also we had- ffl ' some very good boxing nouts most of 1111 Ink : rhl/-h or-..- IhrMt round "irnes." Frl- H HV j?r. ~~ MB I Stunt night brought out some fine . talent in this end and the "scraps" pJB B I were of the $2 ringside type. The IwM i first setto of the evening with \V. I B~J | Muni ford of n company Sixtieth regi- WWzSf nient at 118 pounds and "Kid" Men- Ep^LM jin, II company Thirty-eighth regi- B I 111} ment was an exciting bout but was IIU | lien. The 135 pounds bout with \V. I Hay, Company I. Thirtieth infantry and R. Pratt of Company I. Thirtieth Iff jm II infantry as principals proved to be B tf III the best of the evening and the audi- H H H enccs gave vent to their feelings by Jl B Wi using their hands, feet and "wind WWrn ^ pipes." The blows were clean .and a ! lot of science was displayed. These boys are real comers and have style. Bvllp Wo should be pieasea to near from . j W. Tard of Supply Company. Thir- KjnPyy ty-eighth infantry and Carl Palmer. Company H. Thirtieth Infantry ex' ciiiinged blows at 160 pounds and it WM fBS'f was quite evident that tiie.se gentle- gjS men had much respect for e:ich omor. ix #. It was a good bout and much credit 1|Af{//?* is given for their showing but a little IvjCfc J "Pep" could he introduced. On the W, whole the bouts were good and we 'f J. T are looking forward toward the mak- \ ' ing of several camp champs. ' j R. S Zennan, or the boy with the jT J iron Jaw stunts, amused the hoys with his strong man act. Only we regret _nl **Mj that he bent our stove poker with his | Hovey of the Seventh regiment JwpKtJHl bakers played the piano and rendered (UsmlyV la few selections. Come again. Vyf 1 I , 1 The boys at 107 challenge any out 1 | fit at "gang" singing and feel that V "r i they can be heard In the region of X \ I ' [the fatherland with tnelr rendition of \v \ 'f I "Over There, Over There." , Acting Athletic Officer Lieut J V * Scarr, Company H, Thirtieth infan ! ary. would like to hear from any foot- ? l 1 ball team in camp or anout Charlotte I Bar no one. Would prerer Thirtieth I I regiment or Fiftieth Saturday next. J The bakers supply company Sev- If enth regiment would like to combat / I with afty 10-man tug-of-war team in i" 4 i CHAPLAIN RYAN TEACHES fniilWil ^ MEN OF SIXTEENTH j The English classes In the Sixteenth Field artillery are being conducted by ' an Chaplain Ryan. The men should con- j]ll' ,t(|j gratulate themselves on having such [|jj| |[| an instructor. Chaplain Ryan is of IVI II the Jesuit order and is a trained {I I 111 teacher. His years of experience in JIJI II I the school-room have given him a III III tender sympathy for the student that H I II J means more, a great deal more in the II I handling of this class of students? 0 1 I H the foreign horn?than one unaccustomed to teaching would Imagine. D I in ' Chaplain Ryan has already secured I I > vfj results and is looking for a still mtsjh greater return from his investment J ' of time and interest in these men.
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