THE CADUCEUS THOUSANDS MORE FIRST TRAINS OF LIMITED SER VICE MEN ARRIVE. Thousands more of men have pour ed into Camp Greene with the arrivai of the first quota of limited service men to be assigned to duty here. There are now more than 4,000 of the restricted duty soldiers ' in the camp. The new conscription recruits are located in the first tern section south of Liberty Park. Only a few of the new-comers have been fitted up with uniforms as yet ana consequent!} are restricted to their immediate camp area until their khaki garb is furnish ed, which is expected to be early next week. The limited service soldiers are men who are not physically fit for full army duty. Among the quotas that have arrived at the camp there are men who have lok the sight of r and notice has been taken of a one- armed recruit and of a man with a wooden leg. Most of these fellows have tried to enlist earlier in the war but could not be taken for regular service because of their physical de fects. Their spirited bearing upon be ing given a chance for limited service is notable. They will be given a chance at clerical work and other light service and can be counted upon tr deliver their best licks. The limited service men began to arrive last Saturday night and con tinued to reach the camp until Tues day morning. More quotas are expect ed early next week as definite calls have been delivered to limited service men of North Carolina with the state ment that they would report to Camp Greene. ARRIVE ACROSS Word has been received that the entire unit of Base Hospital Num ber Fifty-Four, which was made up at the Camp Greene Base Hospit al, has arrived safely in Prance. IMPRESSIVE PROGRAM DISLOCATES ELBOW. To add to the excitement of the fire drill on Tuesday afternoon word was brought to the detachment office to the effect that one of the men, Private First Class Hussey Wetterholm had sustained a serious injury in the per formance of his .duty. In running down the rumor it was discovered that Private Wetterholm in stead of being hurt in connection with the fire drill was injured in bringing up a number of mules from the re- ihount depot. Riding one of the ani mals and leading the others it seems that he had been forced close to one of the trees near, the roadside and was brushed off in passing by. He was rushed to the hospital by a passing ambulance and was admitted to Ward C-3 for treatment. Lafayette Day was celebrated yes terday at the Liberty Theater at Camp Greene. The orchestra from the re cruit camp lead the songs, the pidn- cipal ones of which were: Marseil laise, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and The Star Spangled Banner. A prayer service was held after which there was a short address by Col. Kent, conimander of the 810th Pion eer Infantry. J. T. Mangum of the Y. M. ,C. A. also delivered a short speech.' A large and enthusiastic crowd was present. ANOTHER WAR MAP. One of the largest war maps now in use at the base hospitals is hung in the branch library. A number of pins are being used by Librarian Miss Ma rie Pox Wait and by assisting pa tients of the hospital in tracing the advance of the allies through the crumbling German line. VISITS HOSPITAL. Captain G. M. Gibson of Base Hos pital No. 92 visited the U. S. Army base hospital on Tuesday. He was conducted through the various de partments and he pronounced the plant a modern institution in every way. MAJOR PALFREY COMMANDS. Major Francis Palfrey, chief of the medical service of the U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp Greene acted as commanding officer of the hospital dur ing most of the week and in the ab sence of Lieutenant-Colonel George W. Renn, tl*e base hospital command er, who was in Washingtoh, D. C., on official business. HERE AGAIN. FOUR RETURN. Among the many men that returned ed to duty this week from their fur loughs are Privates First Class Palls, Russell, Paredaan and Warr. After a very agreeable stay of ten days in his home in Indiana, Cartoonist Cook is back on his old job at the hos pital. ON PASS. Hospital Sergeant Chester F. Leighton was absent over Labor Day visiting friends in Atlanta, Ga. SHOWS IMPROVEMENT. The fire drill on Tuesday afternoon was a decided success from all stand points. The scene of the supposed fire was reconstruction ward E-1. The time showed an improvement of a little better than a minute. Fire Marshal Lieutenant Harvey in addressing the men later, stated that the drill was quite the best that had been held re cently. ' 3Firat Hattnnal Hank Gastonia, N. G. CAPITAL, $150,000.00 SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $230,000.00 Resources more than two and one half, millions dollars L. L. JENKINS President J. LPE ROBINSON Active Vice-President R. R. RAY Vice-rrcsident S. N. BOYCE : Cashier M. T. WIL,'SON..._ Assistant Cashier

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