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. '
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