THE CADUCEUS
STUDENT NURSE DIES LOOKS TO FRANCE
pneumonia claims DETROIT
GIRL.
Miss Katherine Rowell, of Detroit,
Mich., died early Friday morning from
Influenza which developed into pneu
monia. She had been at the base hos
pital, where she came to enter the
army nursing school, since December
2nd. She took sick three days after
her arrival at the hospital, which
gives ground for the theory that she
had contracted the disease germs be
fore leaving her home.
The remains a;e being returned to
the Michigan home and are accompa
nied by her father, William Joseph
Rowell, who arrived at Camp Greene
on Thursday. Camp Chaplain, Father
Joseph Ryan and Y. M. C. 'A. Secre
tary Rossiter administered to the spir
itual comfort of the young woman
during her final hours.
Surviving relatives are the father
and mother and two brothers. One
brother is in the navy and the other
bad been accepted for aviation ser
vice on the day the armistice was
signed.
BEAUTIFUL SPIRIT.
“Her life was like the lily,” was
the tender tribute which the orator
Ingersoll paid i\i the grave of his
Sister. A beautiful spirit, to be lik
ened best to the loveliest of a fading
flower, with nothing hut gentle words
during her days at the hospital and
With th^ trace of a smile upon her
lips at the moment of her passing, is
the respect which the hospital nurses
Pay to the memory of Miss Rowell.
NEW DIRECTOR
WILL EVANS NOW CAMP GREENE
Will Evans of Columbia, S. C., re
ared merchant and formerly assistant
vield Director of the American Red
Cross has come to Camp Greene to
^cceed Thomas S. Gardner as Field
Director at Camp Greene. Thomas
Gardner will remaia at the camp for
two weeks before returning to his
home at Quincey, 111.
Mr. Evans acted as Field Director
of Camp Polk immediately preceding
bis coming to Camp Greene. He re
tired _ from business in Columbia in
July in order to enter active war work
tor the Red Cross.
SUNDAY SERVICES
Chaplain Roland will deliver the ser-
inon at the Sunday morning service
Of the Base Hospital Y. M. C. A.
In the evening Secretary Martin
who can always be counted upon for
u message worth while, will speak, at
C15 o’clock
dance and program
There will be the usual Saturday
•night dance at the Soldier’s club to
night, starting at 8 o’clock. At 4
o clock, Sunday afternoon, will be
given an informal program for the
entertainment of the soldiers at the
Soldier’s club, 516 South Tryon street.
J. T. MANGUM.
Secretary Mangum has been at
Camp Greene for seven months ann
has carried on his work in etvery hut
in the camp. He is known as one of
the best speakers at the camp.
THE END OF THE M. D. DAY.
The issue slips have been filed away.
Each on the rack where its kind is
kept;
The guinea-pigs all have been given
their hay,
The floor has been mopp’d and the
steps are sv/ept.
We’ve drilled for an hour this after
noon,
And all took stock on the day before:
Ward X II has got a spoon,
On a requisition that calls for four.
I’ve typed the receipts, and they all
are done.
I’ve dusted the bottles on every shelf.
And even, to have a little fun,
! ve tried to mattch pennies with my
self.
And so, when all is done and said.
There’s nothing to do but to go to
bed.
—Joolle, in The Cure.
BOOKS ARE HERE
A series of books on vocational sub
jects have arrived at the Red Cross
building and are installed on the
shelves of the hospital library. These
volumes have been selected with care
by leaders of the American Library
Association and are works which treat
technical subjects so that all may
understand.
DON’T LET UP
Y. M. C. A. SECRETARY TO LEAVE
SOON.
J. T. Mangum, Camp General Secre
tary of the Y. M. C. A., and one of the
best known of the camp religious
workers, has been accepted for for
eign service, and will leave in a few
days for New York, from which port
he expects to be sent to France.
AMERICA MUST HELP THE
WORLD.
The cessation of hostilities has
brought happiness to thousands upon
thousands of mothers, fathers, sisters,
brothers, wives and sweethearts
throughout the civilized world, and
time will but make the roar of the
cannon, the hiss of the bullet and the
screach of shrapnel only a memory.
Even tho the armistice has been
signed and our foe beaten to its knees,
yet we have a powerful and cruel
enemy to deal with—“Famine.” Not
that Famine is on or near our shores
but the fact that 220 Millions of our
Allies depend on us to a very great
extent for food, and that our popula
tion of 105 million must be fed, and
now the miserable Hun who raped,
robtfed, destroyed, tortured and
poisoned anything and everything
that came in its path, begs that they
too be fed, and we being humane, will
make some provision, so that the nec
essity of food conservation is still
paramount.
Though the resources of food stuffs
is the United States is plentiful yet
vrith these added obligations, we still
must practice the most rigid economy
on food that we, the greatest nation
of earth, may provide for the millions
who look to us for help and food, until
such time as they can provide for
themselves.
The tremendous drain that our re
sources of iron, steel, wool, cotton
minerals, metals etc., were subjected
to in meeting the demands of war,
was only accomplished by the most
rigid economy, and above all, the re
claiming of every possible article, and
the greatest possible credit Is due to
the various Salvage Divisions through
out the United States for utilizing and
saving thousands of pounds of iron,
leather cotton, garbage and metals.
In fact every article used in the army
was subjected to a process whereby
it was made possible to again use the
same article and this meant the sav
ing of raw materials.
Capt. D. B. Darnell, head of the Salv
age Division of Camp Greene and his
assistants in charge of the various
branches of this Division are directly^
responsible for the saving and salvag
ing of more than a half-million pounds
of metal, 25,000 pair of shoes, 15,000
uniforms, 50 tons of stable manure,
and garbage to the extent of 10,000
pounds dally! Nothing went to
waste; nothing was too small to save;
nothing too large to handle in the
Salvage Division, and the results were
most satisfactory from a financial
standpoint, also from a far more im
portant point, that of conserving our .
raw materials.
Now that the war is over there Is a
slight let up in this Division on some
articles but as to the saving of food,
each and every man, woman and child
should realize the Importance of sav
ing in order to meet our new and
tremendous obligations.
ROBT. H. SHARP
Salvage Division, U. S. Army.
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