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THE CADUCEUS
TON OF TURKEY
HOSPITAL PREPARES FOR
CHRISTMAS
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL
O band o£ workers have better dis
played the spirit of “Good will towards
men” than have the personnel of the
U. S. Army Base Hospital, Camp
Greene. They have met every disease
enemy that has attacked the soldiers of the camp
and in the zeal of Christian loyalty that knew no
fear or fatigue have beaten every foe.
As commanding officer of this hospital I am
proud to give, from the cheeriest warmth of my
heart, the finest wishes for a MERRY CHRISTMAS
to all the officers, nurses ancL^enlisted men under
my command.
Lieut-Colonel George A. Renn,
Commanding Oflicer,
U. S. Army Base Hospital,
Camp Greene.
To the merry boys of the Base
Hospital, for they are all merry both
the patients and personnel, it would
seem an impossible matter to serve
a more appetizing and more delicious
meal than was served Thanksgiving
Day but that is what Capt. Wilson
the mess officer is planning to do.
The boys are to be so well taken care
of in the eating line that special
transportation facilities had to be se
cured to haul the supplies to the hos
pital from the city of Charlotte, the
ordinary truck used for this purpose
being far too light and small to serve
at so busy a season.
The average layman may form some
idea of what the meal is to consist
from a glance at the following figures,
showing in round numbers what has
been ordered tor Christmas: fourteen
hundred pounds of Christmas turkey;
500 lbs of potatoes; three barrells of
cranberries, the equivalent of 20 bush
els; 30'gallons of oysters; 36 dozen
bunches of celery (3 cases); 400 pies;
35 gallons of ice cream; 100 lbs of
cheese, 100 lbs of candy; 200 lbs of
assorted nuts and smokes to the ex
tent of 800 cigars and 7,000 cigaretts
have been ordered.
THEY COUNT THE PILLS AND MIX THE TONICS
MEDICAL STAFF OF THE U. S. ARMY BASE HOSPITAL, CAMP GREENE.
When we have ailments which medicine can relieve these are the men who come to the rescue^ They
are as able a crew of physicians as ever faced a camera and all the hospital is proud of their efforts m battling
the spinal meningitis last winter and in throttling infiuenza this year. ip,,tenant
The names of the officers reading the top row from left to right, are: Lieutenant Smith, Lieutenant
Kraetzer, Lieutenant Cooper, Capt West, Lieutenant McGurl, Captain Becker,
Hamner, Lieutenant Schultz, Captain Peirce, Captain Brown, Lieutenant Mason, Lieutenant Myles, L^e'^tenant
Pfeiffer and Major Gardner, A. R. C.. Lower row: Captain Ives, Captain Day, Lieutenant Mitchel, Captam Elwyn,
Major Brown, Lieut-Col. George A. Renn, commanding officer; Major Palfrey, Major Way, Major Sheaft, Captain
Hart and Lieutenant Allen.