Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-03-11
70 OPEN THE HOSPITAL.
THAT ATTACHED TO NAVAL
NAVAL ACADEMY.
Thursday Is The Day Set For Opening
The Institution Surgeon George
Pickrell To Have Full
Charge.

The new Naval Hospital. ON the
government farm, erected by the Gov
ernment at a cost Of nearly 5000, coo,
will be formally opened for patients
about March IS. Surgeon-General
Philip NJ. RiNey, OF The navy, will
come To Annapolis in a day o. two
to make the final inspection of the
building. preparatory 10 its opening
and also with a view OF determining
the cost OF grading the ground.
Surgeon george Pickrell, OF the
navy. who has been detailed by the
Navy Department TO have charge of
the hospital. has been in Annapolis
for several weeks, having the building
equipped. The hospital is situated ON
high bluT, formerly known as
straw berry Hill. on the Government
reservation opposite the Academy v, and
near the Naval Cemetery. II com
mands n splendid view of Severn river.
The building is Of iight-colored brick,
and was constructed by the General
supply and Construction Company, of
New York.
Prior TO the commencement OF work
on the building there was some con-
tention with the Navy Department
and others over the site upon VIII fch
il was TO be erected, the suggestion
being advanced that the nearness TO the
cemetery would tend to have bad
effect upon the patients. But il was
found that the burial ground was prac-
tically obscured rom view from the
hospital by the many trees about it.
The hospital is thoroughly modern.
1t will accommodate about 100 pa
tients at one time. There are large sun
parlors connected with the wards. and
private rooms for the officers, mid
shipmen or enlisted men who may be-
come patients. The main operating
room is completely equipped in every
detail, and is finished entirely in plate
glass. There is also another smaller
room, to be used for operations of a
minor nature. Another feature is the
Xray room, in which has been inst all
ed an up-to-date N-ray machine. The
interior of this room is in black, with
ruby lights, as these colors tend to
the successful enjoyment of the X-ray
A hydrotherapy room, for treatment
by water, is also provided.
Surgeon Pickrell, who Will direct
the hospital, was appointed TO the
navy in January, 1898, and is native
of Richmond, Va. lie was stationed
in the Philippines three years, and
served tho same length of time az the
naval station at San Juan, p. X.
Since his appointment to the service
he has spent over eight years at sea
in the service. AS his chief assistant
at the hospital, Surgeon Pickrell will
have Passed Assistant Surgeon How
ard r. Strein and other medical Off
GERS will probably be detailed for
duty there later. The hospital staff
will consist of one pharmacist, three
hospital stewards and corps OF
fourteen nurses. Eleven of the nurses
are now ready to begin work at the
hospital.
The hospital will not be for the
treatment of officers, midshipmen and
others connected with the Naval -Acad-
envy alone, as many suppose, but will
be general naval hospital. The
present sick quarters at the Naval
Academy will, in the course of time,
be demolished, and a sick bay for the
treatment of persons threatened with
any diseases will be maintained at the
Academy.