The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-05-04
TEAMS CHOSEN
TO RAISE FUND
FOR HOSPITAL
Work to Start on Monday to
Secure Subscriptions for
Proposed Emergency.
TWELVE-DAY CAMPAIGN
Description Of Hospital for the First
Time l. Made Public BY
the Secretary.

Members of ten Of the fifteen teams
that are to lid in the twelve days cam
paign for the raising of 100000 for the
erection of a new Emergency Hospital
Were announced last night by Edgar L.
honey, executive secretary The names
were forwarded to him late yesterday
afternoon by the captains OF the various
teams as those of persons who had been
asked to assist in the gigantic under
taking Although answers have not been
received from all of the appointees, 1t
Is expected that there will be but rev.
IL any, destinations.
The captains of the remaining hve
teams have not quite completed their
lists, but will be able to report tomorrow
morning, in all probability. The men,
bership of the different teams ranges be-
tween ten and fifteen, although some OF
them undoubtedly will be enlarged as the
campaign progresses. The captains who
have not vet reported the names Of their
committeeman are ]. Maury Dove, IT.,
Huntington Jackson, ]. H. Finney,-Dr.
Frank E. Gibson, and A. Julian Bry-
lawski.
These teams will work INCREASINGLY
during the twelve days securing sub
scriptions. Commencing Tuesday, the
members will meet each day at lZ:So
o'clock at the campaign headquarters,
Fifteenth and Streets Northwest
where luncheon will be served and re-
ports of the amounts raised during the
previous day will be made.
Proposed Building Described.
An interesting description OF the con-
terminated hospital was given out last
night. The building will be situated on
the north. side of New York Avenue
between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
Streets Northwest, opposite the Corco-
ran Gallery of Art. IT will be an elght-
story freproof structure, constructed
of brick, with terra Gotta trimmings.
Accommodations will be made Tor 10
or 100 beds, forty or fifty of them oeing
for private patients. The total length
OF the building Will be 100 rect tne
depth will be 1G7 feet, and the helgnt
above the sidewalk. 10 feet.
space of ten feet will be on the
east side of the lot, and one OF four
teen feet on the west side, thus permit
ting an unobstructed circulation of air
around the entire building. The front
OF the structure will be set back thirty
feet from the building line. On the
ground floor this space will be occupied
i'm part by two one-story pavilions'
which will extend from the main build
ing to a point four feet beyond the
building line, leaving good size en-
trance court DSlNeeu
The main entrance of the building Will
be from the forecourt on New York
Avenue The emergency or ambulance
entrance will be on the east side from
a continuous driveway that will enclrcle
. the building, thus avoiding any inter-
ference between incoming and outgoing
: ambulances The dispensary entrance
Will be on the west side.
The administration department OF the
h. . haa I1r1d
emergency department, which will be on
the east side of the ground floor VIII
8 consist of waiting room. emergency
operating room. with sterilizing room,
isolation room, strong room, and three
recovery wards The dispensary depart
ment will consist of large waiting
room, eight consultation rooms, a surgi-
cal dressing room, drug room. and
drug store rooms.
Wards for Both Races.
Wards will be provided for men, wom-
IN, and children, both white and colored.
Two women's wards will be situated on
he second floor. each of them providing
Twelve beds The wards will be entirely
exposed on two sides and partially on
third The nurses lookout room. with
glazed sides, will be so arranged that she
can see all the beds in the ward with
out being in the ward itself. A children
ward, composed of eight beds. also will
be on this floor. Two mems wards will
be situated on the third floor Large out
door porches will be provided for each
of these wards. Private rooms SO ar
ranged that they can be thrown into
suites and can be provided with a bath
room or not, as desired, will occupy the
third, fourth, and fifth floors. A diet
kitchen, which will be in direct COM
munication with the general kitchen,
also will be provided on every ward and
private room floor.
Two laboratories an an X-ray depart.
ment composed of a waiting room
X-ray photo room with dark room, and
record room will be on the seventh
floor The main kitchen with its various
services will be on the top or eighth
floor, which will free the hospital from
noises and odors. Three separate din.