The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-06-25
NEED SEVENTY MEN
 ID BRING HOSPITAL
 UNIT ID THE FIELD
Alabama Will Make Stirring Effort to Recruit the Necessary Men for
 Work

Orders have been given to the sani-
 tary companies of the Alabama National
 Guard that a full field hospital unit must
 be recruited. These orders have doubled
 the activities of the military medicos of
 the city.
 Lieut.. R. F. Ashworth stated yesterday
 that it means an additional 70 men must
 be recruited. pr. Ashworth also stated
 that he will leave for the mobilization
 came on Monday morning with his com
 pany, but that he will leave a recruiting
 officer behind to register all applicants.
 pr. Ashworth is most anxious that all
 the men available in the numerous first
 aid' corps of the local corporations en-
 list.
 Our orders are to provide field hos
 pital unit for the Alabama brigade" said
 Lieutenant Ashworth. 'If we are unable
 to provide one it means that some other
 state will come to the aid of Alabama.
 The question is very plain and blunt.
 Are we to falter at this time in provid-
 ing the necessary equipment for our
 boys when they fall wounded? The an-
 swer is up to the manhood of BirIning-
 ham,
 we need 70 more men, and we need mobilization camp at Montgomery on Monday morning and we will take in en- listments all day Sunday, but we fear not enough will come forward, so we leave a recruiting officer behind. AS to the class of men wanted we would prefer the men from the various first aid corps of the local corporations. They are practically all well trained men and they now have the opportunity of serving their country at her time of need. We need the men for field hospital, and we must get them, or apply to the war department for a field hospital corps of some other state. We must not do that. Remember that these boys who are going forward bravely to die if need be to defend the honor of the country must be taken care of when they fall wounded or ill in the campaign. That explainf the necessity of a field hospital and the necessity for trained men to take care of the incapacitated. We need 70 more men. Are we to get them before Monday morn- ing?"
 The officers and men of the hospital and ambulance corps who include num- Der of ex-service men, are as follows: Mai. George OConnell, acting chief surgeon Alabama National Guard. Maj. John Watts, chief sanitary officer. Capt w. B. Fonville, Second regiment; Capt. John Anthony. commanding off cers artillery sanitary corps. First Lieutenant Cooper. First Lieut.. Robert F. Ashworth, com
 manding officer sanitary, ambulance and field hospital.
 Sergeants first class acting appoint ments, s. A. Holt, w. R. Woodward. Sergeants, w. H. Beatty, Emile Henckle, Bryant Richardson, s. P. Bur- bage, w. A. Cartledge.
 Privates, first class, Charles Roberson lR. l.. Henry, Luke Clemments, Lewis | Sheppard.
 Privates: Jodie Battle. Robert Britt I Robert Burns. Dean Blackwelder, B. R
 Barrett Eugene Bradley. Robert Drake Luther Brown. Carlisle Chase. Lawrence ! Cooley. c. J. Coken. Lloyd Duncan John H. Daniel, l.. A. Day. T. A. Da-
 wis. Will Findley Will Fulton. Rob ! ert Fulton. F. E. Freeman. Herman
 Floyd, J. R. Grogan. Robert Gum, L. | H. Goodwin Erskin Hill. Robert Harris K O. Heise. Porter Irwin Manuel Jar rett, Roy Jones. Fred Leason. Lind say, Francis Lloyd. George Lindsey 1 Ira Langston. c. H. Mandy. J. H Mar shall, R. D. Dupree. Albert Martin, D
 E. Norwood. Joe Otwell. Henry w. Oli- yer, Jr.. David O'Neill w. O. Parker John Pierce. Edwin Roper. Lee Roth armel. N. w. Smithson. H. G. Smalley Lester Sykes. S. L. Smith. J. A. Webb Ellis Wheeler. William Williams, Tom | my Waldrop. James Watson.