Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-30
.RYAN's SON WILL join
M'GU|RE BASE HOSPITAL
On Way Hero to Enlist as Private
With Medical College Of
Virginia Unit.
GIVES MOTOR AMBULANCE
His Expressed Desire to Drive It
Himself on Battle Fields Of France.
Hospital Unit Now Has Waiting
Ltst-Assembling Equipment.

Recruiting for the Medical College
of Virginia Base Hospital. located in
Richmond. is now practically complete.
During the past two weeks,~a a total
of about 140 men havo been enlisted
The report OF the recruiting officer
Major ]. Garnet Nelson, will be sent
tomorrow to the acknowledgement OF
the army, at Washington, accompanied
by all the required papers. These Will
go through the naval governmental
sieve and will then be certified back
to Richmond. The final touch will theI
have been given, and nothing will re,
main to be done. except to await or,
derg from the WWsr.ssD n n n p 70 pro.
caedstsS SSasaps sfer tFainin tas Y
YOUNG RYAN TO ENLIST
.}at5 ~ s;S.ss,s.f AND. GIvEsAssIRuLANCE
Tho latest prospective reStait is Jos.
eph J. Ryan, SON OF Thomas Fortune
Ryan, Of Virginia and New York. S'
A short time ago. Mr.. Ryan visited
Red Cross headquarters in Washington
with the object OF applying for assign
ment to service In the battle Held. II
appears that the chief of the Bureau
of Medical Service has also adopted
toward the Richmond' unit the attitud.
which. evidenced elsewhere. also in
Washington. has greatly encouraged
the local organization. At all events
he Immediately advised Mr.. Ryan tc
become identified with the Medical Col
lege Of Virginia Base Hospital IL pos.
sible. Communications thus passed be-
tween this official, DR.. Stuart MCGUIRE
and Mr.. Ryan, with the result that the
latter is expected hero at any ent
IN Ifat Jta krt,~ ID
been delayed by an attack Of bronchi-
It's, but he has now practically re-
covered.
MIR. Ryan is tho youngest son of the
New York multimiliionaire, who, 1t
will be recalled, Is the donor of the
Sacred Heart Cathedral. In this city
He has expressed desire to contrib
ute an ambulance to the base hospital,
and this offer has been accepted
Though 1t Is his hope to drive this
ambulance himself. he does not in any
sense mako this a condition OF his
enlistment. AS matter OF fact, young
Ryan enters the base hospital person
mel as private. just as every other
enlisted man has done. and has exhib-
:ted an equal degree OF Willingness
to do any work assigned to him.
WAITING LIST CREATED
FOR POSSIBLE VACANCIES
The base hospital management ap-
pear to be particularly we'll pleased
with the standard maintained among
the enlisted personnel. BY education
and general experience, the men are
uncommonly we'll qualified to assume
the multifarious duties and responsi-
bilities that will fall to their lot be-
fore they get back to the quistude
OF American life.
A total OF 153 enlisted mon will be
taken. The remaining seventeen places
have practically all been filled, but
these men live at distances and will
be reporting from day to day during
probably the next week. Though no
more openings are available, a walt
ing list has been established and ap-
plicants may still file their names and
recommendations with DR.. Geisinger.
This Is being done to provide for pos
sible subsequent vacancies. About
fifteen members of the personnel arc
involved in draft complications of one
sort and another, and it may be that
some of these Will ultimately find II
impossible to rejoin this unit. In this
event their places will be filled from
the waiting list.
The question Of the training OF the
men is now receiving considerable at
tention. 1t was announced yesterday
that arrangements have practically
been effected to have the entire Rroup
OF 153 men sent to Fort Oglethorpe
or some similar camp for a period OF
intensive training before the departure
for Europe. In the meantime the
acting adjutant is at work on plans
for utilization OF the interval For
the out OF town men groups will be
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