Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-03
UNIVERSITY AMBULANCE
NOW READY FOR SERVICE
Awaits Only Orders From War Dc.
partment to Sail for
France,
EQUIPMENT BOUGHT BY ELKs
1wcnty-Four Doctors. sixty.seven
Nurses and Six Civilian EN-
ployces in Unit--All Thoroughly
Trained and Equipped.

tSrccial to The Times Dispatch.l
CHARLOTTESVILLE. VA. December
= BASE Hospital No. IL. ut the Uni
Nerstty OF Virginia. directed by Major
William NJ. Goodwin. has completed
all preparations and will sail upon
notification from the War Department.
The entire personnel of $50. including
doctors. nurses, laboratory men, or
dcriics. dentists. plumbers. cooks. car
N"ntcrs. watchmakers. telegraph opera
tors, truck drivers, ETC., has been en-
listed.
Through Fred Harper. OF LynchburS.
graduate Of the university anu grand
exalted ruler OF the Benevolent Prutec-
tive order OF lGlks. $4,000 OF the Elks.
Si.oo0.oUo war fund has been donated TO
tho base hospital. The entire amount
has been expended for hospital equip
mcnt. which Is stored at present In
an Atlantic port. ready TO be loaded
on board ship at a moments notice.
The following twenty-four doctors
excluding Captain Beverly -. Tucker
chaplain. Will constitute the staff ofh-
Gers: Major William II. Goodwin, d.
rector. University; Major Lenox Gwath-
mcy, chief surgical section. Norfolk:
Major Charles S. Venablc. surgical sec
ton tquartermaster), San Antonio
Texas; Captain John w. Burke. sur
Kicul section. Washington: Captain
G. y. Woodward. surical section. Dur
ham. y. c.: Captain l.. Howe Miller.
surgical section. Danvillc; Captain
Herbert Old medical section. Philadel-
pllia; Captain John d. Thomas. medical
section, Washington; Captain John w.
Carroll. medical section. Lynchburg;
Captain John +. Settler. medical sec
tior. Newberry. S. c.: First Lieutenant
Claude c. Caylor. Roentgcnologist.
Washington: First Lieutenant Joseph
- n
First Lieutenant Minor c. Lille. surst-
cal section. New York City: First Lieu
tenant Kyle Is. steele. surgical section.
University, First Lieutenant Joseph L.
Wright. surgical section, University:
First Lieutenant Leroy w. Hyde, sur
Tical section. University: First Lieu
tenant Herbert i. Jackson. surgical
section tregistrar). Selma. Ala: First
Lieutenant Homan Laurence Dowd.
medical section tRdjutunt, -Sorwalk,
Conn: First Lieutenant Dan Fl. Witt.
medical section, Charlottesville: First
Lieutenant Luclus G. Gage. laboratory.
University: First Lieutenant Edward
w. Brooks. laboratory. University;
First Lieutenant II. ]. Hayes. Neurolo-
gist. Norfolk; First Lieutenant George
=. Parry, dentist. Philadelphia: First
Lieutenant Walter Il. Miller dentist
Norfolk.
Major Goodwin Is on active duty
studying oral surgery. Major Nenable
is on active duty in Boston studying
orthopedic surgery. Lieutenant Witt is
at Fort Syll. Oklahoma. studying gas
defense work. Captain Woodward Is
on active duty IN Philadelphia. study
ing brain surgery.
SiXty-iivc nurses. the majority OF
whom are from this State. have been
enlisted Misses r. *. Fife, Ruth Mo-
ran. Edith Perry, Elizabeth Brown.
Dorothy. Stranger, Ina Sands and Kath-
leen Laurialt, Of the university. have
been assigned to active duty, and are
ut present in training at Camp Lee.
Misses Nina and Eliza Jones and Lucy
Daniels. Of Richmond, have been as
signed TO Camp Green, Charlotte, y. c.
The following are the civilian en-
poyces OF the unit: Miss Evelyn
Brooke. New York City; Mrs. Emily NJ.
Balkley, louisville. Ky; Miss Har-
rictt NJ. Cowling. Charlottesville; Miss
Mary r. Lyon. Ashtabula. Ohio; Miss
Katherine 5. Snow. University; Mrs.
Lizzie G. Thurman, University.