The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1917-03-28
MACKAY IN WAR
GIFT TO NATION
Clarence H. and Mother
Equip First Hospital Unit
of 500 Beds.
RED CROSS ACCEPTS 1T
Staff Of % Surgeons and 22o
Nurses and Orderlies Is
Engaged.
RED CROSS ACCEPTS 1T

The first important contribution to the
United States Government from a pri-
vate source to be devoted to the further
ance Of wartime efficiency-one OF the
finest gifts Of the kind, in fact, ever re-
ceived by the Government-was learned
Of yesterday when 1t was announced al
Roosevelt Hospital that Clarence II.
Mackay and his mother. Mrs. John W.
Mackay. who resides in Paris. have Just
made joint gift OF a completely
equipped hospital base unit Of 500 beds
for service either in this country or
abroad.
The hospital, which will be known as
the Mackay Unit. has already been ac-
cepted through the American Red Cross.
Through the patriotic generosity OF Mr.
Mackay and his mother provision has
| been made for a stan of twenty-five sur
| geons, seventy-five nurses. $50 orderies
and others necessary TO operate such a
unit.
| Although announcement of the gift
| was made at Roosevelt Hospital only
yesterday the organization OF the
Mackay unit has been pushed along with
| so much speed and thoroughness that
! II can be placed at the service of the
! United States as soon as needed. Much
work in organization of the unit has
been accomplished during the past two
weeks.
Director to BE DR.. 4. II. Peck.
DR.. Charles Ii. Peck. one OF the
! oh Of "a
has been selected as director of the
unit. Or. James !. Russell has been
made Chief OF Surgical Service of the
unit and DR.. Rolfe Floyd L. Chief of
Medical Service. Their respective surgi-
cal and medical staffs also have been
chosen. together with oral surgeons
pathologists. Roentgenolosists. oChthal-
mologists and aurists. anesthetists and
a staK of nurses. which will be headed
by Miss Mary l.. Francis as chief nurse
Men who are leaders in their various
professions have also been selected e
head different departments. Walte
Bloor Of the George A. Fuller Gonstruc
tion Company for instance. has beei
selected as consulting engineer OF tn
unit and has already given valuable all
aud has made many technical suyges
tions during the work of organizing
equipping and enlisting the non-medica
personnel Of the Mackay Unit. \ no
tion of how thorough the preliminar.
work has been is gathered from the an
nounce ment that complete duplicat
medical STAFF is also being organize
now under the direction OF DR. Charlie
y. Dowd to alternate, as the need ma
arise with those first called into service
Mr.. Mackay to Oner Services.
Although organized as the Macka.
unit OF the Roosevelt Hospital. the uni
|, will be known officially as Red Cros
Base Hospital No IS II was said yes
terday, although unofficially. that in ad
. dition to his part in presenting the uni
= Mr.. Mackay and his eldest daughter, VIII
!. is now II years old. will offer their per
: sonal services in the work later on.
Miss Mackay Is now a student at s.
u Tmothy's. near Baltimore, but will b
free to do her bit, vas the English girl
say, during the summer months.
THE Mackay unit" eaid w. Emile
Roosevelt. president OF Roosevelt Hos
pital, last night when seen at that inst
? tuition. after explaining that the unit wa
the Joint gift OF Mr.. Mackay and hi
mother, has been organized under III
= auspices OF the Roosevelt Hospital. |
h accord with representatives OF the Coy
:. ernment. The unit has been most care
y fully and thoroughly prepared, III
: groundwork having been laid during til
: past fortnight
n '"The personnel of the s.afY speaks fo
= itself The Roosevelt Hospital was des!'
> Gus OF sending out a thoroughly repr,
o sentative STAFF. equipped to meet an
e emergency. and has accomplished tn
object The unit now is being rapid
- prepared for active service whenevt
4 called upon and wherever sent"
d Personnel of OrganiEation.
r In addition to DR.. Peck as directc
d and Drs. Russell and Floyd as surgic,
= and medical chiefs OF staff respectivel
the staff has been completed as follows
STAFF surgeons. Drs. Karl Connell. Alfre
Stillman, E. +. Kilbane. Earl Drenne
William c. White and Henry w. Cav
1 DR.. Floyd's stan physicians include DIR
Henry James Arthur S. Wilson ar
Alexander T. Martin.
DR.. Calvin b. Coulter has been a.
. pointed chief OF laboratories OF Il
unit DIR. Charlton Wallace Ia the orth
pedic surgeon and DR. Alfred Tayl,
neurological surgeon. The oral surgeC
10 Dr. Harold 3. Vaughan and the chi
anesthetist is DR.. Lewis 5. Booth. d
Lewis Gregory Cole Is the Roentgeno
,e ogist and DR.. Gouverneur NJ. Phelps Il
m ophthalmologist and aurist.
H Dr. DOWuS y reserve StuH. 10 De call'
r. upon to alternate as required. includ
~ Dr. Lucus w. Hotchkiss as surgic
a. chief and DR.. John s. Thacher as Chi
n Of the medical service. The reser
a. staff surgeons are Drs. Frederick T. VI
ne Beuren. Jr.. Kirby Dwight. Walter '
Il Mott and Condict w, Cutler. Jr {
er the reserve staff also are DR.. Walt
Timme. neurologist: Or, Harold
IN Lyall. chief OF laboratory section. al
TX DR.. Henry w. Jackson. bacteriologi
10 and pathologist.