Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-04-07

f. Gross and w. f. Douglass, surgi-
cal department; DR.. e. A. Nicodemus,
assistant surgeon and head of the OBJ
sterical department; DR.. G. A. Zim-
norman, laboratory department.; DR..
FL. A. Stine, pathological department;
DR.. S. V. Shope, eye, ear, throat and
nose department.; Drs. II. E. Holmes,
J. w. Shope, G. H. Widder, Edward
K. Lawson and r. d. Saul, medical
department. and C. w. Batdorf,
eitherizing department.
The members and officers of the
board are: President, the Rev. w. S.
Harris; vice president, Charles +.
Hoover; treasurer, ID. w. Sohn secre-
tary, DR.. L. A. Nicodemus; members,
Delmotte, NJ. 1. Kast, DIR. II. E.
Holmes, DR.. G. II. Widder, DR.. w. T.
Douglas, A. S. Miller, and DR.. S. V.
Shope. George A. Bentley and Charles
| Bartnett were elected additional mem
bers of the board at the meeting last
night.
Physicians Rally to Flag
Th council of the Academy of Medi-
cine met last night and recommended
that the Academy building be turned
over to the United States Govern
ment to use it any way it sees fit. 1t
was also recommended that the mem
bers of the Academy enroll in the
Medical Reserve Corps. These recon-
mendations will be submitted to the
members of the Academy at it's regu-
lar meeting Friday evening, April 81.
DR.. III. f. Gross stated this morning
that while these recommendation
have not been passed, he did not think
the members would hesitate a minute
in doing so at the regular meeting.
Veterans Plan Meeting
Camp No. 8, United Spanish War
Veterans, met last night and passed
resolution endorsing President Will
son for his stand in the present in
ternational crisis. The meeting was
the most largely attended during the
year. 1t was decided to hold q pa
triotic meeting in the near future
Commander Dapp appointed a COM
mittee including William Laubenstein,
Captain Henry M. Stein and Thomas
P. Morgan to arrange for the event.
w. M. Erwin, Enola, and Jack Scar
frass, Harrisburg, were elected to
membership.
Red Cross Base Hospital
According to an announcement
made by City Commissioner Edward
u. Gross, head of the local Red Cross
Chapter, efforts are being made to
form a Red Cross base hospital here.
Committees have been appointed and
the final reports will be submitted at
the meeting of the chapter in the Y.
M. G. A. building Monday night.
Efforts ar being made to merge the
Pennsylvania Railroad War Relief
Association with the Red Cross So
ciety, but no definite plans have been
completed. Mrs w. b. McCaleb, who
is one of the local officers of the re-
lief stated this morning that the local
society VIII have to abide by the rul-
ing of the Philadelphia chapter,
which has the matter under considera-
ton. A definite announcement will
be made in a few days.
The Mechanicsburg chapter of the
Red Cross Society. of which Mrs.
Robert II. Thomas. Jr.. is the chair
man, held a very enthusiastic meet
ing last night. The Rev. H. Hall
Sharp. chairman of the membership
comittee, submitted favorable report.
Plans were made for relief for fami-
lies of soldiers, and the committee
which was appointed. will cooperate
with the committee appointed by Gov
ernor Brumbaugh for this work. Mrs.
Robert H, Thomas. Jr.. and s., K.
Troyer, will have charge of the work
for the Mechanicsburg society.