The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-10-02
lie HOSPITAL
4 MEDICAL MARVEL
Hodern Appliances in the Hands oil
Aecn Extraordinarily Skilled IN
Healing Profession.
BUILDINGS NEARLY FINISHED
Red Cross Nurses Are to Arrive rms
week---A. #. Harding, of Richmond
Ii Named a. Sergeant i'll Three Hun
dred and Eaghteenth Regiment.
nv star Correspondent

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standpoints the most important OF the /
many important units which make up
Camp Lee liz the base hospital pc-
cupyirs- exclusively an area 81 HitS-
xix acres in the northwestern part 81
& the camp site and housed .u sixty
buildings. 1t presents even now IN aus
unfinished condition an organlIatipn
as efficient in personnel and physical
equipment for the prevention ana cure
of disease as is TO be found anyw here
in the world. That this is not mere
empty laudation but statement OF
bare facts is vouched for by men
who have given the periods Of their
lives TO the study Of medicine ana
many of its branches.
MANY of the buildings are as. Yet
Incomplete. scarcity OF labor aud ma
teriai having retarded construction
The completed unit will he turned over
to the representative OF the govern
ment IN two weeks.
The official center Of this sggrega-
ton OF structures and equipment de-
voted 10 the healing art is the admin
istration building situated almost IN
the middle Of tho lire forming Tie
south limit OF the hospital size. on
the vacant ground fronting The ad-
nasnistration building yesterday after
noon were sixteen or eighteen recruits
in civilian dress, some standing in
groups talking and y lew itlnF on the
grass summing themselves Inquiry de-
yeloped the fact thai these men, In
the regular medical examination to.
which all are subjected on entrance 10
the camp, had showed some inciPleUt
defect and before rejecting them, 1t
was the purpose OF the camp author
tiles by direction OF the war depart
ment to have them submitted TO an
other and more searching scrutiny by
a specialist in the particular line
where the deficiency is suspected. 10
exist The men referred 10 were wait
ing, each one his turn before the eX-
nminer,
On one side Of the entrance TO the
administration building is the dlspen-
sary and on the other "a general Of
ffee for clerks. ON the extreme right
is the private Office OF Major Ferdi-
nand Schmitter. the commanding Of
1icer of the hospital. l Immediately
{ in the rear Of this structure is build
ing where are located the Ray ma
chimes and other auxiliary surgical
apparatus which embraces the very
last word in invention along such
lines. Behind that again IS the OPP
Grating department, one section for
what is technically called clean OPP
erations and the other for those In
which sepsis exists.
Flanking the administration house
on the right is the officers mess and
on the left are their S!yinR quarters.
Behind these structures and connect
ed with them by covered galleries are
the wards, thirty-two in all, each con
falninE thirty beds These wards. are
In two rows of sixteen each, aud the
kitchen for the preparation Of food
for patients lies between the rows
Small autos will be put In use between
the kitchen and the wards for the
more expeditions carrying Of food and
y dishes.
Sixty-four women nurses will min
lister to the sick at the hospital There
Will be one head nurse and four as
sistants, and all will work as part OF
the Red Cross organization. Quarters
have already been assigned them d;
they are expected to arrive the latter
part of this week.
An inquiry into the makeup Of tht
mind Of each man at Camp Lee has
been started hy a board composed oil
soldiers and civilians, who have giver
exhaustive study to the matter Of de
termining the particular talents o.
each Individual which by reason of an
vironment or earl~ education are mes
susceptible OF. development.
Yesterday afternoon Company A O
the Three Hundred ard Twentieth
regiment marched TO the base hosplfa
building, where this unique examina
ton Is being conducted, ana the m ~
were passed in one by one to have
IDEA pumps PASSED on FOL by fnt
ancient chronological process OF feel
ing the Uranium with the fingers. hu
by questions tudlciouSp phrased anl
arranged, and by delicate ulechan ca
apparatus that accurately record.
many mental processes which ESCAPE
ordinary observation. This work il
under the supervision OF Captain Jess
w. NJ. Scott. and First I.ieutenan
Clarence s Yoakunl.
New treatment for pneumonia u
in use at Camp Lee. Its efficiency va
tested out at the Rockefeller Fouuda
ton institute, and men traised at tht
Institute will pat II into effect here
1 There are two pneumonia cases nov
q at the base hospital. but the oritica
point in each was passed easily al thel
were Of a mild type. so the new treat
mcnt has rot SO far had an oppQr
funity here 10 show its curative Of
fectg
There are at present 574 beds read,
TOR use at the hospital RequisitIol
has been made for 800 more and
Is intended 70 have eventually $50,
beds
The base hospital officers arc as fol
lows: Major Ferdinand Sehualttei
commanding First ldeutenrnt elf
ford II. Perry. ad3Gtant; First Lieu
tenant r, A. IaGrinder. medical su
peryising officer, Major " L. Peple
thief surgical service Major J w
Hope, CAPTAIN S B. Moore Cautai
E. NJ. Parker. First Lieutenant \
. Goldman, Major Lawrence I4tcbfeis
chief medical service. Captain J i
Faher. specialist tuberculosis. FRS
lieutenant c. NJ Easter First Lieu
tenant r. G. Riley. and Captain Ed
win a. Merritt. in charge az X-ray.
In Company Z. II The Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth regiment. IN
following men were named yesterda
rs sergeants: a r Harding. q
Richmond. II r, Chapman Of Nor
folk Charles " Hoffman Walter f
Richie. and william Fentross