The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-07-22
Henry W. Anderson Will / AXE
Commission to Rumania, to
Be Absent Several Months
DR.. INQUIRE TO HANDLE
HOSPITAL IN FRANCE
Volunteers From All Parts of
the State Will Be Accepted
for Second Base Unit Soon
to Be Formed

Richmond men are TO head Red
Gross commission to Rumania and to
establish a base hospital unit for SER
vice In France.
Henry W. Anderson. director of the
Red Cross work in Virginia, was yes
terday notified of his appointment to
take charge OF the mission to Ru-
mania, and he announced his accep-
lance He VIII take with him twelve
doctors. s many nurses and a large
supply of medicines. vaccines and hos
pitai supplies. DR.. Robert c. Bryan,
who recently organized a Red Cross
hospital unit here, and Arthur Graham
Glasgow. prominent as an engineer,
viii be in his party.
Mr.. Anderson expects to be absent
three or four months. In that time
Mr.. Coleman woItham will take up
his Red Cross work here.
DR.. stuart Mcclure is under orders
to organize a base hospital for Red
Cross service In France. This will All
sorb the hospital unit organized by
DR.. Bryan and Is the second base hos
pital assigned to Virginia. The first
was organized under the direction of
the University of Virginia. This will
be organized through the Medical COL
leEe of Virginia, Of which DR.. MCGUIRE
is president
Original Plan Altered.
When the Richmond chapter of the
American Red Cross was originally
organized. application was made for
authority to form base hospital unit
in this city. At that time. the policy
was to permit base hospital units to
be formed only IN the few larger cities
of the country. Authority was after
u ~~txw H.
this city. which is much smaller IN
personnel. consisting of provision for
la minimum OF 500 beds and contain
ing a personnel Of about $50
The chairman OF the Richmond
chapter, Mr.. Anderson. while In
Washington last week. learned that
the present policy of the government
was not to place hospital units in the
foreign service, but only to send base
hospital units abroad. and that II the
hospital units were called at ali they
would be sent to local canpa Knew
ing that this was contrary to the de-
sire Of the members OF the hospital
unit in Richmond and also contrary
to their understanding at the time
that they Joined the unit, Mr. Ander-
son at once insisted that authority
| be given to form a base hospital unit
In Richmond and to make the exist
ing hospital unit the nucleus of the
base hospital in order that the whole
unit might be ordered abroad. The
department OF military relief was at
this time IN need OF a surgeon OF the
highest class for assignment to mem
bershtp on the Rumanian commits
sion and had selected DIR. Robert G.
Bryan for this mission. DIR, Bryan
was. therefore. ordered on the Ru-
manfan commission and authority was
issued to form a base hospital unit.
DIR. Mcclure agreed to undertake the
organization. He has been ordered
to Washington as aide to General
Gorgas, surgeon general OF the United
States. for a period of two weeks and
in the meantime the organization of
this unit is to he handled by DR.. Gels
niger. under the direction OF DR.. Nc
CURE, from Washington.
Ambulance Company Planned.
AT the same time the chairman of