The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-06-15
HOSPITAL UNITS ARE ADVANCE GUARD
OF EXPEDITIONARY FORCE TO FRANCE
Two Have Already Gone to Europe and More Are to FoowFO
Two Years Preparations Have Been Going Forward in
Hospitals All Over the Country Under the Di
reCtion of the Red Cross.

Dr, George w, Grille Is CHIEF, jumped
at the chance to train its staff In prac-
tice work and proceeded to Philadel.
phia TO spend two nights under can
vas with the Presbyterian equipment.
The personnel and the physical proper
ties dovetailed In manner eminently
satisfactory TO the army officers In
charge this in spite of minor changes
I'm specifications forced by such awk-
ward facts as the pole In the center OF
the garage tent, which made 1t Inn
practicable for ambulances, or the ne
cessity Of building hut for the steril-
izing plant TO protect It from drafts.
When the Presbyterian unit received
its war orders last month trustees OBJ
Jections no longer counted The doc
tors were all officers I'm the United
States Medical Reserve corps and SUBJ
Ject to duty. The nurses were regis
tered with the Red Cross, to be called
when needed. The unit stayed only
to recruit to full strength, matter Of
some detail, since its civilian require
ments are varied.
Signs for Third Time.
you've everything here but band"
said one applicant, looking over the
list Of places still open to him. "Well,"
he went on, Il guess I'll sign up for
the third time. I've been with the saw
bones in the Philippines and again on
the Mexican border; here are my pa
pers TO prove 1t. 1 might as well go
with 'em once more. It's fine for the
health, boys; better come in" he called
to some students who seemed to hesi-
tate about enlisting.
Barring accidents, men who enlist
with a unit will never know the fore
front OF battle. Base hospitals are
planted miles behind the armies, gen.
orally in some deserted hotel or empty
opera house. They receive only chronic
cases and those Of slow recovery, and
are fed by the field hospitals, which
n turn are fed from the dressing or
frst-aid stations. The former require
4 high degree Of physical fitness In
heir workers, but at base men who
couldn't do trench or ambulance duty
nay serve their turn as hospital order
les. It's all question Of grit and
endurance. Physical examinations are
,imple, directed to heart and lungs,
md so per cent of the applicants get
through.
In the rush to enroll with the Pres
'yterian unit were men of all callings
nd every age.
"We've had everything here from
,icture hangers to plumbers" said DR..
sydney Burnap, who enrolled the force.
We needed mechanics, pharmacists,
electricians, carpenters and cooks, and
We got them all"
When the hospital units were
planned two years ago provision was
made for 80 volunteer nurses aids, to |
erve without pay, but with subsis-
ence and transportation furnished by
he government.
Doctors Wives Go.
All over the country women qualified
or this duty by taking Red Cross
raining In Home Care Of the Sick"
n the Presbyterian unit some Of the
Octors' wives planned to accompany
heir husbands as nurses aids. Mrs.
ieOrge E. Brewer, wife of the units
irectOr, was one who had worked
ardest to fit herself to go along. Re-
orders, indexers, stenographers and
ypists nearly mObbed the units offices
fter the mobilization orders appeared,
eeking a chance to serve In the first
)rce to go to France.
With all Of these it was another case
Mr.. Britling looking for war work
nd looking in vain. Orders had come
rom Washington that no nurses aids
ere to be taken. If necessary enlist
d men would be used to fill their
laces. Instead of 20 female clerical
'orkers, as originally planned, the
umber was cut to four, who must be
'Omen with training in medical
These woman clerical workers are
n anomaly unclassiied in army regu-
ltiOns. They are branch of service
lre to develop with the need, and
lose who go over now are pioneers
/ much the same way as were the
Omen Clara Barton organized into
ed Cross nurses in the days Of the
ivil war. Keeping the records of 500 I
ltients is a job in itself. When the
No change every few weeks the job
rows with the card indexes, to say
othing Of their diagnoses and his
,ries. There are acquisitions to be
ade out, letters to be answered and
lXiOus relatives to be communicated !
ith. AS the units follow each other
the year. more women will
-obably be taken to release the doc
,rs from routine clerical work, just
J women will finally go as nurses
Dis in order to release men for the
ont.
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lit's enrolment offices bitter disap- I
spread among the rejected. c
o one knows what Mrs. Brewer said I
hen she found that even the doctor /
,uld not secure an exception In her r
lvor, but some of the others were t
ltspoken. q
"Why did you want to go?" one lit S
e typist was asked, as she turned de- {
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