The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1918-05-31

the hospital Its growth quiet to seem
magical. Although more than five million persons
all of whom. with the possible exception of few
of the most militant pacfsts cherish patriotic
interest In all such institutions, residing Just
to the south of it. 1t attained completion without
the general public being of its existence
and was taking care of men who had been across
and been wounded In battle while most of the
residents of New York continued to regard 1t as
merely in course OF construction
Every afternoon from two O'Clock until 1our
the high tide of sympathy sets In from the out
side world toward the hospital. 1t was at this
time that armed with letter from the war de-
partment approached the entrance 1t was nee
essary to fall in with n long procession of women.
most OF them burdened with bumpy packages
which contained oranges apples bananas. nome
made chocolate cakes. apple pies, cream pufs and
other articles of food suitable to the dietary OF
invalid and calculated to relieve the tedun
of hospital life.
The wooden city which constitutes the hospital
is set upon hill. Fresh winds sweep over it and
1t is flooded with sunshine. Spotess cleanliness
and perfect order prevail from end to end CT
the plant and the most meticuous housekeeper
at the end of prying visit might very well sigh
and admit that men even keep house better than
women do
1t was due to the initiative of Columbia unver-
sity that tbs large hospital estab-
lshed. The university idea was to organize and
thoroughly equip hospital for the use of Amer
lean troops, which hospital, construction and all
carried across the The hospital was to
be oficered by physicians from the College of
Physicians and Surgeons. the medical school of
Columbia university.
Ground for the hospital broken May 10.
little more than n month after the declaration Of
war. The first building finished in June.
But when the hospital was offered TO the govern
ment In July it decided that the project OF
transporting the plant, buildings and all To France
was impractical and that the hospital would
serve a very useful purpose If 1t remained
Columbia Oval.
Thrty-nine buildings included In the orig
inal plan MS presented by the university. The
government has since increased the number to
CO. but the type of buildings has remained the
same. Each building Is long, low rectangle.
story high and with the sides made up so largely
of glass that all the wards resemble parlors.
The executive building is two stories high, but
It, like the others, Is of the simplest possible
struction unpainted without and upholstered with
in The buildings lined with heavy paper
with the object Of making them warmer Other
wise they simple the wooden sheds
which served headquarters for the first off,
GERS training camps
The entire group of buildings Is somewhat In
the form of the letter II, the executive building
serving as the cross piece Of the Fl.
On the sec,,nd floor of this building are the
executive offices OF the hospital. simple the
other parts Of the institution. The office OF Ad-
1utant Dean F. Winn fitted out mostly with
painted furniture constructed by the enlisted men.
is at one side and next are the Offices Of Col.