of the donors were not actually employed, they gave the essential backing
necessary to launch this project and, in this sense, to them indirectly is
due the development of Mobile Hospital service in the U. S. Army.

RECRUITING AND MOBILIZATION.

The unit was originally authorized by the Surgeon General and Secretary
of War as Mobile Hospital #1, U. S.A. This designation was subsequently
changed to Base Hospital #59 (Yale Mobile Hospital), owing to the fact that
there was no authorization to send any units except Base Hospitals overseas.
Recruiting for the Unit began about June 17th in New Haven where offices were
opened which were placed at the disposal of the organization by the University.
After recruiting was complete the following names were on the Muster Roll
of the Unit, composed for the most part of students and graduates of Yale
University:

OFFICERS.

Lieut. Arthur Bliss Dayton, Naugatuck, Conn.
Lieut. Robert Lee Elliston, New Haven, Conn.
Major Joseph Marshall Flint, New Haven, Conn.
Lieut. Francis Bates Jennings, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Lieut. William Haviland Morriss, New Haven, Conn.
Lieut. Alexander Louis Prince, New Haven, Conn.
Capt. Alfred Morriam Rowley, Hartford, Conn.
Lieut. George Milton Smith, Waterbury, Conn.
Capt. J. W. Squires, Charlotte, North Carolina
Lieut. Edward Clark Streeter, Boston, Mass.
Capt. Philemon Edwards Truesdale, Fall River, Mass.
Lieut. Donald Breckenridge Wells, Hartford, Conn.

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

Sergeant 1 cl. William P. Howell,
Sergeant Brent A. Lemert