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The Hospital Br Published Weekly la the Interest of the Personnel and Patients at the United States Army Base Hospital, Fort Riley, Kansas VOL. 1. NO. 6. FORT RILEY, KANSAS, MARCH 27, 1919.

Free to All Men in Uniform. Price, to Others, 5 Cents. COLONEL IRONS INSPECTS THIRTEEN' STUDENT NURSES SEARCHERY DEPT. ESTABLISHED AT PERSONNEL OF HOSPITAL HAVE GONE TO CAMP GRANT REGISTRARS WIN TOURNEY HONORS BY DEFEATING SPRING GARDEN WILL BE GROWN AT EDU. SERVICE Washington Official Volunteered No Mrs.

RED CROSS HDQRS. Left Monday, Browne- Accompanied by -Others Retnrn fo Homes Criticism of Administration Work tin (This Post. CONVALESCENT SERVICE GET fiETTIXG INFORMATION ABOUT MISSLXG MEN IS OBJECT PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE IS NEW FEATURE OF SCHOOL 2ND PLACE-IIDQRS. 3RD a tnorougn inspection or the per sonnel and offices of the Base Hospital was completed Saturday by Lieut. Col.

Ernest E. Irons, of the office of the Red Cross to Give Winning Teams Trip First Day of New Work Leads to Def. inite Fads on Twenty Soldiers Illustrated Lectures and ClassRoom Study Will Supplement Outdoor Work of Soldiers to Kansas City as Rewards Surgeon General, Washington, D. Thirteen student nurses left Fort Riley Monday for Camp Grant, 111., where they will enter upon a three-year training course for army nurses. They were accompanied to Camp Grant by Mrs.

John C. Browne, who has been discharged from the service and is on her way home to Philadelphia, Pa. Most of the other student nurses have returned to their homes where they will take up for the most part, According to Capt. A. D.

Jackson, chief of the medical service, who accompanied the Colonel on his rounds, the The basket ball championship of the Base Hospital was won by the registrars when they administered a decisive defeat to the fast convalescent service A department of searchery which promises much in the way of information regarding mhs-ng soldiers has been started by the American Red Cross at Fort Riley. The departmeut inspection was perhaps the most The cultivation of gardens by men in the department of agriculture at the educational service is assured. A tract of ground conveniently located near the school will be utilized in an effort to teach in a practical manner the best methods and the means of thorough-going of any that has been held at hospital. The results of has been placed in charge of Miss the inspection are yet unknown, as five, on the Cavalry Gymnasium court, Monday afternoon, by a score of 23 to 9. The two teams were tied for first teaching and business positions which place in the league standing until the obtaining paying results.

The control of injurious insects will be an important study made in the department. peppery registrars took the measure they formerly held or have been offered. Mrs. Browne has been in Fort Riley for the past four months as super of their heavier opponents and carried away the premier honors. Players on In addition to the outside work, class room instruction will be held Colonel Irons made only a few minor suggestions.

On the whole he gave the impression that he was well pleased with what he found here. Colonel Irons came to Fort Riley Thursday evening and at that time inspected Section Friday he spent in Camp Funston in conference with various boards. Returning to his inspection Saturday, he visited the sections, and offices. He was especially the detachment regular team were visor and one of -the leading instruc and from time to time lectures will be tors of the training corps. The teach barred from the tourney.

The game between the registrars and convales given in the Red Cross Convalescent ing of the ethics and history of nurs cent service closed the big basket ball 0 Helen Martin of Junction City, and in her first day's work information on twenty missing soldiers was obtained through overseas men now in the hospital. This branch of the Red Cross work Is a growing and increasingly important one. There are thousands of missing men in the army, and the Red Cross probably Is not doing a more appreciated work than that connected with the getting of information about lost men. Definite knowledge one way or another about the men is a great relief to relatives. Miss Martin in her work tabulates the organizations represented by the overseas soldiers in Fort Riley, and compares these with the list of miss tourney, which has been in progress House illustrated with slides and moving pictures.

These lectures will bo of general interest, and any one will be welcome to attend. ing were among the important subjects which she taught. Mrs. Browne is an experienced nurse having retired many years ago after a nursing expe careful of his inspection of the educational service, the registrar's office, and the laboratory. He seemed greatly for two weeks, as all of the other teams in the league are eliminated from a possibility of winning first honors and it is therefore unnecessary to play out the original schedule.

interested in the work of the recon struction and laboratory aides. Exhibiting probably the best team Colonel Irons formerly was com play that was seen during the entire tournament, the registrars took an manding officer at Camp Custer. early lead over the husky quintet SPEAKS TO LIBERTY GIRLS Or V. Frank Cunningham, associate field director of the Red Cross, addressed the Liberty Girls of Manhattan Monday at a meeting held in the Community House. Mr.

Cunningham told of the many things which young girls can do to help entertain the soldiers in the hospital. Among the things suggested by Mr. Cunningham were the giving tf programs in the wards, parties, and playing of games with the patients. The Liberty Girls' organizations now existing in nearly every community In the country were primarily for the purpose of assisting in the various drives for funds made by the government or by welfare irom convalescent service and were never overtaken after the first goal was registered. Both teams were decidedly off-form in shooting baskets, but this was largely due to the nature of the baskets in the Cavalry Gymnasium, which rendered goal shooting more difficult.

Weber, Triplett and C. 0. Brown starred for the registrars in the offensive play, and Lore and Carlson put up a wonderful defensive game at guard. Despite the overwhelming score, the convalescent lads played their usual strong and scrappy game and every, point that was procured on either side was made only after a hard fight. The game was marked by clean playing on both sides and there was little fouling.

Each team made but one point on free throws. The largest basket ball crowd of the season saw the contest. Final standing of the teams: Won. Lost. Pet.

The school of agriculture at the educational service has its offices and classrooms in building nine, Section Capt. William C. Edwards, engineer, U. S. is in charge and a competent corps of instructors has been assigned to assist.

One of them is Lieut. Oscar R. Johnson. He is a graduate of the department of agriculture, University of Minnesota, and has had a wide experience in dairying and stock judging. He will give personal supervision and instruction along these lines.

Opportunities will be given the students to visit the herds of fine stock in this vicinity, escecially those at the Agricultural College, Manhattan, Kansas. General farming methods, stock raising, will be taught by Lieut. Johnson and Private W. M. Watson.

Private Watson is especially fitted for lecture and instructional work along these lines, having had several years experience since taking his course in agriculture and stock raising. Private G. E. Paxton, formerly with the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agriculture, will explain the subject of the various plant diseases, each organism will be discussed, its history and life studied and methods of control taught. This will be a most valuable course to the farmer, and should be of considerable interest to all.

Farm structures, concrete work, drainage, will be handled by Captain Edwards. COLLINS-GRAY ing men furnished by the Division Headquarters of the Red Cross. If a missing man is of the same organization as some soldier in Fort Riley, the soldier is sought and asked for information. It is not always possible for the soldier to know, but in a surprisingly large number of instances definite information is received. For instance, Sergt.

C. A. Stoyer had been reported killed, but there was no definite information on the case. But in Section Private Henry W. Hunicke of the same organization was found and he was able to tell how and where the missing sergeant met his death.

Another case, three men in one company were missing. A soldier in Fort Riley from the same company gave details on the case. It developed that the three men were in a raiding party and were drowned in the Marne River to the right of Chateau Thierry in an effort to escape machine gun fire. The bodies were recovered, according to this informant. In another instance, a major had been reported kiljed.

The informant in this case knew the major had been wounded, but believed he had not died, thus establishing the possibility that the missing major is still alive. MUST MAKE ALLOTMENTS rience lasting eighteen years. She entered into the government service only for the emergncy. The student nurses designated for further training at Camp Grant are Misses Jennie Armstrong, Lena Bad-deley, Pearl Brown, Hildegarde Clinton, Helen Cross, Coyetta Youmans, Nellie Davison, Edna Druliner, Gil-berta Durland, Theresa Lanigan, Pearl Pope, Margaret Schneider, Hannah Smylie. Eleven of the student nurses returned to their homes Wednesday, March 19.

These were Misses Elizabeth Booraem, Josephine Brichacek, Gertrude Cave, Marjorie Dins, Delia Dott, Mildred Kallemeyn, Esther Mc-Ilnay, Agnes Patton, Dora Ryff, Mary Schwarz, Marjorie Selleck. Others to go home soon are Misses Nina Lord, Abbie Palmer, Ruth Vancri, Esther Goodyear. Misses Alice Nicholas and Johannah Seiler are still sick with scarlet fever. ORCHESTRA CONCERT ENJOYED The Junction City High School Orchestra, under the leadership of Mrs. J.

Abbie Clarke Hogan, gave a delightful concert at the Red Cross Convalescent House Friday evening. The program was of a popular nature and was enjoyed from beginning to end by the crowd of about 200. At about the middle of the program, Mrs. Price of Junction City sang a group of songs, for which she was heartily encored. The High School Orchestra under Mrs.

Hogan's direction has been one of the finest musical organizations of Junction City for many years, and has competed successfully in state contests with other schools. This was the organization's first concert in Fort Riley, although it has played many times to soldiers in the Community House and at Camp Funston. The full orchestra is composed of thirty pieces. CAFETERIA OPENS THIS WEEK TWENTY-THREE MEN LEAVE Registrars 8 Convalescent Service 7. Headquarters 6 1 .889 2 .778 2 .750 The list of wtenty-three men who received their honorable discharges Tuesday follows: Sergt.

1st cl. David P. Zabo, Chicago, Cook Osbourn E. Johnson, Pocatello, Idaho; Cook Harry E. Kaiser, Denver, Private 1st cl.

Austin W. Cole, Wichita, Private 1st cl. William C. Fal-lin, Frederick, Private 1st cl. Section Mess Section Section Parade Section 4 3 .571 4 4 .500 2 4 .333 1 5 .167 0 5 .000 0 6 .000 Headquarters was eliminated from Henry H.

Fischer, Colorado Springs, Private lstcl. Charles B. Hanes, Waterloo, Private 1st cl. Gordon Nelson, Madison, Private 1st cl. Leslie L.

Smith, Jefferson Barracks, Miss Beulah Collins of Wellington, and Chaplain G. Charles Gray, U. S. were married at the home of the bride's parents, Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock. The bride, a daughter of Mr.

and Private 1st cl. Charles W. Want- land, La Junta, Colo. Privates Walter H. Byrd, Warsaw, James H.

Elrod, Eureka, Adolph E. Husted, Sisseton, S. The rumor that it is no longer necessary to make out class A allotments has been refuted by Sergt. George T. Hawkins, who has charge of this work in the personnel office.

Men marrying and failing to comply with the provision to make out an allotment to his wife ia liable to court-martial. There have been a few cases of misunderstanding among men of the detachment who recently have married. the running for the league championship by losing to registrars, Saturday afternoon, by a score of 23 to 15. Maintaining their usual form the registrars outplayed headquarters in every period. Convalescent service swamped Section 48 to 5, on the same afternoon.

Parade forfeited their game to mess. Prizes Announced Prizes for the winning teams in the basket ball tournament just closed, are announced by Capt. C. H. Belknap, the detachment commander.

The rewards for the players will consist of trips to Kansas City by all of the members Kans. Alonzo Charles E. Jones, Hugoton, Amos E. Kaufman, Kingman, Dee E. McCann, Kansas City, Alfonso Olivo, Lincoln, Touchatt, Battle Creek, Elwood J.

Taylor, Abilene, William H. Thomas, Belleville, Charles L. Mrs. Thomas Collins of Wellington, was graduated from Ottawa University at Ottawa, in 1918, and will finish work for the degree of Master of Arts at the University of Kansas next month. Chaplain Gray, whose home is Boston, entered the service December 31, 1917.

He spent a short time with the 353rd Infantry, coming to the Base Hospital at Riley in October, 1918. He is a graduate of Dickinson College, and alsoof. Boston University, from which place he received his Master of Art3 degree in theology. Chaplain Gray is member Mrs. Charles Dennie, hostess at the Red Cross Convalescent House, is spending a few days in Kansas City.

Charles E. Jonas, Hugoton, Kans enka, St. Louis, Mo. The cafeteria at the Y. W.

C. A. Hostess House will open some time this week, it has been announced by Mrs. Frederick Pargellis, hostess. The cafeteria will be in charge of Miss Mary Prentiss, who arrived in Fort Riley Sunday night.

The cafetea service has been awaited with ram eagerness, and its opening will h. much appreciated by the residents at of the Methodist Episcopal Church and 'if held pastorates in Boston before en well as the visitors in Fort Riley. of the first, second and third teams, to witness the athletic carnival in Convention Hall, Saturday night. The entire expenses of the trip have been contributed by the local Red Cross. The registrar team, which won the tournament, will be given thirty-six hour passes for each man, railroad fare to Kansas City and return, admission fee to the athletic meet, hotel expenses and tickets to a theater.

The convalescent service team will receive thirty-six hour passes for each man, railroad fare to Kansas City and return, admission to the athletic meet and a dinner. The headquarters team, tering the service. OFFICERS YISIT SCHOOL the registrars; Beck and Schmidt, of convalescent service; Abe Gaeddert, of headquarters; and Sessions of Section Choice of the players most deserving of positions on the All-Stars rostei proved to be a knotty problem for the coaches who made the recommendations Some wonderful material was A reception given for thS officers of the Base Hospital and their wives was given by the members of the staff of the educational service Saturday afternoon. The purpose was to give the officers an opportunity to see at first hand all the departments of the educational work and to learn something AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Office of the Commander-in-Chief France, February 20, 1919. Colonel Walter D.

McCaw, M. Chief Surgeon, A. E. My dear Colonel McCaw: Now that active operations are at an end, and many officers and enlisted personnel are preparing to sever their connection with the military forces and return to civil life, I desire to express personal appreciation and thanks and that of your fellow members of the American Expeditionary Forces to you, and through yon to the members of jour Department, for the splendid services they have rendered. At the front and In the long chain of hospitals extending down to the Base Ports, I JiaTe watched the fine and unselfish character of their work, and the achievements which have added new glory to the whole profession they have su ably represented.

Many of them have shared with the line troops the hardships of campaign conditions and have sustained casualties and privations with fortitude that is beyond praise. No labor has been too exhausting and no danger too great to prevent their full discharge of duty. A special word of thanks is dne to those members who were attached to and served continuously with the admies of onr Allies. Their efficiency and high ideals have called fo rtlie lighest praise of the Allied Governments under whom they have served Before they leave France, will you convey to all ranks under your com mand the deep sense of my personal appreciation of their splendid services and my regret at the impracticability of sending each and every one of them a letter of thanks? Sincerely yours, JOHN J. PERSHING.

ot the work goins on. Tfce guests finishing third in the league standing, will receive the same as convalescent service, minus the dinner. Only players on the winning teams who took part in at least two full games, or the equivalent, are eligible to the prizes. The AH-Star Team The All-Stars were recommended by the coaches of the various teams and chosen by the Detachment Commander. The men were selected on the basis of the playing ability which they showed in tournament games.

The All-Stars as recommended are: Weber, Brown, Triplett, Lore and Carlson, of uncovered during the progress of the big tournament and some of the selections were in question until the last Kanie was played between the registrars and convalescent service. The remarkable form shown by the registrars in nearly every game they played gave this team five of the nine players chosen for the All-Star aggregation. There was -een rivalry for all-star center between Triplett of the registrars and Beck of the convalescent service. The judges finally agreed by placing both men in the line-up. were personally conducted through the classrooms, shop3, and gymnasium.

The operation of tractors, and the exhibit of work done in the wards attracted the most attention. Among the guests were General Glasgow of Camp Funston, Colonel and Mrs. Waterman, Colonel Carswell, Mrs. Leonard Wood, Mrs. B.

F. Hay den, and Major Hayden, representing Colonel Peed..