A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . cal hospital, the following officers were transferredfrom A, Capt. Ward E. Collins, Capt. George Van Rhee, and Lt. Claude B. Gaines. Theirplaces were taken at various times by the following casual officers, Capts. Walter A. Ford, Shook, J. C. Olsen, and Lts. Louis L. Burnstein and Reed A. Shankwiler. The chief nurse was at the beginning Miss Ethel Helen Davison, who later was relieved byMiss Jennie Abramson, who previously had been in charge
A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . cal hospital, the following officers were transferredfrom A, Capt. Ward E. Collins, Capt. George Van Rhee, and Lt. Claude B. Gaines. Theirplaces were taken at various times by the following casual officers, Capts. Walter A. Ford, Shook, J. C. Olsen, and Lts. Louis L. Burnstein and Reed A. Shankwiler. The chief nurse was at the beginning Miss Ethel Helen Davison, who later was relieved byMiss Jennie Abramson, who previously had been in charge of the operating rooms. Miss Cooper,who had been Superintendent of the Shurly Hospital in Detroit, was the nurse in the eye, ear, noseand throat department, where she made herself at home. Succeeding Miss Abramson in the generaloperating room was Miss Alice Gilmore and Miss Pailca. Hospital Sergeant Bernard Harrigan, in charge of Hospital A, set the pace for work andkept everyone on their toes, making it very uncomfortable for any who showed the least inclina-tion to grow slack in their work, as any one of the following personnel can Officers Library, Hospital A. Operating Room, Hospital A. Report of the Hospital to Detroit Commandery No. 1 THE Crusades for the delivery of the Holy City and of the Holy Sepulchre from the handsof the Infidels originated in France. The Knights Templar and the Hospitaliers wereorganized as a military body to care for the sick and wounded, to protect travelers, and to per-form all acts of mercy and pity. It was thus fitting that the largest American Base Hospitalshould come to France under the patronage of the Knights Templar of Detroit. Detroit Commandery No. 1 not, only gave very liberally its money, but some of its distin-guished members served as officials in this great American Hospital. and SirKnight Burt R. Shurly organized and served as its director, and, finally, as its Commander. Majorand Sir Knight Frank B. Walke
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