. The Varsity war supplement 1917. medical men, of whom sometwenty were graduates, responded to a call from the Duchessof Connaughts Canadian Red Cross Hospital at Cliveden,England, for dressers and assistants of whom many laterfound their way into the and saw service in manyfields. But the great contribution the Medical College wasto make was the No. 5Canadian StationaryHospital (Queens) whichwas authorized early in1915 and soon recruitedto strength with an estab-lishment of, at first, only200 beds. After a briefsojourn at Shorncliffe theHospital was ordered toCairo, Egypt with 400be

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. The Varsity war supplement 1917. medical men, of whom sometwenty were graduates, responded to a call from the Duchessof Connaughts Canadian Red Cross Hospital at Cliveden,England, for dressers and assistants of whom many laterfound their way into the and saw service in manyfields. But the great contribution the Medical College wasto make was the No. 5Canadian StationaryHospital (Queens) whichwas authorized early in1915 and soon recruitedto strength with an estab-lishment of, at first, only200 beds. After a briefsojourn at Shorncliffe theHospital was ordered toCairo, Egypt with 400beds, and reinforcementsof four officers and 43men were hurried fromKingston and joined theunit before they left forEgypt. In December1915 the Status of theHospital was changed tothat of a General Hos-pital (No. 7 Can. ), with 1040beds, to provide for whicha second large reinforce-ment including 20 officersleft Canada early in the Hospital wasmoved from Cairo toFrance where it has againaccommodation for 2,290. James Douglas, , , New YorkChancellor of Queens University

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