A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . hotel than the Central, beautifully situ-ated, overlooking sunken gardens, park and hills beyond. There were a few bath tubs and somesteam heat in this hospital. One bathroom was assigned for the use of the nurses temporarilyand was much appreciated. Miss Daily, who had been so ill on board ship was, about this time,taken to Chaumont, Gen. Pershings headquarters, 50 miles away where the Roosevelt Unit fromNew York was located. There she had better
A history of United States Army Base Hospital No36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917 . hotel than the Central, beautifully situ-ated, overlooking sunken gardens, park and hills beyond. There were a few bath tubs and somesteam heat in this hospital. One bathroom was assigned for the use of the nurses temporarilyand was much appreciated. Miss Daily, who had been so ill on board ship was, about this time,taken to Chaumont, Gen. Pershings headquarters, 50 miles away where the Roosevelt Unit fromNew York was located. There she had better care than it was possible for us to give her at thattime as our X-ray and other equipment were in a chaotic condition. Several of our nurses werethere on duty. In December a call was sent to our Base from a place called Vaucouleurs, askingfor extra nursing help. As we were not busy our C. O. ordered several nurses to proceed therefor duty, where they were on duty several weeks and reported an interesting experience whenthey returned. (See Miss Ganos article.) :^^ i3r\i p^^ 1 iiaiilwi k^-l i^-i^j i,- ,^^j^ ctI ?P^i^W^%^^3 k ^ ^^^^^im^^ ^-;. Hotel dcs Sports. I ilia dc: Tdleul!As the Spring advanced we began to be conscious of low rumbling sounds which at first wethought little of, but as they became more and more frequent and louder we questioned our officersand were informed they were the explosions of the cannon of the Allies and that we were only 30miles from the front and might have to evacuate at a few hours notice—pleasant thought—French troops passed back and forth through the village either going to the front or returning torest billets. Sometimes the poor Poilus were sound asleep upon their lean, jaded horses. Hugecamions lumbered back and forth so we realized there was great activity along the lines. Wesoon received our first convoy of wounded American soldiers. How they were cut, slashed andshot to pieces; large areas of flesh torn apart by the bursting shells an
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