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History of Base Hospital No. 18, American Expeditionary Forces QassiJ_6a_2-JL_ BookXtiLEsii PRESENTED BY M*. • •I- • • • *!: • * HISTORY OF BASE HOSPITAL No. 18 AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (jOHNS HOPKINS UNIt) • • • • *• • • • • *• • • PUBLISHED BY BASE HOSPITAL 18 ASSOCIATION BALTIMORE • * • * Copyright, 1919, by- Base Hospital 18 Association ;. f THOMSEN- ELLIS CO. BALTIMORE :: NEW YORK . — u> INDEX > An Introduction to the History. "Fatted Calf." . Preparation and the Start. f) *"' General History. Special Articles : 1. Chateau Bazoilles. 2. Surgical and Orthopedic Services. 3. The Roentgen Laboratory. 4. Infectious Diseases. 5. Nose, Throat and Ear Department. 6. Eye Department. 7. Dental Department. S. Receiving Ofhce. 9. History of the Nurses. 10. Medical Students' Course. 1 1 Welfare Work Y.M.C.A. Catholic Activities. American Red Cross. 12. Sports. 13. History of Enlisted Men of Base Hospital No. 18. 14. History of Unit "A." 15. Trip of Team No. 11. 16. Trip of Team No. ii-A. 17. Trip of Shock Team. 18. Trip Heart Studies. 19. Trip to Evacuation Hospital No. i. 20. Trip on Face and Jaw Surgery. 21. Vasseny Trip. 22. The Organization of the Surgical Service in the A.E.F. 23. The Medical Care of Aviators. 24. Professional Records of Hospital. — INDEX— Continued Obituaries Nurses^ Miss Jeannette Bellman. Miss Miriam Knowles. Enlisted Men: Edwin S. Linton (Student). Lyle Rich (Student). Horace E. Teter. Personal Data of Attached Officers. Alphabetical List of Personnel: Officers. Nurses. Enlisted Men. INTRODUCTION THE HISTORY OF BASE HOSPITAL No. i8 (JOHNS HOPKINS UNIT) IN THE GREAT WAR volume is compiled as a record of the activities of Base THISHospital No. i8 to preserve in permanent form, for the personnel of the Hospital and their friends, the memories of its activities and achievements during the war against the Central Powers of Europe. The contents which go to make up this httle book were contributed by many different individuals and much reduplication and overlapping of the different accounts will be observed. The committee charged with the preparation of this book have altered to some extent and combined in various ways the articles submitted by the different contributors, eliminating where possible the purely personal elements of their narratives, and at- tempting to bring into general conformity the style of description employed. In spite of this, much irregularity will no doubt be noticed, and possibly some important facts are entirely omitted. It will be borne in mind by the reader, however, that this pamphlet does not pretend to be a work of literature, but simply an historical record of the outstanding events connected with Base Hospital No. i8. The story of the Unit as a whole will be told first, and after- ward special articles dealing with the various activities in which the members of this unit engaged are presented by the men who took part in these special activities. PREPARATION AND THE START Along toward the middle of May, in the the year 191 7, as a result of the visit to the U.S.A. of the French Mission headed by General Joffre, the urgent necessity for the immediate dispatch of an American Expeditionary Force to the assistance of the Allies became at once apparent. Unfortunately, at that time the United States, owing to the lack of preparation due to the neutral position occupied by them since the beginning of the war, were in no position to do more than send a comparatively small force for its moral rather than its military effect. In order to respond to this call, great activity was immediately begun in all branches of the War Department and the Navy as well. Those were busy days in Wash- ington, with many representative men in all walks of life, from all sections of the country, summoned thither for their advice and counsel. The Medical Department found itself in the same general position as the other branches of the military service. It had been generally understood that this first expeditionary force was to be composed entirely of Regulars. But for one reason or another, almost at the last moment, it was decided to call upon the Medical Reserves to the extent of the personnel of one Base Hospital to look after the sick and wounded of the First Division of the overseas troops. So it was that the hearts of the doctors and nurses from Johns Hopkins Hospital, comprising the staff of Base Hospital No. i8, were made glad, when in the last days of May word came from Washington to recruit the requisite number of enlisted men to complete the roster, to provide the necessary material and equipment, and to be pre- pared for orders to proceed to New York to embark for France at an early date. Those who were fortunate enough to compose that group will not soon forget the feverish activity, nor the sup- pressed excitement and expectancy of those first few days of June, preceding that fateful 9th of June, 19 17, when, after having said our tearful good-byes in sections, first the enlisted men, then the nurses, and finally the doctors, we assembled as a unit for the first time on the dock in Hoboken, and embarked on the good ship Fin- land. To the good people of Baltimore, whose generosity made possible the equipment of the Unit, we wish to return our sincere thanks. The indefatigable labors of Dr., now Colonel, Winford H. Smith and his efficient secretary. Miss Brinkley, in conjunction with certain members of the Unit, rendered possible our departure in good shape on the very short notice that was given for the final preparations. We were joined in Baltimore by our Quartermaster, and in New York by our Commanding Ofificer, a regular. The regular adjutant assigned to us never materialized. After what seemed to our eager minds an interminable delay, we finally, on June 14th, weighed anchor, and with flags flying and bands playing, the First Division of American troops, consisting of the i6th, 28th, 26th and 18th Regiments of Infantry, sailed bravely forth from the mouth of the Hudson, bound for an unknown port. J. M. T. Finney. "HEIGHO TO THE FATTED CALF" (To the tune of ''When the Caissons Go Rolling Along.'') f*^ I I -r-T ^S ^ i -^w ^a i i i s ^ Repeat first line ^ ^^=m^^ w=w -^^ w u- 'Mr # ^ i i p m In Bazwill, on a hill, near a little winding rill, In the barracks defacing the ground. We were trapped, but we scrapped, in the mud and rain and chill. While the wild boars were roaming around. But now, Heigho, we'll fight the fatted calf, and never go roving again Except in thought, to know the time we fought, While the wild boars were roaming around. We began, with the clan, posing for the movie man. In a tavern, one bright summer's day. Khaki clothes, quelque chose, we were soldiers of the van, While the movie kept clicking away. On then, Heigho, we found it all a lark, and thought of the folks at the show, When old Eighteen would flicker on the screen, While the movie kept clicking away. Then on board, we were stored, in an ocean-going Ford, And we filled it with laughter and song. Music played, cannon brayed, and the engine fires roared, While the Finland was rocking along. Heigho, we sang, "Give us the Army life, there's nothing as fine in the world," But don't forget, we didn't know it yet. While the Finland was rocking along. Anyway, one fine day, saw us capture Savenay, And just aching to get in the fray. So we stayed, though we prayed, all we did was get our pay. And the whole gang was pining away. Oh, then, good Lord, we found it hard to bear, and cared not a hang if we died, And so we stayed, although we prayed and prayed. And the whole gang was pining away. Finally, glory be, found us bound for Bazwilly, With old Eighteen some two hundred strong. Packed in tight, slept all night, on a neighbor's head or knee. While the dinky was dribbling along. On then, Heigho, we left a dusty trail, and roughed it as rough as could be, We ate canned slum, and thought the war had come, While the dinky was dribbling along. In Bazwill, on a hill, near a little winding rill, In the barracks defacing the ground, We were trapped, but we scrapped, in the mud and rain and chill. While the wild boars were roaming around. But now, Heigho, we'll fight the fatted calf, and never go roving again. The Army's fine, but nevermore 'for mine. While the wild boars are roaming around. GENERAL HISTORY EARLY in the winter of 1917, different medical centers throughout the United States made tentative preparations for supplying medical units, which could be utilized as base hospitals. These units were at first to be under the direction of the Red Cross, with the understanding that, as the need arose, their control could be assumed by the Army Medical Corps. Their personnel was to be furnished from the physicians and instructors in medicine, the nurses, and, in some part, by the orderlies and the civilian employees of the particular hospitals and medical schools, plus local enlistments. A hospital fund for the equipment and early maintenance of the units, together with a reserve for the future needs, was to be supplied through the local Red Cross Chapter. The organization was along the lines laid down by the manual of the Medical Department. This was in large part spculative inasmuch as there were only a few comparable units extant—such as the Walter Reed Hospital—and, in- deed, this comparison is rather overdrawn when it is remembered that these new units were to be for war service, to be transportable, and with a personnel entirely unfamiliar with the Army administrative routine, that carried the regular units along the daily paths of peace.
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