This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1920 edition. Excerpt: ...the beans and spoil the boys." And the fellows, feeling that he was just an involuntary plaything of Fate, like the rest of us, forgave him his evil messes of corned willie and beans and thought he was as good a K. P. as you could find in the army. RALPH L. CLAYSON, PRIvATE, 1sT CLAss Ralph was an eminent banker from the beautiful city of Bufl"alo, New York. To reform him he was made assistant to our various chaplains, and Ralph will never be the same man after having fulfilled the sacred duties of this oflice. Ralph labored for months under the strenuous grilling imposed by his chiefs until he was finally removed and placed in the bakery for recuperation. Here Ralph showed his real self by nearly wiping out the unit with a mess of biscuit. His absent-mindedness was the cause of the absence of baking powder. Ralph, never try to bake for your family or you will have to pay alimony. JACOB COHEN, Coox Jakie was our Lithuanian wan'ior. He cut our bread for us and he did it well. Jakie couldn't tell you on what side his bread was buttered, and for a very good reason. We never had any butter. What, never? Er-r-r, well, hardly ever. But I am glad of it. Tongue cannot tell where Jakie's waist line would be now if butter fats had been added to his diet over there. Jakie's cleanliness in the kitchen had a lot to do with having our kitchen pronounced the best kept and most sanitary one in the whole Mars hospital area. Jake, we are proud of you. JOSEPH P. COLLINGWOOD, Pmvxra In the A. E. F., Sixty'-eight, was the unselfish hospital par excellence. We did chambermaid duty for our negro fellow countrymen at the Pontanezen Barracks, we fixed up Forty-eight's operating pavilion, we furnished chauffeurs for Mars Hospital...

This is a sketch of the history of the American Red Cross Base Hospital No. 50 of the University of Washington, located at Seattle which, after being called into active Military service of the United States for duty in France, became Base Hospital No. 50, Medical Dept. U.S. Army. Includes honor roll of the Base Hospital with portraits; portraits of the officers, nurses and enlisted men; history of the unit and nurse corps and roster of the hospital personnel.

With the centennial of the First World War rapidly approaching, historian and bibliographer James T. Controvich offers in The United States in World War I: A Bibliographic Guide the most comprehensive, up-to-date reference bibliography yet published. Organized by subject, this bibliography includes the full range of sources: vintage publications of the time, books, pamphlets, periodical titles, theses, dissertations, and archival sources held by federal and state organizations, as well as those in public and private hands, including historical societies and museums. As Controvich’s bibliographic accounting makes clear, there were many facets of World War I that remain virtually unknown to this day. Throughout, Controvich’s bibliography tracks the primary sources that tell each of these stories—and many others besides—during this tense period in American history. Each entry lists the author, title, place of publication, publisher, date of publication, and page count as well as descriptive information concerning illustrations, plates, ports, maps, diagrams, and plans. The armed forces section carries additional information on rosters, awards, citations, and killed and wounded in action lists. The United States in World War I: A Bibliographic Guide is an ideal research tool for students and scholars of World War I and American history.

Excerpt from A History of United States Army Base Hospital No; 19, American Expeditionary Forces, Vichy, France, A. P. O. 781 In reply to a question as to what the office of the Surgeon General was doing toward preparedness, General Gorgas said that Dr. Harvey Cushing and Dr. George W. Crile had recently returned to the United States from Europe and had urged the Surgeon General to organize base hospital groups for quick mobilization in case the country should become involved in the struggle then in progress. General Gorgas said that his office was getting together the names of groups of physicians and surgeons who were accustomed to cooperative endeavor and who might be expected to work well together under the trying circum stances of war. He was making a provisional list of these groups for further consideration. The Surgeon General asked Dr. Swan if he would like to organize such a group and upon receiving an affirmative answer authorized him to send the names of his associates to Washington, whereupon they would be commissioned in the Medical Reserve Corps of the Army. The plan at that time was to have ready lists of officers who would be willing to do the professional work in 500 bed hospitals. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.