A history of United States Army Base Hospital No. 36 (15)

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Title: A history of United States Army Base Hospital No. 36 (Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery Unit) organized at Detroit, Michigan, April 11th, 1917
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Cooper, Alice Evelyn, ed Detroit College of Medicine and Surgery
Subjects: United States. Army. Base hospital no. 36, Vittel, France
Publisher: (Detroit)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation



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. As the Chaplain of Base Hospital 33 was a Roman Catholic, I always endeavoredto secure his services for our Roman Catholic patients, while I in my rounds tried to carefor all the Protestants, Jews and others. On account of the number, it was impossible todo all that I wished for our boys. The co-operation of the members of the Unit was most helpful, and our fellowshipand service mean much to me in the finest experiences of my life. During my chaplaincy,I officiated at 183 burials. Of these burials twelve were officers whose graves of highernumber were in a part of the cemetery by themselves. The little English Chapel was veryconvenient for our services. Sunday evenings many of the unit gathered for singing and atalk in the beautiful Red Cross Hut. On October 29th I left Base Hospital 36 for Paris,where I was appointed War Commission Assistant of the Church of the Holy Trinity. Itwas with regret that I left my friends in Vittel for whom I always hold the warmest in-terest and regard.
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First Roil:—Cemetery. July 14th. l(/iS. Second Rozv:—Cemetery, American Graves; Dr. Ma.xon saying, Good Bye. Third Row:—English Church. Vittel; July 14th, Vittel Cemetery: French Catholic Church. Vittel. Fourth Roiv:—American Section As it is Today, Vittel Cemetery; July 14th, Vittel Cemetery. Chaplain Smith writes: I was ordered to service with No. 36 from the British area on Oct. 12, 1918, andremained with the unit until Jan. 30th, 1919, when I was ordered to the 357th Inf. Reg.Army of Occupation, Berncastle, Germany. My whole term of service overseas was about15 months, and I can truthfully say that the most pleasant was with Base Hospital No.36. The officers supported my service in the chapel splendidly and the men made the Sun-day night services in the Red Cross Hut a joy. Corp. Jones was of great assistance alongwith Miss Hammond. When I went into Germany with the infantry my baggage waslost, so the records of services and burials cannot be given. There were many inciden