Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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quired to increase their equipment extensively, further appeals had to be made. With unfailing patriotism the public re- sponded and on January l, 1918, over 390,000 cash had been contributed to the University Base Hospital treasury. This money is carried in four funds: Clj The Hospital Equip- ment Fund, QZQ The Foreign Fund, QD The Personnel Fund, and Q45 The Nurses' Fund. Cash contributions were credited to the last three funds only by special consent of the donors thereto. In addition twenty thousand dollars Worth of supplies in kind have been donated to the Base Hospital and placed in storage. t A conspicuous example of unselfish personal service has been afforded by the Board of Women Visitors of the Univer- sity Hospital, Who, under the energetic leadership of Mrs. VVilliam W. Arnett, formed a University Base Hospital Auxiliary, raised 510,000 With Which they purchased the mate- rials out of which they themselves made enough surgical dressings, hospital linen, pajamas, shirts, etc., actually to over- supply the Base Hospital. Furthermore, they furnished the entire hospital personnel With complete outfits of knitted goods. As a result of their self-sacrificing labors the Univer- sity Base Hospital Was spared the necessity of paying to the local chapter of the Red Cross some eight to ten thousand dollars for hospital supplies. One of the many difficult problems confronting the organ- izers of Base Hospitals has been the selection of a sufficient number of properly qualihed nurses. This important task Was delegated to Miss Edith B. lrwin, Chief General Sur- gical Clinic Nurse of the University Hospital. The long list of well-tried and carefully trained nurses that appears on the roll of the University Base Hospital is sufficient proof of the rare good judgment and skill which she has exercised in making her choice. The prompt, Widespread, and Willing response with which her appeal for volunteers was met by the 71

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Army Base Hospitals differs in no Way from that of any Army General or Base Hospital. They are completely under mili- tary discipline and control and are responsible only to military authority. A As was to be expected from the institution that furnished the first Surgeon-General of any American Army and Whose sons have ever come to the front in all ti-mes of nation-al peril, the University of Pennsylvania promptly organized an Army Base Hospital and offered its services to the governmentf At present that Base Hospital, mobilized and fully equipped, is on active duty and is officially known as U. S. Army Base Hospital No. 20. Q It may be said Without fear of contradiction that no Base Hospital is better or more fully equipped than is Base Hos- pital No. ZO. This fact is a glowing tribute to the loyalty and unprecedented generosity of the friends and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania. The National Red Cross charged each of its local chapters With the duty of providing the funds for- fully equipping the Base Hospitals organized in their respective territories. It is a matter of record that the Base Hospitals organized in Philadelphia were never ac- corded the Hnancial aid to Which they Were entitled from the local Red Cross Chapter. As a consequence, it became neces- sary for those interested in the University Base Hospital to make a public appeal for its equipment and supplies. The thirty thousand dollars Worth of hospital equipment that every Base Hospital was required to purchase and store in time of peaceivvas provided for the University Base Hos- pital by the Harrison Fund. The sincerest thanks of every Pennsylvanian are due the generous donors of this fund, Mrs. Emily Leland Harrison, Mr. Thomas Skelton Harrison, and Mr. George L. Harrison, each of Whom contributed ten thou- sand dollars. When, after war was declared, the Base Hospitals were re- vo

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nurses of the University Hospital eloquently bespeaks their loyalty and patriotism. . The medical oflicers of this Base Hospital represent all the varied specialties of medicine and surgery. In almost every instance these officers not only received their medical educa- tion at the University of Pennsylvania, but for many years have been intimately identified with the Medical School and Hos- pital of that institution. Well known to each other person- ally and closely associated professionally, there can be no doubt about the spirit of co-operation and team work with which these officers will approach their new duties. Under the experienced direction of the commanding officer, Major Thomas Hg Johnson of the regular Army Medical Corps, the eflicient management and success. of the hospital both from a military as well as a medical viewpoint is assured. There has been established a Welfare Committee for the University Base Hospital No. Z0 under the chairmanship of Mrs. Edward Martin, with headquarters in the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. This Committee will serve as the connecting linkbetween the personnel and needs of Base Hos- pital No. Z0 over there and the relatives and friends of the personnel who remain at home. United States Army Base Hospital No. Z0 stands today thoroughlyorganized, mobilized and ready because of the unselfishness, devotion, and patriotism not of any small coterie but of the many, from all classes, of the sons and daughters, friends and supporters of the University of Pennf sylvania. No matter what the future may hold in store for this Base Hospital, no matter where or how it may be called upon to serve, its members, one and all, inspired by the con- sciousness that they represent in fact as well as in name the united power of a great University, go forth determined to be worthy of the loyal support they have received and eager to add new achievements and honors to the already glorious traditions of their Alma Mater. l 72 1+ X