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Show CAPTAIN JONES NEW HOSPITAL ADJUTANT Medical Officers Arriving at Post; Corps Includes Twenty-one. Captain Robert M. Jones. M. C. t". S. A., has become adjutant of the army perioral hospital at Fort Douglas, suc-eecdins suc-eecdins Major F. W. Tax lor, who has just been promoted in rank. Major Taylor was ui-sizned as adjutant by Lieutenant Colonel K. C. Nithim;tmi when the work of oraniziiu; the hoFpital first bey;m. He continued as adju'anl after Colonel Xorthini;ton turned the command ot the hospital over to Mtjor V C. fhidester and left for Washington, inn the recent promotion of the medical officer automatically relieved him from duty ns adjutant. Major Chidester designated des-ignated Captain .Tones as adjutant and he is now on he job. Medical, officers have been arriving laptdly lately and there is now a total of t went v-one on the roster of the hospital including Major Walter C. Chidest-or. commandant; Major Fred W. Taylor. 'a pta in A rthur 1,. Hrown. Cap tain Fur-dett Fur-dett S. Fi-ary, Captain William 15. Ipas, f'aotain Fenton M. Sancor. Captain llurr." panler. Captain Robert M. .bmes, adjutant ad-jutant ; Major .Joseph II. Tyler, dental cirns; Lieutenant Wilhelm S. Anderson. Lieutenant Onrrett N. Hanker, Lieutenant Archie F. C.ordm. Lieutenant Arthur W. I h-ew. Lieutenant amnei M , llyman, Lieutenant William J. Loverimz, Lieutenant Lieuten-ant Joseph F. McDowell. Lieutenant William Wil-liam .1. McKiilip, Lieutenant Ceorce F. Mauninn. Lieutenant Lman tlerald S'nroat. Lieutenant F. .1. Cenlon. tamUiy corps; Lieutenant J. F. lionneti. dental corps. There is now a total ,,f about fine-five nurses on duty at the post hospital and more are com ins in praduaily. No in-fcrmation in-fcrmation has been received as vet a In when any patients from overseas mav be cSpecte 1. There has been no appearance "f influenza influ-enza a morn; t lie troops oi the rosi . h-: t preparations have been made tr. properly deal v.ith it f-iiould it make its apneaiance. One set of harra. ks has been tilted up as an i sola l inn ward u Jiej e the d i-sea e can be proper!, handled if it doe: ap-ear. The hospital ant hori ties be.ie e in beiim pre j a red for any con t imji'iiry and t lu-y 1 ae proceeded ac.-oruiimiy. In a rm . ofdTS issued yesterday. l-Jd-par T. Wheeler is com nils -nned a cai-ta cai-ta in of engineers and asined to t ho Seventieth engineers at Fori Dou'as. Hp will x' to t'amp Humphreys. "a.. fir-t lor a cout.- of tratnni-', after which he will join his retriment a I the bcad p.t. |