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Show CORNERSTONE OF ELKS BASE HOSPITAL LAID The cornerstone of the reconstruction base hospital, No. 1, the first of its kind in the United States, and the gift to the government by the Elks, was laid yesterday. in Boston, Mass., according accord-ing to word received by the local lodge. The hospital is being built for the purpose pur-pose of giving the maimed and disabled American soldiers the best of expert attention at-tention and occupational instruction. It is being built- at a cost of $250,000, funds for which are being taken out of the Elks' oae-million-dollar fund. The institution consists of a, complete unit of twin war hospital buildings, vocational voca-tional workshops, barracks, mess hall and post exchange. |