TRANSCRIBED FROM THE POCAHONTAS STAR HERALD FEBRUARY 8, 1918 P. 2
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Jan 28.
Dear Editor:
Please announce to my many friends of Randolph county through the columns of the Herald, that I have finished my course in military training at Camp Greenleaf and am now taking a special course in medicine and surgery. On Jan. 4th I received orders from the Surgeon General, War Department, Washington, assigning me to convalescent Hospital No. 3, which is being organized here with a personne; consisting of nine medical officers, twentyfour non-commissioned officers, sixteen cooks and fifty enlisted men. I will have the honor of being the commanding officer. After we are equipped and thoroughly organized we will be ready to proceed to the war zone. Such a hospital is equipped to care for two thousand patients and will likely be located in England or France, although might be in New York or on the coast somewhere along the line of communication. Patients in such hospitals are received from the Field, Evacuation and Base Hospitals.
Very respectfully,
Lieut. Marshall Allen
Co. 9, Camp Greenleaf.
NOTES: Allen was born in Illinois on June 18, 1876 and died at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas on May 22, 1933. He is buried in Lawrence Memorial Park in Walnut Ridge. His military headstone identifies him as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps.
TRANSCRIBED BY JACOB GREEN
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. Jan 28.
Dear Editor:
Please announce to my many friends of Randolph county through the columns of the Herald, that I have finished my course in military training at Camp Greenleaf and am now taking a special course in medicine and surgery. On Jan. 4th I received orders from the Surgeon General, War Department, Washington, assigning me to convalescent Hospital No. 3, which is being organized here with a personne; consisting of nine medical officers, twentyfour non-commissioned officers, sixteen cooks and fifty enlisted men. I will have the honor of being the commanding officer. After we are equipped and thoroughly organized we will be ready to proceed to the war zone. Such a hospital is equipped to care for two thousand patients and will likely be located in England or France, although might be in New York or on the coast somewhere along the line of communication. Patients in such hospitals are received from the Field, Evacuation and Base Hospitals.
Very respectfully,
Lieut. Marshall Allen
Co. 9, Camp Greenleaf.
NOTES: Allen was born in Illinois on June 18, 1876 and died at Walnut Ridge, Arkansas on May 22, 1933. He is buried in Lawrence Memorial Park in Walnut Ridge. His military headstone identifies him as a First Lieutenant in the Medical Corps.
TRANSCRIBED BY JACOB GREEN