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Hospital Unit Left City Today
Johnson County. -- At 10:10 this morning the University of
Iowa ambulance unit left Iowa City for the training camp at
Allentown, Pennsylvania, where they will receive preliminary
training in preparation for overseas service. Sunday Theodore
Wanerus, adjutant of the University, on receipt of orders from
the Central department of the army, summoned to the city by
telegram all members of the corps who had gone to their homes,
and they have been held in readiness for immediate departure ever
since. This morning about eight o'clock the following
communication was received by Mr. Wanerus:
Headquarters Central
Department
Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 1917
Special Orders
No. S.O. 121
Pursuant to instructions from the War Department, dated May
12, 1817, Private John T. Lonsdale and thirty-two enlisted
men, Medical Section, Enlisted Reserve Corps, having been
called into active service at Iowa City, Iowa, will proceed
without delay under charge of Private Lonsdale to
Allentown, Pennsylvania, where upon arrival the detachment
will be reported to the Commanding Officer, U.S. Army
Ambulance Corps, for duty. The Quartermaster Corps will
furnish the necessary transportation and will pay these
soldiers commutations of rations in advance, at the rate of
50 cents per meal for the time necessary occupied in making
the journey by the usually traveled route, it being
impracticable for them to carry rations of any kind. the
journey is necessary for the public service.
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By command
Major General Barry |
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H.O.S. HEISTAND
Adjutant General
Department Adjutant |
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Transportation was included and enclosed in the communication.
Within two hours the entire corps was collected and entrained for
the east, one man arriving from Cedar Rapids by auto at the last
minute. Before their departure the corps formed on the campus
facing the historic Old Capitol, where President Jessup in a few
words wished them God speed. He said he was proud of the part
they were taking and that the university could be represented by
such a group of men. He also referred to the men at Fort Snelling
and said that he had been surprised when there last week at the
fine type of the men there. The corps were accompanied to the
station by mothers, sisters, and friends, and many wartime
farewells were given
there. Harold Merry, one of the members of the corps, will join
the detachment at Chicago. Mail for the unit should be addressed
"Training Camp, Medical Section, State University of Iowa
Ambulance Unit, Allentown, Pa.
~ source: Iowa City Daily Citizen, Iowa
City, Johnson co., Iowa, June 20, 1917
~ transcribed for Iowa In the Great War by Sharyl Ferrall
http://iagenweb.org/iowaoldpress/
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