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NURSES AND DOCTORS INSPECTED YESTERDAY

Will Go Overseas for Service in Hospital at Orpington Soon.

COL. MARLOW IS PLEASED

Fine Appearance with Men in Khaki and Sisters in Trim Uniforms.

Eighty-one nursing sisters and twenty-four doctors, all of whom will shortly go overseas for service in the military hospital at Orpington, England, were inspected in front of the parliament buildings yesterday afternoon by Colonel Marlow.¹

The contingent had previously gathered in the railway committee's room in charge of Captains Munn and McLean. Here a few instructions were given, and then the word to fall in, two deep, in the corridor, from which the party marched to the inspection ground.

The girls in their smart new uniform of dark blue cloth with brass buttons, skirt, long coat with epaulets, soft felt hat and tan kid gloves, made a fine showing, their healthy complexions and good physique being noticeable.

Between the ranks marched the inspecting officer, the red band on his cap serving to mark his progress to the eyes of the spectators, of whom quite a number stood on the campus nearby.

Had Picture Taken.

The inspection over and Colonel Marlow evidently well pleased, the command was given and the party marched to the steps of the legislative building, where position was taken to be photographed by the numerous men with the cameras waiting the opportunity. The doctors in khaki centred the group, the nurses in their dark uniform forming a very attractive fring.

The nurses for Orpington have been selected from all parts of Ontario, twenty of them because of their experience in hospitals for the insane, a psychiatric department being one of the specialites of the hospital to which they are going, as many men suffer from nervous diseases after the experiences of the trench or battlefield. Much credit is due S. A. Armstrong, assistant provincial secretary, for the expeditious and satisfactory military equipment of the unit, and to Dr. Helen MacMurchy, who had charge of the greater part of the organization and special training of the nurses.