Oteen Hospital to Hold 1,000 Veterans, Nov. 3, 1920

With the arrival of additional medical officers and nurses expected within the next 30 days, United States Public Health Service Hospital No. 60 at Oteen will be ready for a maximum of patients, which will be from 1,000 to 1,200. Up to the present the personnel numbers 265 persons, of whom 21 are staff officers, and 30 nurses, the remainder being utilities, including motor transportation, orderlies, etc. When the staff is complete it will crompse between 35 and 40 medical officers and from 90 to 100 nurses. Surgeon J.D. Jungmann is in command with Assistant Surgeon E.M. Bradshaw as executive personnel officer. (From The Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 3, 1920)