I Need help with a hospital attendants uniform

[David Meister]

I have a man portraying a hospital attendant with me in an up coming event next week end. I need to know where on his left arm to place the plain green half chevron and how wide to make the half chevron. the reason I ask this is the hospital stewards manual says to place it on the left forearm. Originally I was going to place it on the left arm in the same manner as a Hospital Steward and make the half chevron the same 1 and 3/4" wide. I have searched the forum and the closest answer I have found is for an ambulance driver but this man is a hospital attendant and the stewards manual kind of threw me off.

Does anyone know where on the left arm to place this half chevron and how wide to make it?

[David Meister]

I need to know by this comming up thursday

[David Meister]

I found the answer I was looking for Thank you for all who helped

[KCFed]

I have the same question. Thanks.

[Frederick14Va]

Most times augmented staffing "attendents" were soldiers temporarily detailed for the duty, depending on the needs and requirement may dictate at the time. Normally they would just be wearing their usual uniform attire in the hospital environment. Ambulance Corp drivers being something different. Ive seen photos whereas the plain green chevron were worn just below the elbow as regs prescribed but also saw several that wore it above the elbow same fashion as the Steward did.

[KCFed]

As our hospital has been growing we are starting to see people come in as full-time medical how just want to hang out and help whoever with no aspiration of becoming steward or surgeon. It is a neat development. On the field they are stretcher bearers and in the hospital nurse, cook etc

The green is a way to help the other soldiers know they are medical. It is confusing to the average soldier seeing pvt level medical staff. Not to mention it tells some of the company commanders they are spoken for since a guy in a uniform with no rifle seems like a terrible waste of manpower.

[NoahBriggs]

Mr. Lumpkins,

It is good to read your group is taking some progressive steps forward by having a variety of attendants. It's an overlooked detail which is (frustratingly) ignored, because to be an attendant/clerk/stretcher bearer is not as "cool" or dramatic as being a conventional infantryman/cav/signals/redlegs &c. I hope your volunteers will take the time to learn to write with a dip pen; paperwork and using enlisted personnel as human xerox machines never fails to bring the stampeding hordes of visitors yonder to your display. the kids are astonished one ca write like that, and the adults unintentionally reveal how old t hey are when they say, "Yeah, we used those kinds of pens in school . . ." (And these are the same folks who remember getting slathered with iodine when they got cut, or were given paregoric as an anti-tussive.)

Respectfully,
Noah Briggs
acting Surgeon,
28th Mass. Vol. Inf. (Recreated)

[KCFed]

Venerable Brother,

Thank you for your kind encouragement. It is funny you mentioned the use of the dip pen. I am a bit of a pen geek myself. Looking down the isle at rows of pens for me is what for some is like looking at the top magazine rack of a convenience store. I have been practicing myself with a dip pen which is a process for one who is left-handed. In order to spreed the use of the dip pen I have my steward practicing as well so we can set a good example and teach the others.

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[NoahBriggs]

If you're that much of a pen geek I recommend you join the Scrivener's Mess; a yahoo group dedicated to the finer points (literally and figuratively) of writing, Army Paperwork in all branches of the service, and general esoteric trivia that will round out your impression. We have a lot of medical geeks, which is a double bonus, plus a few civvie impressions. I am left-handed too, and once you get set up with the proper nib and ink, worrying about smudging as you write will fade into the background. Please PM if interested and I will send your info to our group owner.

[David Reed]

http://ozarkscivilwar.org/photograph...ell-james-a-d/ Found this.