Northfield Laboratories, a small company that has developed artificial blood, is about to start a large clinical trial in trauma centers including one at an Army center in San Antonio.

"Just think of what happened at Walter Reed," she said, referring to recent reports of poor health care and services at the Army medical center of that name in Washington.

The others rode in ambulances the few miles to the Army medical center.

Army centres were overrun with volunteers and a tremendous patriotic upsurge was felt throughout the country.

Today, he plans to attend a reunion with 30 to 50 former workers at the Army center in Astoria.

Until World War I the town was an important Austro-Hungarian Army military centre.

But on his 23d try the big tailback broke through the Army center of the line with the help of key blocks from Paul Thaler and Josh Romberg.

In 1878, the military installation on the island, then known collectively as Fort Columbus, became a major Army administrative center.

"If those hostilities still existed, this would not be happening," Mayor Tauer said from the rooftop of the old Army medical center.

They and 57 other soldiers were flown to the Army regional medical center here.