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November 14, 1931
The Gary American
Gary, Lake County, Indiana
What is this article about?
B. G. Chadman, a Negro Staff Sergeant from Alabama, manages the drug and prescription counter at West Point, earning trust for accurate work without formal pharmacy training, handling 40 prescriptions daily for officers, enlisted men, and families.
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Brown Doughboy Is Army's Druggist
WEST POINT, N. Y. - (CNS)- B. G. Chadman, Negro Staff Sergeant, whose native home is in Alabama, is in charge of the drug and prescription counter at West Point, which serves all the officers, enlisted men and their families stationed at this barracks. An article appearing in a recent issue of the American Druggist carries a complete account of Chadman's work.
"While he is not a registered pharmacist," says the article, "and has never attended a regular school of pharmacy, he has the confidence of all the officers at West Point, and they say he has never made a mistake in filling a prescription.
He mixes all the bulk medicines that are doled out to ailing soldiers and their families. . . .
The Sergeant fills an average of forty prescriptions a day, besides attending to the emergency wants of patients in the hospital. The hospital can accommodate 175 patients, and while it is never full there is always enough work in the pharmacy to make a busy day."
WEST POINT, N. Y. - (CNS)- B. G. Chadman, Negro Staff Sergeant, whose native home is in Alabama, is in charge of the drug and prescription counter at West Point, which serves all the officers, enlisted men and their families stationed at this barracks. An article appearing in a recent issue of the American Druggist carries a complete account of Chadman's work.
"While he is not a registered pharmacist," says the article, "and has never attended a regular school of pharmacy, he has the confidence of all the officers at West Point, and they say he has never made a mistake in filling a prescription.
He mixes all the bulk medicines that are doled out to ailing soldiers and their families. . . .
The Sergeant fills an average of forty prescriptions a day, besides attending to the emergency wants of patients in the hospital. The hospital can accommodate 175 patients, and while it is never full there is always enough work in the pharmacy to make a busy day."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
Personal Triumph
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Moral Virtue
What keywords are associated?
Negro Staff Sergeant
West Point Pharmacist
Prescription Filling
Army Druggist
Alabama Native
What entities or persons were involved?
B. G. Chadman
Where did it happen?
West Point, N. Y.
Story Details
Key Persons
B. G. Chadman
Location
West Point, N. Y.
Story Details
B. G. Chadman, a Negro Staff Sergeant from Alabama, oversees the drug and prescription counter at West Point, mixing medicines and filling prescriptions accurately without formal pharmacy training, serving officers, enlisted men, and families, averaging 40 prescriptions daily plus hospital emergencies.