Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-09-15 | Page 26 | Big Amerian Hospital Opens in Portsmouth

Big American Hospital Opens th in Portsmouth s tj J nv DY WILLI WILLIAM JI J J. DUTLER Portsmouth Sept Portsmouth 14 the tho plan playground round and beauty spot of ot England England England Eng Eng- land land Is rapidly becoming American American- Izod From the of ot tho the great city hall the Stars and Stripes and union Jack flutter side b by side Its principal buildings residences and streets bedecked with flags JaSs this great reat English port is arrayed in gala Yankee Yankee Yan kee doodle fashion Like a great American holiday Is downtown Portsmouth on a Saturday night The Thc blue of American Jackles jackies off for Cor the thc week end rest after hunting hunting hunt hunt- ing inS and fighting subs arid and tho the khaki of or bound for somewhere In France mingle with the crowds of ot English Tommies sailors and civilians Here lIere and and there thero are arc crowds of or American American American Ameri Ameri- can nurs nurses s casU easily distinguishable by byth th their lr natty blue uniforms and velour fedora hats The They nr are members of or tho the staff of ot the greatest American hospital in Europe On the outskirts of tho the town on a great bluff overlooking tho sea the great bed American hospital hospital hospital hos hos- pital has just been thrown thrown oPen It is only eighteen I hours from the tho French front and hundreds of ot will be brought to this beauty spot for delicate operations and for tor con con- It was formerly the Milton Mental tal hospital owned by tho the cI city t of Portsmouth It has been leased to tho the American government t for r the duration of or the war Staffed b by y physicians and nurses from Alban Albany and Syracuse N N. Y the vine covered hospital buildings lie a a. half haIr mile or so from Crom the main public roa road hidden by br great hedges and trees The drive leading leading- to the main hospital Is Js flanked on both sides b by varicolored flower gardens A beautiful villa has been converted Into a hospital for tor wounded officers while the large general building building- is la used for wounded privates and noncommissioned noncommissioned officers There Thero are villas also for Cor the nurses and the hospitals hospital's 8 staff ta tr officers cera To tho the rear of or the tho largo large tract of ot several eral acres have been set apart as u. u farm tarm There are pi pigs chickens cows and gardens which will provide provide pro pro- vide practically all aU the food tood fo ire tho the hospital As recreation from the trying nerve work daily in the wards and operating rooms some of or the thc nurses especially those reared on farms plan to milk the cows COWl evenings they hey said Theres There's a stage for tor amateur theatricals an audi audi- which can be converted Into a danco hall and tennis courts also The hospital grounds rounds cover more I Ithan than a n. mile and a half square and I there are arc numerous buildings including a laundry laundr power house ward buildings buildings build build- ings general buildings and villas Universal Service learns that due to the barbarism of ot tho the Huns hi m raiding hospitals in France America hereafter win will build little or 01 no large base hosPitals hospitals hos lies In France but lout will use En England lan for this purpose Besides this large In Institution Institution In In- In Portsmouth another is now under construction in central England an and J others are arc planned For months several American Red fled RedCross RedCross Cross hospitals have been operating In London and throughout England Former American women who have married Englishmen have converted their mansions and country country estates into American hospitals As the United States gets sets into the war more and more and as her casualties mount higher and higher more of ot these hospitals will be bc opened In tn England Great Britain Burel surely surely sure sure- l ly is to bo ho the tho Blighty Benches around the parks and pub- pub llo ho squares in Portsmouth are now labeled For S and Tommies For Wounded Only