| Show iini HIn i rm viotMiii Civilization Influenced hI the principles princi-ples of Christianity has done much towards reducing the horrors of war to u minimum The armies In the Held are accompanied b > efficient nurses to take care of the wounded and nltlgate the Bufferings at the dyIng dy-Ing Like angels ot mercy men mil women trained fur the ark ore bur trying tu and fro on the luttlenells with assistance to friend and foe alike The present war however i romlses 19 be l tn a lore extent ono at sea and It h is so far not been ractlcable to extend to the lctlms of naal warfare war-fare the same lender cure ai to those fighting on land A modern battleShip battle-Ship Is I men In tlnus ot peace but poorl provided with facilities to care for those on the Blct list In an en gngeUent this condition becomes worst Ths vcswl Is I dMded Into numerous compartments each sep orot1 fit Art the others by wAtertight partitions rendering the ranging ot wounded from one Part at the ship to the other luring the engagement tm Proellcabl Tho effect on II Ships crew of a modern naval bottle Is I not known except Tom the tale war between be-tween Jap in nnd China but Judging I from thD terrible execution of bursting slit Us during that war the mutilation at men and fatalities In any naval but tic hct I Hen modirn ships must be ter I Bit e Ihv question how to troperly care for the uouudea t U I therefore a grave one Ihe Present surgeongcneial Dr Van Ueypen according to the Medical Record has suggested that an ambulance am-bulance tlp should accompany every fleet on active service and submitted plans for such a vessel They are as Xollows NUoThe The vessel I an designed will be three thousand live hundred and try tons tII l i it displacement two hundred and seventy Ii sev-enty five feet un tile hud line und three humlril tent over all wltli twin res still n suecd of fourteen Knots fifty 11 beRin unddta11I1I eighteen ttl a coal cape Ity of four hundred nnd fifty tons I giving eighteen I djys steamIng steam-Ing at ten knots The water tanks will hold nine thousand gallon Th ship will carry tour Apollo launches unit tour listries each barge I ranKd with it 1Iln floor between tht thwart on as Mmenlently in carry I II live all 0 on the nr Their will lie I beds for 10 hunlml and seentyfour und hammock ham-mock Iap Ir olahtylx State roams rot eight dlolle1 olllre and cot space far tllI Th fvrward nard on fit 0 UIIr dk has hn Ion IIlIh only one tier of berths for U old ut 1001lIon or lo cleconiniodate mar serious rng The veil van comfortably ocn dote three hundred and IhlrlY nick or I mounded in n withsufflelent Irthlng spare for the crew ot the Nesmul Thilre i are quarters for four medical men two Near the center and of tuelvo he 1 ship 1 Doreen on the berth deck Is I the upvra inn room eighteen by twentyone fee It Is I well llnhtel by n large skylight and by air iwts above the deck As soon as the action Is I over a launch should tow Its barge alongside it vessel that has been I In action the wuuoJ1 ohuld be holsteil out and Into the barge and should thin stenni Amity with all dispatch dis-patch to the ambulance shin unload Its human freight and speed away again in its mission ot humanity The natal authorities have acted on the suggestion and l purchased a shin which now Is I being I converted Into a floating hospital It Is I Intended to acCompany ac-Company the North Atlantic squidron on an errand of mercy |
