Show FINDS HOSPITAlS POORlY EQUIPPED thaw NEW NEW YORK Aug Aut 5 That That m many n of the hospitals in the the outlying dIstricts of France are poorly equipped and in inadequate inadequate inadequate in- in adequate was a statement made by Mrs M M. Crumpacker who vho recently re returned returned returned re- re turned from Europe where she inspected inspect inspect- ed many of the important hospitals Mrs 1 Crumpacker delivered an address at a luncheon at the Woodward hotel given by the Rubber Club of America I I made a tour of or the principal hospitals hospitals hospitals hospitals' hos hos- in France and found some in a dreadful condition she said The hospitals in Paris Pans and Nantes are much better They are modern and well equipped but in the smaller districts the conditions are almost deplorable In some there are absolutely no modern modern modern mod mod- ern conveniences And there is is a great creat need for good surgical equipment In Inmany Inmany Inmany many the beds are of seaweed and there are no pillows I was at Verdun during the recent battle and saw countless wounded sol sol- sol sol- diers Do you know that in France Trance there are now more than 68 mutilated mutilated mutilated men and more than 15 blinded men men Thousands more are slowly dying dying dying dy dy- ing of tuberculosis Some are dumb from the shock of battle and hundreds are paralyzed Mrs Crumpacker urged that this country be pre prepared ared It It is obvious that if the schools had taught us the truth in the last sixty years we would be adequately prepared for defense she said It If If you will examine school histories you will find them filled with misstatements These should be corrected cor cor- |