| Show CARE TOR a civilization influenced by the principles of christianity has done much towards dg reducing the horrors of war to a minimum the armies in the field are accompanied by efficient nurses to take care of the wounded and mitigate the sufferings of the dying like angels of mercy men and women trained for the work are hurrying to and fro on the battlefields with assistance to friend and toe foe alike the present wr war however promises to be to a large extent one at see and it has so BO far not been practicable to extend to the victims of naval war tare fare the same tender care as to those fighting on land A modern battleship Is even in times of peace but poorly provided with facilities to care for those on the sick list in an engagement ga this condition becomes worse the vessel Is divided into numerous compartments each separated i rom the others by watertight water tight partitions rendering the carrying of wounded from one part of the ship to the other during the engagement im practicable the effect on an a ships crew of a modern naval battle Is not known except from the late wax war between japan and china but judging from the terrible execution of bursting shells outing during that war the mutilation of tet men and fatalities in fix any naval battle battig between een modern ships must insist be terrible the question how to properly care for the wounded is therefore a grave ye one the precept pret ept ent n ariere pr mn the L ad igo has al ed hat aa iii ambulance ship should accompany every fleet on active service bad plans plane for touch euch a vessel they are fim as follows the vessel as designed will be three thousand five hundred and fifty tow displacement two hund hundt toed led and sev bev enty five feet on the load line and three hundred feet over all with twin screw and a speed of fourteen knots fifty feet beam and drawing eighteen feet a coal capacity of four hundred and fifty tons giving eighteen days steaming at ten knots the water tanks will hold nine thousand gallons the ship will carry four steam launches and four barges each barge arranged with a flying floor between the thwarts soon BO as conveniently to carry twelve cots OP the floor there will the be beds beda fortio for two hundred and seventy four and hammock space for eighty six state rooms MOM for eight disabled officers and cot space for twelve the forward ward inthe en the upper deck has been left with only ORO one tier of berths tor for a ward of isolation or to accommodate more serious the vessel can comfortably accommodate three Ti hundred undred and thirty stok sick or wounded men with sufficient berthing space for the crew of the vessel there are quarters for four medical men two apothecaries and twelve nurses near the center of the ship on the berth deck is the operating room eighteen by twenty one feet it is well lighted by a large skylight and by air portal above the deck As soon as the action is over a launch should tow its barge alongside a vessel that has haa been in action the wounded should be hoisted out and into the barge barg wand abid should then steam away with all dif di patch to the ambulance ship unload its human freight and a speed peed away again on its mission of the naval authorities have acted on the suggestion and purchased a 9 ship which now to is being converted into intha a floating hospital it is intended to ao company the north atlantic saud squadron on an errand of MOMY mercy |
