| Show A C we ca ali aan W T tho the american led cross li 14 izing to 10 casp I 1 hospitals and binl preparing tile supplies alid personnel for than tavin the ut of this undertaking der taking cull call be glimpsed when hicri we vio consider flint each unit tills has 21 surgeons two dentists GO 50 graduate erml unto nurses nith assistants turid attend wits making up ai ia persons iier sona for the 30 units persons trained tra to care for the wounded the permanent equipment of these hospitals with the most modem for the care ot of the sick ick ind for surgical cases it Is necessary iury in 0 o provide great numbers of articles that are quickly consumed liy hy it hos I 1 atal atut in service such bubli as bandages ban danei ip splints lints pads dri drains lins garments worn orn by the wounded and all sorts of surgical dressings these are called consumable hospital supplies and these are till things that women omen ore are mak log ing and will continue to make while lillo war lasts every woman can all belp in tills this work in sonic some way not to to do something ili it confession of india ference or of coldhearted cold hearted lack of sympathy or of selfishness a betrayal of cheop character that dishonors womanhood hut but indifference often springs front from lack jack of knowledge know ledge and not from coldness of heart red cross t tirs irs have been deluged with letters front from oil nil over the ha country offering to help in any way they efin can for their benefit one of the important chapters of tile tho lied led cross has issued a circular of information concerning he work of base bas hospi hospitals tills and in it a vivid picture Is painted of the ex x per fences of tho the wounded soldier from the hr fmc time lie falls until lie reaches a time IBM lim hospital here lie he oust be given an every available assistance ars istance to recover lIr lefly tills this tells us when it woun wounder deI folt lT Is too badly injured to drug lilii lihn iseK self to shelter lie iles on oil the field or lit in the trenches tren dies until unity litter bearers lu areia can reach him they curry carry blin back to it 11 first old station located lit in nuy any aval available lable shelter in it i wood behind it 1111 or lit in it trench or dugout or tent nere here surgeon surge oni the flow of blood put on shattered bones and dreas mo m that lint the soldier may inny bg be ll ld to it place back of tile the dunger danger zone IN iio Is in carried bythe ambulance col to one of the dinall held field so set t up to the rear of the alio fighting line the field hospitals are usually housed in n tents fill for temporary care of wounded woi indel who llo lie on blankets or on lie ground around further Furt lier back of tile alio line there me are evacuation hospitals ench designed to receive the wounded mounded from rom three tiola but nono none of these are pernia tient rest resting irig places or with of it real hospital the wounded man insist bo be sent still further awny frons from the danger zone tu to I 1 some place where he will not to bo be moved even een if tile the army Is forced to retreat I 1 lie Is finally taken to it bum base hospital with nil all the equIp mem of it n regular military hospital here lie ha tins hns the best beat of care and ic remain I c until the base hospIt nI Is tilled filled when hen lie he li Is transferred to a permanent interior Int eilor hospital to coni com his recovery it 1 0 tile the hose base hoa ho s pital that gives him his chance f foi of life sl oy |
