The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
TO CARRY COTTON STALKS.
The Georgia Grand Army Mems Badge
IN Boston

IN Boston
The Georgia delegation OF the g. A X.
20 the national encsmpment In Boston viii
be distinctive organization in the grand
parade next week. The members OF W. D
Hancock Post Of this city aud OF the de-
partment Of Georgia will wear cotton bolls
as boutonnieres and will carry cotton stalks
laden with open bolls in the place OF
| muskets
Assistant Adjutant General Gleason car
ried on board the City Of Macon, on which
the delegation sailed day before yesterday,
a bale Of cotton stalks carefully wrapped, so
| that the bOlls will b. fully open when the
/ delegation reaches Boston.
| 1t IS . custom in national encampment
parsdes for each department eucampment
| to wear some distinctive badge Of the sec
ton Of country which Il represents
II is expected there will be 50, 900 veterans
| and $50, 900 civilian visitors IN Boston next
week. and in the grand parade there will
hardly be more unique badge or one that
will attract more attention than that worn
by the Georgia encampment.
One of the important features OF the en-
campment is the hospital department. This
idea has been carried out more or less in
previous encampments, but this year it Is to
be far more complete and systematic than
ever before. An emergency hospital is to
bt uLttu up Win 10 Tue OF
ZOO, complete in every detail, for the care
Of any case Of sickness or accident, however
severe or slight. 1t is to be open day and
night, and there will be upon duty all Of the
time a competent force of house officers and
nurses. Connected with the hospital will be
two ambulances, which will be in constant
readiness for service. The police have under
their control three ambulances and several
patrol wagons, which they place at the COM
nd Of no hOavftal do, 10
of the parade, thus making nine ambulances
and so many patrol wagons which will be
in service upon that day. A red cross will
be the designation Of the am euIance driv-
ers and attendants. There will be sur
geon's call each morning of encampment
week, and consolidated sick report from
all the hospitals will be published every
morning in the newspapers and at the
bureau of information.
There will be twenty-one emergency
stations designated by red cross flag scat
tered along the line of march. At these
stations, which are connected by telephone
with the various hospitals, will be a men,
Der OF the state ambulance CORPS and a
policeman. Each station is supplied with
restoratives, bandages, splints, pals, dip
pers and water; also blanks in duplicate to
I'LL out In case any one is sick or injured and
has to be sent TO the hospital or quarters
These blanks are filed out with the com
rades name, post, where located; when sent
to hospital or quarters, this to
be signed by ambulance man, one
to be pinned on patient, the
other retained. At the close OF the parade
the ambulance corps report to the surgeon
IN chief, and a consolidated report is made
up Of all sick and injured during the day,
this to be published in the papers. These
emergency stations will be in telephone
communication with the various ambulance
stations, 30 that it will be possible to get an
ambulance at any part Of the line at very
short notice. The two ambulance corps of
the state have volunteered their services.
and the officers of these will be detailed to
look after certain number of emergency
stations. During the parade the ambul-
ances at the various stations, six in number,
Will stand ready to 20 on call.
On every official excursion going out of
the city during the week there will be de-
tailed several surgeons, with a detachment
from the ambulance corps, whose duty 1t
shall be to look after the health of the party
The surgeon-in-chief will establish his
headquarters at the Vendome during the
formation OF the line. This station will be
marked by red cross flag. There will be
found corps OF surgeons and an ambu-
lance After the column has we'll started
the ambulance will report back to the
emergency hospital and await orders. The
surgeon-in-chief, with staff, will patrol the
line Of march. Wherever the red cross flag
Is seen there assistance can be obtained.
Any one falling out on line Of march or taken
suddenly i'll will be reported or carried to
the nearest red cross station, from there
sent to hospital.