The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1890-03-13

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RUNNING AROUND a Hospital.
II there was any place in The service h
good soldier dreaded TO 90 most it was
into the hospital as an invalid. In then
minds it WAS a place little better than II
prison in it's liberties; was fl led with
all sorts of contagious diseases, and the
risk to life, and healIhfu,ness hereafter,
greater than were encountered at the
front. No matter how & ok or badly
wounded, If consciousness remained
they always opposed being sent to IN,
hospital. In this | think shalt he born,
out oy comrades everywher or cOurS,
after once being made acquainted witt
hospital life, its b, nefi,s, Treatment, care
and privileges, the dread wears away I;
but no desire was created To- remain o.
to continue an inmate any longer val
il was necessary. There as class vi
soldiers, or substitutes for soldiers, tina,
were always lrying to get 10 the hospital
They had t. he wat he'd, md were know d
alter tins Us willing, yea, anXiOuXs -
gr' to the rear, and tried to play t o.
Ulcers, surgeons, au hurIlIes. and theII
| cpmraJ -s. This class had al grades
1t from shouider-stTaps to rear rark
prlvates and in qnanty from A to u
Some were good soldiers as long as th,N
were sharply watched and kept stTaigh
They were like some horses, hard to har.
ness but all rIgh' after b, i x hIlched up.
The poorest quality were better dumpru
out Of the service.
We had been disabled for a week, sick
in quarters, and had received attention
anu treatment from the sergeant ana
hospital steward Oar company officer
present 10, king in occasionally TO se.
how we were getting arong Our tent
mates were KIND and III what they
could for US. But the lever wuuli no,
down at bidding; our hurts SEEMED to
ne aggravated; our dIarrhOea increase Il .
and Lur ickness was growing daily more
.evere. But above all our pain and frar
the results OF ,ur diseases and wound
III our present condition, arose the dreau
OF being sen away somewhere to thu
hospital. We begged the orderly TO III
tercede for us and not have us sent away
from the compay. So intense WAS gu,
desire TO stay, and 70 much we feaI ed |,
go that reason WAS pushe' into the shaue
Tor a time, uvershaduwed by the dread ".
felt. We should BE- bet er this afternoon
-lo-mUrrow. In few days we would
rouD be fit for duly. So we sald, u
lime, as i. passed slowly and heavily anu
miserable TO Us, did not verify our nope.
nr fulfill our predictions.
One day the S rgsant came to our shr
bang after the mornings business had
bren dlspa ched, ami ~ CURED how VT
were; teItir 6 the cumraur, who It npa,
to help rs he could ana act the part ui
nurse, to take my canteen and gn and
fill 1t with the best water he ,u.d Fl I'D
! As he cumrade left to perform the tasK
the Sergeant approach, us aud taking
our hand SAID, kindly but firmly You
must have your knapsack packed ana
ready by half-past nine O'Clock Lpav.
everything but haverssck, canIten ana
and knapsac ok; be sure ana lake all YOU
clothing"
why, Sergeant what's up now p
said we.
THE doctor is going to send you to
the hospital. Sorry to part with YOU,
old fellow, but you won't get better
here; you need better care and attention
than we can give you here" And h-
hustled about to dis ract at entlun and
cover The constraInt Kind-hearted brav,
sergeant that he was.
| I'm take your gun and ECU pmpnts
and turn them into the captain, aud h.,
gathered them up and beat Il retreat. IN
good ord'r. lay partially stunned H..
my weak state by he Information he had
gwen me. On, how | dreaded going
away from the company; and where /?
Our somewhere among the lick, wound
ed, distressed, where he dying and dea,
were about one ana the very air filIpn
with pain and misery. NV feverpd sys
tenn and agitated mind conjured up hor-
rurs, many of which proved later To hav.
been only imaginary.
Between nine aud ten o'clock the am
bulauce halted IN our Company s,Iee
and the driver enquil ed for III SICK man.
He WAS direc ed 10 The place, aud All
nounced thai the conveyance was r, adv.
Taxing my knspsack aud helping me pu
on my haversack and ca Ieen, aud lh-r
into the ambulance, he got up on the |
seat and gal hertd up hi reins proceeded |
on his rounds, taking several more from |
u other compaoles, and then turning |
off to the road TO the rear n mile or mote
away, where the flying hospital" ~
brigade hospital was located. THIS war
n rude structure OF rOOmy proportions
laid up with rough pine logs about four
feet, then covered with heavy canvass
tening, the middle going up 10 or 20
feet 10 the center poles. the lower mar.
gins secured to the top logs. Ar"uDu
this was arranged rude cots and through
he middle rude Ia bles. Over the who'll,
presided surgeon with nssl5 ants and |
nurses imprOylsrd from convalescen
s ,ldIers. and liulr wa,s fl we're the
surgeons and nurses quarters, and n
rude cook house or kitchen. HIRE all |
the sick and wounded from the from
came and remained few days or more
No their case called for, and periodically
the hospital was relieved by sending to
he rear, to City Point, or fur her on,
such cases as seemed to pom he more
dtIlbus elChhesrg VI ulrdUltlil from
wounds. Those who were less Indlspus.
I'd or injured were treated here few
days or weeks, and returned to their
commands and regiments.
An army ambulance, kind reader, 90
you know what that is IL you are an
old solder you know ry well wha
they are. You have geen them bearing
away the wounded or the dead. You
have seen come dear comrade go into
them the last time you ever saw him.
You have seen them re- with patriotic
blood. You have seen them silently
stealing tlong on some nightly excur-
sion, following your line like ghosts and
specters. You have thought, how soon
l may be put into one Ut Ihose-dead,
wounded, msngled, shattered, or torn
by shot or shell. They lowered about
every baultfi,ld, followed every arch,
hung near by ~ r. tncampment Theirs
was a mission Of mercy. Their drivers