The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-12-04
ARMY WORK
Uncle Sans Troops Taught TO Aid
Wounded Comrades.
Drilled IN the Art OF Carrying
Men From the Field

How o. carry q wounded soldier
from the field Of battle, and how 10
give 10 a dangerous wound the drat
treatment before medical assistance
arrives, Is the matter being now
taught 10 the regular troops Of the
United States Il often has happened
that tho lack Of the simplest khowl-
edge regarding the care Of an injured
limb has resulted In is loss. That Is
now, however, a thing Of the past,
and almost every soldier In tho army
has some knowledge Of how to best
care for a wounded comrade.
Among the members Of the army
under this system there are 70 be
found men ofall degrees Of surgical
skill, from the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
geon who commands the hospital
corps, aud who is familiar with every
detail OF warfare and Of the remedies
for oil aches aud ills incidental to an
active campaign, to the new recruit
who has moro strength than skill, and
whose medical aud surgical knowl-
edge is limited to knowing how to bind
up q cut or make a temporary splint
for fracture.
The men are especially instructed
in the most approved methods Of re-
moving the wounded from the field
Of battle, and are so thoroughly
drilled that three or four can lift and
carry a wounded comrade from the
field with the most surprising gentle
ness and despatch, and 80 that, even
in the absence Of assistance, one man
can lift wounded one and, while with
perhaps q little less gentleness but
with ease and without fatigue, carry
the disabled man to a place Of COM
paratiye safety.
One of the greatest aids to the
soldiers on the field OF battle is a sim
pie continuance which is known as the
"First Aid Dressing Packet" This
packet is, in itself, fiat parcel, meas
uring three by three inches and one
half inch in thickness. Securely packed
within this parcel are two antiseptic
congresses of sublimated gauze in
oiled paper, an antiseptio roller band
age of sublimated cambria, with a
safety pin, and illustrated triangular
bandages, also with a safety pin.
These packages are supplied to each
soldier, who already knows how to
utilize them to the best advantage.
First of all, the recruit is instructed
in the use of bandages. For field
service the triangular bandage is pre-
ferred to the roller bandage, the rea-
son being that it does not require 81
much skill to apply the triangular
bandage, and it is more varied in its
uses. The soldier doctors are taught
how to apply the bandage to any sort
of wounds, use them as slings or
wrap them around splints. Any tri-
angular piece of cloth will answer the
temporary purpose. 1t can be used
to keep the dressing of wounds in
place, to fix splints or to protect oil
support any part OF the body.
After the method Of bandaging the
simple wounds on legs and arms has
been taught, the beginner is mex
shown how to bandage wounds of the
body, and, finally, the more delicate
art of bandaging the head and face
The final instruction is in the manner
of temporarily caring for fractures
and bone injuries. 1t is not Away
easy to find a splint when it
needed in hurry, but it is seldom
: that soldier Is found without hi
gun, bayonet or sword, and the in
structors teach the pupils how to uti
lie guns or any parts of them, sabr
} blades and bayonets for temporar.
splints.
When the recruit has mastered HOY
to bandage a comrade he is instructe
; how to carry man without assistance
The wounded man is placed across hi
companions shoulders, with his LEI
/ arm beneath that OF his companio
and the other over the shoulder. TIL
t lniniured man then puts his rigt
arm around his companions legs
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