The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-11-07

If there is any branch OF the army
and navy service in which a Scran-
tonian is not now or has not been
during the late campaign, it is not
apparent at present. Articles have
been printed in The Tribune concern
ing nearly all Of. at least, the most
important branches of both wings Of
the service in which a representative
from the Electric city has or is doing
credit To the city and To himself or
| herself.
There are, here at home resting, af-
| ter their fatiguing labOrs, two young
women who We're connected with the
nurse department. OF the governments
medical service. They are the Misses
Bertha NJ Reese and Anna Stewart.
Miss Reese is daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. 5. NJ. Reese, of 215 North Hyde
Park avenue. Miss stewart is Il
Wilkes Barrean, but for several years
has resided here, and is at present
tn" guest of Miss Christine Rhuff, Of
the Scranton Private hospital
Miss Reese held the responsible posi-
tion Of superintendent Of nurses, and
Of the surgical ward at the government
hospital at Fort Thomas, Kentucky.
Miss stewart had charge Of section
no. > Of the Sternhcrg field hospital
at Chickamauga Park whore the Sec
ond army corps was located.
AMGAB1E AND COMPETENT.
Both are amiablc young ladies. thor
oughly competent and deeply inter-
cstcd in the work Though not actual
n Ljt ,1,, "a nd h.,
to he sent to hospitals in the South
or elsewhere again in the immediate
future
Miss Reese is a graduate Of Bellevue
hospital, New York city, has been as
sistant superintendent Of the Baclius
hospital at Norwich, Conn. and sup
crintcndcnt of nurses at the Fitch Ac-
Cidcnt hospital at Buffalo She had
charge Of the surgical work of the
famous Dr Roswell Parlia, Of Buffalo,
who is ranked as one of the ten great
est surgeons practicinE in this coun-
try. 1t was while nj Buffalo that Miss
Reese was surprised by receiving IL
t"lo"ram from Or, Anna McGee ask
ing if she could report for duty at
once at Fort Thomas, Ky.
# seems that Miss Rccse's ability
was known to this noted lady ply
sician, and after approval by DR..
parke, Miss Reese LETT for Fort Thorn
as ON Aug. | last There she remained
until Nov. /. This hospital was. it
will he remembered. opened by the
government at the barracks when the
removal of the sick regulars from Mon
tauk Point began. the latter part of
July Surgeon Major Hall of the reg
ul&rS, was in charge. Five sections,
with one hundred patients to the Sec
tion, were opened in the barracks. The
most ronvincin" proof Of this hospit-
ais efficient management ana work
Was indicated by the comments of the
h.%csts"atinE commission, who visited
il Thursday Thoy pronounced it per-
feet and Il model for all army hos
Jilals.
HUNDRED AND FIFTY NURSES.
Miss Reese had soventy-fiVe male
and seVunty-Gvo female nurses under
her. After complete organization she
opened diet Kitchen. which was Wis
tied by many prominent physicians and
surgeons Of cincinnati, Ohio, which is
just across the ohio river from Fort
Thomas. The hospital cared for from
four to five hundred patients all the
time. Near by We're Quartercd the
Sixth United States Infantry and the
Eighth Volunteer Immune infantry
tculprcD. Patients were received from
nearly every camp in the country east
of III" Mississippi and from every
branch Of the service.
Concerning the efficiency of female
nurses and their adoption t. the work.
Miss Reese upincs that it is right under
certain circumstances ana that il ought
L. be 80 regulated chat trained nurses
should at all times be considered. she
sums NJ her work by saving that the
government ana the people therea bouts
,orkcd in constant corporation to-
wards making the hospital what it
should De. Every conceivable detail
vas thOu"ht of @nd met almost immc-
diately. she GIG ho, Hnd the govern
ment oflcr%!s lacking in any instance,
and the citizens Wed with the gov
c"nmcut ami each other in their rf-
lorts 20 !rr>iGo "1%1hing and every
ding
She pays a great tribute to Surgeon
Major ralNs sFiu ana management.
aud t. thr assistance Of the Army and
Navy League, I'uIrhtrrs of American
heNolGtiun, and colonial DANES. of
Gin, iLnui. IRE frigu,r society pruvid-
ed a lund "f $500 alone for cmsrg-
cncy use. They sent I'm one month $a15
worth of ice cream. Dlc hundred and
fifty pounds of chicken were used i'm
a day. Champagne ana Appollinaris
water was sent by the government for
rccossaH eases. These are but small
instances az the abundance and quail
tf T,t,