The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1898-05-27

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sells Of the same sort.
THE GOLFERS.
The colliers explain themselves,
and being boats Of fair speed and
great carrying capacity, will form
the principal supply links between
our fighting craft and our bases of
supply. As carefully as ourcoal will
be used, still hundreds upon hundreds
of tons of it will be used daily to
keep the ships always ready for in
slant service and prepared to meet
the enemy at any moment, and the
safe conduct of their spreci&ls ebon
burdens will bea matter often de.
sn66ding 5Sd, Cool ad8ment, And
no meh1 skill on the part of their
cons i M In war time and sore
R Y Spain is, coal is worth It's
I y hold, and collier will
I'M Sesssg lae6et worthy OF = good,
Stlil chase and 3 mod derate tnssle, and
tie captain that oAn dodge suche e
and run his cargo safely into the ms
tended haven will be doing just as
mich good perhaps e. the ekipper
that sinks j toes |ss< S
a THE AMBULANCE cE sII,l
The ambulance ship B The naval
sister Of mercy and will minister
wholly to the sick and wounded of
our officers and seamen, or, if need
be, the stricken of our army of occu.
patton as well.
The Solace, formerly the Creole
of the Cromwell Line, has already
begun, perhars, the duty for which
she was hastily prepared, and what
it means to transport comfortably
and hastily the wounded from the
feverish tropics to some more temper
ate haven beyond the boom of guns
and beyond the exciting reach of
wars alarms is boom very much
emphasized by the record of every
war. AS far as possible the Solace
has been made to meet the moro
pressing needs of the service for
which she has been called into requi
sition, but she is not that perfec
craft suggested by Surgeon Genera
by the chief constructor. There 1r
one commodious elevator into whiG
the sick and wounded will be CARRIE |
from either side and then raised y
lowered, either to the large, aiy |
operating room Or to the deck n
which they are to be housed. lie
state room accommodations alreay
in the craft have been readily adat- /
ed to hospital uses, and there is a
pie room between decks for additin-
al cots. The cohvalescents WILDE
carried above where they will bin
the fresh air, while under the shehr-
ing cover of widespread awnIgs
Steam cutters and large bargesSill
facilitate the easy transportatio of
the injured and sick, ani a hll-
known apparatus peculiar to ouser-
vice will lift them from the boatand
swing them inboard and on 1.-THE
rolling cots that carry them toheir
immediate destination. Every ing
has been done to contribute TT e
efficiency of the vessel and thtom-
fort and convenience of all on hrd, j
and there is every just reason bef
lieve che. will prove herself inv;pble
from the common point of tcne !
and humanity-for fighting lp is
a cruel place for sick or waded
after a heavy engagement.
Although all these vessf Twill
strictly avoid tae enemy, 4, in
their way, they are just as Faf to @
our success as those that itheir
places in the line and bear tbrunt
of battle, and any man t be
proud Of the duty entrusted him IL
in their command.
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