The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-06-19
OUR WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
How the Sick and Manned Arc Cared For by the
Medical Staff and Their Numerous Assistants.
The Litter Drill Described
ages and by placing the wounded man or
the Filters and In the ambulance.

F, ages and by placing the wounded man on
the Htters and In the ambulance.
| Those who think that work In the hos
pital and ambulance corps will be chld's
| play are apt TO be speedily undeceived once
| they get into battle. The litter bearers.
accompanied by the requisite number oil
officers, remain only few yards in the
| rear OF the hiring line and, although they
| carry no arms beyond knife which Is TO
| be used In making splints, etc., and are
1 regarded as non combatants under a re-
| cent International agreement, there is no
| law 10 prevent bullets intended for the
| soldiers In tho front iinding their way into
| the bodies of the littermen behind them.
| For this reason the Red Cross soldiers nlnst
| be OF dauntless courage, and. from NE
| fact that they inay often be required 10
work for an indefinite period Of time witn-
out rest or sleep, they must also be tho
| possessora OF great endurance,
The surgeons who pr0ccde the littcrs 10
| what is possible for the wounded men ell
| countered. II there Is fracture or ,hd
| flesh wound It is bound up as well as pos
| sble With the limited means al hand, qua
n tag Is placed on the breast o. the
wounded man containing directions a. TO
| his future d sposition. hat Is, II ne Is TO
| be sent to the division hospital immediately
! an order TO that effect is made but II h'S
| injuries are not serious enough to TIlant
! such action at the expense of some oDaer
| sufferer, this. too Is noted II his wUlLd
| Is a fatal one and the man could not Sur-
| vlyc the trip to the hospital, Don't Mvit'
| is pinned Oh him.
The ambulance is supposed to remain
| somewhat In the rear OF the filters and to
| be ready to transport the injured 10 he
| division hospitals some times as far 1s li'e
| t...al he.
| that can possibly be done by medical ST.
| tnce or skill win be done.
According to arrangements which are
| now under way each private soldier In the
army will be provided with triangular
| napkin-Iiye bandage The prompt stanch-
| ing Of q, ropious flow OF blood the cover
| ing I'M of a deep flesh wound from eX-
| posure TO tho germ laden air. or the quick
| ulacinr in positlon of shattered bones,
| NAV moan the sayipp of vast numbers Of
/ lives. Every soldier of the regular array
! Is instructed carefully in this art of giving
/ iir,l aid IN tl,r injured and the same di-
rcrticng nro now being impaired as rapid
|, and thcrouehlv as possible to the newly
, ,,l.,ted yol,tnt.ere althn,.oh CO far none
/ of ihe Texans have baou so instructed
! This instruction. however is only me
frs, step toward the prceAl yatt,m OF life
dining a battle. THOUGH modern lnisslIcs
! ana engines Of war are vlstiy more de-
,.,,.,tt,, ,ha,, nos', ,,,,,, ,,,nd Ia INV ,,,.,,
,,rnc,lo het,yccn nations md thourh the
iroricpl r,vlnrs wher. ,porati,ns WIN he
carr led an ara extremely dangerous to
ph II is nredicted nv eminent author
ines mar the death rate from vounds in
battle vim he reduced At least one-half.
MY a'a wv ,' ~ 'e',s IN
roi,c1 n M 'e," "n u u, 't'e s, . ="
ar rerm.Itillinr eurrery II baa roan ,
noio,tnrs r.r, Ia Nm Ho., that s,ngreua
ari bosntt,J ro,,er carriod ',rr n,o.a ,,t',ir,.
No., hn,,ua ,,,,s.,;iaa 49,. a. a, ta h,
,,,t"o,,' a,,,tI'i,IS' INV ~ ',. co." 20 30
..'''I IVY, uu,"oi 'iSs that nc suIseohs oI
,he c'Vi, war WoaIu nave pesn SURPRISED 10
VA. 'nes e''t,eu 'iou' uhe "oumu
W huother terins whleh III the END did
ano'e Aorlh than the pu'le'a tpenaei9es.
:. IVY were aple ol,iy W nhsu'y rinse their
n" 't'a, III Wutcr onh' OF cour,e' TINS ana not
'htlItiS rltansa them OF the impurities
they gathered. These germs uaually re-
suited sooner or later IN 4 discharge Of
pus which was then thought to be favora-
PIE Indication that the wound was healing
| properly, but now the scientists discover
that 1t was. more than anything else, an
evidence Of carelcssness on the part of the
operator
The army surgeons are now provided
with facilities for asepttc surgery In the
: iiclA aud under their use the number nj
nmrutated members aud crippled. distorted
| al y
reduced
During the civil war 1. IL said that ,io
loportion OF Union soldier, who Jind nv
: Wounds to those who werr lilIsS on,right
> IN battle was about 10 II So h, LII ~.
$ seen that II tho nov, ,,.,,a, , =. w''l We
cosslul those figures VII ny . ,ho sue
liuIe. wa w 'A""seu no
. Men WIN knor, ,vh,. 49, -,
about tell mo thnt ,ha a., ,nuy arc 'alklng
, viii have more in fam. 49,, Sti,es troops
In Cubn nud porto pta , I'm so.ow ieVer
+ let's of the snnnt,rns nan 'aoin me pni.
y not have murh 10 80 a'1 mat lhey VIII
d source, They snv ana .soh tnls latter
are backed nm nv ,c "u uonr statements
I one hard battle win have ~ 49, una.
dlsbeartanI,s ~, WI, nave we erect OF SO
o mn onsy matt,r sor .n ~, anat u VIII be
, TO occynv ira ct,tos s"' urn'' Oh invasion
: viii be Int little ronsh " c,,r, Mmivn mere
s follow Az ~, 10 - v. sur.isl IN uuIy VIII
5 that Nor,hornnr ie 1s ''solI' u Is said
. sound ,rd n. 4, ny a. hls constitution is
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