New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-06-24
ARMY AND NAVY HOSPI1A LS.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE ELABORATE
PREPARATIONS TO CARE FOR THE
SICK AND WOUNDED.
SICK AND WOUNDED.
ray TELEGRAPH TO THE rRInrNE.l


Washington. June % The elaborate medical or
ron,zatlons OF the Army and Navy in the present
war arc far comprehensive thah III any pre-
vious conflict and II will be found that the ar
raneements for ameiorating the condition OF the
sick and wounded have more than kept pace during
recent years with the improved methods OF k!lins
and manning developed by the Ingenuity OF PROBES
sonal lighting men
The splendid. high-speed naval ambulance ship
Soace the first vessel TO be used by any country
for the purpose. has already demonstrated the
wisdom Of her equipment. and many wounded or
sick soldier I'm Cuba will doubt ess be grateful Tor
the orethought which sent the Army hospital ves-
sci Relief to take him from that insaluorious ell
mate to his Northcrn home. where complete con-
vaescence can be enjoyed. The ship Solace. on
her first trip South. gathered mp all the sick men
from the vessels Of the blocksding and hghtiAs
sauadrons where heir recovery exceedingly
doubtful and landed them. nfty-four In number At
the New-York Naval Hospital. where all have been
cured and discharged. except some Of the baby
wounded men phj are still being cared for by
the daughter OF Secretary Long and her three
friends from Johns Hopkins Hospital who VOL
unteered for the duty and who are the only
women among the skilled nurses so far accepted
I'm either the military the naval service. The
Relief which combines the purposes of a supply
ship with her hospital accommodations. will easily
carry three hundred men and with little crowd
inC almost double this number She Is expected TO
leave New-York in n few days for the scene OK
operations around Santiago. and will be used "a
refuge for disabled men until comfortably I'll cd
when abe will be hurried to Tampa, where the SOL
diers will 10 transferred a specially fitted ambu-
lance train OF Pullman cars for transfer to the
North. while the ship returns to her station, the
Solace having In tho mean time taken her place
PILLS FOR THE INSURGENTS.
To-day. when General Miles earned from Cen
cral sharcr that the most imperative need OF the
insurgents OF Gar las army cooperating in the in
ves,ment Of Santiago was quinine pi Is Surgeon
General Sternbcrg Immediately added an additional
million OF the pellets shipped on board the Relief
In order that the demands OF the Cubans might be
promptly met when the vessel arrived The Amer
lean army already In the field Is in possession OF
hospital corps but two-htthg lees In numerical
strength than that existing at the height Of the
Civl, War II consists OF more than seven thou
sand trained male nrtses and surgeons organized
IN corps and divisions Ike the army Itself with one
steward and two priyaies TO each regiment. seven
stewards and l0i privates to each division ambu-
ancc company and nine stewards and ninety pri-
Yates for each division field hospital in addition
70 the tore at various headquarters ne Army
hospital corps has been IN exsience more ihan ten
years. and readily expanded 10 RS present
proportions when the volunteers entered the Held.
THE NAVY'S HOSPITAL CORPS
For the Navy. on tho other hand. Congrcgs re-
fused 10 authorize hospital corps until last week.
when the act making the necessary provision was
approved by the President ard IS row being PIT
into operation by Sureeon-Gcnera Van keype''.
whose original suggestions at 81. Petersburg a
year ago excited the enthusiasm OF European mill
tary surgeons and resulted in the fitting on, Of the
Soace. For years. the Navy las maintained large
hospitals adjoining every naval station. and .'s
sanitary establishment at Yokohama Japan. was
for years unique. the only piece Of rea. estate
owned by The Uritrd states in q foreign country
The naval surgeons however were compelled -
rely wholly on enlisted mon for ass stance IN car
ing for In" SICK aboard mp OF ID" shore n2sptA-'