The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-10
hunks COMING FROM ATLANTA.
Hospital Forces Arc Expected Here
About March I.

ADOUI mdfcn i.
Maj D. VI. Appel has returned from
Little Rock, Ark, where he went some
days ago to have his household effects
shipped TO Savannah Mai Appel has
been designated as surgeon in charge Of
the army hospital TO be established here,
and as quarters are provided for him on
the hospital grounds. he decided TO bring
his goods to fit up his home. The major
found his trip to his old station a pleasant
one.
About March I. Maj. Appel says, the
forces of hospital men and female nurses
that are to serve will arrive in Savannah
and establish themselves in readiness TOR
the care of patients. few days later
patients will be received. OF the men in
the hospital corps. there viii be com
PIGMENT of l32. At the start about thirty
hve female nurses will be employed, il not
being expected that there will be many
patents received before next November,
me months from May 10 November are
those during which there will be no sick
soldiers treated at the hospital. These
time limits are not unalterable, but they
are given as approximately those that Will
prevail.
A@FN'i NiiN-l NAAt Luii capacity OF the nos
pital IS not taxed for the accommodation
Of soldiers, there will yet be The fun COM
plement of men of The hospital corps. In
addition there will be a number, just how
many Is not sad, who viii be here to re-
ceive instruction in nursing sick and in
the care of wounded. These win be re-
cruits in the hospital service who stand in
need of the training that may be received
under the direction of skilled surgeons and
al
are now sixty of these recruits AT Hunts
Vile who will be sent here just as soon as
the hospital is open and ready for their
instruction.
II Is not known just how many patients
will be received into the hospital before
the weather becomes too warm 10 make
IL advisable that further cousignments of
sick be sent from the West Indies. II
will be probably month after the first
buildings are occupied for hospital pur-
poses, however, before an of them can be
turned over by the contractors as com
pieted ana as the capacity Of all the
wards viii be LOCO beds. il is not likely
there win be more than 800 patients at any
time in the hospital for treatment before
the sick are sent further North. If it is
found that there is need for more female
nurses than the number 10 be sent here at
first others win be brought When there
are as many as 1000 patients to be looked
after it is believed there WEI be force of
about 100 nurses needed.
On his trip from Little Rock, Maj. APP
pei stopped over in Atlanta, where he WIS.,
tied the supply depot of the medical de-
partmeut There he saw hunks of a diff
ferent pattern from those that are stored
in the supply depot here These at Sa-
vaunah do not suit him. and il was his
intention 10 look through the stock in At
lanta to see IL he might be able TO find
something more satisfactory. He made
requisition for a lot of these hunks from
the Atlanta depot and these will soon be
sent him Those that are here for dis
tribution as needed were not sent for
this hospital particularly so that there
will be no difficulty on this score. Il is
simply a case of requisition for better
hunks being made on the Atlanta depot.
All other supplies necessary can be Sc
cured form the local depot. These will
be obtained lust before Il is desired to
open the hospital and stored in some of
the buildings.
The large hospital force to be maintain
ed here win mean an advantage for Sa-
vannah and its trade. The men will be
here continuously Their pay is more
than that of private soldiers, members Of
the hospital corps receiving something
like $40 a month In addition to all their
clothing and supplies. There will be
number of hospital stewards among them.
These stewards rank sergeants in the reg
ular line and draw higher pay. They re-
ceive si5 a month in addition to board and
clothing. The hospital pay roll VIII thus
amount to a tidy sum every month.