The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-15

moving hospital. larger in its number
OF peds than most of the large hospitals
OF New York-we saw her sides and
decks crowded with eager faces: men
everywhere in inyalid-chairs on
stretchers. and on crutches; with legs
gone, arms gone, heads bandaged, and
all IN motley array. No CAV TRAININGS
i of dress-parade. only here and there a.
cap Giengary, or fatigue jacket, to
lndlcate the soldiers uniform
| we boarded the Maine and during the
Two hours before We reached the dock
lat southampton there was ample on
poftunity to examine her
Descending into the first ward-nam-
ed after Mrs. Whitelaw Reid. the gen
efous donor and adviser of Red Cross
| work eYerywhere-we found a number
OF patients IN the cots. 1t was unneces-
| sary 10 ask the nature of their trou-
bic, for the pale faces and emaciatad
| races bore the Unmistakable traces of
enteric fever, the deadliest of camp fol-
| lowers The ward was bright and well
ventilated, the bed linen fresh and
Whlte, and everything scrupulousIy
ciean Over each bed was suspended
| the name of its American donor-men
enough to stretch forth into the un
known for the unknown
Inc ward capacity of the Maine is
40 beds. The surgeons and physicians,
all or them first rank men from our
best American hospitals. the nurses
from the Mills Training school and the
orueTlles were sturdy band truly a
stan upon which to lean Despite the
comparatively cramped quarters, mod
ern scientific treatment had been car
rled out in the form of tub baths for
the cases of enteric fever with gratifv-
ing results
by means of an admirable Roentgen
ray apparatus, sent out from New
1 ork, valuable assistance had been oh
tanned in the treatment of gunshot in
Jurles, and IN we'll equipped laboratory
diagnosis in doubtful cases had been
made by meteorological examinations
strange and happy fact to be record
eu was that during the three weeks,
voyage OF this hospital ship not a single
death had occurred.
Ihe patients, below deck, as well as
ABOVE, were in excellent spirits. despite
their disabilities, and one and an seem
eo grateful for what they termed their
Sood luck in having been consigned IN
the Yankee ship" At Madeira a few
newspapers had been obtained telling of
tiie outbreak of trouble in China. and
al We're eager for the latest war news
Soon We'll be fighting together over
there, a bright faced Irishman said to
me, Wlth evident impatience to be him
sell In the fray. When L expressed nv
preference for soldiers as guardians Of
peace rather than as forces for war.
ne looked quite disguised. and said.
But ma'ame what would we be affnr
Goln, without a bit of a stir-up oncet
IN a while ?-truly a characteristics
race-point of view of the interest and
the pleasures of life.
As we approached Southampton the
MAINE received hearty welcome from,
the American training ship Lancaster
whose yards We're manned with lustv
lads. Across the end of the So,,than1T,.
ton dock a large sign was stretched
Ieiegrams sent free" and soon every
soldier on deck was scribbling a home
message
II had been the intention of the Ton,
don executive committee of the Maine
all or whom are women of American
oirth' whose energy, efficiency, and de-
solioh are deserving of home recogni-
I.ioli-agaln !. 10 send her back to South
AFRICA. But the crisis in China had
become so acute, the provision for many
SICK ana wounded of the allied forces
SO urgent, with no hospital shin as Vet
lnder way, that the committee decided
tnat the need for their ship was now
greater in the far east than in the far
south. proposal to this effect met
with cordial approval at the British
var office, and on July IL the Maine set
sall Tor Chinese waters. She was re-
ported on August 25 as having arrived y
II hongkong on her way to her north
= Stdt4on 10 receive the wounded
directly after the departure of the
siaine the committee notified the Unit
"a States Government at Washington
u her intended destination and offered
, welcome and all possible aid to our
slck and wounded countrymen.
1ne American ambassadors at the
-oiirts Of the allied powers were also
slIofined OF the departure of the Maine
or emma, and asked to notify the Gov
7InlneEts to which they are accredited
mat their wounded would receive a
-2rdiai welcome on the American shin.
prompt and appreciative acknowiedp-
nent has been received from Germany.
Italy. Austria Hungary, and the other
lovers, A check for e10e0-a most
-lTeiy and welcome gift-was also re-
;eIved from Mrs. Corning Clark. soon
sttef the departure of the Maine. Mrs
lark asked that the sum be used if
possible, to aid the men of the Ninth
nlted States Infantry-tfe frst Am
regiment to suffer in the field. 7
: Morgan & Co, % Wall street are
ne tTeasurers of the Maine fund in
New York ~
ms IS the history, 50 far. CT the Am
'lican hospital ship Maine If with
ms nafae Is TO be linked the word
fafI1eftiber. may it be in the f1,ture
: - this sister ship of mercy. whose
: 81 eIFtlles and sympathies, true to her
Ned Cross flag, are world-H-ide and
Forid- embracing p