Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-10
THE c. A. R. HOSPITAL
A Notable Feature of the En-
campment.
CARING FOR VETERANS
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTION MADE
BY THE ARMY.
Nearly Two Hundred Cases During
Wednesdays Parade-In One In
stance Life Doubtless Saved.

4 Ever since the 6ranu Army
has been in session in this city people have
| noticed ambulances driven here and there
| through the streets with the words &c. A.
| r. Hospital inscribed on large canvas
signs attached to the sides of the vehicles.
| The ambulance service of other hospitals
has been In operation as usual and there
| has been no annoying rivalry between the
various institutions. The old stories about
rival fire engine companies rushing to ex-
| tinguish conflagration and then engaging in
| battles before burning buildings in order to
| see who should have the credit Of putting
| out the fire, the buildings being consumed
| in the meantime. have not been equaied In
| anything that has occurred in connection
| with the ambulance service here. All have
| been vigiant in rushing to relieve the In
| jured but there has been no clash in an ef-
| fort to make record.
The Preparations.
| But few persons who have seen these am
| balances dashng in response to calls Tor
| assistance have realized what great prepa-
| ration was necessary in order to meet the
| unusual demands for emergency hospltal
| attendance. With nearly 10000 veterans OF
| the Grand Army In the great parade tnat
! took place Wednesday it was realized that
| the utmost care should be exercised IN or
| down should have immediate attention
1 With the increasing age Of the veterans
1 this necessity was greater this year than
| ever before. When the encampment was
4 held here ten years ago the special hospital
! service that was provided was arranged en-
| tirely by the local committee. This year
| the War Department made q generous and
prompt response to the suggestion that the
| splendid facilities of the army be utilized
There is little doubt that no country on the
| face of the earth has hospital service that
| exceIs that of the United States army. 1t
4 has been in the front rank for many years
| in its adoption of the best hospital methods
| that have been devised, and many of the
| appliances that have proved successful in
| such service have been invented inthis coun-
| try, some by men In the service and others
! by civilians who have turned their attention
| to such matters.
! All that is best in the army hospital ser
| vice has been placed at the disposal of the
citizens committee to meet the needs OF
| the encampment in this city This has been
without expense to the committee except
| in regard to a few trivial things that have
| been paid for by the local committee and
| auxiliary facilities for providing for emer-
1 gency medical treatment of veterans
| wherever they might be. The service pro-
| vided by the army comprises about thirty
| five tents, giving accommodation at one
| time to los patients To care for these pa
| tents there have been detailed for service
| here 60 hospital attendants. The arrange
| ment for this service was made by Surgeon
| GeneTdl ~ y, anu IL mas Deen placed
| under the charge of Major W. c. Borden
| Other officers who have been detailed to see
| that the service should be rendered in &C
| cordance with the methods Of the army are
| Captains A. NJ Smith, Joseph #. Clark
/ Frederick 2. Reynolds and Robert Church.
City Physicians on Duty.
| The work of caring for the patients has
| been under the immediate care of physi-
clans of this city and others connected with
I
| engaged in this work are the following:
| Consulting staff-Drs. G. L. Magruder
| dean; j. b. Masruder, Chicago; Guy Nc
| Candless, Pttsburg, Pa; George NJ. kober
| G. w. Cook, II. l.. E. Johnston, Robert
| Reyburn. S. NJ. Burnett, c. w. Richardson
| General P. M. Rixey, General VIM. II. For
| wood, Drs. d. x. Shute, Archibald Church.
| Chicago, H.; John w. Buckley, John v
| Shoemaker. Philadelphia Pa; T.. LaPlace
Philadelphia. Pa: S. s. Adams. ]. Taber
J. Ford Thompson. George Henderson, Gen
| eral G. M. Sternberg, General O Reilly Drs
| ]. w. Bovee. j. w. Bayne, Frank Baker
| and w. c. Woodward.
Visiting staff-DrS. w. b. French, cnair-
man. ]. Dudley Morgan, B. L. Hardin, Ar
| thur Snyder, Robert II. Graham. c. R. Du-
| four, w P. Carr. j. F. Moran, E. L. Tomp-
| kins. w. P. c. Hazen and E. w. Reisinger.
| Resident physicians-Drs. r. A. Warner
| and Douglass McIntire; Miss S. c. Francis
superintendent of nursing.
| Dispensary service-Drs G. A. Weaver
| chairman; E. A. Balloch. P. c. Hunt. r P
| Morgan, Elmer Sothoron. Clifton Mayfield
| Wade Atkinson, II. 8. Dye, Darcy Magee
! r. A. Pyles. F. T. Chamberlin. Ernest F.
| King. Benjamin Pool, W. H. Merrill and
Johnson Elliott
Committee on donations and subscriptions
-Drs. F. V. Brooks. chairman; Benjamin
| G. Pool and Ernest F. King.
Always Ready for Service.
The hospital is located on the White Lot
| Immediately south Of the State. War and
| Navy Department building. Two hundred
| yards south and east pfthe group of hos
| pital tents are located ahe ambulances tina.
| have been in readinesE constantly day and
night to respond to dAIls. A telephone In
| the tent of the surgeons in immediate
| charge of the ambulance service is con-
| nected with the central exchange and all
| calls are received there. In front of tie
| tents are always In waiting two or three
ambulances. There are on duty during the
night three surgeons. Two of them sleep
| on cots in their clothing.
Upon receiving a call for assistance a
surgeon is awakened by the surgeon on
| watch. He has only to put on his coat and
| overcoat and rush for the ambulance. His
| coat and overcoat are made practically one,
| to put on as they are taken off. together.
and not separated. Usually they sleep wi h
their shoes on. but If his footwear is re-
moved 1t Is merely drawn on and fas-
tened after he is IN the ambulance ana is
| on his way to give relief to the patient.
When the work was begun 1t was found
| that one minute and forty-five seconds
were required to awake the surgeon and to
have him in his place in the ambulance
After they got in training from one or two
trials the time was reduced to one minute
and 1t has been done In half a minute This
| is the rapidity with which calls are re-
sponded to at night.
During the daytime there Is even less de-
lay. As the ambulance starts out rder
with Red Cross ensign goes ahead of the
ambulance to clear the way through crowds
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