The Washington herald., 1909-03-03

Rush full epidemic equipment TO Wash-
/ ington. y. c., to report Tor duty at s
a m. March 4, 1903"
The above message has been sent from
Red Cross headquarters 10 the various
corps in New York. Philadelphia and
/ Baltimore. In answer 10 the summons.
physicians. nurses. stretcher bearers.
tents. and Red Cross supplies are arriving
IN Washington.
When the inaugural parade leaves its
starting point tomorrow morning the Red
Cross corps VIII be at its stations along
] the line OF march. ready for service. It
IS TO be q practice drill, and the Red
Cross viii care for the sick and injured
I in the same manner as on the field OF
battle
Red Cross Tents.
Red Cross tents viii be erected at
points along the line Of march, az Union
Station. and on the Monument grounds,
in readiness for emergency calls. Twenty
tents VIII be erected In Pennsylvania ave
nue.. two az Union Station, and two on
the Mall north Of the Washington Mon
ument.
Three physicians viii De assigned ito
each tent They will be assisted by
nurses and two sJretcher bearers. A pO-
Iieemsn viii be detailed TO each tent from
the First precinct station. He will assist
a cavalryman in keeping order near the
tent The eavalrynan win act as an out
rider for the stretcher bearers. who viii
answer an emergency call for medical as
sistance with q physician and nurse
a patient seriously 81 VIII BE removed
10 the Red Cross tent and viii be re-
moved from there IN an ambulance to a
hospital Persons suffering from minor
complaints and injuries win be given cots
in the tent and rendered medical aid
Are Most Complete.
The arrangements for the sick and in
jured are the most complete ever made
70. an Inaugural crowd In addition 20
the Red Cross corps. ambulances from
various city hospitals and patrol wagons
viii be put N service and assigned TO
stations on the line OF march.
Preparations have been made AZ Emer-
gency Hospital for the care Of eighty-flye
patients. Those patients whose condi-
ton permits o. their removal viii be re-
moved 70 George Washington Hospital
Providence Hospital. Freedman's Hos
pital. and other institutions in the resi-
Dental section OF the city, which viii
be almost entirely deserted during the
parade-
The same method viii be used at Cas-
ualty Hospital. where persons injured or
taken sick 10 the vicinity OF the Union
Station viii be received. Two ambulances
are in readiness al the hospital for this
purpose Thirty-five extra cots have been
placed in the wards. When these are oc-
cupied by patients. those persons not Sc
riously ill or injured VIII be removed to
hospitals IN the uncongested parts OF
Washington
Inebriate Hospital.
An inebriate hospital was opened yes
terday afternoon at 1210 D street north
west. The han wss formerly occupied
by the Peoples Mission. and is located on
an Ideal site, around the corner from the
First precinct police station. Instead Of
taking persons suffering from intoxica-
tion 20 the police station. they VIII be
removed 10 the temporary hospital. where
cots have been arranged and other prep
arations made for their care Policeman
r. c. Watson. assisted by two special
policemen, Is in charge.
The hospital viii remove one Of the
greatest difficulties encountered by the
police in former inaugurations Men
charged only With drunkenness were
locked Up IN the First precinct station
and held until in a proper condition TO
be released This class Of prisoners filed
all the cells in the station, so that there
was no room for prisoners charged with
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