Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1914-12-16
AUSTRIA TRYING TO
ALLEVIATE HORRORS

TO ease those upon whom the hor-
rors OF war are first visited the Aus.
tro-Hungarian empire is exerting ev-
cry effort. Today the correspondent
of the Associated Press visited two
of the principal military hospitals OF
Budapest and found that everything
needed to make the wounded COM
Portable and insure their recovery
and physical well-being had been
done. Whatever the advance in sur
gerry and medicine has taught is be-
ing applied in these large establish
ments, one OF which, cares for over
1000 and the other for over l,500
wounded
The inspection OF the two hospit-
ais was made under the auspices OF
DR.. Stefan Barely. lord mayor OF
Budapest. Later the correspondent
visited the American Red Cross hos
pital, an establishment able to house
about 200 wounded and just now
caring for about 1S5. A number OF
the wounded who had arrived from
the Galician front had been brought
there.
In the operating room OF the Amer
lean Red Cross hospital a Russian
soldier lay on the operating table.
The man groaned. DR.. Charles Mac
Donald OF the United States army
stood at the head OF the table and a
nurse was patting the check OF the
Russian with gloved hand. On the
floor near the foot OF the table were
stains of fresh blood.
Elsewhere about the room stood
four other American nurses and an
Austrian orderly-all OF them sad
faced, all OF them expectant. The
man on the table was about to die.
"He is a Russian soldier who was
brought here just now" explained
Dr. Macdonald. NO hope-both
feet ACKNOWLEDGEMENT;
look"
Under the sheet had been hidden
truly terrible sight The lett leg
of the unfortunate had been tourni-
quoted above the knee; the right be-
low the knee. Some Austro-H Hun
garian surgeon at the front had am
putatcd both feet, the left at the
ankle; the right little above.
The man had comparatively slight
bullet wound in the fleshy part Of
the back, and, as DR.. Macdonald
said, would have recovered easily
had he not been given attention. But
he had been left behind by his own
and when the Austrians found him
his lower limbs had been frozen.
my children, my children" moan
ed the man, whose marvellous resist
ancc against dissolution stood in
strange contrast to the pallor of face
and waste OF body
you will see them again" said
the nurse, gently.
Very interesting case" said Dr.
Macdonald. Sorry his vitality is
so low He has but a few seconds
however"
For moment the groans OF the
man grew louder. His eyes roamed
from one to another in mute but clio
quent appeals for help-and the end
sudden, merciful.
Poor fellow" said the Austrian or
derby. as he wheeled the body from
the room.
But there is a brighter side even
TO military hospitals. In other wards
OF the American Rred Cross hospital
the patients seem happy enough.
Most. of them were eating their even
ing meal and many had progressed
SO rapidly that another portion OF
this or that was needed to appcase
their hunger Elsewhere men were
sitting on their beds, playing cards
or reading newspapers. and about
the corridors strolled convelasccnts.
Budapest's military hospitals are
said to be marvcls in hygiene and
surgical efficiency. One of them is
under the management OF DIR. Jules
Dollingcr. professor of surgery OF
worldwide reputation. The cstab-
lishment was equipped and is being
at the expense OF the
city OF Budapest and its premises are
the plant of large factory which
was intended to manufacture electric
fixtures for the municipality
The second hospital was equipped.
and the expenses for maintenance
are being met by the bankers OF
Hungary, and for this reason it is
known as the Bankers
Over 100000 Kfoncn
t$l2O,000 was spent in cquipping the
building, which, oddly enough. was