The copper era and Morenci leader. [volume] (Clifton, Ariz.) 1911-1929, 1914-11-20


Third Class-Wounded unable to
stand transportation.
Tagging the Wounded.
Each patient receives Q tag, the
shape and color of which denotes in
which of the three classes he belongs.
On this tag the physician makes q de-
tailed note of the nature of his in
jury, thus saving the man the pain
OF renewed examination as he passes
from one hospital on to another, and
in addition saving the physicians much
valuable. time. From these frst-aid sta
lions the wounded are later conveyed
to the field hospitals in ambulances,
every army corps having Il field hos
pitfalls. each with a capacity of at least
two hundred patients. In the pres
emit war, with it's pathetic accompani-
ment Of civilian warfare, which re-
spects no Red Cross, 1t has become
necessary to give the ambulance trans
ports their armed body-guards, who
take terrible revenge on all francs
tireurs," shooting them at sight and
blowing up their homes.
Night for the Red Cross soldiers
brings an arduous, task. When the
scenes Of horror, all about them have
been covered with a blackness torn
only blythe ftfui CLEAN OF some burn
ing village on the horizon, these men
again leave their station by the red
lanterns OF Geneva and dispense over
the battlefield. searching for the
wounded, as well as for the hyenas
who plumber and mutilate the dead.
A soldier of the Red Cross risks his
20 Nrye ~ --ol-, 10, i
He needs as much daring. endurance
and sacrificial spirit as the soldier of
the Iron Cross.
Becomes War Hospital.
Once in the field hospital (Which,
following in the wake of the army, is
always quite distance from the act
ual battlefeldD, the wounded soldiers
receive. regular treatment They re-
main there until the field hospital is
replaced by the war Disqualification
change takes place automatically as
soon as the army proceeds, for the
FIELD hospital follows the troops. The
patients remain where they are, while
the personnel and material about them
are changing from the wandering field
hospital to the stationary war hos
pital. From there the wounded event
ually are sent back into Germany fer
complete recovery in one of the splen-
didly appointed city of military hos
pitals
The city hospital of Frankfort-on-
the-Main, for instance, having pre-
pared 5000 beds, had 5000 patients by
the beginning of September. In most
cases the soldiers were but slightly
injured, suffering from wounds In the
arms or legs. They were accommc
dated in large, light, airy, fiower-be-
decked rooms and attended by female
nurses. On August 81 the German en-
press passed through Frankfort, and /.
escorted by the physician in chief, Doc
tor Vcss, stopped at each bed in turn. i
The much-beloyed, white-haired frs
lady of the land, who. herself has
given six sons to the army, did not
have to simulate sympathy. She talked
with each man in her gentle, sincere, |
sympathetic way and from the huge
bunch she carried left roses in many
q hand
Empress Takes Part.
1t is easily understood that the en-
press plays an important part in the
Red Cross work Her influence in !
Germany is great, for the wife Of their
chief executive is very dear to the !
hearts of the German people. Most ;
of us have read of her appeal to the
German women to supply her with
100000 pairs of hand-knitted wooden
socks for the soldiers, and how old and
young, rich and poor, high and low,
took to knitting, until such an ava
Ianche of wooden socks descended
upon her palace in Berlin that she /
had to send out another appeal beg
ging them to desist.
Naturally, the German women and
girls, who have seen their dear ones
go to meet inpumerable dangers and
horrors. are eager in their turn to
do something for the common cause. |
To sit inactive would be unbearable- |
And here the Red Cross blesses doubly |
those who give, as those who re-
ceive There is any amount of vol
unteer work to be done, from sewing
and knitting, taking but an hour or
two a day, to nursing and the care of
the widowed and fatherless, which
claims ones whole time. And in
every department the supply rs even
greater than the demand.
An amusing story is told apropos of
the many young girls who flock to take
courses in nursing. An eminent old
professor, who had accepted the teach
ing of some such raw material, pre-
Iminary to beginning his course called
upon the young women to divide In
two sections-those who wish to nurse
officers only and those willing to nurse
any wounded soldier. A few romantic
goosies gracefully entered his trap by
stepping on the side 'for officers only"
He watched the proceedings. glared at
them above his spectacles, his very
hair bristling with contempt. Then: