Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1914-12-16

Berlin.-In the year 1854 the "Prus.
sian Mems Society for the Care Of the
Sick and Wounded in War" was found
ed in Berlin, King Wilhelm and Queen
Augusta accepting its protectorate.
Two years later Queen Augusta issued
a proclamation calling on the women
in her realm to stand side by side
with the men in this noble work. The
"Fatherland's Women's Club" ("Vater-
landische Frauenverein") was the re-
suit. Following Prussia's lead, a
great many similar societies were
called to life throughout Germany. In
1869, finally, they all were united in
the great German General Union of
the Red Cross" The Red Cross soci-
cites of all nations, in their turn, are
tied together and governed by the laws
laid down at the international confer
ence held at Geneva in 1865, which
provides that "all hospitals and hos
pital officials and all in any way en-
gagged in attending the sick and wound
ed in war are to be treated as neutral
parties"
By the time the Franco-Prussian war
broke out the German Red Cross had
developed in such manner that more
than two thousand committees formed
at once, with a central committee at
Berlin, and over $14,000,000 was raised
and used. At present all the volun-
teer societies. of the Red Cross, as
we'll as the Protestant and Catholic
orders of st. John, Maltese and st.
Georges knights, all associations of
professional nurses (male and female)
and deacons and deaconesses Protest
ant Brothers and Sisters of Mercy
have all been united to the German
army. Since 1897 they have been sub
Frederic Solms-Baruth holding the po-
sition of military inspector of volun-
teer nursing.
Red Cross Follows Fighters.
When the German army was being
modified for the present war, an
other mobilization Immediately took
place also-that of the Red Cross-the
one as the other being prepared fully
and equipped perfectly. 1t is a COM
forting thought for Germany's moth
ers to know that this army of compass
sion and brotherly love is efficient and
ready to do its utmost in healing the
wounds inflicted in war. And it is a
beautiful thought for anybody to see
the nations join hands in this brother
hood that no war can break, that
stands high above political accidents
and local restrictions, high as civiliza-
ton itself-the universal brotherhood
of the Red Cross.
I'm medical matters there must be
no secrets"-these words of the I'M
forgotten Doctor Won Coler are the
motto also of His Excellency Won
Schjerning, present chief of the Ger
man army's medical department. Ac-
cordingly all Germany's experience in
medical and sanitary matters is at
the disposal of every other nation. And
it is with satisfaction that Germany
recently beheld several countries re-
vising their methods of military sani-
tation according to German ideas.
The Field Equipment.
In the German army each troop or
company has it's own physicians. These
are either regular army physicians or
civilians of high standing in the medi-
cal world. Under them is the staff of
nurses-men trained for years, both
theoretically and practically. AS the
personnel, so the material is selected
with greatest care and forethought;
the newest scientific inventions, the
purest drugs, bandages, medical imple-
ments, general equipment, food for the
patients-everything up to the most
modern standards. All ambulances are
we'll supplied with alleviate and ano-