The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-12-03

later consulting surgeon at the mill
tary hospital ncur Berlin.
Work On Firing Line.
The greater part ~ the wound ban.
daging IL not done, OF course. by sol.
diern themselves. but by the Red Cross
corps-both on the battlefield and In
the various hospitals to which an In.
jured man Is taken. The Red Cross
workers follow Immediately behind the
fighting line. As soldiers fall they 20
In between the lines as rapidly az pos.
sible. pick them up. give them q EN-.
porary dressing and Dandaging II
such has not already been applied. and
then the carriers take them TO the first
temporary hospital WHO'RE further aid
Is administered II required.
Every regiment has connected with
II a medical officer. When It goes into
action he takes command OF the regi.
mental Observation-Disclosures. These men
carry no weapons and wear Red Cross
armlets. Often IL Is necessary for them
10 exercise much ingenuity In getting
the wounded In condition to be moved.
For splints they utilize muskets. bay.
oncts, s%cabbards, %lances. leather and
felt from saddles. Wool, %fannel, hay
or moss make good padding. while for
fastening splints may be used hand
kerchiefs, stockings. garteis, suspend.
ers. cord, clothing cut from IA soldier
and straps OF all descriptions, such as
stirrup leather.
Carriers are provided with simple,
light stretchcrs for the transportation
of the wounded. TO place an injured
person on Il stretcher and carry him
properly requires three men-two to
carry II, the third to steady the burden
and 10 change places with a bearer II
necessary. These bearers are trained
to move according to fixed words OF
command. by which means they &C.
quire wonderful precision and quick
ness. Sometimes a stretcher is not
available. and here again must ingenu.
ity be called into play. Two poles
make a good framework. Lacking
poles, there are always plenty Of lance
STATS or muskets, These. pushed
through the sleeves OF two military
coats buttoned together, form an ex.
cellent stretcher; AS do also two or
three %knapsacks fastened between two
muskets by their straps. Sometimes
even girths. stirrup straps, musket
straps and brides are stretched, net.
like, across two poles.
Taken to Base Hospitals.
The progress OF "A wounded man from
the field to the permanent hospital,
where he remains either until he IL
well enough to re.enter the ranks ur
to be sent home, usually involves no
less thar five transfers, sometimes
more. Once carried to the nearest
place of safety, a. oon as possible
after an army proceeds soldiers are
next Internationally by ambulance-to
a great central place. where they are
sorted according to the seriousness of
their injuries. The next move Is TO "A
temporary field hospital. equipped with
every modern device and where neccs.
sary operations are performed. Deci.
sioIs regarding amputation are made
quickly, but It Is used only as a last
resort. Conservative surgery Is tho
rule. In shot wounds sometimes "a
deeply. II n shot happens TO go
through tissue containing unimportant
blood vessels serious results are not
likely TO follow. Formerly IL was be-
lieved best to try TO get "A bullet out
at once. Today there il no probing OF
tissues and no removal of rags or
shreds or parts foreign to a wound.
Simply the uniform IL cut away. sur.
rounding parts are kept as clean as
possible without washing and the eli.
tire surface of the wound painted with
tinCture OF iodine.
Recent wars have proved that IL Ia
wise To disturb an ordinary wound as
little as possible, a one made by u
modern projectile will heal almost at
once II left alone. provided dirt and
air have been excluded. Shots from az.
tillery guns, however. are OF a terrible
nature, frequently tearing the limbs.
II the tissue - badly torn there is at
first not much hemorrhage-the blood
vessels separating, shrinking within
themselves and forming Il eliot so that
bleeding stops. Great care must be
taken in the transportation OF soldiers
thus wounded that n second hemor.
rhage does not occur.
OF for More Patients.
After the necessary operations have
been performed the corps which ac.
companies the fighting army leaves
this temporary hospital and follows Oh
to establish a similar hospital after the
next battle; ne wounded being left In
the hands of another corps of doctors
and nurses, These field hospitals arc
supposed to provide accommodations
for 100 men, although often their RI.
sources are heavily over.taxed, which
results In hardship and discomfort to
patients-who lie on straw spread on
the floor and covered with waterproof
sheets and blankets. They live on
their field r%ations, suitably cooked and
supplemented by various supplies.
From field hospitals soldiers are
nuRga1 na nuiakly no nnggihla 10 gt.-