The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-11-28
ARMY Of COMPASSION FOLLOWS
ARMY OF DESTRUCTION IN BATTLE
System That Has Made the Kaisers Fighting Forces Military
Marvel Applied Also to the Organization Devoted to the
Alienation of Pain and Misery-EmpresS and
Peasant Women Alike Engaged in Work.

the newest scientific inventions, the
purest drugs, bandages, medical nipple
ments, general equipment, food for the
patients-everything up to the most
modern. standards. All ambulances are
well supplied with alleviate and ano-
dyne remedies, an especial aim being
to diminish suffering, even if other
help should be out of the question.
STAFF Physician Doctor Neumann of
Elberfeld claims that modern weap-
ons are more humane than the old
fashioned lead projectiles, in that
those who are not killed outright are
better of than in former wars. In
addition to complete equipment of the
Red Cross, each individual soldier of
the German army is fitted out with
two packages of antiseptic dressing
and carefully drilled in its applica-
ton. This enables him to dress his
wounds himself in case of emergency.
And already reports are coming in of
the success of these precautions in
averting infection of wounds.
During a battle the physicians of
each company establish first-aid sta
tons, "Verbandplatze, as near as pos
sible to the Immediate front, in a DO
sition shielded from rife fire and artil-
lery fire and easily accessible, where
the men can lie down protected by
windshields. portable tents and shell
tering ramparts. The Red Cross of
Geneva futters above these little ha-
vens of rest and shows the way to
those who are but slightly injured and
still able to walk The others are
brought in on stretchers by the nurses.
who continually plunge into the fray
to succor the wounded The nurses
are all fitted out with f1rst-aid appli-
ances so that in case of supreme need
they can minister help right on the
battlefield. Urgent operations are per.
formed, wounds dressed and examina-
tons made at the first-aid stations.
The wounded are at once divided into
three classes:
First Class-Wounded able to walk,
Second CIass-Wounded able to
stand transportation.
Third Class-Wounded unable to
stand transportation
Tagging the Wounded,
Each patient receives a tag the
shape and color of which denotes in
which of the three classes he belongs.
On this tag the physician makes a de-
tailed note OF the nature of his in
jury, thus saving the man the main
of renewed examination as he passes
from one hospital on to another. and
in addition saving the physicians much
valuable time. From these first-aid sta
lions the wounded are later convened
to the field hospitals in ambulances.
every army corps having II field hos
pitfalls, each with capacity of at least
two hundred patients. In the pres.
ent war, with its pathetic accompani-
ment of civilian warfare, which re-
spects no Red Cross, it 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 by the f1tful 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