The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-12-21
Are to Occupy All the Offices
and Even the Porters Will
Be Girls.

! tCorrespondence of Associated Press.
LONDON, Dec. 2l.--The throwing Of
100000 wounded French soldiers and
thousands of Belgian and French
refugees into northern France has led
to a terrible condition there. Mrs.
Harry Floyd, wife of a widely known
English artist, who has returned here
temporarily from service in French
hospitals, declares. Suspension of in
dustrieG and the difficulty in obtaining
supplies from abroad has made the
problem of sustaining life a serious
one, she says.
Hotels and other buildings have
been taken by the government for hos
! pitals in all the towns and villages OF
northern France and adequate furni-
ture has been provided for most of
these" said Mrs. Floyd But the
crying need is surgical instruments,
anaesthetics, antiseptics and all sorts
of hospital supplies and clothing for
invalids brought from the battlefield
wearing only the tatters of uniforms.
"At Limoges, which is not large
place, 10000 wounded and 10000 ref
ugees arrived in single day in oc-
tober. In many OF the government
hospitals 1t has been necessary to put
the beds so, close together there ia
not even passageway between them
and the patients must be moved over
each other At Ameins, Calais and
other towns near the fighting line CON
ditions are much the same. 9
Il was at Houlgate for many weeks
IS,C Cc{c cff lrla
accommodated 450 patients. We ex-
hausted our antiseptics. At times we
were without ether. even saw
nurses washing old dressings because
there were no new bandages to use on
wounds. All the anti-tetnic serum
was exhausted and it is not possible
to obtain more In France as its manu-
/ facture has been exhausted. Great
Britain has forbidden the expectation
of this serum as 1t requires all 1t
/ manufactures and the United States
, is the only source from which we can
now obtain 1t for use in French hos
pitals. This serum is especially nee
essary as much OF the territory over
which the troops are now fighting
has been heavily manured for centur-
les. Consequently all wounds instantly
become infected and tetanus is very
general.
at has been necessary at times to
operate without ether becau?se Il
could not be had. Peroxide' of by
drogen is seldom obtainable Alcohol
of ninety-fve degree strength, so In
dispensable in the emergency hos
pitals. cannot be had. The surgeons
and nurses do the very best they can
without supplies, but immediate as
sistance is necessary II the lives Of
patients are to be saved in many OF
tthe hospitals. 1t is impossible to give
typhoid patients proper treatment be-
cause of lack OF help and lack ot
supplies. Special nurses cannot be
provided for fever patients. They are
not available. Often one nurse will
care for scores Of patients both day
and night She must sleep occasional
". She has no time to bathe the few
/ er sufferers, even II she had the nec-
essary equipment. It IS not uncom-
mon for fever patients to wonder
about at night In their delirium. What
chance have they TO recover under
such conditions?
"Dr. Haden Guest has established a
number Of AnglosFrench hospitals
The American amhulance has doEe
wonderful work and the French gov
Eernment is making every effort with
in its power TO meet the ertraordi dinsTy
| emergency, but II must have assist