Arizona republican., 1915-12-19
SLIGHT WOUNDS ARE AGREEABLE
 FATE IN WAR
rRepublican A. p. Leased wirel

TRepubhcan A. p. Leased Wtrel
 ABOARD THE FRENCH HoSPI- TIL SHIP CHARLES ROJN. HAIR BOR OF SALONIkL Dee. 2o-Quite he most agreeable fate that can azrr- take an allied soldier in the Balkan aamumgn $ t0 be uI-~liahtIe wound ed- Not that the hospital faculties ot the ancient Turkish citN are famous. pI even adequate TbeN are not. Bur there are four French and one British hospital Sh=p in the roads of SaIoujEi and they constitute hy far the most -emlortanle not to say the only S3ni- ,ary spot in the Balkan peninsula
 The French have been better pre- pared rom the very outset of the present Balkan campaign iu every le- tail o9 military organization than 7heir British allies No better example of the thoroughness of this prepara- tion could be given than the arrange ments for caring for the sick and
 wounded. Long before there was ac- tualIy and need for if and eimultaue- ousiy with the landing the first con- 1ngegt of French troop nu Greek soil fhe French hospital ship SpainN was lying ready in the barbol of SaIonIki As the number of troops disemaarked increased. automatically more hos pital ships put in an appearance First the Dugay Trouin. with its sheltered decks and is high stern like the poop of a Spanish elleon. all porches and awnings and loungina places for the convalescent next this ship, the Charles RouX. with it's operating rooms. its surgical clinics and its complete for the care of the more seriously wounded. and finally the Canada-all with full complement of nurses. surgeons, physicians sisters of charity and all the rest of the para phernalia of the aftermath of battle.
 In many ways the Charles R0ux is the most interesting. especiauv as it is the principal operating theater of the floating hospitals of Salonikt and especially as the Surgeon Major Dr Heitz-Boyer. is one of the most dis tinauished and best known surgeons In Paris. The ship was converted from one of the larger passenger Nes- sells that in times of peace made the voyage from Marseilles to Alcer AS such, I IS rO0my enough for not only have the saloon not required as oper- atlng chambers been turned into wards to add to the accommodation nc the "a ablns, but the great broad decks have been gIassed in, making seh. most agreeable of sun parlors in which cots are set in long rows SO tFat the sick and wounded in the warmth of the afternoon sum- may lie quiet and look out at the splendid view the Bay of SaloniH affords.
 Here. too, the convalescent prorped mp with pillows. sheltered eXcellentIy cared for and competently rursed br volunteer French women who have passed the necessary examinations and had the requisite experience. gatrcI strength against the time when they may go back and have another 20 at en. a" the .peilu.- in The next cot ta the Associated Press correspondenr put it. Under such circumstances the wounded soldier has all the advantages and none of the drawbacks of the Na- pies of the Duent." as it's inhabitants aau Saionihi. IT h!a cot is on the south side of the ship, he has before him the new snow-capped crests af the mountains of Kalchis. those three fingers Of iand that stretch into the ! Aegean, with convent grown Mt. l Athos tipping the last finger Or to { the west. confused with the clouds. he !