The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17
FRENCH PERFECT
HOSPITAL SERVICE
Transportation Of Wounded
and General Equipment
Greatly Improved.
600. 600 BEDS AVAILABLE
SPECIAL Correspondence 10 Tue SuN.

cred a crime. and II the criminal can be
sought by that old test question. "Cui
bono"1"Who Is likely to benefit by
it"?-no nation involved will STAN the
test better than France. IL. further. pre-
paredness for a life and death struggle
may be taken as presumptive evidence
OF at least Willingness to allow that
struggle to begin. France. on such evi-
dence. can again be Judged not guilty.
In no department was such a lack OF
preparation shown as In the army medi-
cal service. The Minister of Wal him
self has stated in the Chamber that the
declaration OF war surprised that SER
vice In the midst of reorganization. but
T. is a question whether that reorgani-
zation. had it been complete. would have
greatly changed matters. 1t had been
based on the teaching of the School of
War, whose doctrine was that successful
warfare meant offensive warfare, and
that mobility was the essential for field
hospitals as for artillery batteries.
Each field hospital was to be complete
In itself. s~urgically and medically. and
limited to six vehicles. Roads as we'll
as railroads were to be kept as I'M
encountered as possible for movements
Of troops and their supplies.
The immense consumption Of munitions.
which has been one Of the unforeseen
factors OF the war, has had its natural
result in an immense n unexpected
number OF wounded men. To give an
example On August 22 the French
troops entered Belgium. and in a few
hours $500 wounded men reached a GER
tain little town nv miles from the bat
tlefeld. The hospitals, the three field
n,h,ic h,,iidIrc, the local castle and All
avaiiabie accommoaa,ion we're Allied
-,thou, ..er,r1 20 waLa any .W.c, on
the huge nunhe,
Iusumclent Parchment.
I'"spI'"' 's.hs al,''eu, out eou'u on'y
.aNe a~as "'V eaen; oIu'naIy 'Ia'hs
were lor"'eu' ,h.o when .ne un,or'una'e
,"en "ere pi'eo. rIelsnt trans were
Ioaoeo. sno 500 an order was received
W u .al''oao e".He... rennos.
w al INC I"'i"s s'"eN W prevent II
iaiiihs mo She hahus Oh the ADVANCING
e"s"h!.
Nhother instance "oouen sneos nave
oeen DUH IN sector OF suH'cieht ca
paei.y 70 V proper care 10 I,cVV
Wou,ueo, ana o.VVV nave arrived III
slhS,e Jay. ~ 10 easy 10 say mat inc
surplus must DC sent TO the rear: put
now! HOSPITAL trains would block the
railroad service. which ut such . moment
wouid De strained TO the utmost 10 bring
Up reenforcements n munitions. The
road v That bring provisions to
the front can be used az they return
empty. hut that means that the wounded
are transported under most unsuitable
conditions.
II. however. the army medical service
Of the first months Of the war provided
a section OF the Chamber with its most
effective ammunition in its attack on the
Minister OF War last month. that service
can now invite Investigation and chal-
lenge comparison with that Of any coun-
try. The Under Secretary Of state for
the war Department specially an
pointed to overcome the muuition sun
ply crisis invited n number Of fo,eien
correspondents n for,nirht 400 N yisit
ar,ors factories and eco for tb.rs.,,,as
,hat tho crIs,s nal nass.d -, ,..aL
HE COLES yue the newly an,oin,a, "
der Secretary for Tho medical ssr,ics
ioilowed ms example ana invited through
| correspondents OF neutral countries
| (among them THE SrN cor~respondent)
to see something OF what had been
effected in his service
There are now some 500 ae,d bos-
n,tals at work close behind ,ha ,ron,
limos and aome r OOO bo,pi,,I, 1, ,ha
interior with about coo 600 heds pari.
and its Vicinity proyide over 4oo hos-
nitals with a.. 0O0 beds We spapt thraa
busy days from z A. NJ to 4 .a0 p NJ an.
tomobilinp 70 various no,nts NJ int.r.s,
in and around paris and In tba, ,,ns
insnec,ed the bosnitals ~ va, do Grace
Ia nermanen, military hosnitan the
Grand Palace In tha Cbarns Eiv,.s.
the Button hospital IN high school trans.
formed) the .Jananese bosni,aI In IN.
Astoria Hotel. La ChaneIle station
where all wounded men arrive. a nne
convalescent home for paupers now used
for permanently mutilated soldiers. the
pharmacie Centrale. whence all medical
and surgica supplies are forwarded TO
the army. the branch OF the Pasteur In
stitute where serums are made. the can
teens at Saint Lazare and the northern
stations. as well as seeing n new hos
pltal train, a new movable field operat-
ing tent and other less important
things.
Women Perform Great Task.
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