The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1915-11-30
TRAINS OF WOUNDED
NEVER CEASE COMING
MANY ARRIVE IN PARIS DAILY
BRINGING THOUSANDS OF IN
JURED FROM FRONT.
ARE SYSTEMATICALLY HANDLED
Surgeons and AmbulanCes Meet Ev-
cry Detachment. Everything Moves
Along Swiftly and With Precision.
But Few Narrowing Scenes.

Along Swiftly and With Precision.
But Few Narrowing Scenes.
PARIS.-Long trains of wounded
keep rolling into the LaChapitre sta
ton of the Care du Nord; train after
train, even after the fiercest fighting
of Champagne has occurred, for the
ebb and flow of the struggle keeps
going on with its steady yield of
manned and stricken soldiers. The
government gave the correspondent
facilities the other day to see this
procession of incoming trains, and
the methods employed for. promptly
handling this enormous daily thrush
of human freight requiring the most
immediate and delicate attention.
La Chapitre is the station in the
most northeastern section of Paris,
nearest the firing line, siXty-five
miles away, and is the natural point
for these trains from the front to
empty into Paris. Here the trains of
wounded average rs day, with 200
to 300 wounded on each train, even
after the lull in the fighting, or from
5000 to $500 wounded to be cared
for daily. When the fighting was
fiercest these figures were far exceed
ed, and one Of the officers stated Al, )
600 wounded had been received in
four days and added the remarkable
fact that only two out of 41,000 had
died in transit.
Can Feed 1000.
The platforms to which these trains
of wounded roll up are all thoroughly
organized for fast and systematic
work. Near at hand is huge kitchen
which can furnish 1000 meals on
short notice, so that the wounded
may Immediately receive hot tea and
sustenance, There are many cooks,
and scores of nurses ready to carry
dozens of meals packed in wicker
baskets. Twelve surgeons are on
duty to give first aid in a pressing
case, though this station is not for
treatment of the wounded; it is mere
ly to receive and distribute them to
the hospitals in Paris or in central or
southern France.
A train of wounded from the front
had just come in as the inspecting
party arrived under government es-
cort. Some fifty ambulances were
drawn up on the platform ready to
receive the wounded men, and al
ready the ambuIances were we'll filled
and moving off to the various hOspi-
tails Each ambulance received six,
two tires of three, the filters sliding
on grooves into their places in the
ambulances. Only roll of yellow
blanket appeared on the stretchers,
with here and there a face, but US
ually the heads were covered, seeking
complete quiet. Tire was no COM
platnt no groans. Everything NOV
ed along swiftly and with absolute
precision, and not long after the
men came from the trains they were
on their way to the hospitals.
Few Narrowing Scenes.
Occasionally some case needed
special attention. One red-bearded
peasant soldier, we'll along in years,
was ashen pale as he was rolled by
in an invalid chair to receive the care
of surgeons. Another young soldier
was laughing as his chair rolled by,
to assure the visitors that his wound
was slight. Most of the men, the
doctors said, were only slightly
wounded, and there were not the har-
rowing scenes as when trains bearing
the desperately wounded empty into
La Chapelle.
While the men were being carried
from the train and placed in the am
balances a constant checking process
was going on among an army of mill
tary clerks, keeping an accurate reg
lister of each man, his wound, which
hospital was best suited to his needs,
whether his condition permitted fur
Their travel to the hospitals in the in
terror of France, as there is need to
avoid congestion in these Paris hos
pitfalls. The registers were made up
with the eXactness Of bank.
I'VE find that two hours sutfices to
dispose of the most difficult trainload
of wounded. " said the officer as the
last ambulance moved away.