Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-03-30
TWO RED CROSS
NURSES LEAVE
FOR BORDER
FORCE OF FOUR WILL BE IN CHARGE
OF WOUNDED FROM VILLA
RANKS.
WORK BEING ACKNOWLEDGMENT
TUTI0NALIST is ALSO IN
ATTENDANCE.

" more Red Cross nurses will JON
the two who arrived Yesterday. bringing
the force here To four, according Ia an
Associated Press dispatch from Dalla, To
The Herald today. Miss Katherine Justice
and Miss A. Alschier left Dallas this morn
NJ for Brownsville, and are expected To
reach here Wednesday morning.
Miss Harriet Mae and Mr.. Lydia Drout.
the Red Cross nurses who arrived ia
Brownsville yesterday from Houston upon
Instructions from Washington, were both
on eases when the order came. and one Of
them was nursing II child with scarlet
fever.
The wounded are now receiving attcn-
tion almost "a good ~ that IN any well
regulated hospital. Instead of concentrat-
ing all the wounded in the Be>tciro build
has been decided only To- bring the
- wcnty-scvcn in the building al Ninth and
Fronton streets to the Bc~tciro main hos
pital at Tenth and Adams streets. The
hospital in the Washington theaicr build
me, where there are tfty-~evcn patients.
will he maintained. The removal 1T the
twcntyseven will begin this afternoon. ac-
cording to II. G.. Harrison. IN charge Of
the administration of the Red Gross here.
thus bringing the total IN the hig building
To- liz patients. - far only four Of the
wsnnded have died ~ l;ruvu- M. and
o,Ny two or three more are not expected to
recover. unless unforeseen complications
set in i'm some of the most serious cases.
Besides numerous cots that were loaned
by various owners in the city, there were
constructed yesterday more than one hum
bred cots for the wounded. very comfort
able affairs with canvaS covers. They
were installed in the Be-tciro building hos
pital. and all the patients who - first were
given beds on the floor now are more com
fortably situated
DIR. Alfredo Pumarelo, chief surgeon in
the ranks of the constitutionali-t~ IN Ma
tamoros. TODAY offered hi assistance to
DIR. Rcntfro and the American Red Gross
in attending the wounded. and this offer
was accepted. DIR. Pumarcio attended n
number of eases. Be-; lc~ Dr. Rcutfro and
DIR. Pumareio, there i, IN attendance DIR.
r. =. Wright of the United States army
medical corps. DIR. Wright assistance.
together with that Of several member, of
the medical corps. ha~ been Of immense
value to DIR. Rcnttro.
Air. Harrison wen to Maiamnro~ this
rm|rning. where he conferred with General
-Nafarrate IN regard t. securing permission
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the bcastwork~ with amhnlancc> and
gather in any remaining wounded. General
Nafarrate stated that thi~ wa~ being at
tended to. and that a detachment of sol
dicr- had already brought in eight wound
ed Villa soldiers. aud that they were taken
Ia the c-onstitutionali~t hospital where. he
said. they were receiving the best possible
attention. lie stated that i search wa~
hcing made for Others. The dead found
in the field are also being buried in
trenches, and mules are engaged in the
work Of pulling dead horses from the field.
These horses are being piled INTO trenches
and pits. and they will be- inciucratcd.
Wounded Make a Protest.
Several Villa wounded in the Bc~ieiro
building hospital thu morning protested to
fx,~e in charge because some circulars
irrcd by General Nafarrate were being
=; .ributed among them. These circulars
.vmpathized with the soldiers because of
.h~;r misfortune in having had to bear
80 frint Of what i regarded a. 4 fatal
-: .,re. Ii invited the wounded L. come
Natamoros and take advantage Of the
'atul there. stating that all guarantees
-afcty and good medical attention are
ed. The hospital authorities received
.amplnint Of the soldiers and instruct
he distribution of the circulars be