The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-05-25
RElBu uRG GETS
 REPUTATION AS HOSPITAL CITY
0ne-Fime Mecca of Tourists is Now Resting Place for
 Wounded Soldiers


 B'reiburg. Baden. May 25.-Few towns or cities in Germany have changed as materially and noticeabIy on account of the war as Freidburg. one-tixne 1Recca of American tourists bent, on visiting the beautiful Black Forest
 From a quiet. peaceful little city. ven equipped with schools, it has be- conae q City of Hospitals to which scores Of the wounded are brought daily from the west front especially from nearby Alsace. The Red Cross fzag floats over scores of buildings that once were educational insttu- ffons, theatres and amusement re- aortz.
 Children now go to the famous University of Freidbarg for their les song, because their own school D bu11d- s RagS now sare used to house the wounded German and French sol G1ers. Fully a dozen school build 1nes have been requfsit toned for hos pital work. all of them being ad dnaiI- lzhered by the German Red Cross in ontradistinction to the regular hos pftaIs of the city In addition, every awaAIable amusement hall and theatre
 serving the same purpose In the audItoraun. the gallery and even on f1aa stage of the famous old Fest haIIes' soldiers now lie, or. conva1es- cing stroll in the adjoining garden that formerly was filled.s mighty, at least. with fevotees of Bacchus.
 The Red Cross workers in Freid- burg are proud, and justly, of what they have accomplished, for the pres enf quarters for wounded, soldiers were set up and ready four days af- fer the war began, before mobiliza- 1lou even was complete
 The Naturalization war, one Red Gross matron explained, taught the German Red Cross that 1t must be ready for emergencies. Gonsequent- " there was on hand a. vast number of gray-painted Siron beds bed linen, blankets, stretchers. and supplies of all kinds.
 When the war started everyone in Frefdburg turned to and helped The scholars in the high schools in one day succeeded in getting their benches and seats out of the way a nd in storage. In another 24 hours they had cleaned the old buildings from cellar to gerret and on the third day had carried in the hospital apparatus It needed only one additional day to nut everything in order and stand by for the first consignment of wounded
 For nine months the fighting has never been very remote from Erie burg. and 1t has consequently been a constant hospital center. Street cars run over into Alsace, gather pp loads of wounded and bring them back The official report Of a. great patCle, ever though it spells victory for the Ger man arms, is almost invariably tht precursor of big batch of wounded soldiers, often. German though some times French or English
 The chemical Laboratories in the high schools or @gymnasia'' have beer found readily adaptable For operating rooms Most Of them have water faf ciIitIes which are invaluable, and most of them are light and airy
 The ordinary recitation rooms are used for the most part for the sol diers, and the smaller rooms, one. t1me oA4ces of instructors. are avail able for officers Almost the only SC rious changes that have been neces sary have been the installation O bath rooms
 Freibug follows the example O. Lubeck and other German cities il giving it's soldiers Q good opportunit. to sec the town before leaving, eithel from the front again or for hom Parties of sightseeing soldiers, man. of them crippled. are always to b. seen about the streets of the beaud fu1 little Black Forest city.
 The first thing one sees in ap preaching Fretburgs and the las thing as one leaves, is the great Ret Cross banner, flying over building af ter building, suggesting instantly tn tit1e of 'sCity of Hospitals"