Evening journal., 1915-06-14
By WILLIAM G. SHEPHERD
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United Press stan Correspondent
Copyright 1915, by the United Press.
Copyrighted in Great Britain.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE BRIT
IeH ARMY. NORTHERN FRANCE, |
April 29-(By Mail to New York
To keep the army healthy is the hrst |
gigantic task of the Royal Army |
Medical Corps in the British fighting |
zone But 20 take care OF the sol
diers after they are wounded is a !
task somewhat more spectacular than |
the steady grind Of scientific sanita-
ton. In the Carpathians, in Gallcia,
last winter. saw huge bodies OF Aus
trian soldiers marching toward the
battle that was raging near Przemysl.
Another tattered army was coming
from the battle field II was made up
of groups Of wounded and sick men
who strageled along, dragging their
broken bodies as best they could
back TO where shells we're not lying
back to-what? Would they nnd
white beds and gentle nurses and
rest and health again? The chances
were against them. Some of them
had walked 20 miles and had miles
more to 60 They we're a sight TO
make a man sick at heart, and yet
the Austrian soldiers marching tor-
ward 10 battle saw them as we'll as
did saw what it meant 70 be wound
ed and sick Could you blame an
Austrian soldier for losing heart be-
fore a battle? There may have been
plenty Of gallant officers TO lead them
into slaughter. but there was no one
to take them out of H.
The r. A. NJ. c. of the British Army
has produced entirely different con-
ditions at this front Sir John
Frenchs army is fighting under con-
ditions as civilized as human war VIII
hermit. Behind the line the r. A.
nj c. has established its chain OF hos
pitals during battle It fights death
as desperately as the soldiers them
selves are fghting the enemy. Am
munition. ammunition. always more
ammunition" Is the cry of the great
British field marshal. Speed, speed
always more speed is the cry OF the
r. A. NJ. c.
However wildly and fercely battle
NAV be raging. there is always th'
cool. steady system Of the r. A. NJ
G in its midst. The r. A. NJ. c. meI
knew in advance. perhaps that tn
battle was going to be fought. The
made their plans. accordingly. lie
us begin at the battle line. Her
there are men with stretchers an
men with "hrst-aid" packages. The
have been placed there by the r.
AZ G awaiting the battle. Behind IN
hattie line. but not far away, IN IN
shelter of a hill, n possible. or In
grove. will be a field dressing station
n A NJ. c. doctors VIII be here. =
eoon as the stretcher men bring
the wounded. the field dressing st'
ron doctors begin their work. The
must work like lightning. II the bait
IS hard one: they must diagnose
flashes. Their work is 10 care Z
men who will die Immediately iro
loss Of blood. II an artery is cut
n give the benodiction Of the hyp
dermic needle to men whose pains a.
toe great TO be endured.
n man Is not suffering too grea
T. and il his wound does not need IT
mediate attention he is passed alon
This field dressing station may
An a tent or a house. or even IN u
omen. There will be horse ambulanc
waiting beside il. in most cases. III
automobile ambulances would
much better, but battles are not
wavs fought along good roads II
iu night the automobile ambulanc
cannot move without lights that mig
be seen By the enemy, while the fait
full horses pick their way, silently
the blackest darkness and prove
cidentally that the day OF the hor
Is not finished in war. From Z
field dressing station, the horse al
balances carry their brave loads ba
to a spot where the automobile ambl
ances are waiting. Such spot
called by the r. A. Nj. c. a mo
ambulance rendezvous" From OIL
directions one may see other no
anbulances coming up. Other f
Aressing stations on other points
+. fthc fighting line are emptying Il
wounded into this center. And
hind the fighting line i'm such ba
as "The second battle OF Ypr
which has just been fought by G
eral Frenchs troops. there may
dozen of those great motor am
ence parks. with horse ambula
routes radiating out from them
the firing line. like the ribs OF
Here. at the "lorry ambulance pa
is where you begin to get the thri
the Red Cross work. These auto
biles were perhaps Red Cross az
flons
The wounded are transferred 10
automobiles r. A. Nj. c. doctors n
about in the busy scene. giving
ates when necessary. adjusting bs
ages. caring for man who may
instant attention to save his life
automobiles dash off at the higi
speed nermitted by the condition