Evening star., 1915-05-21
AMERICAN SURGEONS
AND NURSES PRAISED
Sir Thomas Upton Tells of Work
Done in Fever-Ridden
Serbia.
Declares Soldiers Face No Greater
Dangers and sufferings-Big
Gifts for Red Cross.

Glowing appreciation of the work be-
ing done by American surgeons and Red
Cross trained nurses in fighting the
cholera and typhus plague in Serbia
has been transmitted to the American
Red Cross headquarters here by Sir
Thomas Upton. However great the
dangers and sufferings of the soldiers.
he says, they do not exceed those
faced by the American surgeons and
nurses in the plague-swept area
Writing aboard his yacht Erin. which
has been converted into a British Red
Cross hospital ship. near Southgate.
MiddleseX, May l, Sir Thomas speaks
of the patriotism and humanitarianism
of DR.. James F. Donnelly. an American
Red Cross surgeon. who lost his life
in the struggle with the typhus cpl
demic in southern Serbia in February.
When visited his hospital" says
Sir Thomas, .he told me that he was
afraid the ---- might attack the vii
lage, and he asked me If l could give
him large American flag, so that he
could put it up on the building, as the
one they had was a small one.
.of course, I told him that he could
have whatever he wanted in that di
rection. He sent down the next day
and got large American flag and also
"a Red Cross flag.
Flags Wrapped About Body.
The day before he died he expressed
the wish that il he did not live he
would like these two flags wrapped
round his body. His wishes in this re-
speet were. of course. carried out.
He also wrote a letter to ihs wife
and nine post cards to different people.
Most of the people to whom the post
ra rdS q 30 naF
of mine. He instructed DR.. Hodge. who
attended him during his illness, that if
he did not pull through he was to give
me the letters and cards to post |
posted them all and wrote a little note
with each.
When | went to the hospital at Ghev-
gheli DIR. Donnelly came to see me off
on the train. also the doctors and
nurses who were with me. Before the
main started two of the American
nurses. whom ! had not seen in the
hospital. came down to see me. They
were very cheerful and seemed to be
in the best of health. ! gave them
some little hospital comforts and when
the train left the two ladies' and the
doctor were waving their hands
Nine of Twelve Nurses Ill.
"oi my return. some days afterward.
when the train stopped at the station,
l made inquiries about the two nurses
and the doctor. and was told, to my
great grief, what had happened to the
doctor. and that the two young ladies
were lying very i'll with typhus. 1
think this made nine out of the twelve
American nurses who had typhus.
II say without hesitation that how
ever great the danger soldiers may be
exposed to either in the trenches or on
the battlefield. they do not exceed those
faced by the doctors and nurses who
work among the sick and sunering
from typhus in Serbia"
1t has been difficult to give due credit
to some very liberal-hearted supporters
Of the Red Cross In its European war
relief activities because a number of
them have been striving to do good by
stealth. 1t was recently asserted in
press bulletin issued at Red Cross
headquarters that an anonymous gift OF
$4,000 to the war relief fund, from
Philadelphia, was the largest anony-
nous money contribution received since
the war began. 1t has developed in
reports from the assachusetts branch
of the Red Cross, which has been re-
markably successful in raising relief
funds and procuring donations of hos
pital garments and other clothing un-
der the guiding hand of Miss Louisa F.
Loring emergency Red Cross secretary
for Massachusetts,. that "a friend of the
Red Cross" in the Old Bay state has
given $lU,UUU. 90 IHdt lHo tcH-Ihou-
sand-dollar anonymous gift announced
tho other day was the second.
Firemen Roll Bandages.
The men in the Springfield. Mass, fre
stations, in their leisure moments have
been giving some valuable assistance to
the Hampden county. Mass, chapter Of
the American Red Cross IN its Euro
pean war relief efforts by rolling band
ages. The flremen roll tho bandages
very quickly and neatly. writes Miss
Amy b. Alexander, secretary of the
chapter; in fact, they work more rapid
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