The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-06
Resolution of Canadian Sol
diers The Cause, Says OF
taWa Physician.

- OTTAWA. Ont. June 5-Word that
the resolution of Canadian soldiers
have given in Europe rather differ
emit view of North America to many
people who before had not the oc-
casfon TO consider this continent was
brought to Ottawa by Dr.. e. J. Man
ion. OF Fort William, Ontario.
Dr. Manton had an unusual expert
ence. Three months ago he paid his
way across the Atlantic, bought his
FORM, offered his services as sur
Reon to the British Red Cross In
Paris and found there was no open
Ing: He was pronered place IN one
of the Anglo1FTench hospitals ana
accepted. He found himself a mem
ber OF the surgical staff OF a hosp1tai
established in the historic Chateau de
Rtmbehnen. the properly OF Count
de Berthnne, seven miles north OF
CompIegne and but four miles back
OF the French line.
I've had telephone connection
with the trenches and we could see
the flash OF bursting shells from our
windows, and it was said that OF al
the hopitals this was the nearest to
the lines said DR.. Manton- There
were sixty beds in the hospital It
was maintained under French mill
tary direction largely by English
money. The nurses and orderlies,
almost without exception were per
sons Of wealth. of prominent French
and English families and many OF
them owners Of the chateau, another
was the Countess de Pange, another
the Marquise de Chabannes. another
Miss Nevill, grand niece OF Lord
Lord BeaconsfeFd, another niece or
Easimir Pierrier, late president OF
France. No one on the staff received
remuneration; instead they contrt-
buted from sixty to two hundred dol
liars month for the privilege OF do
ing the nations, exactlng and orteni
unpleasant work which is required OF
nurses and orderlies in every hospital
AmbuIances were motors belonging tol
these nurses and orderlies. the DO
mesttcs OF the institution were ch1eny
their maids or servants or chauneurs.
There may have peen few patc
donestics but certainly not one else
On the star from the chief surgeon
down received a wage
IT left Canada good democrat and
return as I left, but must CONFESS
feeling Of admiration and respect Tor
the aristocraticS met In this hoSpl-
tai doing what they conceived to bel
their duty in these terrible times. In
the hospital ladies' who had been
waited upon all their lives cheerfully
DSf1OIueO I4shS I4SS MoG1S ~
CURED of their maids. They accepted
the hospital routine OF night and day
watches and faithfully administered
to the needs OF the wounded soldiers
of all ranks. Among others who
served We're Mr. and Mrs Gray OF
Cambridge He acted as an orderly
and she as a nurse. They paid the
hospital two hundred dollars MONTH
they gave it the service CT motor
and their chauffeur. and they per
sistently bought all sorts OF things
for the institution One of the finest
characters and one of the most use
full persons about the place was Rev
kGr. Gedged Church OF England
Clergyman from York cathedral He
performed the dual duties OF orderly
and chauffeur driving as an ambu-
lance car given by his congeGa-
cation for that purpose. Only on
Sunday was he the clergyman and 1
shall always remember with admlra-
ton the calm reverence with which
he conducted service one Sunday
through the din of a terrific bonn
bardment-
gust ten miles away. at Fayel, was
another OF these Anglo-French hos
pitaIs where master and man. mis-
.tress and maid workers side by side.
humbly and faithfully The Faye1
hospital Is run by Countess Helena
Glefchen, a cousin Of King George
of England, and by Lady Wemys,
~rD NE "A nj n0F