St. Tammany farmer., 1916-03-18

iet1c French 0n.loTm, H1t0 red troVS-
ers, blue coat and red cap.
We arrived in Bordeaux. whe-9 We
saw practically no man In ordinary
civilian clothes, those we dia dee
wearing uniforms. We saw many
men In uniform, with arns In SllnXk
and heads banda2ed. and realized
waere we were.
After We had been thoroughly in
spected and our papers were gone
over closely some OF Us were allowed
| to land and some were returned
without landing. Our baggage was
gone through. looking for cigars ana
| matches. - you know the manufac-
ture OF matches 10 controlled by the
government, and 1t allows NO match
es and only . small amount OF to-
bacco to be brought In. The street
c4s In Bordeaux were being driven
by ladies as Well rs were wagons.
and it appeared that almost all work
was being done by women while the
men were At the front.
arrived In Parish the same night.
about O'Clock. With great difficult
| ty / was able to get q taxi and or
dered 1t to 60 to hotel recommend
ed to me, a. many Americana stop
ped there and English was spoken.
II found this hotel closed. l then
drove to another aud found the
same thing. Giving up 10 dispaar. !
told the taxi driver to Ind . hotel
for me, waich he did. The next
morning went out to take my first
view OF Paris. was impressed by
the great number OF men in uniform.
A great many of them used crutches,
some had arms in slings, others with
heads bandaged. all apparently with
some kind Of muttlations. Every
few blocks was Z house In front ol
which hung q white dag. with . red
cross in the center. These were the
military ospitals. In front Of the
hospitals are usually . number Of
motor cars which were used In
bringing the wounded from trains,
and they are constantly coming into
rarts vita wounded soldiers from
the fIont. These cars travel through
the streets with terridc speed. II
you are not careful there 10 danger
lof one beng run over by these cars.
While in Paris noticed that few
Of the theatres were open for the
Amusement OF men from the front.
also noticed that most OF the wo-
men ] saw were dressed in black,
and their pale faces indicated that
| not all Of the suffering was ct the
front. The following afternoon l
paid my first visit to the American
am oulauce. which waa loc9ted q.
Neuey.
At the opening Of the war certain
Americans conceived the idea OF
Establishing . hospital. The French
government turned over to them
large school. This school has just
been completed. but had mover beel
occupied. 1t was . Pasteur Instt-
tute and was equipped with al
X-Ray apparatus, and everything
necessary, including implements for
the extraction Of steel from wounds,
and perhaps one OF the finest dental
Laboratories in the world.
It has been said that certain
American dentists have made the re-
! mark that Il the lower part Of the
human face u torn away . new coun-
tenance can b made and the maj
made to be pressntablo again. It il
remarkable the advances that have
been made in dental surgery.
The American hospital has per-
haps six hundred beds. Al Of tn.
nurses. uderlies, stretcher bearers
ETC.. are Americana. The principa
thing about It 10, that u 10 kept VI
by American donations. The ambu-
lance drivers are Ill American boys.
Some Of them are lawyers, clerks ir
banks. cowboys. students. etc. These
come to Nance and pay their own
passage, and they wear . uniform.
The way they have behaved under
she'll IRE has given them q title
known al over France, being called
1.-The bullet biters."
Having the appointment to do the
brain and spinal surgery work there.
l went over to the hospital to look
up such cases, but / was very much
disappointed. a. It seemed that there
were but q very few Of these casst
in the hospital. With 600 beds
there were not moro than 200 pa
tients. / found this was due to Ger.
tain jealousises in the French Medf-
cal service. However. succeeded
lin finding three cases of brain worl
in the hospital. I felt that perhaps
l had made the trip to France. sac
rihcing something In America with
out being able to do something. The
next day l returned to the American
ambulance and was notified that they
wished a surgeon to 60 to Cherboure
/ to see some cases caused BY she'll
wounds. went to Cherbourg and
was asked to operate on some Of
these mep. which I did. and while
there l was asked to take caro- of
the hospital. In order to do thif
work 1t required that have certain
Credentials. ! had to sec the Ameri-
can ambassador and present my ref
erences to him. next had TO sse
the Minister Of War. ThAre 10 one
thing I admire about thA Treoca,
while I must say they Aeve. . lot Of
rcd tAps. they arc vasy careful. May
msa want 10 rsa1ss smSssios