El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-03
WOMAN RELIEVES
INJURED HORSES
Establishes Hospitals and
Other Places Where War
Mounts Are Treated.

London. Eng, Jan 3.-n ever the
biography of a war horse is to be
written the task belongs to Miss Lind,
best known in the United States as
England's interchangeable foe of vivisec-
ton and since the wars beginning or
ganizer and active leader OF the Pur-
pie Cross service. caring for wounded
horses.
Horses Suffer For Days.
7 do not put horses before men,
she explained. But where wounded
men have TO wait perhaps a few hours
days. To those who tell me that this
is no time to bother about animals 1
reply that the principles of humanity
are not suspended by war and that
sufferings of men. there is still room
left for pity and assistance for the
faithful friends upon which the sue
cess or failure of a campaign so large
thousands OF horses all along the
front. die horrible deaths, sometimes
severely wounded animals living IlVe
days before they finally expire All
along the roads are horses with legs
stiffly stretched out, swollen bodies
and often with the ribs exposed aIleF
some vain attempt at burning the,
body.
Peasants Work wounded Horses.
Less severely wounded horses have
been found straying in the fields They
are often picked up by peasants and
taken to their farms. The peasant Is
free to work the horse or slaughter
it. The treatment which these unfor-
tunate animals have 70 undergo may
be ina gined.
Following my first visit to the
front the Purple Cross service estap-
lished hospitals at NesOul. Foulaln,
near Chaumont and at BOrdeau- IN
these hospitals we treat on an average
$50 serious cases week while
serious cases are kept in adjoining
fields. Horses with wounds not 70
be measured in inches but in Ieet;
with terribly swollen and painful
legs, horses covered with Assesses
and sores, emaciated and weak
through strain and expOsure-such are
the cases We have to handle. To fOu-
lain and Nesoul horses are SenL
straight from the battle line by the
French military authorities me
cases at Bordeaux are received rom
horse transports from the Cnlteu
states and South America-and are
frequently even more serious than
battle wounded horses.
Many Die on Transports.
IN fact the condition Of horses
landed by the thousands every week
at Bordeaux is pitiful beyond descrIp-
tiOn. In no case fewer than 20 horses
out Of every 1000 landed on the quay
die there. It would be much higher IN
all cases if it we're not for q pernl-
cious custom Of horse contractors
whose payment depends on the horses
being alive "A hours after its arrival
To accomplish this, poor animals are
innoculated with vicious stimulauts
and no means overlooked to keep the
dying beast breathing until the one
day time limit has expired
Examine Them for Pneumonia.
our vets have encountered power
ful resistance. as might be expected, |
10 their humane endeavors to put a !
painless end 10 animals beyond all !
hope As the horses are landed at BOr-
deaux our agents examine them and
generally. now, are able to obtain per-
mission 10 despatch those in the last I
throes Of pneumonia and other dis
eases. other horses which il is pos
sible to save, by prompt medical at |
tention and nursing are taken in our !
own ambulances to our hospital and |
there receive the best OF care"