The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
RELIEF WORK GROWTH RAPID.
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trail depot at Bordeaux. At this depot |
all of the articles sent from New
York are received in bulk and eventu
ally shipped to the larger distributing
station established in Paris.
Inspectors Open Cases.
The censoring extends even to tho
cases of surgical dressings being sent
for the relief of the wounded sol
diers. An inspector takes a case or
sometimes two or three of conSign-
ment, rips open the cover and inspects
the contents. Finding them satisfac
tory he is kind enough to assume that
the rest are likewise and leaves only
those he opened to be repacked for
shipment to Paris.
About six weeks after their receipt
at Bordeaux they may be expected to
reach Paris. This long time is the re
suit of the congestion on the railroads
due to the demands of the government
for the moving of troops and MUM
tions of war.
The large bureau for distribution III
| Paris is now conducted entirely BY
| volunteers, under the very able dlrec-
| ton OF MIS-. austin, u 1OEiuSI
nurse and the wife of an American
physician long resident of Paris.
! Many of them are members of noble
families of France. The cases are un-
packed, the various articles sorted,
counted and placed in bins after such
repairs or changes as are necessary to
bring them up to standard have been
made.
While developing the work of or,
ganizino the bureaus Mr.. Willard was
continuing the work of compiling an
authentic list Of hospitals and finally
it was possible to mail to all of those
on the list a letter in which was given
the list of the Il articles of surgical
dressings the committee had with {
request that the hospital addressed
should order from the list what was
needed. send an account of the mum
Der of beds in the hospital, the nature
of the wounded cared for and Other
data to aid in guiding the committee
, in the filing of the order. 1t was no'
long before the news of this commit
tee spread to other hospitals, unknown
before 70 the committee, and the lis
| of institutions is steadily increas i;
in numbers.
; Work Growing Rapidly.
Mr.. Willard did not have his distri
buting bureaus in operation in tim
for the terrific fighting in the Cham
payne battle, as a result of which 50
600 wounded were taken into Parl
alone aud 10000 other wounded wer
sent to other parts Of France. But o
Oct. ). 1915, the first of the shiI
ments began and weekly since the
. | from 10000 to $4,000 dressings ar
sent out from the Paris bureau.
Y Mr. Willard says that at prese.
V there are plenty OF some forms Q
t dressings and bandages and nc
:, enough Of others. A month hence til
q demand may be entirely reversed.
? any event lie says, the eommitt5
f cannot get too many OF any one kin
/ of dressing or baadage.
+ 1t is the intention of the Frenc
II government to gct the most desperat
: II wounded as far away as possib
o from the vicinity of the fighting
6 order to prepare for the fresh iuflu
q that comes Immediately after eac
V big battle opens, An order is receive
from the government to evacuate
q big hospital and it is done immediat
g lv. Within two or three days, hard {
e the heels of the first news of anoth
r big battle, comes the first of Il
hundreds and thousands of wounde
The hospital authorities always kno
the evacuation of a hospital meal
that a big battle is impending.
N While the most of the work of Il
~ surgical dressings committee has be,
in France the other countries are n
< ignored. Any request from hospitals
IF other countries has been met as spec
IN lily as possible, the articles beii
ID shipped through the agency Of Il
5. Red Cross.
N Confirmation, if any were needle
d of the effectiveness of the work of tt
at committee in France is to be fou
Sc in the request from the London r
IN Cross that the surgical dressings pa
Ill of their work be taken over By t
k organization of which Mr.. Willard
the international field secretary a
$ be developed and enlarged. Mr.. Villa
w says he thinks this viii be done. VII
Id he goes abroad again next month
NJ will visit both London and Rome
he determine the ACCESSIBILITY of esta
fishing bureaus for his work in bo