The sun., 1917-09-21
RUSS ARMY COMING
BACK, SAYS SURGEON
DR.. Newton, Just From
Period With Troops, Tells
Of Experiences.
NATION LOOKS TO L. s.
Material Aid Greatly Needed
to Prevent Suffering and
Epidemics.

The Russian army will spend the
coming winter In the trenches and keep
the Germans so busy that they will
nave no men to spare to reinforce their
troops on the western front. In other
words. the Russian army is coming
back.
! This is the opinion Of DR.. Philip New.
! ton. surgeon in charge of the field work
OF the American Ambulance in Russia.
VINO has Just arrived in this country to
remain a few weeks. DR.. Newton be-
lieves that the future attitude of the
nation formerly ruled by the Car lies
largely In Americas hands. This coun.
! try. he says can be tremendous force
In convincing Russia that It should be
vigorous, effective fighter on the side
! Of the Allies.
| we. must help Russia, and that at
once. Dr. Newton said yesterday. Our
| duty now i5 to bolster up the people
ana help them to come back and STAY
back. We must send money to raise the
country's credits and we must send
technical men to assist In construction
~ork-railroad men. engineers. motor
experts IN addition to physicians and
aviators.
Materials Needed BADLY.
| Meanwhile. the need Of material aid
Is very great. When our ambulancey
| were working with the eighth army in
| the foothills Of the Carpathans, in
! GaIica. We were forced to transport
| many Of the wounded in carts and hay
wagons During one battle we carried
more than 1000 wounded in six days
More than half of this number had to
be transported along a road open to
enemy artillery fire. so that it was pos
sible to work only at night
| Our field hospital had far more to
do than was expected of it and we were
short of supplies. Men have died be-
| fore my eyes from lockjaw, when 60
j cents worth Of tetanus antitoxin would
have saved them. During this awful
period our cars worked over rough
fields. terrible roads filled with shell
holes. and in the mud When finally
| the retreat was stopped and a perma-
nent line established. the. property and
the personnel OF the American Ambu-
lance. the only organization Of its kind
| working with the Russian army. were
! worn out.
| AT this time. while at the headquar-
ters Of the eighth army. one day the
| General commanding called me in and
with tears in his eyes said II the
whole army had the spirit and loyalty
OF your men the Russians would be in
Berlin in three months.
Rumanin Faces Epidemic.
''Rumania is in pitiable condition.
\ cake OF soap costs eighty cents. Food
for invalids cannot be obtained Ty-
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rage like wild fire with the coming Of
confined to Rumania. l found many
cases OF typhus among the Russian SOL
diers near the frontier.
Russia and Rumania both look to
America for help. This help. to be OF
any value. must be given Immediately
Russia can be reached by only two
routes through the port OF Archangel
on the White Sea. and through Vladi-
, vostok. across the Pacific. Archangel
will be closed by the ice In sixty days
, and supplies sent by way of the Pacific
must be hauled more than 5000 miles
by rail"
Sixteen ambulances. purchased here
with contributions raised by the Amer!-
, can Ambulance in Russia. are ready fol
, shipment. and It is expected that fouI
: will DO added to the number in few
weeks. II is to stimulate the work OF
giving that DIR. Newton has come bach
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, Dr. Newton believes that within f.,
? few years Russia probably will return
TO a constitutional monarchical form o
government but he ls certain that tn,