The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-03-10

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Today. on the word thar hoSfiiitieS had
begun. the Red Cross l. in a position
10 establish % hospitals "a different
parts Of the country. each capable Of
caring for 500 wounded men.
Within day or TWO the funds will
he ar hand 10 establish TWO additional
hospitals. making - in all, with total
capacity Of l2.Jun beds for sick and
wounded men. The preparation of the
Red Cross means something. There
are 5000 graduate nurses ready for in
slant service. There are surgeons
enough 20 supply all the hospital needs.
Nurses and surgeons will drop their
present work on the instant that the
call goes forth 70 report at the hos
pitalS. Surgical instruments, Steriliz-
ing material. cots. beds and everything
needed except such medical supplies as
deteriorare when kept are ready for
use in the time of need.
/ HOSPITALS Not Yet Located.
For a year the work Of preparation
has been going on. The only thing
that is not known is where the hoSpi
tails are 10 be- established. This mat
fer IS left 10 the war and navy depart
ments. but the instant that war begins
the sites will be fixed and the surgeons
the nurses and the hospital material
will be forwarded Immediately TO the
selected points.
The complete stats Of seven Chicago
hospitals and of an equal number in
4 New York. and the STATS of many hos
pitfalls in other cities, surgeons ami
nurses. will report at once for army
and navy hospital work when the ne
ceSsity of war shall demand. Reserve
StaffS already. ii is understood, have
been formed 10 take the place in these
hospitals of the doctors and nurses
who will 20 10 the front.
The United States army today has
only POO woman nurses. 1t has, OF
course. its hospital corps, the men OF
which are trained in first-aid work anC
10 act in part as ward attendants, anC
in some eases as actual nurses. Tn,
department will take over the Re-
Cross service if war shall come.
The nurses who will go into the fielC
hospitals will. of course. be given thei
food and lodging. If they are com
PEELED to 90 beyond the limits of III,
territorial United States. they will re-
ceive so additional month. The sur
geOns will receive the pay TO which
their temporary army rank entitle
them.
1t costs $4,000 10 put one of tn
hospitals of the Red Cross into actua
. operation. After il is started, o
course, it must be supported. The gov
; eminent. it is understood. will care 70
the financial end Of the work. but it /
expected that the people Of the Unite
States will respond TO the appeal {
do thrice as much for America in it
need as it has done for Europe IN it
. need.
inaugural Day Plans.
! There Is still some doubt as L
: the actual form which the pagean
try part of the inaugural cere
monies will take. Washington is t
. have a procession and a demonstrate
on March 3 in honor of the second III
ductiOn into office of Woodrow Wilson
but it may be that a late hour ediC
, will cut from the program some of tn
: features which it originally carried.
? II must not be understood by thi
= that the inaugural ceremonies will ~
q be highly interesting and picturesqu
There will be color enough, mus
a.. enough and in all probability enthus
;. asm enough, but apparently it Is tn
o intention that the affair shall take Q
, the aspect of a purely patriotic demon
q stratiOn rather than one of mere di
h play and music-making.
O 1t is still probable that there will
g a good many sO-called floats in Il
$ procession. They will deal almost e
i tirely with national subjects settir
forth the growth of the country ar
a its triumphs in ptlce and in war. The
Il will be also special pictures" whiC
q will appeal to the national spirit
s lllc pCOplC.
Already Pennsylvania avenue, Il
s main thOroughfare of the city, HI
q been transformed In appearance. Wol
g was started earlier than usual tn
year on the construction of the gran
r. stands which are to accommodate Il
d unlocking public. The stand in fro
" of the White House has been compile
ed. 1t is a huge affair and in the mi
! die of it is a bOxlike apartment heat
&c and glass inclOsed, in which the pre-:
n dent, the vice president and few OF
10 er high officials of government W
d stand TO view the parade as 1t march
d by.
20 Huge Lafayette Square Stand.
n Directly opposite this White Hou
IS grandstand extending virtually {
D. whole length of the south side of L
fayette square IS another huge star
IS The regulations required that the &C
n struction of the stand should not
D. any way jeOpardlze the safety Of {
ID public monuments. So it is that I
Lafayette square stand had to be fol