Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-02-25

must hc kept cleared for more serious
! rnHca.
| IN back "f The aid station arc tho
| hr"AainS stations. established by tho
hmhulhnc" corps. 1" which tho mon arc
! hr"umht by ambulance. from the aid
station. tier" their dressing. arc cS-
'nin"d aud r"ndjustcd. If necessary;
Nnht nouriSlmcnt PROVIDED in cases
wh"r" results vii! not he harmful and
the m"u made aA cunforiahIc AK po4-
"ihlc mn'il they can be removed to tho
Hold hospital IN the rear. Tho Held
hospital ~ also merely tenn
r"rhrt place of refuge. out of tho way
Of tho noise and confusion Of battle.
containing only beds Of straw with
blankets for the wounded. who arc
s"on carried to the evacuation hos
pitfalls.
The evacuation hospital Is out OF
IN" Hnnc "f advance entirely. and be-
long" 1" tho organization Of the line
al communication II is the frat
place 10 rr"Nid" arrangements for keen
ihE the wounded for any length or
tinc I'll" men are brought from the
n"!i hospitals by tho wagons and am
ouIahc"s Of the evacuation CORDS and
placed In neat white hospital cots and
pcdS' their torn ana Soilcd uniforms
ar" replaced 10y clean niGiitshirts and
'hcir wounds given detailed ana OK
pert attention.
Urgent Gases Op~rntcd on.
Gases requiring Immediate oucr,
non ar" operated on. and TIA" resi- az
'"c patients arc put ia condition for
another journey. for the evacuation
m"Sr''hi docs not keep its patients long
INC! ar" transported By boat and train
l" hhsc lropsitais back in the interior.
whore they receive every possible com,
tort ana attention. thus making room
Tor new supply OF wounded I'm tho
evacuation hospitals
sometimes the evacuation hu-pitaI
M
n"id hospital. or IL moved back tn
take the place OF base hoypitai hu.
as rule II holds the position a, mo
hcau OF The itnr Of communications
ana Is. perhaps. tic most import,n,
"hlt IN the chain Of hospitals. II acts
as base Of supplies. which may no
Drought forward by the amb,il.nccs RI
the base hospitals and taken to tho zon.
OF advance IN those OF its own or...ni
zauon II is also tho distributing con-
Ter oil personnel needed at the from.
ana IT gives tho wounded man lis or.,
therapeutic 'rcatiicnt-bcfore that. Tic
am ~ merely 10 keep him alive-lpon
which depends tho rapidity Of his later
recovery in tho base hosnitals
This. then. Is the limo up Of Tho ARM,
Mcdical Corps in time OF war hsid.
from the work done by the srrr.ons
INC organization OF such a system alamo
is feat demanding tho u,rnoq. adj
Ii'tr" '.oh' II is All very we'll To say YOU
evacuation hospital there. etc but ~,
organization and operation OF surh
stations and hospitals is another NM,
ter An idea Of what il means 80
operh'e an evacuation hospital. for OK
ample. may he obtained by :, vI.nr.
at tho list Of personnel required ~
run each little division, 1t is as FOL
lows
Many Men Needed
sixteen medical oihcrS-ouc lfcu;o0-
a - 81 l.,IH nj
Eeoh)' fourteen captains ana licutcn
ants conc adjutant, ono gu.rtcrmaxtcr
TWO assistant operating SURGEON. ION
ward surEcous), eight scrGcauis rrst
E'"sS zone Ia general supervision. ono
III charge OF Office ono in ,harcc az
PuarteFmastcr'S supplies and rcrnrlS
ono IN charge Of kitchen and mess an.
IN charge OF detachment and accounts
one IN charge az patients cIo,hiur and
cH"''e one IN charge % mrd!.aI
PROPERTY and records and one IN charge
Of the "tapcnsar!J. twenty scryonu..
cone in dispcH*ary. ,wo II, stororoo,,,.
on" ~ mess and kitchen. !otIl. in am,
one IN charge Of police, ten in charge
'' wards, one IN operating ROOM. ten
ICING cooks. hincty-eighi ward at
tcndanis-thrcc in disDcrsary fyr in
operating room. ton In kitchen ana
mess. four in s;orcrooms. four order
mes i've IN Office. -iN outside police ann
siN sup"rnuncrarics"
. 'e' ]" 'ih" "f war the army Medical
corps must operate many cv.cuatio,
hospitals Tho matter Of supplies. TOO
~ great problem. II the rnitnJ
states were 20 go TO war Tomorrow. Z,
is nG!tc possible that tho pharmacists
ana Wholesale houses of the country
couIc not spar" sufficient drugs 10
run mi!liary hospitals Hundreds or
SaL"ns 81 iodine would be needed;
barrels 81 mo.phiu" ana more b,rroIs
OF antiscpticS. 1t has often been sr-
Scsted that IN" War Department nav ,
hhmnor OF houses 10 keep certain
supply Of each required drug on hand
pu' SO f"r nothing has been done
however inc army Medical Corps 10 no
longer unpreparcd II has ,,s Ma,
orShhi%a non Us reserve corns of
''Nl!!ans aud tn" experience Of lie
members III Europe. Panama and Ncv.
Ico 10 insure it's success.