Evening journal., 1917-12-27
by w. :. FORREST,

UNITED Press stan Correspondent
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES ~
THE FIELD, Dec. lBy MaiD.-
Madame Kathleen Park. an American.
formerly Mrs. T.. Mitchell Depew, of
New York, is today developing a scheme
TO give more rapid and efllcient care
to desperately wounded soldiers just
of the battlefield than any yet devised
during the war
Not only is thc scheme devised TO
give men whose lives depend on imme-
diate operations the most expert surgi-
cal treatment practically on the battle
Aeld. but 10 start them within an hour
OF two afterward on their way 10
safety i'm the rear without hours Of
formerly inevitable iosiling in smbu-
lances which has so often proven fatal.
The plan involves a cha y, FIRST an
"auto-chir'-a high sreed hospital on
wheels that can follow a battle where
over it goes-second. a fully equipped
inland waterway hospital steamer
working In conjunction with the auto
CHR" and third, Madame Parks 300
bed hospital 40 Chateau dAnnel, To-
Gated almost on the banks Of a river
/
canals and rivers crisscrossing the
whole battle areas of France and Bel
gium.
The "auto-chir" is the latest thing in
mobile hospitals. Somewhat like a hos
pital train u however has the advan-
iage Of moving rapidly 10 wherever
there Is work 90 do u is composed Of
squad Of five automobiles in charge
Of q ful star of the most competent
war trained surgeons. nurses. orderlies.
chauffeurs and auto mechanicians. One
automobile is an operating room
equipped with all the latest improve
ments for war surgery, another car
ries Radio equipment for X-ray work
third carries instruments and sur
gical appliances Of every kind; a fourth
carries The personnel and the NTH con-
iains a number Of emergency tents,
beds and bedding
Once on the battlefield the "auto-chir'
Is rapidly coupled together and the hos
pital wards are ready within a few
moments to receive their patients. n
4 the scene Of battle rapidly changes the
"auto-chlr' can pack up and accom-
pany 70. leaving, II necessary, a por-
tiOn Of rs nurses and wards 20 care
for those already operated on and ly-
ing i'm actual beds.
With the maze Of rivers and canals
every few miles along the battle
fronts. the hospital steamer will al
wavs lie within easy distance Of the
"auto-chir." Another set OF surgeons,
nurses and orderlies form the stan Of
the steamer which / saw lying in the
River Ose today flying the American
nag.
once aboard the steamer wounded
men move slowly and smoothly toward
/ the permanent hospital, cared for en-
route win an tho skill and comfort
that the hospital itself can give.
Doctor Tarnowskl, the noted Chicago
surgeon and other American surgeons
connected with the Chaeau d'Annel
hospital, are enthusiastic over the "au-
to-chir-inland waterway" system which
they believe will in future result in a
4 far greater proportion OF recoveries
among cases Of desperately wounded
men. The most deadly enemy Of sur
gery, gangrene and infections Of all
kinds. can be practically eliminated by
the ability TO operate quickly on abso-
luiely new wounds. Also what a badly
wounded man desperately needs after
wound or subsequent operation Is
cleanliness and quiet. No system Of am
/ balances yet devised has yet eliminated
F the constant iolling and humping, some
times hours Of &C. over shell torn roads
The hospital steamer affords as much
I cleanliness and quiet as could be de-
vised on any moving object.
Madame Park believes the "autO-chir'