Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-19
I Especial to Tho Timcs-Dispatch. !

Europe, OF the work in military relief
now being conducted and organized BY
the American Red Cross In France.
The report In part is as follows:
First OF all, the American Red Cross
stands ready as ] scmioiIicial Hoiun :
taiS body TO put its money, supplies
and organization at the call OF the
American army for Rcd Cross service,
at every point and ut any time, wher
ever and whenever. they can be of use.
1t organizes. cquips and turns over to
The government absolutely the hospital
units that arc employed in France.
This is done in the United States and
viii not be gone into here. It's mcdi
cal and surgical division in France acts
as an auxiliary to the medical depart
mont Of the United States Army. wrich
is charged with responsibility for the
sanitary and medical service OF the
troops in France. So also its United
States Army division acts as auxiliary
to the c&pcditionary force.
An army medical department, 10 do
Justice TO it's wounded. must be ready
10 care fer them within twelve hours
II must go to the wounded soldier, not
wait until the soldier is brought back.
This in modcrn war calls. with varia-
tons. for rcgimcntal dressing stations
as near as they can be brought to the
lines: field dressing stations from which
tho seriously wounded arc sent back
either TO movable field hospitals or
evacuatinS hospitals OF from 1000 to
LOO beds each twherc head. chest and
abdominal wounds must be operated
upon or you lose your mcn): and base
hospitals. to which the sick and
wounded arc removed as rapidly as
they safely can he transported
RED CROSS TANE;3 OVER
AMBULANCE SERVICE
In June tho Rcd Cross took over the
Norton- Iarjcs Ambulance Service. made
up OF five sections OF twenty ears each,
two men to a car and two officers to
each section; and between that time
and the date on which responsibility
for ambulance transport was taken
over by the American Army it organ
izcd. equipped and put in service eight
additional sections. Before disbandins.
the number of men had been brought
10 over 500. $50 Of them at the front
and the remainder in the training Camp.
Many Of these have since gone into
other branches of service. The COM
mand of the service was under Rich
ard Norton and the worn in the field,
often under trying conditions. was car
ricd on with nerve and csnrit de corps.
~ factors supplementary to army
equipment. the Rcd Cross. through its
United states Army division, has un-
deriakcn to place on the lines of
communication eighteen rest stations.
in which TO harbor soldiers who are
taken sick while being Transported
from tho port to the front, or vice
versa. Six arc in operation in exist
ing quarters. new barracks for seven
arc In course OF construction: con-
tracts for five others have been let
These rest stations are. each Of them.
made up OF two to four barracks. forty
to $50 feet long. They include iniirm-
aries. fully equipped with baths. wa
ter closets. laundrics. disinfcctors. anc
kitchens: diSpcnSarics. res; and rs,d
inS-rooms. dormitcrics with from FORTY
10 zoo beds. equipped with shower
baths and disinfcctors: and restaurants
ana rantccns capable in some case.
OF giving refreshments to 1000 mon
IN an hour The staff in each incIude
a manager. nurse. and several vol.
un'eer workers. Tho Red Cross is
constructing barracks also FOR such
n rest station and irffrmary at tho
principal American aviation or,,p i,
Frar1,c.
GUARDING SURROUNDINGS ~
TUE: AMERICAN ARMY ZONE
Forty dispensarias for the treatment
of the civil population in the Amc,i.
can army zone have been put In on
GRAFTON under the special senito-urin-
AIRY service OF the army medical 10
partm"nt y .nccial corps of army
PHYSICIANS has been assigned TO The
work, and Tie medical and surgical
divisions of the Red Cross supply tho
d'spensarics. nurses. motors and couin-
mcnt Each motor unit, made IN of
ono doctor and two nurses. is rcsnon-
sibic for several villages. routed mach
ike II rural mail delivery. In exam
ih,nE the zone ii was found that mos;
OF the doctors had been called on,
Of ci"il practice and gone into Tho
y rchch army. For example. i'm one 10
ciHtN. where there had been original
~ 1oo physicians. there are now ONLY
eighteen. and they are all from sly
tN-hHe to eighty years old. In lar.,
areas ihcrc arc 10 physicians what
ever. Where our troops are epcann
cd or in contact with the villages
these medical units will give general
medical care to the ncighhorinc. pco-
pie by district nursing and take the
place of the absent family practition-
ers. and they do this on the theory
that TO help the health Of tho peo-
pie Is to make the region a healthier
place for American troops. and so Is
OF very real concern to America. ,rb.
work is done in agreement with the
French military and civil authorities
and with the sanction of the syndi.
cate OF French physicians
wide range of mobile plants for
serving tho physical welfare of the SOL
dier have been investigated by The
American army division, and plans
blocked out for operating experimental
units under 4 ravitaillcmcnt service.
These include:
Portable Kitchens. to supply hot food
to the men in the trenches and 10 the
wounded at the postes dc sccours and
back OF the casualty clearing stations.
Portable ice plants TO supply hos
pitfalls with ice packs in cases Tor head
and abdominal wounds ard TO refriG-
crate hospital goods (France depends
for ice cnlire1y on 81 artificial nroductio1