The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1917-07-14

Fut IN operation Onder the NoWtn-t
istrstIon Of the Red cross, Where
Manned Soldiers Can Be Restored 10
Their Former Usefulness.
No branch OF war relief work has
proved more important In Europe than
that done In the Reconstruction" hos
pitfalls far from the front In these
hospitals men suffering from bone
wounds and men with missing mem
bers are "reconstructed' and taught
useful trades 70 that they may not be
a burden 10 themselves or 10 the com
munity.
The United States will have three OF
these Reconstruction" hospitals ad
ministered under control OF the Red
Cross and the first OF these will be
opened late In August at Iselln. ". j.,
on q tract OF hand donated by Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles ID. Freeman. This site
Is ideal for the purpose. II rs situated
on high ground covered with woods
and pleasant fields
Here the convalescents will be re-
ceived and restored 10 their former
spheres OF usefulness or taught new
trades. Missing limbs will be replaced
by artificial ones and every effort made
to prove to them that their sacrifices
TO democracy have not been In vain
Can Accommodate 1000 Men.
Announcement OF the gift and OF the
plans for opening the hospital In made
by DIR. Fred II. Albee, who will be In
charge OF the work DIR. Albee's sue
cess in bone surgery makes him the
ideal head OF the institution, as be has
won fame for himself In the medical
profession by the practice OF this
branch OF surgery, made so necessary
by the war
The site Is on the Pennsylvania rail
road, and there between 500 and 1000
men can be accommodated, Or. Albee
says. The work OF restoring men to
the fullest possible use OF their limbs
or giving 20 them such substitutes as
they may be able 10 work with has be-
come second to none In war relief II
was the knowledge OF this need which
estate through DIR. Albee.
DIR. Albee went to France last year
and spent three months holding clinics
at various base hospitals. When he
returned he was the first 10 discover
that the Freeman estate was the ideal
place for such n reconstruction hospi-
tai. Army officers who have examined
ho adj, hs aeY 10 ~
that the big house might have been
built for hospital purposes, az not even
room will have TO be altered.
Artificial Limbs Made on Spot.
In the center OF the house Is
large hall, sixty-hve feet long and
thirty-nve feet wide, which runs up
two stories and is perfectly adapted
10 war purposes On the second floor
gallery runs about the hall with
many rooms opening from II. The
Y ray and operating rooms will be on
the second floor and are so convenient
ly arranged that they viii not have TO
be changed In the least
One OF the best features of the house
from a hospital point OF view is the
| piazza, which runs Tor lOO feet along
one side. The rooms OF the second
floor on that side open on 10 the piaz-
IA roof, which forms a balcony, and
\ the two levels will provide sufficient
accommodation for patients who are
well enough 10 be wheeled out into the
air and sunshine for part OF the day
/ In addition TO the house and bunga.
/ low wards there will be buildings
/ where braces and artificial limbs will
! be manufactured and n gymnasium In
which the men can slowly work their
strained muscles back 10 strength
! Also there will be a building in which
they can be taught trades for which
their condition may III them, so when
they 20 back into the world they will
be able 10 support themselves.