New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1917-08-31
HOSPITALS
"A PART OF WAR
age Of Damaged Instruments
Goes Merrily On

Nspondence Of the Asso. Press.)
hind British lines in France,
st 15.-In war the question of
/ lsge of material Is second only to
of men. Armaments become
n " unserviceable through old
ma casualties, the big gun most
/. For gun casualties regular
n OF hospitals exists.
) first aid station is in the bat
itself. where, much as q medical
" keeps a supply of medicine
5andages, trained artif1cer keeps
ply of tools and spare parts. He
Heal with any trifling accident
may occur, or replace any small
chat may be broken. The mod
un or howitzer is a complicated
Of mechanism, requiring con-
are to be obtained. This atten-
he artiflcer supplies.
! should the gun develop a COM
beyond the powers of his tools
/ aify, or should an unlucky splin-
! .shell wound 1t in some vulner-
art, its removal to the hospital
- necessary. Gun hospitals
Vorkshops, wonderfully organ
. deal with the work that falls
Ar lot, and stated by skilled men
u ordnance corps. These work.
are graded according to mobil-
nd arc all. capable of more or
, ap&d transfer from one point to
Or. They are styled light,
I'm. or heavy, according to their
S.of movement and their capac-
II dealing with work requiring
or heavy tool
Mobile Workshops. d.
light, ordnance mobile work.
! to give 1t Its full title, is self
he'd upon two or three motor
in4sniously arranged. The
Of tho lorries carries light lathes
ri1ling machines. driven by cleo
transmission from the engine Of
utomobile, light being, furnished
the same source. The trucks
nike ordinary closed motor cars
travelling, but on duty the sides
) vans drop down to form plat
around the machinery. and
nteriors are 7 transformed into
IL hives Of activity. The ca
Z Is limited to the work that can
.ndled on the comparatively
tools, that they carry.
next stage is Medium Mobile
shop" This is no longer self
ined on motor trucks, ready to
r up and be off at a moment. It
Is machinery that must be I'M
d and installed in some convent
he'd. The whole is transported
otor trucks, but the work is not
ia in in the trucks. There Is q
act oil engine and dynamo. to be
/ down to a hastily constructed
tation. There are lathes. milling
Ines, every sort. of machine tool
il to be found in a general en-
ring shop. The whole concern
res about two days to set up and
n running order. Nearly every
except certain intricate repairs,
10 performed here, and it is rare
.cessary for a wounded gun to
ed any further.
For "Mortally Wounded"
t, for the accommodation Of real
d cases, there are a few Heavy
lie Workshops" where anything
Is susceptible Of repair may be
with. These are equipped not
with heavier machinery than the
UNI Workshops, but with elabor-
additional machinery for special
/. In addition to the big ma
shop, there pattern-making
8. wheeler's shops, a foundry, air
,ressors, and every sort Of device
1pply the needs Of an army that
s with highly scientific weapons.
whole OUTFIT is Constructed 30 that
ay be taken down and packed
trucks drawn by great tractor
aes.
le whole system is miracle OF
nization for a war which. al
eh at present mainly one Of posi-
may at any moment develop into
of movement. Everything, work
IS included. must be ready to fol-
up an advance. Provision of ma
g shops at fixed points might
! the conditions of trench war
but they would become useless
1e line of battle left them behind.
Sun hospitals, like the Field Am
noes and Casualty Clearing Sta
!, are fashioned upon plan that
Ms Of ready movement.
1ere remains the case of the gun
through long and honorable SER
is worn out. 1t is removed from
battery, to be replaced by one OF
lmber that lie in readiness at one
he gun parks behind the line, and
AIKEN back to an arsenal to be re-
t. The inner tube, whose rifine
ONE cases is worn nearly smooth
emoved and another inserted il
btead, after which the gun is ready
AXE it's place once more in the EN-.
ements Of an active battery.
OWNSHIP CHANGES HANDS.
lincoln, N. H. Aug. 31.-Almos