Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-18
Nothing Equals Buoyancy of
American Youth Says Surgeon

called into ugc. csouhlng and tr...
IInF IU lylt 'W4thlu two DAYS.
'tftIutUH. however. the French
'NHus nIt Eulur fu French hoaulllu
HN1 ATT Ihr American cases will ba
installed boo ihe regular wards
standing nt Attention.
Entering our of the wards with
American cases ihr wounded men
srr" sitting up removing thur
NNnunper Iu order that the diraclug
HurHrun mIEbt note tho prugroa.
Some uf them wore fHr enough on
tho road t1 recovery tu bp M and
dressed. and with suldlrrIy Instinct
thry stood rigiiy AZ attention ns
the chief surgeon entered Iut
every man ~ them. lu bed or
standing at attention. wns smiling
and apparently happy These uil.
INK faces gave no evidence uf pain.
and ~ five hundred eases visited
this morning only two complained
90 pain. When Inquiry was made
~ the head nurse aa tO this aba
henco Of pain among hundreds of
men with compound fractures and
ugly gaping wounds from Ahtapue ri
aud shell. she said there WIS COM
plratiyoly little pain after tho first
few days, and then only when tho
wound was handled
The youth of the Americans has a
lot io 90, said the surgeon. with thlH
choerfulness ana proof against pain
Most OF thu French poilus are older
mon, 35 and 40. with boards and
wrinkled faces. and -btsidos their
age this IL not their first experience
as wounded. NJ Il Is with the Amapl-
cans. Some of them have been
wounded three and four times before
and after successive reooverieH have
gone back TN the fighting line, This
iH what tends to war WEAKNESS, after
four years Of suoh business Rut with
their age and repeated wounds the
French faces are sull-lighted with
the firo of patriotism and the mex
hnuatlbie good nature OF tho French
poilu. The Americans have none of
tho drawbacks OF their French
brothers and hardly man Ia over 30
while most Of them are ~ and &c.
This gives buoYanoy which even
love ~ country can not supply. aud
tho doctors find IL more OF y tonic
aud restorative than all the nedi-
cines.
wants Ia GO Back
one OF the American marines who
was In tho fierce engagement early
In June had the remarkable record
pf 60 separate wounds. most OF them
small from splintern OF sheil. but
each separate wound needing atten-
uon. lie smiled with pride as the
surgeon spoke OF the unusual NUM-
bor OF his wounds Like all the
lthers he was anxious TO he up and
o get back 10 the fighting 10 seema
be a common Instinct. not thru
iravado, kAy the doctors, but a genu-
no expression OF red -blooded Amerl-
IAN youthfulncss and enthusiasm 20
ret back into the game, the most
'ateful game the world has ever
itnOwn.
hut the instinct TO be up and doing
Jocane veE real 10 tbs American
marine sioMd with Sb wounds. when
he chlof surgeon mentioned that
iwo holiday entertainments would be
given for the wounded,
Which would you prefer" said
he surgeon, the, afternoon tea or
Tho sparrlng matchY'
'"fhn sparring match, SIR every
time was the quick response
And so I, was arranged that the
man with 65 wounds should go 20
The spnrrinR match n was the same
With all the others Well enough 10
be about Most ~ them wanted the
sparring match, though a few chose
the afternoon tea on the hope of get
ting ice cream. They fairly beamod
nj the prospect OF an outing, II
would do them good. the surgeon
said. and any damage from fatigue
would be offset by the recreation.
Even those wounded with bone frae-
lures were 40 anxious TO take part In
tho exercise that some OF them had
their splints adjusted for moving
about and prepared for the day OF
outing