Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-11-25

Of the men at the base, received by
Mrs. Edward Martin chairman of the
University Hospital welfare committee,
indicated that this number might be
Increased to $500.
OF course we could not cope with
the situation" said the writer, one of
the enlisted men who had been detailed
To write a community letter" telling
OF the hospital's work. "without the help
or the conValescents.
II wish you could look in on Chatel
fuNon,' the writer continued, and see
the daily routine. as I am sure il would
he interesting and surprising. You would
see boys doing jobs that three months
ago were as foreign to them as honor
Is to Germany, and performing their
tasks with good results and rejecting
credit upon themselves
Just imagine our boys cooking in
not kitchens. moppng floors, doing
plumbing and painting. all kinds of
hospital work. and. last but not least
shoveling soft coal from cars every day
/ When the coal beavers finish at night
: You can see nothing but their eyes. and
/ must say that despite the many irk.
som" tasks they are assigned the spirit
OF the men is Commendable. OF course
W" are all anxious to get to the front
nm" and receive our baptism of fire
ana take our chances with the boys
/ VINO are giving their all lest democracy
ShonId perish. but still We all under.
stand that the only way to bring the
war 10 n successful conclusion Is to dc
IN" duty at hand cheerfully.
Red Cross Train
Another interesting feature Is th
arrival Of a Red Cross train of wound
td. The commanding officer will re
'eiNe telegram stating the time to eX
pert II. which is generally about a. m
| The train is built on the lines of on
Pullman cars at home. only mucl
brighter and cooler. and is well equippc,
to carry its load of about 500 cases com
fOrtably.
"Whcn it pulls in all our ambulance
and trucks are lined up outside the sta
tion and about forty stretcher-bearer
IN line with litters and blankets. Th
Red cross women stationed here tax
their places with baskets of cigarette
land articles which will give comfort /
II" wounded. while our chaplain gOc
through the train cheering the boy
who need cheer most.
The commanding officer. iOr PieI
sol, and several assistants board tn
train at the station nearest Chatc
uIt tSHbSt Iit Eases anu lhs tdCIl llltt
with the name of the hospital buildin
that cares for his particular ailmen
The minute the train arrives we stal
unloading. The observation-disclosures boar
the train. look at the mans slip an
, take him to the unloading platform.
, The loading platform. where the an
balances are loaded, is divided int
stalls. and each stall marked with IN
i name of one of our hospitals, so II
stretCher-bearer places his case in til
r slall corresponding with his slip, Tncl
are two men in each stall, and the!
together with the driver of the ambl
lance and his assistant load prompt!
, and no case is in the stall more than
minute.
"A colonel from the medical headqual
ters made a general inspection of Bas
No. 90 Its personnel and equipment an
watched us unload a train of WOUNDED
: He pronounced the hospital and equiv
, ment Al and the personnel 100 pc
| cent efficient. He commenteH in pa
ticular upon the careful manner
which the patients were handled. an
l really it is so at all times, as the me
do no; handle them mechanically. bt
: mix little of the milk of human kin'
t ness and sympathy with their work"