The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16

| Ine TWO American surgeons started
operating at 1880 and were at it at
| 3 in the morning. Wei say "we"l
because everyone had to do his bit
performed seven major operations,
and every one successful.
Only one set of instruments had
been left behind, and as there wasn't
time to sterilize them by boiling each
time, we had to pour alcohol overl
them Six candles stuc in their own
wax TO board furnished the only
light for the surgeons. | held the
board. AS they worked l moved It'll
around so they might have the most
light on the probing or setting or
sewing or whatever there was to be |
done Three of the operations were
trephanning of the skull Another of
the soldiers had fifty-nine pieces of
shell in him And everyone was To-
Gated and taken out by candle light. |
1t was busy night Luckily at mid
night another American surgeon ar-I
rived and relieved at the operating
table. The worst part of it was that
ether knocked out most of the driv-
ers; so that at last there were only
two of us left to bear a hand.
Hospital Evacuated
In the morning we evacuated the
hospital taking the wounded TO c.
where there were ample facilities.
Then we were out right to work
getting out OF town the refugees who
had accumulated there for several
days. C-was subject to air raids
every clear night, so we had to sleep
in the cellar of the great chateau.
The bombs bursting about the place
made rest almost impossible.
When the last of the refugees had
been transferred to neighboring
railway station, word came that the
Germans had dropped 24O on the
train at r.. a few kilometers away.
So we hustled two camions over
there and found four men killed and
) wounded.
For two or three days we were
again caring for refugees who were
streaming toward the haven of Paris
by the thousands.
In Hot Corner
Soon, the trucks were ordered to
swing northward to s. The French
had been there, but had retreated to
straighten out their line. Germans be-
gan. shelling the place, finally driving
out the entire civilian population. 1t
then became such a hot corner that :
it was no longer billeting area for :
troops, and army camions were not :
allowed to pass through the city But
there was Red Cross staff on the :
job therel :
The task now was to get out the :
staff and all the supplies possible :
from the Red Cross hospital there. :
We went up with three camions and :
rs we entered the city saw three :
Dig German sausage balloon watch :,
ng the place and directing the gun
ire. Soon the shells began dropping =
bout us, The sausages had seen us. t,
The Red Cross warehouse was in ii
he chapel of the big seminary; and
While we were at work loading up, a
hells from the 24O's came scream t;
ng in. One banged through house ].
irectly across the street and made
puff of dust of it, but down in the a
ourt yard we were protected from oi
he flying pieces Others landed about &c
towering us, however, and one of eI
ur men was grazed by fragment, is
ut we kept at it. making trip after OF
rip, and when the last load left late bt
4 the Afternoon we had taken 200 GO
ons of precious supplies out of that or
-arehouse and stored them safely TX
ehind our lines