The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-08-29

agement In turn we have to deliver
short lectures on medical subjects to
the enlisted men and teach them the
military end Of the game.
Sanitary inspector.
At the present time Lam the SAM
tary inspector. In this position my
duties are numerous. / have to make
the rounds of the unit twice a day,
looking for bed bugs, inspecting shoes.
clothing, bedding, ice boxes. meat,
milk, all articles Of food. garbage cans
and make such corrections in SANTA
ton as / find necessary. We fight the
fly the same as we fight the germ.
We watch the cook and the cooking
to see that the men are given the pro
per food and that it is clean and pal
atable. Uncle Sam feeds his men
WELL
| Next week Il will be changed to
company commandant and will have
charge of the drill. The positions are
rotated so that we will have a little
lknOWledge OF eacn one.
| System Explained.
The base hospital is one of the links
in the chain between the front line
trenches and America. In the front
lime trenches you have the first aid
station, which is dugout in the
trench in charge of the company sur
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1.-The wounded are taken to this station.
1.-THE slightly wounded are dressed and
sent back to their stations in the
trench. The more seriously wounded
are taken out to the regimental dress
ing station, which is about one mile
behind the firing line. Here the
wounded are sorted and classified,
marked with tag giving the nature of
, the injury and the treatment. They
are dressed and IL not seriously
wounded returned to the trenches
, within a day or so. II serious they
! are sent back, to the field hospital,
, about five miles from the firing line
examined and recMssified, and then
. tagged. Thence they are sent by mo-
: ltor ambulance trains Is miles back to
1.-The evacuation hospital, which is the
clearing station. Here all the emery
ency surgery is done. Those that are
) not seriously wounded are kept for
+. few days and returned to the trenches.
The balance are distributed according
to the nature of their injury or sick
ness. Those requiring surgery and
! medical treatment are sent about Is
miles further back to the base hos
9 pital. The others-those suffering
u from nerve conditions such as gassng,
shell shock, ETC., and some operative
and fracture cases are sent to gem
= eral hospitals. At the base hospital
: the major surgery and the medical
cases are taken care of. In connec-
/ ton with the base hospital is the
= conyalescent hospital equipped to take
care of about 10000 cases. From the
base hospital they return to the
trenches or are sent to some general
hospital, which is usually at some
port of embarkation, from whence
they are shipped to a general hospital
in America. We have large general
hospital here which is being equipped
to care for very large number OF
patients. So you will see that l am
= in for a lot of work when orders come
for me to roll up by bedding and ira
y vel I am greatly pleased with the
: prospects of getting lot of medical
and surgical work when / reach
: France.
None But Americans on Guard.
The training for a medical man Is
= most excellent and we are all anxious
- ly, most anxiously awaiting the call to
. move. We want to be in the battle
: doing active war, and I have found
none here that are not thoroughly
American with an all-consuming de-
- sire to be at the Hun. 1t would not
= be wise for anyone around here to
= have any other feeling. You must be
= an American, every inch of you,
through and through to the core. and
they have a method of finding out just
N, what you are, and II you are not right
u up on the bit for America and all 1t
"a represents-lwell, it might be well for
n you to do a little travelling. Uncle
! Sam does not want any street corner
&c patriots. Right here we have a very
10 large allen detention camp and 1t al
fords us much pleasure to watch the
10 German prisoners walking, walking
n walking, back and forth with high
! wire fence, highly charged, surround
"a ing, and even secure additional pleas
80 lure in looking at the guards with ma :
n chine guns in the towers keeping
IN guard over the American citizen VINO
has turned traitor to his country But
n enough. have some real hard work
J. to do. My kindest regards to all my
N friends, and with best wishes Tor
. yourself, ! am
10 Sincerely yours,
II F. LEO QUIGIEY.
) SHORTAGE OF LEAD
| Lao REGIME ACUTE,