Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-15
BIG j. S. HOSPITAL
OPENS IN ENGLAND
Located at Portsmouth, Play
ground and Beauty Spot
of Great Britain.
EIGHTEEN HOURS FROM FRONT
Hundreds of Soldiers Will Be
Brought There for Convalesc-
ing and Delicate Operations.
ny WILLIAM j. BUTLER.

PORTSMOUTH. September IL
Portsmouth. the playsround and
coming Americanizcd. From the
stccple of the great city hall the Stars
side by side. Its principal buildings.
residences and streets bcdcckcd with
flags, this great English port is arr
raycd in gala Yankee doodle" fashion.
Like great American holiday is
downtown Portsmouth on SATURDAY.
night. The blue of American jackics.
and fEhting subs and tho KHAKI OF
Sammies bound for somewhere in
Franc" ri:ngle with the crowds OF
English Tommies, sailors and civilians
Here and there are crowds OF .tmcri-
can nurses, easily distinguishable ny
their natty blue uniforms and velour
STAFF Of the greatest American hospital
in Europe On the outskirts of the
.own on q great bluff overlooking the
sea the great ACCORDED American hos
pital has just been thrown open.
/, is only eighteen hours from the
French front. and hundreds of Sammies
for delicate operations and for con-
valescing. |: as formerly the Milton
Mental Eosp.tal. owned by the city OF
Portsmouth. II has been leased 10 the
American government FOR the duration
ot the var
stated bv physicians and nurses
.inc-covored hospital buildings lie
half mile or so from the main publlcc
read: hr .h by great hedges and
hospital is hani:ed on both sides by
vori-o o,or"d flower gardens.
A beautiful villa has been converted
while TIE large general building -
usel fer wonndcd privates and noncon-
missioncd officers. There are villas
pitai's STAFF officers.
LARGE TRACT or LAND
WILL BE CULTIVATED
7 The rear 81 the large tract of land
several acres have been set apart as
farm. There are pigs, chickens. cows,
orchards arl 2arocnS which Will pro-
vide practically all the food for the
hospital
As recreation from the nerve-trylng
work daily in the wards and operat
ing rooms some OF the nurses. cspe-
cialIy those reared on farms. plan 10
NIX thc COWS evenings, iheN said.
There's stage for amateur theatre
calls. an auditorium which can be con-
verted into dance hall. and tennis
courts also.
T'ae hospital grounds cover more
than mile and Il half square, and
there are numerous buildings. includ.,
buildings. general buildings and villas.
Universal Service learns that. due TO
the barbarism OF the Huns in raidinS
hospitals in France. America hereafter
Will build little or no large base hos
pitfalls for this purpose. Besides this
large institution in Portsmouth, an
Central England and others are
planned.
For months several American Red
Cross hospitals have been operating
in London and throughout England.
Former American women who have
married Englishmen have converted
their mansions and country estates
into American hospitals. AS the United
states gets into the war more and
more and as their casualties mount
higher and higher. more or these hos
pitfalls will be opened in England.
Great Britain surely is TO be the sam
mics BliShty.
Benches around the parks and pun
labeled, For Sammies and Tommics."
labelled. For SammieS and Tommics,
For Wounded Only"