The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-08-19
BASE HOSPITAL
LITTLE AMERICA
FOR YANKEES
Cooking is Of Kind They Enjoy
and Home Surroundings are
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. TAXED TO ITS UTMOST
Big Institution at Neuilly Has
Capacity Of 1900 to $500
Patients }.

Paris, July 19.-The fierce fighting
of American troops around Cantigny,
Chateau -Thierry and other centers of
the big enemy offensive has brought
in its train sudden transformation
and development In the great Ameri-
can military hospital at Neuilly in the
Paris suburbs and others like it in
the suburbs of Auteuil, Joinvile and
other points, which are now in truth
American institutions not only in
name, foundation, staff and equip
ment, but in that grimmest element
of hospitals work, wounded men
American wounded, borne back from
the fighting front. .l.t.'.
The Americanism of these hospitals
has proved a timely blessing to the
young American heroes who got out
alive from the furnace of fire, giving
them American surroundings, Ameri-
can surgeons and nurses, their own
lnguage In which to hear and express
their cares, American food, and some
thing of that spirit of home which
people of the same blood carry across
the sea. a. "n.
The big Neuilly establishment has
been taxed to its utmost to meet this
sudden influx from the great offensive.
It's capacity ws suddenly swollen from
500 to / 200 or 1,50O with a consider
able. part of the arrivals Americas.
Five hundred cases arrived in single
day of the June fighting. Most of
them were original cases, direct from
the field and not yet operated on.
They had come in ambulances, two
days on the road, TO rthere are no
railroads linking the remote storm
centers, where the enemy strikes his
surprise blows. But great as the
emergency was, it was successfully
met, and in the first call made upon
it to care for American wounded the
|big American institution added an
other page to It's record of devoted
service.
At. 10 O'Clock this mornig the di-
recting surgeon started on his daily
inspection of the cases under his care,
and going with him, one had the op-
portunity of seeing the magnitude Of
this work, the smoothness with which
it was proceeding, with here and there
glimpre of the American wounded
marines, artillerymen, infantry and
machine gun men. The war surgeons
with their staff of nurses had cared
for the cases through the night and
; day, and now the chief surgeon OF
the section was making is tour to see
how each case had progressed and to
direct the further course of treatment.
Ahead stretched the long corridor,
with cots filled with wounded lining
one side, while the wards opened from
the other side. The corridor was
bathed with sunshine from the long
row of windows, and many of the men
had their windows open taking a sun
bath. One of them had the idea that
the sunshine would be healing balm
for his wound, and the ugly opening
in the left arm was laid out so as to
get the full slant of the sun. There
was little or no odor Of anaesthetics
or drugs, such as one is apt to associ-
ate with hospitals. Everything was
scrupulously clean, floors, windows,
and bed linen. Women were at work
making every nook and corner i'm
maculate; cases of bright flowers were
on all the nurses tables to give an
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