The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-02-27

The January bulletin OF the Ma
tional Surgical Dressings committee,
OF which the Fargo French War Relief
association lisa branch, contains much
/ that is Of interest to all Red Cross
workers. Following is q letter from
Mrs. Austin, in charge i'm Paris, con-
tanning items which it cites 0s Tat
est news from Paris"
Our visitors and our orders late
~ have very we'll represented the Al
lied nations France, Of course, has
received the lions she re; Belgium has
received contributions: a hospital for
four thousand beds in Italy asked us
for anything on our lists, and we have
sent them a trifle over $4,000 dress =
ings in response; a distinguished
Russian officer came IN one Afternoon,
and WAS so interested that he stayed
about three hours, visiting all the de-
partmt and skiing many Iuos'
tons: two Serbian laGies came IN one
day, AMI inspected the whole depot
with a view of creating 9. similar
Ceurve to prepare and ship dressings
TO Serbia. and tEen,-a very inter
csting Development the American
orders.
MANY OF the American surgeons
now i'm France are caring for the
French wounded, since they are not
yet needed for our own troops. IIey
visit us constantly, inspecting the new
types Of dressings and binders IhAL
the war nas developed. and asking u5
to forward supplies. This we are per
fectly delighted to do. ,.,..
''Inasmuch as they are nursing me
French Il IL quite proper that lhty
should call upon this depot. lllelE
coming here and our being able 10
80 lUEfTHfEE
we'll the, cooperation Of the various
sections az the Red Cross, now Lla1
we are ell united under one head Inc
birpest order. whica we are ming at
Drespnt came from tue largest OF IN"
American base hospitals, now reauE
to receive the wounded -
"As regards what we need from
America-we are getting too many
flannel binders and IT. binders III
proportion to the dressings VIZ
suggest sending less Of them ah3
more of the gauze and COTTON 1IeSS
ings. the incontinent pads ana panu-
apes-aIways bandages in vast GUAM
IT think YOU will be pleased with
our October record-911, 634 dressings
sent to 392 hospitals. one hundred
and forty-two cases containing Loh-
g6Y dressings went to Neutchatedu
las; week. The work has expanded
SO fast that we have taken an eAtLa
floor here to convert into a LacIo[S
for making the front parcels LOT the
American army.
"The American branch Of the work
Is in full operation now, 70 my sIsoI
satisfaction. The models Tor tne tMo
branches. the American ana the Al
lied. must of necessity continue ~. -.
differ on a number or poinls -s out
everyone here realizes how tmpprltahI
n is that we. of the rue de 10 Ealsan-
derie. continue TO provide 70 IN
French and Belgian surgeons ~ ~
models which they prefer ana 70 which IIl III
they are accustomed. ..r,.w 80: ,.,.-,R
"CircumstanCes are. showing very
nlainIv that in the future We mpsI
allow for a much larger, perceen1ta se
of sinkinCs. Last year we lost pslL
cent but this year, though 4 canh1oI
-iy-e the figures, 1t is large enough 70
make MS feel very serious ABOUT T.
srbe vav to beat the y boats rs 20
cram through so much that the sllth-
49, Gro discounted. Then too, We
mist remember that once past t.le
TT-boats the danger is not over ina i .Ias
IN the German policy Of attacking tILT
Red Cross. A bomb in a. hosplIaA
near the front will wipe out dress
ings Datients. nurses and DOCTORS as
Us the case at Vadelaincourt
sThe story here at the rue u ~
for the last rev IiloI nus
has been chiefly the story Oh /" i''0N
of gauze by the piece.