Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-10-10
RED CROSS DOES THE WORK
American Women In England Carry on
Vast Aid for Wounded Con-
yaIesoents to Reeuperate Amid
Pleasant Surroundings

1utOUtuu AAtlAlSlOh NHdl EtunNE NfACA
almost hidden by the tall eims OF the
Southampton road and is said to have
been one of the favcrite hunting boxes
Of the first King Charles. has been
converted into a hospital for 5000
Americans by the American Red
Cross.
The work of the latter organization
now comprises more than twenty de-
partments, and is carried out by Amer
lean women who were residents Of
Great Britain before the war, many
of them the wives Of Englishmen and
the others wives of relatives of Amer
leans In business I'm this country.
Mrs. whitelaw Reid, widow of the
! former American ambassador to Great
Britain. was a pioneer In the work of
the American Red Cross In this coun-
try.
The American Red Cross has pro-
! vided a number Of hospitals In Great
Britain. some Of them established be-
fore America entered The war, for the
use of the British wounded; others es-
/, tablished since that time for the ac-
commodation of both British and
Americans.
One Of the Best.
One Of the finest Is the Mossley Hill
hospital at Liverpool, which is stated
by American army doctors and nurses
under Maj. lido ]. wilo. formerly pro-
fessor Of surgery In the University of
Michigan. Another American hospital
de luxe In London Is the new naval
hospital on Park lane. which occupies
| Aldford house. the home Of Capt.
Frederick Guest, M. p. who placed It
at the disposal of the Red Cross.
There are several other American
hospitals In London. notably the Lam
caster Gate hospital for officers and
American Hospital No. "a, given by
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Chester Beatty Of
| New York. But the largest Of all the
American hospitals In Great Britain
Is that at Salisbury court.
No more ideal spot for the purpose
could be imagined. Standing in a
great park Of 158 acres of thlckly-
wooded coverts and gently undulat-
ing pasture lands the grounds dip
down to a half-mile frontage along
Southampton waters.
Already the woodland acres of the
estate are r~ssounding with ak and saw
and several hundred trees have been
selected to furnish the heavier TIM
Der and joists for the hospital build
ings. With the Manor house as apex.
these cover over ten acres Of frame
hutments.
The contracts signed by the Red
Cross provided for the opening Of the
hospital with about 400 beds available
in six weeks from the time the work
started.
Tents TO House Sick.
During the plepseat English sum-
.ner these tent SFiii be very COM
Portable and agreeable, and long pc
fore the first chilly weather of autumn
comes the frame b. wards, steam
heated. will be ready. It is possible
that some of the tents " q retained
for the use of cccHTySSiescents or for
overflow riarposes in the event Of a
big offensive on the northern part Of
the western front.
The hospital will have its own cleo
tric lighting plant and water supply.
There will be probably a double sys-
tenn of water supply, water from the
river being used for ordinary purposes.
while special distilled or spring water
will be used for drinking purposes and
In the kitchens and operating rooms
The Manor house, which will be the
central building of the Salisbury hos
J pital, is a large and handsome build
ing of what Englishmen call modern
construction. inasmuch as 1t dates
back only 35 years.
The house contains about fifty
rooms, and more than half of these
are large enough to be available for
use as wards containing from six to
10 beds each. The great entrance hall
is easily the feature Of the interior.
1t is as large as many an American
church, open to the roof. and with a
balcony or gallery running all the way
around 1t.
The ambulance which will bring the
American wounded from the piers at
Southampton Will approach the hos
pital by a long carriage drive through
picturesque woodland and well-kept
lawns.
The convalescent soldier will find
several miles of sunny or shaded
| walks without going outside the hos
| pital grounds. Strolling northwardhe
will cross a broad meadow and a lit
tie patch of woods to the hospital pig
gerry and chicken farm, and just be-
low this he will come to the boat
house and the jetty. where he may
dangle his legs just above the water
and sit fshpole In hand. with good
prospects of a profitable catch. If
he chooses to stroll northward from
the main hospital buildings he will
find the forest denser and wider. and
at the other side of the forest he will,
come to the hospital vegetable gar