Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-08-18
Sammics I'm Hospital In
France An Anxious 10 Get
Back 90 Firing Line.
HAVE COMFORTS OF HOME
Big French Ba Sc Has Been
Amcricanizcd and Hun
drcds Get Good Care.

/ FAIRS Nap 10 The fierce fFht.
/ Iur uf American troop. around CON
/ upu DnItrnu. .IuIcJN ana othci
coutrrr uf tho big enemy offensive
hus brought in iH train a sudden
! tuusluu uHIiuu and development in
| Tine great American miIIt('y hospital
Lac N,uiy Boo the rurH suburbs ana
others Ike 70 iu the suburbs of Au-
/ Ituul IOluNllc aud other points
which ore NOW BOO truth American in
HIuuuns not only FOO name fouudu'
/ ton HtIff and equipment bat lu that
grimm,st cl,mrut OF hospitals
work, wounded men American
wounded borne back from the fight
lur front
Tho AmrrIaanism ~ thrsc hos
puHla hlH proved timely blessing
tu the young American horoeS who
got ont ullEp from the furnace Of
tro. giving them American sur
ruuuIurs American surgeons and
NURSES their own language lu which
Go hear and rNprosE their cares
American food and something of that
spirit uf home which people uf the
smo blood curry across tho sea
The hir NcIilb- establishment has
| been taxed To- ~ utmost 20 meet this
rudd'n influx from the great offon-
siNr lts capacity was suddenly
swollen from 500 TO 1900 or 500,
with considerable part OF The ar
| rivals Americans rive hundred
cases arrived in a single day or the
juno fighting Most ~ them were
original cases. direct from the ticld
aud not Not operated on They had
| come iu hWhulanCes two days on the
road for there are NO railroads link
ing tho remote storm centers where
tho enemy strikes hiH surprise blows
I Hut great oH the emergency was. n
was succcHfully met and I'm tho first
call made upon % Go care for Amer
lean wounded the hiR American in
7ltuliun added another page 20 ~
I record NJ devoted service
Great Magnitude of Work.
At 10 o'clock this morning the a.
rcCting surgeon started on his daily
/ Inspection ~ the cases under his
A.. care, and going with him. one had
. Tho opportunity of seeing tho maKni-
! tude of this work tho smOothncss
with which II was proceeding. with
/ here and there glimpse Of the
American wounded marines. hrtil-
/ lrrymcn, infantry and machine gun
men Tho war surgeons with their
staffs ~ nurses had cared for the
cases through tho night and day.
and now the chief surgeon ~ tho SEQ
tion wna making his tour ia sec how
each case had proFresHed and 20 a.
rect the further course OF treatment
Ahead stretched tho long corri-
dor with cots filled with wounded
lining one side, while the wards
orouod from Tho 6Nhcr side The cor
ridor wHs hathed with sunshine from
the long row ~ windows. and many
OF the men had their windows open
htuH H sum bath one uf them had
the idea that the Hunshine~would be
n healing balm for his wound, and
the ugly opening In the left arm WIS
lald ont so as 10 Ket the fun slant
or tho sum There was little or no
odor NJ nuasthctica or drugs, such ns
ono lV apt to associate with hospitals
Everything WIS sorupulously clean
fnufs. wluduwH bed linen. women
were hi work making oycry nook and
corner Immaculate. cases ~ bright
flowers were on Hll the nurses tables
tl give an cir NJ cheer. and the
whole place had the stamp OF COM
fort
These corridors have had 10 he
used na wards during the heavy in
fluS NJ wounded from the big fights
OF early June. when every available
corner OF the building was suddenly