Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-02-12

tcifh the American Armv IN Franco
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
rHB FIELD, Jan. T.
American mothers, wives AMI sweet
ARTS can rest assured as to the medical
ID surgical care given their loved ones
khaki
An interview accorded your correspon-
mt today by the chief surgeon, United
ates army, discloses as near perfect
an organization as Is humanity possible
Beginning at the beginning and running
sequentially down the line, 1t reveals a
forethought, co-ordinated with executive
and professional ability. that makes with
out question for the best medical and
surgical organization ever undertaken by
an army in any war 1t means, there
fore. that the sick and wounded viii r.
ceive not only loving but intelligent
care, and that the proportion of lifN loss
from curable wounds and durable DIS
eases will be reduced to II minimum
First, there Is medical organization
attached to each regiment with a rcgi-
mental nflrmary for simple cases. There
Is also regimental surgeon and medi-
cal officer ranking as captain to each
battalion. To each division there Is
attached an ambulance company, hos.
pital corps and a division hospital for
first aid.
At THE BASE HOSPITALS
In action these work as one unit. Tho
gency station then taken ON stretchers
to an ambulance for TRANSPORTATION 10
an advance bosnita, some miles behind
the front. OneratIon. arc to he avoided
Mt this hospital unless the case abso-
lutelv demands a, yyhen the patient IL
abIe IN be moved or ~ he can be for
worded yi,hout danger nv pos,ponement
of operatlon. he Is sent 10 the rear by
division ambulance and railroad 10 a
base hosnitoI These are far enough be-
bInd the battIeIine 10 be considered all
most outside the army zone.
Tho MON In Charge NJ these base hos
r;t,Is nrn amonv tbe most eminent in
r,ed;c,i ana surgical nractice In the
! Irni,ed states Tbev rank os majors in
! tha IT,jto1 ctot,c reseryee with titles
| 30 dirortors In rem,tation +hev are in
| ternationaI bcinp specialists in their
| linns Of wort Tn some cases they have
| Iaft alpos, nrinceIv incomes for n
ma ,or's nav In one instance n certain
director reI,,mIished n practice that
brought him 5000 600 a year TO serve
bis country In n ma ior's uniform. and
sevorai nr b,e ,ssocIates were men who
/ earned from S5OOOO to S1UU,UUU yearly,
They are Drs. II. A. Hartc, Pennsyl-
yania uospital, PHILADELPHIA George l..
| Breyen and George W. Grille, Presby-
terian Hospital, New York: Harry Cush-
| ing, Boston; ID. A. Washburn. Massa-
| chusetts General Hospital; Samuel
| Lloyd, New York Post Graduate Hos
pital; c. J.. Gibson, New York Hospital ;
| Charles $. Peck, Roosevelt Hospital +,
! Angus Mclean, of Detroit: John w
Finley, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltl-
more; +. II. Murphy. St. Louis; NJ
Clinton. Buffalo: l. T. Miller. Pitts
burgh; 7. II. Clark. Youngstown, Ohio
II. V. Clark, Indianapolis; B. r. Shirley
| Yale Medical Hospital, and James f.
Flynn, st. Louis.
These men are all In France and on
! the Job. the bases being established and
'eady. The need at present Is for more
medical and surgical men OF minor rrepu-
tation, OF which there are many here,
but not sufficient for the lnilux OF
wounded that VIII come When wet get
definitely ana permanently III the line
AS 1t Is. no matter now great the num-
per or wounded may pe' they are as
sured or surgical ana meuicai attentlon
OF the highest srade throush the experts
named ana the atteh'ioh OF men Una,
no one at nome could employ unless az
high price tor operative purposes
LIBERAL. HOSPITAL PROVISIONS
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