New-York tribune., 1919-02-26

less need of clinging together agains
a common foe. The French have
grown tired of the throngs of foreign
ers and wish to get back to their owr
life. The Americans feel the same
about getting back to their own life
at home. Impatient, they are apt tt
find fault with the French. Al Bor
deaux, however, there is very little
| friction.
| Excellent order is maintained in the
city. Last night | went out hunting
trouble and was unable to find sin.
gle drunken soldier. In fact, l have
not seen much intoxication anywhere
in Bordeaux.
Traffic Regulated
By Military Police
During the day the American. mill
tary police act as traffic "cops," at the
request of the French authorities
Street cars, taxis and donkey carts
stop at the shrill of the M.P's whistle
or the lifting of his hand. The MP's
put it over in very dignified manner,
and their commands are cheerfully
obeyed.
There also have been attempts to
regulate prices, with, l am told, some
degree of success.
The commanders of both the French
and the American forces have issued
orders to their men requiring still
greater courtesy each to the other
now that the war is over, and it seems
to me that outside of some loose talk
ing on the part of individuals the
American soldiers are generally OBJ
serving the order.
General Pershing to Inspect
Hospitals at Beaudesert
General Pershing tomorrow will in
spect the great American base and
evacuation hospital at Beaudesert, six
miles from here. They were getting
ready to-day to receive him when
visited the place. The Kitchens
wards, operating rooms and mess halls
were as neat as pins.
Beaudesert, until the present, has
not been the subject of criticism so
far as I know, and 1 am sure that it
would be entirely disappointing from
that standpoint There was a time
when things were not going we'll
during the Argonne fighting, when the
wounded were coming in too fast to be
given all the attention they needed.
But it has an able administrator in
the person of Lieutenant Colonel Jones,
who has built it up.
The hospital, which was to have
been made one of the four greatest in
time of the battles in the Argonne,
and at that time there were only two
hospital units established here.
AS consequence, when 10000
wounded and sick arrived, strain
was created which almost broke down
the personnel and equipment. But the
hospital personnel duplicated the
heroic work the fighting men were do
ing at the front, and pulled through.
So it always happens during big
offensive. SO it happened with the
French at Verdun and with the Brit
ish at the Somme.
Everything is running smoothly now
at Beaudesert. There are about 1000
patients, who get all the comforts and
attention they could get at any other
hospital. l found none to grumble
about living conditions The Red Cross
has here the finest huts l have seen
in France. That at Hospital Unit ia
has huge fireplace with easy chairs,
a billiard table and stage-a real
clubroom for the convalescents.
The evacuation hospital is kept full
III advance OF transport Salllngs.
About 1000 men have been sent out
in the past few days, and whenever
there is ship space available it is
promptly occupied.
Colonel Jones Not Worrying
About Going Homo
1t was once planned to make Beau
desert accommodate FROM 10000 to
10000 patients and personnel. The
men at present are housed in wood or
cement barracks, many of which are
now vacant. The hospital has a large
laundry that handles 100000 pieces
weekly.
A convenient feature is tnat hospital
trains pull directly into the central
area. There will be steadily diminish
ing numbers now going through the
evacuation hospital, until the last
units leave France.
found one man who is not wor-
rylng too much about when he can 90
home. He is Colonel Jones, who has
been in the army medical corps many
years. He said there was plenty to
keep him busy here for some time,
and was not counting on leaving until
all the boys in his care were we'll on
their way across the Atlantic.