Evening star., 1919-03-24

stventy-two hours. or sometimes a
week, dependent upon the nature of
the cases. We were kept busy with
severe cases being brought in from
the front. and therefore had no time
to pay the at ention to the boys that
We would have liked.
Wat AMI Cigarettes.
The boys in the hospital asked fire.
queEtt: for water and cigarettes.
They had been 81 rhe from so long
aRd had not had the opportunity to
OBTAIN water when they wanted it,
Then also, they " re somewhat weak
from 'he operations
The cigarette was boon to these
boys Writhing IN agony, they smoked
aH3 ClulvheG frYerishly at the bed
clothing. But through it all there was
never word ii paint.
1T was refreshing and JOY to
watch the exp eSSions ON their faces
when they frs realized that they
were in bed and between sheets. A
smile spread over their faces, and
they gently tucked the sheets about
them a. = said in a satisfied voice: oh.
boy, this is the life! Oh, you bed!
Nurse, don't wake me-.
Miss McNey went overseas with q
casual unit of the Red Cross, and was,
loaned 20 the Yale mobile hospitaF
unit af er she arrived in France TheS
doctors and surEeors and sixty-five
enlisted men in its personnel 1t had
several operating outfits and an N-rav
outfit, together with other necessary
equipment The entire outfit was mo-
tor equipped.
From April until June of last year
the unit was at Aulnois in the Toul
sector, and moved from there to the
st. Mihiel sector in preparation for
the big allied drive. In the St Mihiel
q
front of Mont Sec. Miss McVey saw a
number of air combats between the
enemy and American planes within
view of the hospital and witnessed
the fall of five planes.
Germans Poor Marksmen.
Miss Mcvey has little respect for
German craftsmanship. She declSRed
that in the st. Mihiel sector the Ger
mans showed this failing. At Sorcy
there was a bridgehead which led to
Paris. For days the huns artillery
tried to get the range of the bridge
but failed.
She said that the accomplishments
in surgery were wonderful Because
Of the nature of the work, together
with the ability of the surgeons.
chances were taken that never would
have been given a thought at home.
The men were brought in usually in
bad shape; those in such condit that
they could go to the next base were
sent along. Some Of the cases looked
hopeless. but the surgeons decided
that 1t would do no harm to take
chance, and oftentires their attempts
to save the men were successful.
'In one case, a boy had had his
trachea severed and part of the front
of his throat blown away by shrapnel.
The case looked hopeless. There was
So much interest in the case, coupled
with the fact that the rush had died
out slightly. that the surgeons en-
deavored to take a chance to see If
they could save the boy. They fixed
him up and today he is in the states
and living. The treatment received at
the hospital saved his life. A tube
was connected with his aesophagus
and they opened up his stomach. thus
being able to feed him. He respond
ed to the treatment
Remarkable also were the accom-
plishments of the surgeons in abdom-
inal and lung cases. There were many
cases of lung wounds. The surgeons
operated, removing the shrapneI and
foreign matter, sewing up the wound
and making the boys well. In abdom-
inal cases also there were marvels
performed"
Miss McVey declared that the unit
in one instance was ordered to move
from Aulnois to Chailions. about
twenty miles distant, in preparation
for the drive on Metz. One had been
planned for November Is. The unit
started to move on a Thursday after
noon and on Saturday morning Chail-
Ions already had been reached and
the outfit was ready for business.