Year: 1870

Hsupitais-rhc Dead and OWNS.


Belgian correspondent OF the London TrseS
Excellent as the sanitary arrangements Of the
army are, even the largest number Of medical men
compatible with the limits OF military organism
would not suffice for the casualties OF last week.
when three battles are fought within six days, and
something like fifteen thou sand wounded are sud-
oenly thrown upon the hands OF the surgical staf
IL becomes matter OF sheer imp0ssibility 10 relieve
NECESSARILY incidental TO warfare must be aggravated
by the unavoidable neglect OF many brave fellow
who has Willingly gyen bis oe lroDsr and M mow lies
aid Not few instances NJ this deplorable neglect
seem 10 have occurred alter the sangunary encoun-
ters pear Metz. will give but one example. Oppo-
site the chapel OF st. Thiebauld some thirty sufferers
were seen lying on the bare ground on the 10th.
They had been wounded on the 10th, dressed on the
nth, but owing TO the immense press OF similar bus-
on hand II had been found impossible TO remove
them and get them under shelter by the morning Of
the 18th ON that day a new and more terrible battle
ensued, when the services OF surgeons and sick
bearers were urgently required IN different diree-
ton, and the poor victims OF the preceding en-
counter remained just where they were On the
morning Of the 18th the gent eman on whose autho-
found them In their original position, and as every
house In every village In the neighbOihoOd Mas
crowded with the dead and dying, ne had
no choice but 10 leave them In their
pitiable plight That many OF the sufferers
they receive is nevertheless true. owing 10 the
charitable exertiOns Of the ambulance corps, both
professionals and volunteers, thousands who must





with systematic energy Characteristic OF the Prus-
sian service. j happen TO know that whereas the
helpless heroes OF my story above We're still on the
ground the 10Th, others wounded in the same en-
gagement with themselves had on that day already
ptas there There is some dierence In the fate Of
these two patches OF men The chief difficulty
always consists in finding roof for the sufferers i'm
medatey after the battle is II their number is
large and II the towns or villages In the neighborhood
are small, what is TO be done But, supposing this
primary requisite OF roof can be satisfied, the rest
Is comparatively easy. The slightly wounded after
day or twos rest are sent home, TO be lodged In
one Of the many in6rmaries established for their
accommodation. A few days more and one por-
uon OF the severely wounded Is likewise ready for
of course, must be allowed 70 stay for some time
longer, until IL Is gradually removed either TO Ger
many or the better land Ever since the beginning
OF the war, continuous nov OF sick and MANNED
has been pouring into Germany from France. Some
steamers-steameTs that have had on board many
a gay company on tne autumnal days like these
are plying Oh the Rhine TO transport the worst
cases. Those less severely hurt are conveyed by
The OCCASION Still Others 90 In Ordinary trains sad
and groaning travellers, yet with the hopes OF re-
covery and perhaps another return TO quarters In
the last few days the influx OF these pale and worn
out tourists has become large as TO exhaust all
arrangements for their nursing Though there is
hardly q large town In which spacious hospitals
have not been opened for them and though In Ber-
lin, little city of wooden hats, with 1900 beds, was
specially constructed at the outbreak Of the war,
the demand for accommodation vastly exceeds the
supply. Evidently the carnage is much greater than
what we witness is worse. After yainIy endesyor
ing to meet the dreadful requirements OF fhe case,
the authorities have now appealed TO the citizens,
and entreated all married people 10 throw open
their houses and receive and tend those patients
who cannot be lodged In public Institutions. Ham
burg, Lubbock, aDdBremen have been the first to re-
spond to the call, having each OF them received 800
wounded into their best families. Other cities viii
follow, and In few days, do doubt, ample provision
will be made for any number OF victims that may yet
be supplied by the miraculous chassepot They Will
be cured, II cured they be, OF die carefully
tended, II die they must Bot who viii indemnity
the thousands doomed 70 life OF sickness, and
forthwith? Who viii maintain their famesT Who
will take care OF the hundred thousand orphans the
war is likely TO produce?