. The American Red Cross in the great war . e in America, for the manufac-ture of nitrous oxide gas for the purpose of anaesthesiain cases where the patient was in too critical a state forether. The total normal capacity was over 25,000 gallonsa day. The hospital supply service, to both American and Frenchhospitals — and the latter are nearly 4000 in number —was very wide. It was operated by having agents call atthe various hospitals and obtain from them lists of neededarticles not regularly suppUed by the Army, such as specialsurgical instruments and apparatus, convalescent garments,bandages
. The American Red Cross in the great war . e in America, for the manufac-ture of nitrous oxide gas for the purpose of anaesthesiain cases where the patient was in too critical a state forether. The total normal capacity was over 25,000 gallonsa day. The hospital supply service, to both American and Frenchhospitals — and the latter are nearly 4000 in number —was very wide. It was operated by having agents call atthe various hospitals and obtain from them lists of neededarticles not regularly suppUed by the Army, such as specialsurgical instruments and apparatus, convalescent garments,bandages and sUngs for special operations. These weredeUvered from the Hospital Supply Service. There was adiet-kitchen service maintained to supply invalid foods forwounded men. Large stores of these foodstuffs were held inRed Cross warehouses, subject to requisition by the , in a way, were emergency contributions to thewounded mans welfare. The organization of base hospitals,of which the Red Cross furnished fifty to the Army Medical. ON THE BATTLEFRONT 145 Service, at a cost of over $2,000,000, was most fimdamentalin its character and value. The Mame fighting of July afforded striking illustrationof the importance of the Red Cross supply system in supple-menting the work of the Army hospitals. In one shipmentseven tons of surgical dressings and five tons of diet foodswere dispatched to the front for use in evacuation hospitalsfor American wounded. The Red Cross medical ofl&cersstorehouses and pharmacies were open and busy day andnight throughout the counter offensive. On July 18 thechief of the medical section arrived from the front andstarted back at three oclock the following morning witha load of emergency suppUes, includiag fifty gallons ofalcohol; 2000 doses of tetanus antitoxin; surgical instru-ments ; several gross of surgical needles; and dressings andoperating material of all kinds. There are no speed lawsin war, and the means that are quickest and nearest athan
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