. The American Red Cross in the great war . rom lack of funds. Afterassuming responsibility for it, we arranged to leave it to beused by British privates until it was needed for Americansoldiers a few months later. There was a similar institutionat Lancaster gate in London for which was takenover with the same understanding. In this connection, it would be a mistake not to include Lodge in London. This house had been givenby an American for the duration of the war, together with agift of fifty thousand dollars for equipment, and was occupiedby British officers until the
. The American Red Cross in the great war . rom lack of funds. Afterassuming responsibility for it, we arranged to leave it to beused by British privates until it was needed for Americansoldiers a few months later. There was a similar institutionat Lancaster gate in London for which was takenover with the same understanding. In this connection, it would be a mistake not to include Lodge in London. This house had been givenby an American for the duration of the war, together with agift of fifty thousand dollars for equipment, and was occupiedby British officers until the American began coming backfrom the hard fighting of the late summer. It was con-ducted in conjunction with the famous British Orthopedichospital at Shephards Bush. By all odds the most impressive American Red Cross hos-pital in England was located at Salisbury Court, not farfrom Southampton. It was opened with about 400 beds,but had facilities for about three thousand more. It wasin the park of one of the most beautiful country estates in. GREAT BRITAIN 227 England, and had a mile of waterfront along the the Manor House oiu- Red Cross began buildingacres of hut wards, a separate isolation hospital, and largebuildings for the medical and surgical staff. And, as oftenis the case in England, there were trees of the great-grand-father type on this 186-acre estate, and from which, by theway, much of the heavy timber was taken for the hospitalbuildings. Well might a wounded soldier feel that he hadthe best chance in the world of convalescing successfully in ahospital situated in the lovehest of the Enghsh pictiu-e coun-try, with boating, fishing, fresh milk and eggs, and the prod-ucts of a 10-acre vegetable garden to tempt him back tohunger and health! In some ways, perhaps, the most pretentious of all theAmerican institutions in England was the Naval hospitalin Park Lane in London. Built by a South African dia-mond king, this big marble mansion occupied an entireblock
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