. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ations into action and estab-lished stations as near the firing-line as possible and usually ata sheltered point, with ready access from both front and the wounded resorted or were conveyed as the situationpermitted, had their wounds dressed, and were set aside orstarted for the field hospital, if able to walk. As soon as possible the ambulance corps came up andtook over the helpless wounded, freeing the regimental sur-geons and enabling them to accompany
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ations into action and estab-lished stations as near the firing-line as possible and usually ata sheltered point, with ready access from both front and the wounded resorted or were conveyed as the situationpermitted, had their wounds dressed, and were set aside orstarted for the field hospital, if able to walk. As soon as possible the ambulance corps came up andtook over the helpless wounded, freeing the regimental sur-geons and enabling them to accompany their organizations to LESSONSIN AMBULANCES It was only after a ^rciiLdeal of experimenting with vehicles of various types,l)olli two and four-wheeled,that the Rueker am-bulance was accepted to-ward the end of the war asthe final development. Itgave complete the accompanying pho-tograph appear types of thetwo- and four-wheeled am-bulances. The former weresoon found intolerable; theytransmitted every bumpand depression in the roadby a direct jolt to the suf-fering patient. One greatfault of the four-wheeled. unbulancei was their ex-cessive wejght i/i relation t<»their transportation capac-ity. The vehicle finallydeveloped was the proto-type of the unproved am-bulance now used in ourarmy. The lower photo-graph shows a section ofthe vast system of re-pairs. The tremendous im-portance of general hospi-tals was recognized by Con-gress in February, 1885, ingiving the rank of cohmdto department mrgeumhaving more than 4,000hospital beds under theircharge, and of lieutenant-colonel to those havingless than that number. THE MURDEROUS TWO-WHEELED AND MERCIFUL FOUR-WHEELED AMBULANCE
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