. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. one large,light tent the surgeons, enveloped in theirwhite coats, or bare-armed, are operating^where immediate o[)erations are necessar\.Behind the surgeon, ready now with theknife that he wants, now with a needle orligature or ft)rceps, is the operating orderlv. vSo near the Front you will not .see awoman. It is the man of the Royal .\rmvMedical Corps who does the work—the big,C|uick, dangerous work. The pictin-esquenurse, gentle of hand, will come later whenthe long hospital train has reached the basehosp
. Kitchener's army and the territorial forces, the full story of a great achievement ;. one large,light tent the surgeons, enveloped in theirwhite coats, or bare-armed, are operating^where immediate o[)erations are necessar\.Behind the surgeon, ready now with theknife that he wants, now with a needle orligature or ft)rceps, is the operating orderlv. vSo near the Front you will not .see awoman. It is the man of the Royal .\rmvMedical Corps who does the work—the big,C|uick, dangerous work. The pictin-esquenurse, gentle of hand, will come later whenthe long hospital train has reached the basehospital. It is the orderly who is the to be smitten, the orderlv who keepshis silent vigil throughout the night bv thedying on the field, the orderlv who super-intends the last sad rites of all. The women, too, have done their splendidshare. One would like to call them Kit-chener nurses; and, .so far as thev en-listed for the duration of the war only, thisdescription is an accurate one. The BritishRed Cross Society, which co-operated withthe throughout the war, and. COKPS AT ElSOM. 136 KitcJienej s A rmy
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