Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . ed forty minutes. Every ship had somethingto say with its guns and kept up an incessant maneuver-ing at close quarters. But there was no disorder, AHwere calm and quiet and manifested the greatestinterest in the struggle that was being staged. It wastheir first experience under fire and was to be the lastfor a great many of them. As the firing ceased, theFrench airplanes came out bringing a welcome and the * Colliers Weekly, October 20th, 1917. t We had stopped in mid-ocean to tak
Base Hospital No9, : a history of the work of the New York hospital unit during two years of active service . ed forty minutes. Every ship had somethingto say with its guns and kept up an incessant maneuver-ing at close quarters. But there was no disorder, AHwere calm and quiet and manifested the greatestinterest in the struggle that was being staged. It wastheir first experience under fire and was to be the lastfor a great many of them. As the firing ceased, theFrench airplanes came out bringing a welcome and the * Colliers Weekly, October 20th, 1917. t We had stopped in mid-ocean to take on extra help from theMontana. BASE HOSPITAL NO. 9, A. E. F. 43 assurance of safety. We were told that our ship wascredited with one submarine and the destroyer thatdropped the depth bomb got the other. How manythere were off Belle He that morning nobody writer in the Nine Times says the air was full ofthem. We landed that afternoon (August 20th, 1917) atSt. Nazaire, France, and the next day proceeded toSavenay, where we were quartered with Base HospitalNo. 8, better known as the Post Graduate Unit,. 44 CHAPTER IV. Savenay. Savenay was a quiet Brittany town when the twoNew York City Units, Base Hospitals No, 8 and No. 9arrived there on that August day. One year later, itwas to be the biggest medical center in France. Otherhospital units were to be located there and a largenumber of sick and wounded men were to pass thatway on their journey to America. The three stonebuildings which had been a normal school were simplyto be the beginning of the work, which in a few monthswould be surrounded by a city of modern barracks,—acity which would have all the modern conveniences andappliances. But Base Hospital No, 9 was not to be locatedthere. Major Gibson said good-bye to us on theFinland and started for Paris to see the Chief a few days he sent back word that we were to moveon and that Base Hospital No, 8 was to start the workat Savenay. We were delighted becaus
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