. A report on a plan for transporting wounded soldiers by railway in time of war : with descriptions of various methods employed for this purpose on different occasions . Fig. 10.— Transverse Section of hospital carof the Army of the Oumherland. Pattern ofJ)rs. Cooper and Herrick. AND WOUNDED ON RAIL EOADS, 17 car is supported on trucks, witli elliptical steel springs, as is usual in passengercars, and, in addition, india-rubber springs are so arranged as to equalize themotion and deaden the jarring of the car. This is a very valuable improve-ment, and adds much to the comfort of the patients.
. A report on a plan for transporting wounded soldiers by railway in time of war : with descriptions of various methods employed for this purpose on different occasions . Fig. 10.— Transverse Section of hospital carof the Army of the Oumherland. Pattern ofJ)rs. Cooper and Herrick. AND WOUNDED ON RAIL EOADS, 17 car is supported on trucks, witli elliptical steel springs, as is usual in passengercars, and, in addition, india-rubber springs are so arranged as to equalize themotion and deaden the jarring of the car. This is a very valuable improve-ment, and adds much to the comfort of the patients. In the wards abovedescribed, the patients ride with much ease and every possible provision fortheir comfort, Figure 11 presents a reduced plan of one of these Fig. 11.—Horizontal plan of one of the hospital cars of the Army of the Cumberland. These cars were fitted up under the immediate supervision of MedicalDirector Cooper and of Suxgeon 0. 0. Herrick, 3-lth Illinois Volunteers. Thelatter was, at one time, in charge of one of the trains, and is officially reportedas having rendered signal service in devising expedients for facilitating the safetransport of wounded, and in promoting the organization and administration ofthe system. Greneral Thomas accorded the fullest authority to Medical DirectorCooper to select for the hospital trains the best locomotives and cars to be foundamong the rolling stock, and to have new cars fitted up whenever necessary,and caused to be detailed for the hospital service the most experienced con-ductors, engineers, and other employes of the several railway lines. MedicalDirector Cooper informs the reporter that the smoke-pipes of the locomotivesof the hospital trains were painted of a brilliant scarlet; the
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