. The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908 . for conveying the patients from the ship to the shore,except in small launches and sampans. Water Supply.—The water supplied for drinking is condensedon board. (B) Yokohama Maru. The Yokohama Maru is very similar in equipment tothe Hakuai Maru, but there are the following points ofdifference :— (1) The first-class cabins are as in the Hakuai Maru, butthe saloon, off which they open, is converted into a ward fullyoccupied by cots
. The Russo-Japanese war : medical and sanitary reports from officers attached to the Japanese and Russian forces in the field, General staff, War office, April 1908 . for conveying the patients from the ship to the shore,except in small launches and sampans. Water Supply.—The water supplied for drinking is condensedon board. (B) Yokohama Maru. The Yokohama Maru is very similar in equipment tothe Hakuai Maru, but there are the following points ofdifference :— (1) The first-class cabins are as in the Hakuai Maru, butthe saloon, off which they open, is converted into a ward fullyoccupied by cots, in two tiers. (2) The cots throughout, except those in the cabins, whichare the usual cabin cots, are improvised wooden cots of plaindeal. They are arranged in blocks of one upper and one lowerberth each, but the blocks are closely packed together, beingonly some 6 inches or so apart, except where a passage alongthe deck is required. The lower berth is only two or three inches from the deck,and the upper berth is rested on cross bars which can bewithdrawn and the berth removed, thus converting thearrangement into that of single berths only, when The above rough sketch may help to give some idea of thearrangement. The supports marked (a) of the upper cots can be slippedout of the wooden stanchions, and the upper cot removedaltogether. 327 RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR. (3) More of the deck space has been converted into wardsthan on the Hakuai Maru, the several wards being asfollows:— (a) Officers Ward. The first-class cabins already noted. (b) Main deck wards :— 1. The saloon. 2. The main deck compartment forward of the engines. 3. The compartment forward of this, which is occupied by two four-berth cabins for contagious diseaseamong officers, and by commode room, disinfectantsink, bathroom and for the contagiouswards. (c) Lower deck wards :— J. The starboard side of the lower deck, below thesaloon ward, is used as a ward; the port sidebeing partitioned off, as
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