Identifier: britainscivilian00bows (find matches)
Title: Britain's civilian volunteers;
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Bowser, Thekla. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Voluntary aid detachments World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, Moffat, Yard and company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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icant for officers of highrank to attend to, in order that our wounded menshall have every possible comfort. The men,themselves, are cheery beyond measure because,at last, they are in ^*Blighty. The stretcher-bearers work very hard and for long hours, andit is good to hear that they are relieved on Sun-days by V.A.D. men who are at work in the townall the week. **It is awfully good of them to give up theirSunday, said a regular orderly to me, *for Idont know what we should do without the rest.Of course when there is a rush on we cannot allget away, but anyhow these Sunday volunteersgive all of us a few hours off in turn. In England Hospital trains have only two tiersof beds, whereas in France they have three. Al-together those over here are smaller, carryingonly one Medical officer and two Sisters, insteadof three Medical officers and three Sisters. Sofar, I believe no women V.A.D. nurses are em-ployed on Hospital trains in England, but a greatnumber are now carried on Hospital ships.
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I—I o o 03 r—I.2 $1 03 o ojO Ph WOUNDED AT SOUTHAMPTON 41 The cruel loss of The Britannia showed thefine discipline of the entire staff, including a largenumber of men and women V.A.D. members. The Hospital trains in England have usuallybeen adapted from ordinary rolling-stock, butthey have special connecting corridors betweeneach carriage so that there is no jar on startingor stopping. On the train there is an operatingtheatre, where emergency operations can be per-formed if necessary, and where all the dressingsof *^walking cases are done. The cots in the train are extremely comfortableand well sprung. In many cases milk wagons havebeen utilised and serve excellently to accommo-date ten stretchers, which are put on trestles andare made up with mattresses. If movement islikely to injure a man his stretcher can be putstraight on to one of these trestles. The wagonsare painted white and look very bright and com-fortable, and as all carriages communicate withone another, the staff c

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