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![Instructor Army Hospital Corps,' and printed in tlie Journal of tlie Roval U.S. Institution, vol. xx., No. 88, p. 658. Regimental bearers, note 4, page 4.34. 'Journal of tlie Royal U.S. Institution,' vol xx., 1876, p. 682, A7-m badffe of the Priissian auxiliary hearers, note 5, page 4-34. As these men only acted in tlie capacity of bearers during or after battles Tvliile at other times they were engaged in ordinary military duties, it was cer- tainly contrary to the spirit of the Geneva Convention for them to wear the white brassard with the red cross. Numerous complaints of this misapplication of the brassard were made on the French side during the Franco-German War. These allegations led to the following ordinance by the Emperor of Germany :— ' From trusty representations made to us, we command, as a modification of § 7, of The instructions for the Sanitary Service of the Army in the Field, of Apiil 29, 1869,—that in future the auxiliary sick-bearers of the troops shall wear on the left upper arm a red band, instead of the white band with a red cross. The War Ministry will carry out the fm-ther details of this command. (Signed) Whltam. 'Berhn, June 6, 1872. V. Roon.' Army hospital corps, note 6, page 439. An account of this corps, its history, its present organisation, and the course of training imdergone by the men composing it, may be found in the following works :—' Treatise on the Transport of Sick and Wounded Troops,' pp. 39-^6, for the history and constitution of the corps up to the year 1869; and ' Regula- tions for the Army Hospital Corps,' issued with Army Circular dated July 1, 1876, for its present constitution and regulations. The manner in which they are instructed to perform their duties in reference to attendance on the sick and wounded in hospital, to first assistance and transport of wounded in the field, and to field-hospitals, are plainly shown in the excellent pocket ' Manual of Instructions for Non-Corn. Officers and Men of the Army Hospital Corps,' vn-itten by Surgeon-Major A. Moffitt, former Instructor of the Corps, and issued by War OSice authority in July, 1875. Servants to medical officers, note 7, ]yage 442. The condition of surgeons on general duty in the field has hitherto contrasted unfavourably, as regards personal care and comfort, with that of the surgeons attached to regiments. The latter have had the advantage of a share of the attention which all officers of reo^iments receive. They have never been in any difficulty as regards servants, so that their personal wants have been properly provided for. Not so vsdth medical officers on general employ. Even in the autumn manoeuvi'es in England they have been usually subjected to much annoy- ance and discomfort from want of arrangements, or at least of an adequate pro- vision, for the accommodation and rationing of their civil servants. It is hoped that the new organisation of the bearer companies and field-hospitals wiU remove these difficulties in future. Fidel-hospitals, note 8, jjage 450. The term ' Flying Hospital' is probably as old as the term ' Flying Artillery.' Dr. Monro, Physician to the Forces, has a chapter on ' Movable,or Flying, Hospitals,' in his work on preserving the health of soldiers, published in 1780. Ficld-hosj)itals tmth troops on the march, note 9, ]yage 454. All military details are, of course, omitted that are not necessary to illustrate the positions of the field-hospital establishments. The details may be seen at](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21511421_0696.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
