TRAIN AMBULANCE UP TO DATE.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 138, 28 January 1916, Page 2 (Supplement)

TRAIN AMBULANCE UP TO DATE.

A ROLLING HOSPITAL AXD HOTEL. The latest thing in train ambulances, built by the London and North Western Railway Co. at a cost of £7OOO lor service in France, is Quite the most perfect of the kind ever seen.

The train, whoso carriages all connect, so that on a straight line one can look along 800 ft. of corridor, is steam heated and electric lighted throughout, whilo every car is provided with electric ventilating fans. The two kitchens, marvels of compart equipment, aroused much enthusiasm. They will supply the wounded men as soon as they are brought on board with hot drinks and soup. to be followed later with delicious slews and more substantial fare. The treatment room has medical stores, a long table, and all requisites for op-

There are linen rooms, a pharmacy, and a kit room for the officers, who have a very comfortable moss room, matched by a second moss renin for the four army nurses assigned to each train. Tiie staff eon,.i:;s of !l'. including the cooks—who have their c »v«i (garters—and tlie or. doilies, wlio lodge fov.v in a compartniunt. and have a long. cheerful diu-ing-rar. Tanks in tlie roof supply the wards and kitolicn with luiiidrcds of calions of water T!:e special feature of those trains is the . eparato ward for infectious caf.'s fiited 10 tiie brake van. The aiiaugemeut of the berths in the wards sot aside for lying down oases !:•• :':o new. The berths, which ran be tamed like those in an ordinary sicping car. are arranged in tiers of three, with the advantage tli.it »'\ men can he tomi'ortably settled in

each ward. As in n\\ the speciallybuilt trains, these oar.- are loaded through doors, at the side instead of through the open windows, which v.;:; tie old Style. The two trains i . ntly finished are part of a tleet of 2 1 which cany British w»\inded frorr* !•■ • front to the i::i.-e hospitals and ti o ports in Franco.