Eighty-one cases were cared for—ten surgical and seventy-one medical—twenty-eight females and fifty-three males.
I most earnestly recommend that the next time the Red Cross is to do duty along the line of march and the weather is not good that rooms on the ground floor be utilized for Emergency Stations instead of tents.
FRANK E. GIBSON, M. D.,
In Charge of Ambulance Stations.
Washington, D. C., March 3-8, 1909.
D. PERCY HICKLING, M. D.,
Chairman Sub-committee on Hospitals and Ambulances.
Sir—I respectfully report that the Red Cross Hospital, at the Pension Office, organized by the Inaugural Committee, was opened March 4, 1909, at 9 A. M., and closed March 7, 1909, at 11 A. M. During the maintenance of said Hospital 24 cases were treated, which varied from incised wound of index, third phylanx, to la grippe; most of the cases were syncope and the majority of these were in males, this being due to the heavy snow. I wish through you to thank the Red Cross, the physicians, the nurses and the Red Cross stretcher-bearers for the hearty co-operation given, and especially Lieutenant Judge, of the Metropolitan Police Force, for the excellent assistance given and the order maintained.
Thanking you for the honor conferred, I am,
Respectfully,
(Signed) E. W. REISINGER, M. D.,
Physician in Charge
I have the honor to submit the following report: