Drainage of Camp, Food, Clothing, Hygiene…

As to the employment of "ladies," I think they altogether out of place in military hospitals, except as superintendents. As heads of departments, as organizers, as overlookers, " officers " of the female corps, if you will,' they cannot be dispensed with; but, for inferior posts, strong, active, respectable paid nurses, who have undergone a preliminary training in civil at home, should alone be In the camp Deputy Inspector-General Monat, in bis Report on the Russian hospitals (page says, " From what we saw and heard of these valuable women (sisters of mercy), with the previous knowledge of the attempt to introduce female nursing into our military establishments in the Crimea and at Scutari, we are led to the conclusion, irresistibly, that female nursing, as a general rule, can be only successfully practised from either the predominance of strong feelings of devotion or affection. Founded on merely mercenary or any other feelings, it is not only liable, but nearly certain to fail if introduced into military hospitals; and such we believe will be the testimony of most persons of any experience who have carefully attended to the subject luring the late campaign." It will be observed from the text that, claiming > no very limited experience of the working of the female nurse system, I totally differ from my friend, Mr. Mouat, in his conclusions on one essential point, whether the under nurses should be paid or not. Many arguments could be advanced to prove that they should be paid, and well paid too; but I will content myself by remarking, that I do not think we can get the class of women whose services are wanted in the capacity under review, to undertake these duties solely from " strong feelings of devotion or affection." Granting that the humbler classes are as accessible to such " feelings '' as are they above them in rank, and that these prompt to many beautiful instances of self-sacrifice by their own " firesides," it is not to be FKMALK NT' itals. which, with an army in the field, arc triii; "t' the sick, men should alone as nurses; l>ut in the more fixed hospitals in the i Superintendents and under in' should in my opinion always be added to the regular. Their attention should be limited to the and they should have the entire control of the linen, 'ical comforts, and cooking. All cleaning should Indone by men. There should be a lady superintendent over each division of the hospital, responsible to the surgeon as well as to her own lady chief. Then i should be a store of " extras " under her charge, distributable on requisition from the medical attendant, and which depot should be filled up to a certain ly, the sister being held accountable for the and all extras should pass through her hands. She should be responsible for the due peribnncxpected that, with the circumscribed th.-y have, tlu-y slum! ir called on to go forth to strange and distant lands. i secure the services of desirable persons whenever our armies go a'.-II kimun how.liiii.-uit. nay, how impossible al hat rank, when you have no other hohl upon them than '' I on their illegible in the scan of the first