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THE JAPANESE AMBULANCE, &c. 123
slightly wounded from the armies in the north.
The other five vessels carried the more seriously
wounded from the First, Second, and Fourth
Armies, those too weak for the railway journey,
direct from Yinkow to Japan. ,
Even with the
extra seven steamers, the hospital fleet was kept
fully occupied, sailing continuously to and fro
between the base hospitals and Japanese ports.
In Talien Bay especially, where both the Second
and the Third Armies had established their
base (Liushitun and Dalny), it was an everyday
sight to see the beautiful white hospital ships,
with a broad scarlet or green band painted all
round each, and gaily decked out with large
Japanese and Red Cross flags. Amongst the
sombre-coloured gunboats, destroyers, and torpedo
craft, and the black colliers and transports, a
hospital ship showed up graceful and elegant
like a pretty girl surrounded by her father’s elderly
male friends.
These ships were as comfortable as they w’ere
handsome, having been passenger steamers of
about 3,000 tons. When war seemed inevitable
they were called in and placed at the disposal of
the Government, being then fitted for their new
work. Besides good accommodation for 200 sick
and wounded, each vessel had an operation room,
Rontgen rays apparatus, and was well equiped
with modern instruments and appliances. Red
Cross sisters assisted the doctors in attending to
the wounded on board the ships.
From the beautiful ship the wounded man was
taken to one of the depot hospitals, in Moji,
Ujina, or Osaka, and, from there, conveyed to the
divisional hospital in his district as soon as he was
fit for the journey. Here he stayed, in his own
part of the country and near his own people, until
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