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124 THE SIEGE OF PORT ARTHUR
he was strong enough to return to the front again,
or until he was given back to his family.
The ambulance system of the Japanese army
may perhaps be better understood by the follow-
ing diagram which shows all the stages the
wounded man has to pass on the long journey
from the battle-field to his home.
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DIAGRAM SHOWING STAGES ON THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY OF A
WOUNDED SOLDIER.
As will be perceived, the Japanese ambulance
service is organized on very much the same lines
as is usual in European armies, and there is not
much to learn from them in this respect. Their
entire outfit, bandages, stretchers (they have no
proper ambulance wagons), beds, and so on, are
cheaper and poorer, and the wounded men are
given less comfort than would be tolerated in
Western armies. One minor detail in this service
I have much admired, and that is the neat and
clever way in which their cases of medicine and
instruments are packed. In a minimum of space
they contain the greatest possible quantity, and
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