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companies.
Thus these two companies merely form stations
The lack of treatment of such
where wounded brought back from the line are given a chance
of dressing and then carried further to the rear, without the technical aid which they should receive at this time. Sone
attempt,, however, is made to sort the wounded, but the organisation is not well understood especially by the officers and men of the fighting units, with the result that light (walkin....) wounded are often able to secure places in vehiculer transport before the severely wounded are brought up, to the latter's disadvantage.
conditions as shock, hemorrhage, internal wounds, and often fractures, results in the failure of many of these casualties to survive the journey from the line to the field hospital. Added to these difficulties is the inadequacy of vehicular transport, the poorness of the communications, and the mobile and open nature of the warfare now being conducted. It must be noted that in the rear of the combat zone, all roads are destroyed to hinder the movement of the enemy's mechanized columns. Light wounded have to walk, while the severely wounded must be brought by stretcher to the rear of the line of communication upon to vehicular traffic. On certain fronts, this distance is usually long, and the stretchers are borne from village to village by the local inhabitants.
3.
Along the lines of communication ( ) there are receiving stations (
) taking care of lightly wounded and
all wounded in transit, and field hospitals (
) where the severely wounded who survive the journey have their first opportunity of treatment. The receiving stations and field hospitals are organized by the Army Medical Administration and assigned for service along the lines of communication under the direction of the medical section of the Quartermaster-General's office (
). This medical section ta es charge not only
of
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