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Soldiers rushed from their tents, squinting up into the heavens until the speck was discovered, swimming slowly through the air; then followed wholesale firing at an impossible range until the officers forbade it. SOLDIERS RUSHED FROM THEIR TENTS SQUINTING UP INTO THE HEAVENS UNTIL THE SPECK WAS DISCOVERED SWIMMING SLOWLY THROUGH THE AIR THEN FOLLOWED WHOLESALE FIRING AT AN IMPOSSIBLE RANGE UNTIL THE OFFICERS FORBADE IT
fered much hardship. The crowding in the tents was unspeakable; the water-supply was almost as inadequate as the medical service, which consisted chiefly of volunteer Red Crescent societies--among them a unit of twenty German nurses sent by the American College at Beirut. Medical supplies, such as they were, had been taken from the different mission hospitals and pharmacies of Palestine--these "requisitions" being made by officers who knew nothing of medical requirements and simply scooped together everything in sight. As a result, one of the army physicians told me that in Beersheba he had opened some medical chests consigned to him and found, to his horror, that they were full of microscopes and gynecological instruments--for the care of wounded soldiers in the desert! Visits of British aeroplanes to Beersheba were common occurrences. Long before the machine itself could be seen, its whanging, resonant hum would come floating out of the blazing sky, seemingly from everywhere at once. RS THEMSELVES SUFFERED FROM MUCH HARDSHIP THE CROWDING IN THE TENTS WERE UNSPEAKABLE THE WATER SUPPLY WAS ALMOST AS INADEQUATE AS THE MEDICAL SERVICE WHICH CONSISTED CHIEFLY OF VOLUNTEER RED CRESENT SOCIETIES AMONG THEM A UNIT OF TWENTY GERMAN NURSES SENT BY THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF BURROTT MEDICAL SUPPLIES SUCH AS THEY WERE HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM THE DIFFERENT MISSION HOSPITALS AND PHARMACIES OF PALESTINE THESE REQUISITIONS BEING MADE BY OFFICERS WHO KNEW NOTHING OF MEDICAL REQUIREMENTS AND SIMPLY SCOOPED TOGETHER EVERYTHING IN SIGHT AS A RESULT ONE OF THE ARMY PHYSICIANS TOLD ME THAT IN BEECHEVER HE HAD OPENED SOME MEDICAL CHESTS CONSIGNED TO HIM AND FOUND TO HIS HORROR THAT THEY WERE FULL OF MICROSCOPES AND GYNECOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS FOR THE CARE OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS IN THE DESERT VISITS OF BRITISH AEROPLANES TO BELSHVER WERE COMMON OCCURRENCES LONG BEFORE THE MACHINE ITSELF COULD BE SEEN ITS WANGING RESONANT HUM WOULD COME FLOATING OUT OF THE BLAZING SKY SEEMINGLY FROM EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
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