pon the patients. February 1st, 1919, a wing was completed
with a Thresh Disinfector (for blankets and clothing), a wash room and
three showers. A large boiler furnished hot water at all hours. The
construction of this building was begun November 1st, 1918, but
inability to obtain a boiler and plumbing materials deferred its
completion. Three women were employed for washing and ironing, and clean
clothing was available at all times.

Water buckets were located on shelves in accessible places throughout
the building for use in case of fire. Each floor had a hose attachment.
Two fires from overheated stoves were successfully extinguished without
injury to patients or material damage to the building. The main floors
were scrubbed daily with a two per cent creosole solution, the entire
floor space every other day. All rooms contained sufficient box
cuspidors filled with sawdust.

The kitchen contained a large brick stove and ovens and this, in
conjunction with a smaller stove on the second floor, could be utilized
to prepare food for three hundred men. Bartering with the Russians was
permitted. By this means, as well as comforts supplied by the American
Red Cross, such as cocoa, chocolate, raisins, condensed milk, honey,
sugar, fruit (dried and canned), oatmeal, corn meal, rice, dates and egg
powder, a well balanced diet was maintained throughout the winter.
Semi-monthly reports of all exchanges, by bartering, were forwarded to
Headquarters. The usual mess kits and mess line were employed. The large
dining and recreation room had sufficient tables and benches to seat all
patients. Boiled drinking water was accessible at all times. During the
eight months the Hospital has been operating, over 3,872 pounds of
grease, 2,138 pounds of bones and 8,460 pounds of broken and stale bread
have been bartered with Russian peasants. In return, besides eggs, fish,
veal and other vegetables over 32,600 pounds (902 poods) of potatoes
have been received. Accompanying this report is a statement (a) of
British rations (one week issue), (b) a statement of food barter (17
days) and (c) the menu for one week.

The large room, facing the river, twenty-eight feet by sixty-one feet,
was available for mess hall, recreation and entertainments. The space,
twenty-eight feet by twenty-one feet, was separated by a projecting wall
and pillars and contained a victrola and records, a piano, a library
(one hundred fifty books furnished by the American Red