i_some D22 Ukrainian boys. . Atthe concert they sang beautipfpully.
I wastold that they are the inspiration of the battalion.  

sing on the marches and theyising on the battlefield.

The Army Saniiaire and My Visi'l's 
  Wounded pin Hospitals

DURING my stay in Albacete I had the opportunity of meet’

ing Doctor Telge, Commander in Chief of the Army,S[erve
ice Sanitaire. It was about August 15th that I met Doctors
Magid. and Ostrey from Canada. In the course of an inter
View Dr. Telge told me about the organization and work of
the Army Service Sanitaire. There are some 20 different nae
tionalitiesengaged in this service. In one hospital there are
30 different nationalities. From all these countries, funds are
received in support of this work for the Republican Army.
Thus far, the monthly budget of expense has reached the fig»
ure of two million pesetas, about $160,000.

Referring particularly to the International Brigade, there
are 220. docto-rs, 550 nurses and 500 assistant nurses in the
service. There are 23 hospitals with 5,000 beds and some. 1,400
personnel engaged in these various institutions.

There are two American, one English and one Czechoe
slovakian hospitals all well equipped. In the case of an at’
tack, there are 130 ambulances available. These are organized
in groups for the work of evacuating the wounded. Thus
from 700 to 800 patients can be quickly and carefully handled.
Fourteen surgical teams are organized to do this work. Con’
valescent homes have been established reaching from the front
line to the place where the wounded men can be evacuated, to
the front line again or otherwise. In these homes, at the pre’
sent time, there are some 1,400 beds available for use.

g V In the Jarama offensive February 193 7, the Service ofthe
I. B. was called upon to care for many Spanish wounded sol’di7ers.
In that battle, five medical doctors were killed, one of‘