U return "to "Shanghai fron: journey with the wounded soldier as my most poignant memory, I can't yet him out of my thoughts, He is the mast pitiable person in China today." The chances all are that must eat all. the bitterness of the refugee: inadequate clothing, insufcient nourishment, "no protection from the rain and the biting north wind, his wounds festering. through ack of surgical care, I am referring. to the life of the wounded soldier for the period between the time he is wounded until he is received as a patient in the hospital in one of the large medical centres set up by the Government for the care" of the Wounded soldiers, as at Nanchang, Sian, Wuhan, Changsha, While in Nanking, 1.200 woundes soldiers were lying on the river bank walting to be put on board provised hospital ship for transportation to Wuhan. Their clothing was @renched after days of fighting in the rain. They were exposed to. the biting chill of drizzle combined with strong north wind, They were hungry and thirsty and their wounds tunatiended to, 4 call came to the relict committee: for dry waded garments for these 1,200 men, 'There were only 400 suits available,' Since this request was not an unusual one and their resources were insumclent to cope with the. demands, they were afraid to dis tribute the 400 among the 1200 for fear that the other 800 in their misery. would fight for possession of this dry. warm clothing. It was only by segregating the 400 most needy they were able to distribute their limited supply of warm clothing.
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