Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman I 113
"I went to Second River and the Sixth Virsta Fortress wit$ Miss Pinder
and Mrs. Cook. Large ARC barracks for re-es are located at these
points." See, we had the refugees, too, that we cared for. They used
nurses a lot in that. "At Second River there are six l q e red brick
buildhgs, built for barracks for Russian soldLem. Everywhere In and
about Vladivostok ones sees barracks which were erected mer the Russian-
Japanese Was in accordance with the plan of Russia to make Vladivostok
the best fort;ified place in the world with the idea of wl@~g Japan off of
the e&h. I' Now you knm that kind of thing, I wonder if that statemnt
now would, if it were read by the wrong persons of that ~ i c u l country, a ~
mi&t not-Washington nL&t object ?
Q. Oh, I don't think so because that was their plan. divostok was one
of their big fortified points.
A. When we arrived we saw t h ~ great--I e haven't mentioqd it--great stacks
with tarpaulin over them. That was cotton they were go* to use in mkhg
armunition. And there were lmds and loads and loads of big rolls of barbwire,
and there were--Ammican car wheels. It turns out they never:fitted
the Trans-Siberian rails. So they were stacked up. (tape turned oaf)
Q. You were telling IW that you've found the list of eqqpmnt that you
were issued in San Erancisco. Would you like to tell m @out that naW.
A. Yes, I'd be very glad to. This was in San Francisco. "I have started
an the mund of gettfng equiQped. The Red Cross certainw is generous with
nice warm clothing for us. holdall, arrived at the hatel, fflled as
follows : One dozen psi* dS hase , woolen; three pair of auting pajamas,
four suits, woolen underwear, one woolen comet.cover, six aprons, six
chmq gray hospital miforms, collars were the same." We wore little
white collars then. ''Tho white madras waists, two blue vaolen walsts, collars
and cuffs. t~ These again, were white, that were attached. "Sleeping
bag, woolen, gray blanket, woolen rubber boots, rubber hqt.'qe felt we
should have had the overshoes. We had no yse for the d e r boots at all.
We needed the w&h for our feet as well as the pmtectWn. '"Two pair of
woolen tiats , cuff links, red crosses to put on our uniBmn. We had a
brassard attached to our shoulders on our woolen
" And
those red crosses were on our lapels and on our
the mlddle
of the band on the hats. '"I'hen there were hat
Many of the gaxmnts needed to be exchanged or
tional sweaters, boots and socks were given.''
"A heavy blue ulster was fitted on me today together wit? one blue serge
Norfolk suit, one belora hat, one straw hat and the wonddrful, dear to
all Red Cross nursest hearts, blue cape with the scmlet lining. What a
pity that a nurse giving service ever has to part with it when her period
of smrfce is over." And that goes on to conferences wi'qh Miss White in
charge. She was our guide in San Francisco. Well, you didn't hem everything
about San Francisco. There was too much, that 's dl. And now
we'll continue on with !'dldy 3, 1919. , .
'Iheir bui1db-g~ house Ruusian and Serbian refugees, but part of one is