Activities of the Red Cross in Siberia, Russia during Russian Civil War intervention, and World War I. Dr. Charles Lewis, sits, flanked by nurses, on a bench at the Red Cross hospital in Tymen, Siberia, as other doctors and staff pose behing them. Dr. Lewis started operations at this hospital in November, 1918, with a staff of ten American nurses, mostly from mission hospitals, and three other physicians: J. H. Ingram, George Hayden, and R. V. Taylor. At this hospital, they care for wounded Czech soldiers. Later the Red Cross nurses are seen conversing with doctors and staff.
Wounded Czech soldiers in Red Cross hospital at Tyumen, Siberia, (halfway between Ekateringburg and Omsk) during Russian Civil War intervention, and World War I. Patients lying in their beds. Red Cross staff start distributing packages to the patients. Uniformed personnel of the American Red Cross, pass out packages to the patients. Recovering ambulatory patients walk about posing for the camera. One playfully removes a pipe from mouth of another. Recovering soldiers from Czechoslovakia are seen playing chess. Doctors examining patients with severe cases of frostbite. (Note: The hospital was originally a private school and one of the most well built and equipped in Siberia. When asked about turning it into a hospital, the builder-owner, a Mr. Kolekolnickof, graciously consented. Physicians who served during startup of the hospital, included: Team head, Dr. Charles Lewis; Dr. J. H. Ingram; Dr. George Hayden; and Dr. R. V. Taylor)