Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-08-12
Communication

The following letter has been
received by Miss Maud Arpp
from her chum who is now
nurse in the American Red
Cross in Franc. On account
of the gid censorship the
names of plsce cannot be CIV
en-
23rd Cen Hasn, b r f..
Frame. July 10, l9l5-Dea,
Mae, Maud and he Bunch: /
wrote you while | was on the
boat but have never received
an answer, SO am going to both.
er yau again. We arrived in
Falmouth July %, and were
met there with a special train
that took us to London. We
arrived there about 6 a. m. the
25sh. every one tired and cross,
hut after a good rest we were
ready TO take in the sights of
the city. There are Sc many
things to see and we tried to
s e them all. We went through
Westminster Abby and went to
church there Sunday. Went
through the Tower of London
and the bloody tower where
they used to use the block and
Ratchet, and can't begin to
write it all.
We staid in London Just one
week and we were entertained
nearly every a. m. by some
prominent English people and
BY the wealthy American people
that live there. The Duchess
of Marlborough and she that
was Ruth Bryan and the Rector
of the British Red Cross and.
another LADY" sent us tickets
for a theatre and several other
places so we felt that we were
quite royalty entertained. While
we were in London we were
fitted out with uniforms, aprons
and wells, for caps, a brown
dress, coat and hat, rain coat,
rubber boots, and later we will
get a winter dress and hat.
Then our kits, carry-all and
trunks all marked with our
name and Chicago Unit. I'M
our kits were a steamer rug,
oil stove, cup and saucer, knife,
fork and spoon, a few instru-
ments, a thermometer and a |
pillow. The carry-all had one
folding cot, rubber cover for
cot, canvas camp chair, wash
stand made of four sticks with
q little green canvas basin that
fits on the sticks, the little |
basin comes off and spreads out
to fit a big basin for a bath tub,
but fortunately we have a bath
house and real bath tubs and
hstswater SO we don't have to
use them Our trunks are
made Of heavy tin for our
clothes so you see we are we'll
equipt for work.
After our weeks stay in Lon.
don we started on our journey.
We left there about 2 p. m. ar
rived in Folkstone about a .. m.
From there we came across the
English Channel at Boulogne,
France, we were met there by
the British Red Cross with
motor cars and came across the
country arrived about $50 p. m. |
tired and hungry. They had a
wonderful banquet prepared
for US but it wasn't American
cooking.
Inc next cay we were BUSY
getting settled in our little huts.
We live in brown canvas huts
about 6 by Is it, they have a
fl oor and two doors and we are
just real cozy and comfortable
In them We walked to a near
ny town and bought a Lam p and
two small rugs sonow we feel
quite dressed up. The boys
have made US some box tables
and put up some shelves for us
so we are just as happy as you
were when you made your first
play house. Yes, and we livel
in a bed of red peoples bloom
ing all around our door. They
are as thick as mustard or
da ndylions at home. Our dim
ing room or mess tent is a big !,
tent, we eat off granite dishes,
steel knives and forks and an
oil cloth. 1t is so sandy here
we don't need any pepper it all
looks alike. You never did see
men with such appetites as we
have and we are all getting fat
and as brown as Indians and
really | think we will get some
rosy cheeks if we stay long