The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-06-06
And IeHaof- ThearExpefieaee=oR
the Way from TINS Country
u TO Belgium

Nellie manning, nurses wiz 1SSSA4A's41
Ieft here to do Red Gross work in
Belgium. have written Mrs. j. b.
Newhouse, OF this city as follows
concerning their trip and what they
have seen I'm the war country
We are in LaPanne at last and
we find things very much better than
re expected
We arrived in Calais from Forces
de Eauata9 p. M.
I'VE passed through a very beau,
tiful country. very level and the
grass SO green and pretty. The trees
IRE coming out green and are beau.
tiful. Some Of them are covered:
with 1ntstIetoe. The apple trees are
so MANY and are 50 profusely Gov.
them as you go by on the trans
And the trains, they are the great
est things you ever saw You nave
read of the compartments. Eacn
coach is made up OF four compaI
ments,. and you get in from me Soc
The compartments do not comm un M
cate. You have to wait until the
rain stops to see each other Each
Compartment carries eight. They are
not very comfortable on long 1our-
ueys. as you cannot walk around
When we arrived at Calais We
were met by two soldiers ana dls e1i
much discussion as to our oaSgass.
we went through the depot ana haoI
10 show our passports.-Th Then we Went
IN motor trucks with our baggage,
Piled in all around us. to what we
sbought was our hotel When We ar
rived we found that our quarters
were at hospital, Temperance
old school which had been n1eo up
for a hospital. anIannex to our h9s
pita1 here at La Panne. cdReu
fa 1f;,a. S r1era non many patients there,
as only the slightly wounded are
tsl<en care of there. There was only
one nurse. Belgium. The Work 10
nearly all done by volunteer men.
And such courtesy as we receNeo
there would make your heart acne;
tn,- the ReIyians They were our
slaves. They cheered when we men-t
Toned America. Some Of the s1r1sl
had American flags and they went
wild over them The girls had to e1-l
change them for numerous other ne-
tie souvenirs They mad three WaIosi
fixed up for us to sleep IN. any AM
ahont eight beds in each ward we
were ali very comfortable The men
waited on US like so many women |
Then they had supper ready ZOE u.s.
we were very hungry. We had oreao
and butter, cold beef and coffee me
best coffee we have had since we ielti
America. We told the COOK Lnas
and he was very much pleased Inss |
Informed us that breakfast would pc
ats an. SO we all had to get up at
$50 and dress for breakfast Ineni
we sat around. wrote in our dairy,
and did fancy work until IL 80
when they came and told us to Pile
In and go on. We travelled from
Calais to La Panne in ambulance
There we're three OF them 1no1.a1isa
took as two hours to maze
sbe TRIP and as there was
1.northeaster" on we nearly froze 20
dea1h: We passed through Dunklrk
and .Abbecourt and saw where the
Germans had shelled the towns,
saw several large houses destroyeo'
also payements and trees ali torn 70
we passed several trenches but
conId. not get avery good idea OF
them from the back OF the ampu-5
At Abbecocrt and La Pannet
proper the Germans dropped-SnelIsf
the night after we arrived EveFy |
one thinks they viii finally snel1 La
not be alarmed. When the hrst sneil |
comes we will eyacuate and go QUIZ
into France This is very Wen
regulated place here, and was Quile
a5surprise to US
The hospital consists OF large |
hotel called Hotel Lee L Ocean ihen
fhera. are several little villas. In facIt
an the buildings around, aceessl PIE
.t.a1l. have been utilized either Tor
patients or nurses. They have also
hIflt several pavilions. holding as
many as 100 beds These are 3ustj
Temporary but are very compIete:
ind are fitted with toilets. hot ana
cold water and electric lights. In. or
near the main building they nave
built very large dining room Toe
doctors and nurses. We think u wouio
accommo date about seventy-nEe. q; ~
once The service is good. HaVe
rery1 GOOD food and beer for dinners
snn6 supper. -On the second floor is
3a,-ga% drawing room for patients or
nTrses II YOU read Mary Roberts
P;nebarf,s piece I'm the Saturday
Frening Post. you viii remember
what she said about it
g we arrived here Monday at 1:3oi
and went on duty Tuesday night W.
are not very busy no was the nShunS
Is notnear here. we have oroncdr.t
dine (orderly) who sits IN the W 49,
All night. and if the patients want
..sIytbjne they come and call US.
- orr busy time Is when new
nafients are brought In The night
Is when-they are always brought m
ana Sometimes by the hundreds Inef
n;pYit nurses haze to battle them ali.
ofTeTwiSe our busy time: commences
# 4 a M. when We start TO take the
Temperature Of patients and to MAKE
mn the beds for the day Tne order-t
Hes wash their faces and give them
FJ;eIr breakfasts. which consists OIL
No. 81 h.lter and coffee. They SEEM
To he happy lot and are singing and I
talking all the time
Today Madame DePage was buried