The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1915-03-30
HONOLULU NURSES
/ ON Firing Line
Letter Come From Casualty
Clearing Station, Five Miles
Behind New Zealanders

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From an advance hospital, known as
No. 8 Casualty Clearing Station, Ave
miles behind the British trenches on
tho Belgian border, close in the rear
Of the New ZeaIanders, and from the
stately home Of Lord Onslow, Clandon
Park, in Surrey, now hospital for
wounded men, come letters to Homo,
lulu with news Of the four Red Cross
nurses who went from this city 10 the
front. ~
Miss Jordan and Miss gsaie arc to.
gether on the Continent, in the thick
Of the Rrst-aid work behind the firing
line Miss Gray Il ht the Temporary
hospital at Clandou Park, Surrey, where
there were, when she wrote, one hun.
dred and twelve patients. Miss Hunter
is on duty AZ Brighton, where the Sikh
wounded are taken, *
Close to Trenches .yi
In letter 10 a Honolulu friend, Miss
Craig writes: 2 ~
f'Just line to let you know Miss
Jordan and are here, very az and
happy to be sent 80 far up. We have
been told We are about Eve Bilea from
the trenches. in any case, We get men
direct from the trenches Poor fellows.
they are pretty uncomfortabls. The
weather has been had, wet and cold,
This has heen a wonderful experience,
and ! would not have missed these
months over here FOR anything. 'hs't =
Cold but Happy
Miss Jordan waite1: a N ~ K n
Picture me In q tiny room in u
convent, stone foor and NO Ere. sit.
ting in my gfeateoat with nv feet
upon chair 70 keep. them offstke floor;
which is much FOLDER than charity Of
anything else 4 ever hedrd Of. Thfs
little room Is where we mess, and truly
1.-THE table lis q mess. We are quite
fortunate "a have 1t.
1--WE are shDleted ON the townspeople
and have orr meals together in thia
room.
aWe are at No. 8 Casualty CLEARING
Station. These stations are at inter.
walls all along the line, and are where
the men are brought direct from the
field ambulance which attends to them
as they are wounded. e.
Nobody who has not seen the poor
fellowaaas we see them, wet, cold be.
yond yap our previous conception II
what cGld conld be, and with such ter
rible WOUNDS some, Of course, are NOT
so bad, thank goodness -ean have any
idea. Of what modern warfare really IL
II Enthusiastically ffightful.s 4 70 I
BraYes Tommy Atkins ~ 81
1.-THE men are cheerful beyond al
bflief, and l take OF my hat to Tommy
toAtkins with respect and admiration
They are always so anxious to point
ont one whip Is a bit worse than them
selves One man, who had been wound
leasin both arms, one Leg, chin, ear and
Nod, said quite eheerfully TO the doc
tog;LsI think tried to stop too imany
this lime, sir, and when the next man
70 him groaned he said; Buck up, old
| boySlwe are pretty jolly lucky 70 be
| st1Asre is so much Of that spirit
yand with the small amount Of breatl
they have they win sit up and smoke
cigarette or play a mouth organ.
Too Terrible 4 rs, w "
81 do hope the war win soon End
IT is too terrible for words. Since w
came to France we have not heard
much news and do not see many papers
Though we see the men from the front
they don't know as much az we do
who occasionally see a newspaper
They know what happens in their owl
corner, add no more. q
| "lt u bitterly cold We had quit,
q snowfall two days ago and had I,
wear gum boots on duty. The mud &
awful We,are bilieted in the middle
Of street the mess room Is 1t ONT
end and the hospitsl At the other, ),
we have have qnite "a little walking 70 do